Hi Tom, Quote Thomas do you know how the original game worked, manual swords or automatic when you got close to the monster? I was never able to play the original Monty that well so I don't recall. That is one reason this Monty is so exciting for me. End quote
To the best of my memory the swords were used automatically. The reason was because the fire button was reserved for jumping, and items like torches, swords, etc were used automatically because of the fact there weren't enough buttons available for manual use of those items. Quote At the risk of being somewhat of a purist I'd argue for keeping it like the original unless this truly complicates the game from a programming, not from a playing standpoint. End quote As an Atari purist myself I have to agree. Though, from a programming standpoint I just commented out the automatic code for swords and converted it over to manual attack. I have found by doing so the manual attack works much smoother and error free compared to the automatic use of swords without altering the difficulty of the game much. So I think manual attack using swords will stay just because this seams to be more stable in the long run. As a result by converting the swords over to manual rather than automatic the ability to kill a monster when landing on them no longer works. This is ok since the original game didn't support that anyway. In the classic game if you landed on a monster sword or not you were toast. So I think this is a bit of a trade off of total classic feel and a little modern changes for easier programming and use. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
