Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread dark
Hi Neophyte. i wasn't meaning that this was a specifically vi issue at all, just that it is principely the reason I've stopped playing a lot of if these days, sinse for every game I tried that I really liked, there seemed to be five or six others where I ran into those sorts of problems.

Re: [Audyssey] game difficulties wasbestsidescroller?-Re:Q9version 1.2.

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Claridge
Hi all How about keeping the warnings but have them crumble if you stand on them too long, so you would fall in if you take too long to make the jump. Thanks Rich Sent from my iPhone On 5 Nov 2010, at 00:58, Clement Chou chou.clem...@gmail.com wrote: That would depend on the surface itself.

Re: [Audyssey] New here; saying hello

2010-11-05 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, Actually there was no such thing as an accessible live action audio dos game for us. All though David Greenwood and PCS Games tried and emulated it pretty good, like with Cops and Robbers. The thing is, we had no Basic wave file playing code. So to play a wave file we would use

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Neophyte, My games do need the VB6 run time libraries and DirectX 8.1 or better. My Winkit.zip file will install the VB6 libraries which no longer ship with Windows but other than that, no, I do not seem to have problems with system conflicts and platform bugs. People have been playing

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread dark
Michael, if I understand correctly, you are looking for games which are played on a grid and which you move only in 4 (or 8), directions encountering things on that grid. In theese terms, the games I can think of are: X hour obviously, Galaxy ranger, Night of parasite, self destruct,

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Dark, as far as I know, the pirate memory game isn't available anymore. I purchased it a few years ago, got a new system and couldn't reinstall it, because I lost the setup file and the folks from Klango told me that the game is no longer available. Quite anoying, I might add, since I paid

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread Willem Venter
Hi. I really can't agree with you here. There is no true 3d audio games as of yet. No wait, winPup and 3d velocity are true 3d games. Some other games just have 3d sound. A 3d game means that you can move in two planes (forward, back, left, right, up and down) and anything in between. Tank

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread dark
Well if you want to be that strict, win pup isn't actually 3D sinse you cannot move backwards and forwards, only left right and up and down. You are nevertheless correct, I should've used the term first person rather than 3D. BEWARE THE Grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] New here; saying hello

2010-11-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Good point. Yes, I remember how difficult it was to play a sound under Dos. In fact, I had the very same issue under Linux before they began developing APIs like SDL, SFML, OpenGL, and OpenAL which provided better means for handling input, audio, graphics, etc. For example, I can remember

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread dark
Hello Sarah. Yes, this is irritating, especially sinse I think pirate memory game would do very well in the Klango games room. I actually bought both pirate memory game and Haunted factory at the time myself, so I've stuck the setup files on sendspace for people to download. i do not know

[Audyssey] Game books

2010-11-05 Thread neophyte
Hey Dark, Okay, now I'm totally geeking out. I ran down those links you sent through and they were all very cool projects. I feel like I need a spare year to start exploring them properly! I played Choose Your Own Adventure books and Fighting Fantasy books heaps as a kid and have recently been

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox and Kinect

2010-11-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Liam and all, As I was busy with family matters like watching my son at that time I wasn't able to listen to the broadcast. Does anyone happen to have a recording or archive of this show? On 11/4/10, Liam Erven liamer...@gmail.com wrote: I purchase dand received microsoft's Kinect accessory

Re: [Audyssey] still getting the blue screen when exiting modaplease help.

2010-11-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, Well, you shouldn't have to wait too much longer for a fix. I've pretty much got the older Windows based Genesis Engine upgraded to current and therefore it will be using DirectInput for input, DirectSound for audio output, and use the standard Win32 API for everything else. If it

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox's Kinect first reviews

2010-11-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Liam, By chance could you do a podcast on this as some of us weren't able to listen to the live cast. I'd really like to hear your show, but unless someone was kind enough to record it I'm afraid I am just out of luck. On 11/4/10, Liam Erven liamer...@gmail.com wrote: Will be setting it up

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread neophyte
Hey Phil, I can understand why you would suggest buying a voice! The links you gave me had quite the variety of them. I was pretty stoked to find that Real Speak has an Australian one called Karen, which isn't too bad! The Ivona Amy voice is my favourite from the pages you've linked to. It's

Re: [Audyssey] Game books

2010-11-05 Thread dark
Hi neophyte. To be honest as a visually impared person doesn't particularly apply here if the books are accessible. Obviously I prefer them not to have graphics or graphical puzles, and equally obviously it's good for me to get them online rather than in an inaccessible print form (I've

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox's Kinect first reviews

2010-11-05 Thread Mich
Hi I to would like to hear this if you can please do a podcast on it please and thank you as well. I to was unable to hear your show eather and from what I have herd through the list it sounds really cool and something that I would really like to hear more about. from Mich. - Original

Re: [Audyssey] using the sword in mota beta14

2010-11-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, Well, as a big Sendspace user with a Max account I can give you lots of reasons why Dropbox is, well, not that good. For one thing with a Sendspace Max account you can download up to 8 GB per day, can store 100 GB of files on your account, use of the Sendspace Wizard, etc. Dropbox

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread dark
You might also look at http://www.cereproc.com/home for voices, sinse they have some very good ones indeed. I myself use the Scansoft Uk English voice daniel (being English myself I prefer Uk English synths), but the seerproc ones are even better imho and I'm actually considdering forking

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Neophite, I have NVDA 2010, and use it on Windows. However, as we are getting way off topic here if you want to talk about NVDA you can write me off list at thomasward1...@gmail.com and I'll answer any questions you might have regarding that screen reader. Cheers! On 11/5/10,

Re: [Audyssey] MOTA Beta 16 Changes

2010-11-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, Okay, but after this we really really need to get back on topic. This is way off topic. Smile. The name Bash is an achronim for Born Again Shell. Unlike Dos that has a single user interface, a common shell environment you might say, different brands of Unix like BSD, Solaris, Sco,

[Audyssey] Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game music

2010-11-05 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Folks, Today only the Amazon Mp3 site has game music on sale for $3.99 US. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game. Original Video game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi. It mixes 8-bit sound and live guitars. If interested go to the link below and look for MP3 Daily Deal http://www.amazonmp3.com

Re: [Audyssey] still getting the blue screen when exitingmodaplease help.

2010-11-05 Thread Charles Rivard
That soon?? Dang! Not counting Email sending and receiving, someone's been busy! (grin) --- Shepherds are the best beasts! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 5:16 AM Subject:

[Audyssey] Help with my dropbox public folder

2010-11-05 Thread Lori Duncan
Hi I can't seem to copy my audio game recordings from my documents folder to my public folder in dropbox, instead they get moved to the dropbox folder in the start up menu, and only drop box shows up when I sellect to move files, I don't get a public folder option, in other words I can't hit

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox and Kinect

2010-11-05 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Liam, I listened to your setting up and calibrating the Kinect. It does sound like it needs sighted assistance at least until you memorize the voice commands. It's a shame they don't include voice feedback when moving around the screen. When you were stopping the leaks I heard your feet walk

Re: [Audyssey] New here; saying hello

2010-11-05 Thread Muhammed Deniz
I'm not Neophyte, Hayden. Was meant to write to Neo. - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New here; saying hello Hi Muhammed, Ah, that's

Re: [Audyssey] Help with my dropbox public folder

2010-11-05 Thread Christopher Bartlett
Hi Lori. I'm not sure what's happening here, but the procedure I use is: Select and copy the file(s) I want to put in the public folder, Go to the system tray and select drop box, then select the open drop box item Navigate through the resulting window to the public folder and paste. If I've

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox and Kinect

2010-11-05 Thread shaun everiss
I am not sure but I remember liam saying once he did not do archives, I wish he did. I have missed loads of his stuff and I wouldn't mind listening to that. If something else goes on today maybe I will have time to bother who knows. At 11:05 p.m. 5/11/2010, you wrote: Hi Liam and all, As I was

Re: [Audyssey] still getting the blue screen when exiting modaplease help.

2010-11-05 Thread shaun everiss
thats cool but were you going to actually use another 3d pan thing or is this just a temperary solution. I don't mind but I was beginning to like the 3d pan. You really felt like you were there if you know what I mean. I can't explain it its just a feeling. At 11:16 p.m. 5/11/2010, you wrote:

Re: [Audyssey] Help with my dropbox public folder

2010-11-05 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm no idea try unlinking then uninstalling and reinstalling the latest client. failing that make a shortcut to my dropbox, I have had a simular issue, during setup after a reformat and crash early this year the tech spelled my name wrong in the user account system I could change things but

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Dark, thanks for the file, I hope it will work. Do you have this old version of Klango as well? I don't have any setup file for it unfortunately. It would be great if you could send this as well, since the game will not work with the new Klango. Thanks and best regards Sarah ---

Re: [Audyssey] still getting the blue screen when exiting modaplease help.

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi Shaun, Um...firstly I'm not sure how youelt like you were really there. Secondly, do you recall DirectX has 2D panning? Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: Friday, November 05,

Re: [Audyssey] New here; saying hello

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi Muhammed, Wince...I noticed that when I read it. Sorry aboutthat. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Muhammed Deniz Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:44 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject:

Re: [Audyssey] Help with my dropbox public folder

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi CChristopher, You can just go into My Documents, it's quicker. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Bartlett Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 12:57 PM To: 'Lori Duncan'; 'Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] using the sword in mota beta14

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi Thomas, One of these days,I'm going to have to ask you how to work Sendspace. I tried via the Wizard, and...well, nothing. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Friday, November

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi, I believewe would say Loanwolf is 3D as well, sense we do go forward, left, right, backward, in between, and up and down. Onlyother one is 3D Velocity. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Willem

Re: [Audyssey] game difficulties wasbestsidescroller?-Re:Q9version 1.2.

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
I Richard, Hmmm...I actually like that one. If it would be workable... Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Richard Claridge Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 2:59 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject:

[Audyssey] Moxie game for Iphone and Ipod

2010-11-05 Thread Lori Duncan
Hi I was just wondering if anyone has played Moxie? I'd made the word Rat and got my 100 points for it being a moxie word, then I added an E to make Rate, but when I tried to cover up the A in Rat with the letter U for rut, it showed up as a twoddle. Am I understanding the game properly, I

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread Willem Venter
Agree with you on lonewolf. The issue isn't really in which directions you can move, but rather being able to move in the x, y and z planes and not only x and y. On 11/6/10, Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, I believewe would say Loanwolf is 3D as well, sense we do go forward,

Re: [Audyssey] gamedifficulties wasbestsidescroller?-Re:Q9version 1.2.

2010-11-05 Thread Bryan Peterson
Sort of like the temple in Monkey Business where if you stand on the gravel border around the altar for more than a second it causes a cave-in and you die. We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list'

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi Noeophyet, There are, as a natter of fact, games written in zcode that use the command exits for that information (see Gournet). As for Wake...did they really? I missed the Braille Note talk. Although, owning one I cansay theyare invaluable. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message-

Re: [Audyssey] Moxie game for Iphone and Ipod

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi Lori, Twoddles are delicate things. I'll take a simple example here. Let us say I have the word cat. Then I cover up the c with a d. That's fine, butwhat if I were to cover up the a with an f? I would get a twoddle sense there is no word beginning with CF. Best Regards, Hayden -Original

Re: [Audyssey] game difficulties was Re: best side scroller? - Re:Q9 version 1.2.

2010-11-05 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi Tom, Grin Wonder how that happened? Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Yohandy Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 10:38 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game difficulties was

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox and Kinect

2010-11-05 Thread Liam Erven
I really had a hard time with the leaks. Rally ball is probably my favorite game. Am planning on streaming again tonight at 8. got my hand son Kinect sports -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Phil Vlasak Sent:

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox and Kinect

2010-11-05 Thread Liam Erven
I would do archives, but they are usually pretty long and would be huge files -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 3:50 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey]

Re: [Audyssey] grid games

2010-11-05 Thread dark
Hi sarah. No need to worry about that, sinse the appropriate version of Klango is bundled with the game and will install at the same time. Let me know if the setup files work. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Sarah Haake ti...@gmx.net To: Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread neophyte
Hi Hayden, I'll have to check Gournet out. It should be simple to code into any game, and it sounds like it would be vey helpful. As for the Braille Note talk, perhaps I'm confusing it with the braille output device she had. I remember her talking about a number of braille devices. I'll have to

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-05 Thread neophyte
Hey Thomas, Yes, sorry. I've dragged this way off topic. Thanks for the offer of an off list chat. If you don't mind I'd love to ask you about a bunch of other things, too. It won't be until late tonight (Australia time) that I get a chance to write. Chat then. Thanks again. Cheers,

Re: [Audyssey] Xbox and Kinect

2010-11-05 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm even if you kept them up for a week, and then got rid of em, even if you had bits and bobs, Even if you had it say run at a sertain time if you were not going to upload it on somewhere or have the downloads for a bit I'd probably get those. At 12:20 p.m. 6/11/2010, you wrote: I would do

Re: [Audyssey] Game books

2010-11-05 Thread neophyte
Hey Dark, Thanks for all those thoughts. Picking up the old Choose Your Own Adventure books was quite the surprise. I had no idea how badly they were written. They just spiral all over the place and some of the deaths are so obscure and unexpected. In my opinion, ensuring that each choice is

Re: [Audyssey] for all the SF nuts

2010-11-05 Thread Yohandy
yeah but the way it happened was a bit unfortunate and unexpected. - Original Message - From: Clement Chou chou.clem...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] for all the SF nuts Oh and a few more

[Audyssey] Crash's best wishes.

2010-11-05 Thread Gary Whittington
Thanks to the members of this very Long hosted email. Dear Tom Thank you from my Heart. Crash sitting at the contraols. Happy times to you and yours. At the keyboard. Major thats go to the man who supplyed the list life. Hey Tom what is the news. Email to a man who stuck out his dream. Yes,

[Audyssey] The Mighty Che

2010-11-05 Thread Gary Whittington
Another look back in 2010. Phil, giving out new updates to Female lead part. Reply Now! But what about a man who never thought a paint it Black happy to him. :Che I never see my own posts on this list and any from FTP. A person who listen and taled to you not at lyou. With the magice of

Re: [Audyssey] for all the SF nuts

2010-11-05 Thread Clement Chou
True, that. That's actually why I try not to use ultras too often now... they're only good if they connect. If they don't, you're in deep crap. A lot of it. lol. But all in all, it wasn't a bad playthrough, imo. At 06:33 PM 05/11/2010, you wrote: yeah but the way it happened was a bit

Re: [Audyssey] Game books

2010-11-05 Thread dark
Hi. well they have their devotees, however sinse unlike interactive fiction you often need to write your own character ststats etc, some people don't want to put in the work (which is imho a shame). There are actually people writing more ameter books, for instance the chronicles of arborell