Back to Skool: Changelog

20221122

Added the Sound page
Added a trivia entry: Aggressive unseating
Added a note to Undethronable ERIC about how to share a chair with someone even when the bug is fixed

20200811

Added a list of primary command routines to the entry at 62D0
Added @refs directives

20191115

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 8

20190617

Added the hexadecimal version of the disassembly to the distribution
Replaced GIF images with PNG images

20181019

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 7

20170515

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 6
Made various improvements to the hexadecimal version of the disassembly

20151012

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 5

20150415

Documented a bug: YOU HAVE 665360 LINES ERIC (thanks Welling)
Added trivia entries:

20140614

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 4
In the entry at 5FF0, marked note 6 as unused

20131222

Added trivia entries:
- Between a closed door and a caretaker
- Pitch imperfect
Added CSS files to complete the 'dark', 'green', 'plum' and 'spectrum' themes

20121119

Added POKEs:

20120718

Added a trivia entry: Mouse metamorphosis
Added a POKE: Free the frog

20120627

Added a trivia entry: Slash dot
In the BASIC saver POKEs trivia entry, added an explanation of line 33 of the BASIC saver program
Fixed the entries for the characters '↑' (code 0x5E) and '£' (code 0x60) in the keypress table and the keypress offset table

20120411

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 3
In the Bottomless boxes trivia entry, added an explanation of why the unused tiles were left unused

20120201

Added a trivia entry: Bottomless boxes
Added images of unused play area tiles in base page 0x90 to the entry at 9000
Added comments to the entries containing graphic data for play area tiles 0x00-0xDF (base page 0x98) describing unused tiles (e.g. see 9800)
Added an explanation of the significance of Q values in determining the appearance of the play area (see 606C and B500)
Removed leading zeroes from bytes in DEFB statements
Moved the startup code back into the main disassembly so that the ASM version gives the option of changing the characters' names
Added labels to the save code and loading code disassemblies

20111117

Added trivia entries:
- Timetable stats
- Playtime probabilities

20111031

Documented a bug: What's in the desk?

20110510

Included in SkoolKit 2.2.

Fixed the erroneous comment at 6488 (thanks Jimmy)
Inserted comments above the entry points at 5E65, 69F4 and 78B7

20110403

Included in SkoolKit 2.1.

Added message numbers to the message address table entries at FE00, FE80, FF00 and FF80
Added animatory state images to the Catapult animation bug entry
Made corrections to the ERIC's pellet v. water v. plant v. desk lid trivia entry

20101123

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 2
Moved all the startup routines and data blocks (resident in the display file) from the main disassembly to the startup code disassembly
Fixed the comments about modified instructions in the POKE table at 50AA
Marked bytes 0x49-0x4B in pages 0xB7-0xC6 as unused

20101111

Included in SkoolKit 1.4.

Made minor corrections to the loading code disassembly and added a screenshot of the initial loader program
Made minor corrections to the save code disassembly and added a description of the two sections in the fast code block

20100723

Included in SkoolKit 1.3.

New graphic glitches:
- MR ROCKITT's coat
- MR CREAK's hand
- Boys' hands
- Girls' shoes
- ALBERT's waist, head, and armpit
Added a trivia entry: Skool tunes (thanks Ben and urbanupstart's brother)

20100503

Included in SkoolKit 1.2.

Fixed the description of the kiss counter at 7FE2
Made minor corrections to some other comments and descriptions
Added a trivia entry: The apprehensive amphibian

20100225

Included in SkoolKit 1.1.

Fixed the addresses of the last 7 DEFB statements in the entry at BF3C
Documented a bug: Deceptive doorways

20100128

Included in SkoolKit 1.0.

Tweaked the CSS so that the disassembly looks the same in Internet Explorer as it does in other browsers
Added images to the entry for the Triple wipe bug
Expanded the entry for the Speech queue hogs bug

20100111

Documented bugs:
Added a trivia entry: MR WACKER waits for ERIC
Added the Play area tiles page
Added the Animatory state tiles page
Added the first eight graphic glitches:

20091221

Documented bugs:
- Keeping ALBERT busy (thanks Alex)
- Keeping MR WACKER busy (thanks Alex)
- Waiting for EINSTEIN
- Triple wipe
Added a fix for the four jump bugs
Added POKEs:
Supplied missing entries to the character buffer documentation for bytes 0x0B-0x0E, 0x13, 0x15 and 0x16
Added command list usage info to the command list entries (e.g. see command list 0x2A)
Added an entry for the message graphic buffer at 5B00
Made memory map entry titles, character buffer entry descriptions, and animatory state descriptions less terse
Filled in and fleshed out routine descriptions that were absent or vague
Made many minor refinements and corrections to code comments and routine comments

20091021

Added disassembly pages for data blocks
Added trivia entries:
Documented bugs:
- Pellet through the door (thanks Alex)
- Conker of mass destruction (thanks Alex)
- No blackboard tales
Added a POKE: Open the left study door
Bloated HTML 'image' tables replaced by PNGs
Added Prev/Up/Next links in various places for easier navigation
Animatory state images now show the outline masks
Added the Other graphics page

20090820

A few corrections to code comments
Documented bugs:
- Far left scrolling (thanks Ben)
- Talking garbage (thanks Ben)
- Jump out of class (thanks Ben)
- Hovering pellet
- Pellet through the wall (thanks Alex)
- Jump into the dinner hall
- Jump into the assembly hall
- One more jump bug
- Double wipe
- Speech queue hogs
- Assembly sitting confusion
Added POKEs:
Added personal timetable pages
Added the first eight trivia entries:

20090705

All routines now documented
Many inaccuracies and omissions corrected

20010523

First public release of the Back to Skool disassembly.