Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
yeah i have much the same kind of setup. though, i don't use that much in the way of older games anymore. so its not to bad on my part. i am waiting for the newer, better, and more fun games to come out! dallas On 13/12/2011 16:39, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Dallas, Thanks. I stand corrected abou

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yes, Windows Classic Shell gives you back the classic Windows 9x era start menu, or at least something close to it. WCS also makes some other modifications like in Windows Explorer to give you the classic copy and replace dialog rather than the new one from Vista/Windows 7. Windows Clasic

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Thanks. I stand corrected about it coming preinstalled with Pro/Ultimate, but like we've both said the option is available for those who need it. Although, I've heard unless you have a pretty high-end system the XP virtual machine runs slow. So unfortunately that is a potential problem

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Sure. I realize it was just a beta, and if what you say is true about Microsoft reversing their decision about the ribbons my guess is they will yank those sometime between now and the final release. I guess it all depends on how much money MS stands to lose by keeping them around. Ch

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
bare in mind, that the developer windows 8 isn't exactly how its going to look at final production. so they may well remove those before the full version comes out. but never the less, they are looking in to getting rid of it at some point. if not in 8, then the next version perhaps dallas On

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
haven't yet been able to test the xp mode out, even though i have pro on my toshiba, i have yet to download the virtual machine and xp image. they don't actually come with it, you have to download them. but yes, the support is definatly there. dallas On 13/12/2011 15:35, Thomas Ward wrote: H

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Sorry, but you are out of luck. I've seen the Windows 8 beta and the ribbons are a standard part of the Windows 8 user interface.For instance, if you open up Windows Explorer you are now greeted with a nice ribbon across the top of the screen instead of the typical menu bar. Plus all t

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, That is true. Technically the DirectX end user license forbids installing the components separately out side of the official Microsoft installer, and of course dx7vb.dll and dx8vb.dll do not ship with newer DirectX runtime distributions. From a legal standpoint its a lose-lose situatio

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, that's where Ebay and places like that come in handy. I've seen old Pentium 133 computers with Windows 95 on them for like $15. You could purchase the computer or find someone on there selling Windows 95 separately on the cheep and install it in a virtual machine. That's really the only

[Audyssey] a bit more soul calibur info

2011-12-12 Thread Clement Chou
No vids this time, just some facts that some people may not have about the gameplay system. The three biggest things to point out are probably, the just guard, brave edge, and critical edge. Just guard is basically a perry maneuver. When you tap the guard button and let it go, you'll have a few

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Actually, this already exists. I don't know if you know this but Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate come with a licensed Windows XP virtual machine complete with the VB 6 runtime libraries and the whole nine yards. Granted you have to pay extra for Windows XP backwards compatib

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp: spawning and loot questions.

2011-12-12 Thread Steady Goh
I don't quite like the idea of being able to give stuffs to people. I have more than 2 rep points and can easily use that to make 10 people strong, but it will spoil their gaming experience. and without going through the initial difficult stage of getting themselves up and master the skills,

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp weekend progress

2011-12-12 Thread Steady Goh
Hi Jeremy, great job! I very much appreciate you having such a busy schedule and still upgrading the game. A big thank you to you! the progress you made during a weekend is already more than someone else's for the whole year. haha! Besides your skills, you also showed us the difference in effici

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp Resurrection

2011-12-12 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I think, although I'm not sure, that somehow when you load up, it spawns a certain number of zombies, which are then killed and redistributed about the map. Still, if I could get people to wait at the safe zone during dangerous times, I would happily enjoy n ot being quite so dead. Signed: Dakota

Re: [Audyssey] Question about ammo in swamp

2011-12-12 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I'm impressed, you guys. That was a handy reference chart for ranges, and the references with commentary were well-written. One thing to keep in mind with all weapons is that the louder they are, the more zombies you'll draw. I don't know that the mp5 is as quiet, in terms of zombies, as is the ben

Re: [Audyssey] swamp suggestion- specialization?

2011-12-12 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I originally suggested something like this as a limiter rather than a specializer, a few different choices of job. Now that the rep system is the way it is, it won't work that way, but I do like the concept of characters being different. As for the characters being the same, make them different. I

[Audyssey] swamp suggestion: more weapons - or weapon upgrades

2011-12-12 Thread Johnny Tai
What if, say you use a pistol at lev1, I assume this is a beretta, say at lev3, you can upgrade to a Ceska Scorpion- or some form of machine pistol, and at lev7, up grade to a magnum- alot of damage but can't use silencer. Something like that? Also thinking we need a knife- maybe a bit lesser dam

[Audyssey] swamp suggestion- specialization?

2011-12-12 Thread Johnny Tai
The current problem as I see it is, you can play a character up to lev10, start over, and do a second character up to lev10- and both will end up exact copies of each other. What if when we create a character, we get to choose what jobs/specialty we have: here's a few thoughts for example: comba

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp: spawning and loot questions.

2011-12-12 Thread Johnny Tai
That's funny- I'm the opposite, I keep getting 45 and not enough 5.5 lol- you and I need to be able to trade. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the we

[Audyssey] swamp: minor nit to pick

2011-12-12 Thread Christopher Bartlett
In the get and donate items lists, 12 shotgun shells are listed for 30 and I think 15 rep respectively. However if you pay attention to your rep the cost and gain appear to be 24 and 12. Chris Bartlett --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the

Re: [Audyssey] Question about ammo in swamp

2011-12-12 Thread Richard Sherman
Hi, here is some information that jeremy posted a few revisions ago. I think this info should be in the read me text file. - Weapon ranges have been set. Here is each weapon along with its maximum range. + Axe, 2 + Chainsaw, 3 + Field kit, 8 area of effect + Shotgun, 35 + P

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans foran updatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
Pinball is just in program files of an xp machine. If you don't have an xp machine, email me off-list and I'll send you a zip. That goes for movie maker too, though I don't see that you'd have much of a use for it. - Original Message - From: Valiant8086 Can you tell us how to get the p

Re: [Audyssey] time of conflict info

2011-12-12 Thread Christopher Bartlett
It's been my ambition to construct a set of campaigns for LotR. With what's coming, I think it will now be possible to really bring the War of the Ring, not only from Gondor and Rohan, but the war in the north into being. I think it should also be possible to create campaigns for the First and Se

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp Resurrection

2011-12-12 Thread Richard Sherman
HI, along the same line. I started a game the other day, and it started off with the guard shooting a bunch, one of which was a giant. Well, somehow the giant was able to hit me while inside the safe zone. I replayed, and it happened again. I had to back up a few steps and reload without the gi

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp: spawning and loot questions.

2011-12-12 Thread Richard Sherman
HI, I like the idea of donating to friends instead of the safe zone. also, I would like to see more 45 ammo. currently it seems that the most ammo i get is 5.56. It seems like I get around 3 times more of that ammo than the 45 ammo. Running around with the pistol and silencer is quite fun. And

[Audyssey] more SC vids!

2011-12-12 Thread Clement Chou
Dang it, Namco needs to put up a demo. Sounds are awesome, music is above amazing, and the gameplay looks great from what I've read and heard! Two videos, almost 20 minutes of footage! Enjoy... discussion welcome as always. I just love, and I mean love, this audio. I think the sword slashes them

[Audyssey] Swamp Resurrection

2011-12-12 Thread Dakotah Rickard
Ok. Scenario. I died. Then, either right near where I died or in the safe zone, someone uses a med kit. I'm revived, with all my equipment. It was brilliant! Please, if that's a bug, leave it alone. It's great cooperative oportunity. Signed: Dakotah Rickard --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audy

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. Can you tell us how to get the pinball game we're used to seeing on xp running under 7? Sent with Thunderbird 3.1.14 portable. On 12/12/2011 1:04 PM, john wrote: Much of that is really easy to get though, movie maker and pinball in particular. The windows 7 volume control is (in my opinio

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. Microsoft does have a licensed virtual machine. I think you have to have Win7 ultimate to get it though. Sent with Thunderbird 3.1.14 portable. On 12/12/2011 12:42 PM, dark wrote: Hi Alex. But if microsoft care so much about customers, why don't they have any options to extend backwards

Re: [Audyssey] dimensions game for iOS.

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
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Re: [Audyssey] dimensions game for iOS.

2011-12-12 Thread Darren Duff
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Re: [Audyssey] time of conflict info

2011-12-12 Thread Ben
Very well said, che, as always. Ben. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Che Sent: 12 December 2011 20:45 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] time of conflict info yeah, TOC is already amazing as is, with

Re: [Audyssey] dimensions game for iOS.

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
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Re: [Audyssey] Augmented gaming for the blind.

2011-12-12 Thread Darren Duff
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Re: [Audyssey] dimensions game for iOS.

2011-12-12 Thread Darren Duff
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Re: [Audyssey] time of conflict info

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Che. I agree. I've always wanted to construct a full and detailed campeign based around the final war of the ring, going from skirmish and delaying raides in Ithilian, to the retreat across Osgilliath, and finally the major battles such as the battle of the Horn berg and of course Pelenor f

Re: [Audyssey] dimensions game for iOS.

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
Should we listen in any particular order? Thanks. --- "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." - Original Message - From: "Darren Duff" To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" ; Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:03 PM Subject: [Audyssey] dimensions game for

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Bologna! - Re: plans for an updatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
Hardly. There are quite a few who agree. --- "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." - Original Message - From: "Christopher Bartlett" To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Bol

Re: [Audyssey] [audyssey] swamp-chainsaw suggestion

2011-12-12 Thread Dallas O'Brien
one thing i would also like to point out, is that the mp5, does not use 45 ammo. it uses 9 mill. put an 11.5 mill round in an mp5, and it would jam / explode. thats if you could even squeeze one of that size in. all the other weapons are corect in the ammo types, just not the mp5. dallas On 13

Re: [Audyssey] time of conflict info

2011-12-12 Thread Che
yeah, TOC is already amazing as is, with more coming. It is going to not only be a great strategy game out of the box, but the best thing in my opinion is it is going to be a killer game construction kit for those willing to take the time. I've already created a couple of custom setups wit

Re: [Audyssey] number of Lone Wolf missions - Re: plans foranupdatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Charles. They sound awsome though, as I said, perhaps a zip of them hosted somewhere would be helpful, afterall, the mission files themselves are rather small. Beware the grue! dark. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp map editor posted

2011-12-12 Thread pitermach
Are we also going to have an accessible map editor? I do think it'd be a good idea, reminds me how I played around with Agrip's Quake map maker. I even thought I lost my map which I made, only to discover it circulating on a very busy server. Good times indeed. On 12/12/2011 8:36 PM, Jeremy Ka

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Bologna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Christopher Bartlett
And certainly, yours is the only set of needs that matter. Chris Bartlett -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:26 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] n

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
The difference between this situation and the digital TV one is that in the case of digital TV, all transmissions had to switch from analog to digital immediately. In the case of VB, Microsoft deprecated it about ten years ago. And Vb games will still continue to run at least until the version of w

Re: [Audyssey] time of conflict info

2011-12-12 Thread pitermach
Guess I'll need to dust off my toc skills and ask for a key replacement then... Wow. 2012 is looking to so totally be full of releases like PH, zero sight, and now this thing. On 12/12/2011 8:41 PM, dark wrote: Wow John. This is way more than I expected would be in the game, I knew he was ma

Re: [Audyssey] number of Lone Wolf missions - Re: plans for anupdatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
I haven't beaten all 17 originals, either, but the others are just as much fun and challenging, if not more so. All of these are not available from the GMA site. --- "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gam

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Dark, That should be an easy fix, adding three digits to the mission number for Lone Wolf is something I am sure he has been aware of. Phil --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or u

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
My point is that the main purpose of a computer is not to run the operating system, and we should not keep having to upgrade to keep up with modern technology in the form of a new operating system. Do you have to keep buying new cars because the engine requires it? There was a lot of flak whe

Re: [Audyssey] time of conflict info

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Wow John. This is way more than I expected would be in the game, I knew he was making more units and multiplayer, but the other stuff is amazing! it sounds like time of conflict will end up as more than just a modern warfare sim, it'll end up as a platform for all sorts of sim games too, which

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Bryan Peterson
And you do sort of have to run the operating system to, what was your expression, do tasks. Smile. They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! - Original Message - From: "Trouble" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] new technology

Re: [Audyssey] number of Lone Wolf missions - Re: plans for an updatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Charles. I'm quite happy with davy jones locker :d. Actually it would be good if there is an archive of these somewhere publically available, sinse gma only have up to 92, and indeed I didn't think there were more missions. If Tom or someone else was willing to host them, I'd be very glad t

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp map editor posted

2011-12-12 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Your post reminded me of the file I uploaded last night. For those who might not know, the game's map editor is terribly inaccessible. Because a few people have asked for it and seem to have some sighted friends or relatives to help them use it, I took a few minutes to zip it up along with 2 e

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
Hi Charles, Yes, we should. Fortunately, even after VB support is removed from Windows, which won't be for several years at least, solutions such as virtual machines can still be used to play older games. On 12/12/11, Charles Rivard wrote: > If we must upgrade in order to play the newer games, s

Re: [Audyssey] Question about ammo in swamp

2011-12-12 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Very well written and informative! I enjoyed this. > Ok, here's my impression of things > with respect to various weapons. > > Pistol, weapon of last resort unless you have a > silencer.  The normal pistol > does the least damage per round and has the shortest > range.  I'm not sure > how to des

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
If we must upgrade in order to play the newer games, shouldn't we also be able to enjoy the games we've already spent money on? --- "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." - Original Message - From: "Alex Kenny" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Mo

Re: [Audyssey] Augmented gaming for the blind.

2011-12-12 Thread william lomas
can we play the games you mention on iPhone? or IOS? On Dec 12, 2011, at 2:37 PM, michael barnes wrote: > Hey, All. > I was wondering what augmented games out there that are accessible for the > blind? > You may ask what is a augmented game well here is what it is. > Games like Dimensions advent

Re: [Audyssey] Question about ammo in swamp

2011-12-12 Thread Johnny Tai
I like silent killing, so I tend to snipe with either rifle and when things get close, I find my range with silenced pistol, then once I hit it once with pistol, I switch either to assault rifle or one of the shotguns to bring it down fast. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If y

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Trouble
Welcome to the wonderful world of computers! At 01:26 PM 12/12/2011, you wrote: Another thing about new technology--Microsoft's Windows in particular: I buy a computer to do tasks, not to run the operating system. If I have to buy a new PC because my old one doesn't have enough CPU power, it

Re: [Audyssey] [audyssey] swamp-chainsaw suggestion

2011-12-12 Thread Johnny Tai
The real life volcan minigun does need to be braced again user's chest/stomach to be fired- when not mounted on anything. But yeah, in most games you don't have to brace it at all. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@a

[Audyssey] dimensions game for iOS.

2011-12-12 Thread Darren Duff
Here are 2 podcasts that I posted on twitter about the game from a blindness perspective. It's very importent that you listen to them in order to understand the game. The download links for the 2 files are below. 1. http://www.sendspace.com/file/nmuwja 2. http://www.sendspace.com/file/wak64n e

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Dennis Towne
(Note - it appears that this thread has gone into the weeds and is no longer really relevant to the topic of audio gaming...) FYI Alex, it's pretty much inconceivable to me that your assertion is true; an old Pentium with 256 MB of ram should be able to handle ridiculously complex multi-channel 3D

[Audyssey] time of conflict info

2011-12-12 Thread john
I recently picked up a message off of the GMA list, regarding the new time of conflict version, and thought I'd pass it on. I've pasted the message from David below: Time of Conflict is working out to be a major project. Here are just some of the new things that have been implemented: * Ch

Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
Hi Charles, While this has een brue in the past, Windows 7 used fewer system resources than did Vista, and Windows 8 will use even fewer, as it is being designed to run on tablets and even phones as well as PC's. No one is saying you must upgrade to new technology. However, as previously mentione

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
Problem with xp mode is that it only works on win7 pro or ultimate, no home premium users, which is most of what (at least as far as I know) is being sold in computer shops, using Best BUy Buy as my basis. - Original Message - From: Alex Kenny research. Windows 7 includes Windows XP mod

[Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
Another thing about new technology--Microsoft's Windows in particular: I buy a computer to do tasks, not to run the operating system. If I have to buy a new PC because my old one doesn't have enough CPU power, it can't be loaded with enough RAM, the hardware isn't supported by the new OS, and

[Audyssey] number of Lone Wolf missions - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
I've got more than 99. After the number, there is a letter. 99A, 99B, and so on. If anyone wants all of them, send me a request, off list, and I'll see about getting them to you. This is to not clutter the list with requests. Requests sent to the list will be totally ignored, and the reque

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
As far as wifi goes, win7 connects in five seconds flat. This is quite a lot faster than even a high-end xp laptop, which took around 30. - Original Message - From: "dark" In fairness I have only tried windows 7 on someone else's system not my own, so haven't had chance to deal with t

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
Of course, there are people who still use 98 today, myself being one of them. As a matter of fact, when my win 7 machine crashed a while back, it took me well under an hour to be able to do all of my mandatory things on 98. The only thing I really had to do was dig up some flash drivers, and put

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread john
Much of that is really easy to get though, movie maker and pinball in particular. The windows 7 volume control is (in my opinion) far superior to win xp, as it lets you change the volume of all your gprograms indevidually. - Original Message - From: "Michael Gauler" Subject: Re: [Audyss

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
Hi Dark, Before you make that argument, you should probably do a bit of research. Windows 7 includes Windows XP mode, which is a licensed, virtual copy of Windows XP. This should solve any problems with software compatibility that might exist between the two operating systems. To answer your secon

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Alex. But if microsoft care so much about customers, why don't they have any options to extend backwards compatibility of products? for instance a licenced microsoft virtual machine? Frankly, the reason they had to extend xp support is simply because vista was buggy as heck for several ye

Re: [Audyssey] Question about ammo in swamp

2011-12-12 Thread Christopher Bartlett
Ok, here's my impression of things with respect to various weapons. Pistol, weapon of last resort unless you have a silencer. The normal pistol does the least damage per round and has the shortest range. I'm not sure how to describe range in terms of the sounds you hear, but I know that if I am

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Valiant. In fairness I have only tried windows 7 on someone else's system not my own, so haven't had chance to deal with the search box. As I said though, for me it's really because I'd rather see where things are and physically go and pick them up and put down, rather than trust an autom

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Hi Phil. Good to know, especially the extra sounds and the thought of modifying weaponry to let you have different eras of submarine warfare in the game. Do you know if David has plans to allow the game to have missions with tripple didgits? I know there are 92 missions currently, but I thoug

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
Hi Dark, Again, I really think you're misrepresenting Microsoft here. Microsoft actually spends a huge amount of resources supporting older products. For example, one of the reasons Windows Vista was delayed as much as it was is because MS temporarily stopped its development in order to fix major

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
Hi Charles, The problem is that trying to maintain old software uses up a lot of resources and becomes very expensive. It is almost impossible to create bug-free software without expending huge amounts of software. NASA, for example, spends billions of dollars and countless months of testing to en

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Yea... But what do you do about the classic games? Surely, there are still many people in the world who want to use the old games. But running an outdated operating system like Windows 95 or older on modern PCs isn't an option when the os doesn't get along with your hardware due to a lack of dr

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, Yes, windows programs get new features and yes, it is up to you to decide if you want to use them or not... But let me ask you something just as an example. Do you know what the difference between Windows Movie Maker and Windows Live Movie Maker is? As far as I am informed the Window

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, I personally are also not against new technologies or new features in future Windows operating systems or other programs. But I'd like to adress a few points as well. If a company wants to improove their software, then this is often good for all users and not because security might b

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, I don't want to judge anyone. But there is a difference here. Fine if MS wants to remove VB 6 support. It is a developer's job to do something about a programs compatibility. But what should someone do as an end user? It is not my fault if a program screams about missing DLLs... OK, I

Re: [Audyssey] Question about ammo in swamp

2011-12-12 Thread Jorge Gonçalves
I was wonndering: in which situations the shotgun is useful? It's because i have the impression that it is not very accurate. Or it's me who is not accurate but I do kind of well with a pistol. I think it would be nice a file with the description of all ammo and their upgrades like scope etc. C

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp weekend progress

2011-12-12 Thread Dakotah Rickard
We all appreciate that you're busy. Nobody, I think, could hold a tremendously busy schedule against you. I know I don't. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 12/12/11, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: > Well I spent all week at work, planning ahead for everything I was going to > code once the weekend finally arr

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp: spawning and loot questions.

2011-12-12 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I don't think we should know what's in there. A much better, although perhaps overstated, solution to the friends trouble is to just enable giving stuff to people. That way if you're like my friend who has over 1200 7.62 and over 2000 other ammo, he could share his wealth rather than only getting h

Re: [Audyssey] swmap-chainsaw suggestion

2011-12-12 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I was wondering about the minigun. Right now, t is a bracing/unbracing key, but what if it doesn't need to be braced but spun, like in most games, so t starts it spinning, and it's only ready to fire when spun, rather like the chainsaw. This would be more in keeping with true miniguns. Sined: Dako

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
If the ribbons are going to be removed, and if the traditional menus that are accessible to everyone return, that feature alone might make me want to switch. --- "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." - Original Message - From: "Dallas O'Brien" To:

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for anupdatedLone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
And now we have to use a system of ribbons instead of pulldown menus. --- "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." - Original Message - From: "Jim Kitchen" To: "Thomas Ward" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 4:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
Sort of like paying for a whole bunch of benefits that are provided by a hotel that you won't be using, in case you did want to use them. That part I understand. But building a new one every 2 years or so and, after a time, closing the older one that is more popular and that no longer has plum

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Christopher Bartlett
To drag this thread back on topic, I've posted an inquiry to the GMA list asking David for a list of feature changes and new features in LW 4. The biggest thing I remember is a major overhaul of the mission writing part of the game to add much more intelligence to the enemy and friendly ships. Bu

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. You can still go and put things in different places. I do myself. But you really don't have to use anything but the search box most of the time. Even I could admit when I first tried Vista that even though I was absolutely fantastic with the xp start menu hitting p for programs then g for

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Folks, David Greenwood just answered a question about what will be in Lone Wolf 4. From David: My plans have exceeded that original document, which was primarily all the new parser commands, and if you remember, there is a whole bunch. This is great for developing more complex missions, and

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
As I said valliant, I just don't like relying on a search box, I prefer to physically go and put things in different places. Also, the expanded thing was irritating in the explorer for windows 7, I personally prefer just hitting enter on a folder to see what's inside it, though again this is j

[Audyssey] Augmented gaming for the blind.

2011-12-12 Thread michael barnes
Hey, All. I was wondering what augmented games out there that are accessible for the blind? You may ask what is a augmented game well here is what it is. Games like Dimensions adventures in the multiverse, Inception, and of course the new game that will be out soon Zombies run. These games are

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
Agreed William, this is just what I mean. As far as I've ever found out microsoft is frankly just concerned with their bank balance and don't give a dam about their customers accept as a statistic. And lets not get on to their production methods, what they pay the people who actually assemmb

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread dark
I'm not sure how much that applies to indi devs there dallas, sinse most indi devs don't have the huge amounts of cash necessary for massive graphics or sound, that the new code likely supports if it's intended to make games of todays' 3D standard. pluss as I said, it doesn't solve the problem

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. It's easy to turn off the most recently used programs from displaying in the start menu, just as it is easy to turn that off in windows xp without needing to switch it to the classic start menu which I don't like by the way. I like xp's default start menu with the most recent programs list

[Audyssey] DOA 4 video

2011-12-12 Thread Clement Chou
So here's a bit more on the series... This video is from dOA 4, and shows off one of my personal favorites. I love this character.. he fights with a cool style, and in Ninja Gaiden he's awesome as always. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-394ImSWig I don't understand why DOA 5 reverts back to havi

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Willem Venter
Hi dark. Microsoft only invests development time where they stand to gain or lose money. For the most part, even dropping support for vb was based on the fact that they were forcing developers to switch to vb.net so they could sell them a new set of development tools. The basic programming syntax s

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Trouble
They did that option and called it vista! Now if you don't have max ram and high CPU it runs like a brick! Remove the old outdated junk and you got win7 or even 8. At 08:13 AM 12/12/2011, you wrote: Frankly dallas where games are concerned, I couldn't give a monkies how good the newer codes ar

Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Trouble
Like how you put the below. Now if you could get those useless brick heads at freedom Scientific to do the same with rebuilt jaws, and not just slip the new code into the old junk. Even there scripts need a total rework. There are scripts used for program that have not changed sense written an

Re: [Audyssey] swmap-chainsaw suggestion

2011-12-12 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
You bring up a good point about it breaking. I think I'll tweak it a bit to see if I can make it more useful. > Not sure if anyone's brought this up, > but I find the current system makes chainsaw rather useless. > I believe that since it's a melee weapon, it has to either > not break, or break

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