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[X]

Arghh! What happened to www.proudft.com?  I go to uni for a few months and it vanishes!

Anyway, hi Tarn, how are you? Ya still seem to be working on Armok which is good. Just downloading now to look at the progress - please say you've fixed the weird viewpoint.  

Anyway, I'll be back,

X

[Toady One]

Where have you been?  "Uni" isn't that hard is it?  Actually Tom's site just got put back online after being down for about a month, BUT it has moved to www.tomproudfoot.com.  Aren't you on his mailing list?  He sent out a few messages -- maybe the email you gave him is stale...

I've been fine.  They haven't kicked me out of school yet, so I'm quite happy.  I just need to write that thesis thingy now.

The weird viewpoint should be gone, yeah, replaced by something remarkably more heinous   -- the game has undergone some massive changes, although some of them will appear backward to you since you can't pick things up any more.  That should be fixed in a few weeks when the next version comes out.  You can go check out the Plan page and complain about stuff if you want.

[ March 06, 2002: Message edited by: Toady One ]

[X]

Good good he's not dead then. My other email adresses should still work, but I can only collect from my uni one except when I go home.
Suffice to say I've not been working hard, but I've got a fair bit of stuff that needs to be in before easter so I should really be in bed (dug up adom though and couldn't stop).
Anyway, gotta get armok home now and see what graphical monstrosity you have perpertraited. Yep, I still can't spell.  

X

[Toady One]

I recently dug up the original Rogue (Epyx version 1.45 from 1985 anyway -- the one with the squid picture) and got hooked for a while.  I actually got to level 19, which I had never done before (so what if I fell down a ton of trap doors...)

Can't the other addresses be set to forward?  I'm sure you haven't been working hard -- just look at that Warsong site.  I tried the game, but I couldn't get those controls down...  Z,X,C and enter?  Ack.

I hope Armok works on your computer anyway.

[SkeleTony]

Well aren't we just one big happy family...

Downloading the "run and shoot out someone's eye" version (or whatever you call it) now.Last version got 14fps on my new comp (windows XP,Athlon 1.33 ghz).I have been lurking for months now but juist now decided to make my presence known (again).

Always good to see X is still alive  .

[Toady One]

Hey!  He he he.  And we don't have Tom policing GG posts on this forum!

14 FPS?  Your processor is better than mine...  it must be some sort of synergy between my bad programming and your graphics card  If you got a slow down in the latest versions, you can go to options and turn on the progressive meshes (that cuts the triangle count down significantly).  You can try turning off fog too, although I hear that doesn't help much.

It was good while it lasted, but I think X is dead again.  He hadn't seen the game since I got rid of the pseudo-isometric view.  I hope the appalling new nature of the display didn't give him a heart attack.

I assume Tom is still dead.  What happened to Magnum Games?

Is this post 300?  X usually has the honor of doing this.

[SkeleTony]

Magnum games? I have no idea.I went by the web site (or tried to) one day and they were kaput.Only regret I have is that I actually started doing some much better sprites for that game and was about to send 'em to Marty and now I dont even have (or know of anyone who does) version 5.0 of RoA which I would have liked to have for nostaligias sake.

Oh well...

The new version seems to be working pretty well though I forgot to check out the FPS thing.Can't wait til you get some models in there.

Talk to you later.

[X]

Skele! Yay! Just need Shiva and a few of the others and we'd have the full set!  

Temporay absence due to going to Paris on and architecture trip for a week. Forgot to nip in here and say about it. Anyway, got to go out drinking this evening the polish my sketchbook tomorrow morning. Hard life.  

Good old Warsong should work fine, but it's picky over emulators - you're best with one of the newer ones like gens. As for poor old Magnum Games, it was a real shame as the project was just picking up when it folded. Fact is programming (especially when you're learning as you go along) takes a long time and most people run into other commitments. Other nutters manage it even when studing for a stupidly har degree.  

Anyway, I am around again now, so happiness to all.

X

(Currently dead of a heart attack after seeing the new graphics and writing from beyond the grave)

[Toady One]

So that's isometric enough for you?  Good to hear it

Shiva's been making Geneforge advertisements on Tom's board, so she's still around.  Perhaps she'll show up here when somebody says something thoughtless and needs a gentle correction.

This March 21st deadline sucks.  I've done the interface, but I still need to code all of the actions.

[Demon]

AS long as its up by 3:30 (est) tomarrow, I'm fine with that.    

[Toady One]

Well, you can now loot bodies.  I had a fight with a kobold, killed it, and took its dirty short sword (dirty with my blood).  Then I used it to fight another kobold until we were both unconscious.  The rest of the kobolds chopped me up after that.

At least it's done.  First aid and corpse processing remain.  Since there are no splints/etc. now, first aid will basically consist of applying pressure to bleeding wounds so you don't die so quickly.  Corpse processing will consist of whatever I can throw in before Demon's unreasonable deadline.  Maybe I'll shoot for 3:30 *P*ST.  He he he.