Xenon 1: Keeps switching between air and ground?

[displaced]

Hi!

I’ve been playing a lot of Bitmap Brothers games recently, mainly because they’re all excellent.

I fired up Xenon on my Mega STE. It’s ppera’s fixed version, running from hard disk.

During play, you can hit SPACE to switch between air and ground ships. However, this version of the game seems to switch between the two at random, which really makes it tough to play.

I tried the same version on my UltraSatan equipped STFM and it had the same problem.

I used to have the original back in the day, and I’m 99.99% sure it never changed ship on its own.

Anyone else seeing this issue?

[christos]

I think that wagling the joystick left and right will switch the modes but it's been too long since i ve played it and that wasn't for too long

[displaced]

Ah, you may well be right! It’s probably much easier to do the ‘waggle’ accidentally when playing with a gamepad like I am these days!

[Total Eclipse]

Yep, waggling the stick is another way of changing your ship.

Unfortunately I found the game pretty unplayable because of the number of times I'd change the ship when I didn't want to.

[Showaddywaddy]

I've done a little patch to remove this

https://d-bug.me/

Shw

[dma]

Ahah, some historical annoyance fixed, sweet.

[displaced]

Whaat?! Thank you very much indeed - that’s amazing!

[sut]

This is an awesome quality of life enhancement, especially now that I primarily use a gamepad rather than a stick.

Thank you !

[Showaddywaddy]

No probs. Glad people found it useful

Shw