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Version 0.14 is up:

• Fixed : Maximum drop speed was not obeyed properly. Caused some games to generate a runtime error (thanks Obi-Wahn).
• Fixed : Games dropdown list should now be unfocused on startup. Should fix the issue of the dropdown changing during gameplay (noticed on some computers) (thanks Obi-Wahn).

Obi-Whan - can you please confirm that its ok now?
Z_Gecko - didnt notice your response there up until now, sorry. Yeah, the MaxDropSpeed is in fact "MinDropSpeed" - all speeds are in fact times used by the Sleep command. so MaxDropSpeed needs to be LOWER than DropSpeed. I left your game settings as is in the current release (start with 200, then try to reduce by 10 but since 200-10 is lower than 900, we use 900)

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jaco - can you point me to your game? I am curious.

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Well thats curious. Sometimes it changes the list, sometimes not. Maybe it's caused by my computer.
I flew over the code, but it looks like everything 'd work...

Infection [Game] Enjoy!

P.S. I updated the Games section of the Wiki a couple weeks ago with every AHK game I could find.

@Icarus: I had two Ideas for the Game(s):
1.) Preview window for the next Block
2.) The Tetris Melody playing in the Background

That'd make the Game like the old Gameboy experience...
(you know, that's just Ideas, Inspiration,...)

EDIT: And a Pause-Button, which I could code by myself, but I'd have to change the script every time a new version comes out.

1K ThX

roger that obi-whan
adding to the todo.

the pause button has been requested by others also.
i will post a version with the pause, and leave the rest for later versions.

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Version 0.15 is up:

• Added : Pause button (p). Will reduce 5 points. To unpause, press any of the arrow keys or p again. (thanks keren, Obi-Wahn)

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Thanks a lot, Icarus

Very nice! I cannot play it when the score gets above 1400, though, it is just too fast for me.

One problem: the game sometimes slows down, then it gets back to normal speed after a couple of minutes (Vista-32). I wonder if it is due to the sound... Have you tried the multimedia timer instead of AHK’s SetTimer? It could make the speed more consistent.

Another issue is when a popup window steals the focus. When I get back to Tetris, a few pieces have already dropped. Maybe making the game always on top, and a timer activates it in reaction to window-change system messages, or just periodically? Or, with always on top game window, the hotkeys could work when the Tetris window exists, not only when it is active?

Hey Laszlo, thanks
I am not familiar with the multimedia timer you are mentioning. What is it?
I also believe that these small halts are related to disk access, when trying to play a sound.

About the focus issue - how about I make the game so it automatically pauses when the focus is lost, and unpause when focus is back?

EDIT:
Ok, implemented the focus change + changed the speed values of the game templates so it will be slower.
Posting version 0,16 in a few.

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Version 0.16 is up:

• Added : Will now automatically pause when focus to the window is lost (thanks Laszlo).
• Changed: Reduced speed increase, max speed and starting speed for most of the games (thanks Laszlo).

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See the Multimedia Timer Reference. I spent a few minutes with them, but my script kept on crashing. Need to read the info more thoroughly... The joystick timer (winmm.dll\joySetCapture) worked perfectly for me, but only when a joystick is plugged in.

Pausing the script when the focus is lost allows cheating: just Alt-TAB to a small window somewhere let you think about the next move. I think AlwaysOnTop and #IfWinExist is better.

IfWinExist may be very annoying, if you want to do something else.
The Pause feature already allows you to cheat - but people required to be able to pause.
But, what I did is that with each pause (and with each pause that is created by the alt tab) you lose 5 points.
So, its cheating with a price...

Will check that timer, thanks.

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... or minimizing Tetris if it looses focus? Less chance for cheating if the game is invisible. The speed is good now for beginners. I have no problem to reach a score of several thousand.

I would also suggest minimizing the window, or drawing a "cover" over the play field while paused. Only those with a sharp memory would be able to think out the next move without having to toggle the pause a couple times, reducing their score.

I have not yet tried this, but I am about to download it