Re: [Audyssey] the raspberry pie

2014-10-29 Thread Willem Venter
Hi Shaun. Everything that you said in the message below is wrong. Please check your facts before posting. Or better yet, if you no nothing about a subject don't pretend to know something. On 10/28/14, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: I may be wrong, and this is only from a blog I read a

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Austin Pinto
no cause on 1 of the post related to the game some1 said he can increase the speed and go more than the highest that it gos at normal On 10/29/14, Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net wrote: When has Jim ever included cheat codes in his games? Never. I actually like this. Ash nazg

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Bryan, If you install version 2, your saved game from version 1 should still be good to go. Version 2 does count the number of pizzas that you deliver and it would start at 1 if you resume a saved game from version 1, so the count will be wrong, but you should be able to continue any

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Austin, Hmmm, I have no idea how to write an automatic check for up dates feature in my games. Heck, never even figured out how to have on line score boards or anything like that. Of course I'm just not really into the on line thing. BFN Jim Check my web site for my 36 free games.

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Bryan, The vehicles that you get promoted to do go faster. The scooter's top speed is 45, then the next is 55 and then 65. spoiler space below. s p o i l e r s p a c e You can speed on center, seventh street and fifth avenue. BFN Jim Represented by the law firm of Dewy, Cheatem

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Austin Pinto
and after playing the game if u quit for the day whare does the game save your info? On 10/29/14, Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net wrote: Hi Austin, Hmmm, I have no idea how to write an automatic check for up dates feature in my games. Heck, never even figured out how to have on line score

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread dark
I AGree with charlse on this one, checking for updates is handy in programs like MushZ which make hosts of small changes on a very frequent basis and have whacking great setup files to download, or projects where there are continually a lot of small bits and files to download like mapsets for

Re: [Audyssey] a polite request.

2014-10-29 Thread dark
Hi Haiden. Yes, the none stat reset is a bug. One thing Jason admits is that entombed sort of grew as it continued, and because some ideas weren't considered in the original creation of the game, this lead to bugs when they were introduced later. It's just a consequence of Entombed having

Re: [Audyssey] the raspberry pie

2014-10-29 Thread Tim Chase
Since Willem mentioned it, I thought I'd also correct some of Shaun's mis-statements: - graphics and sound have their own channels. It's capable of full 1080p video while simultaneously emitting stereo sound, so I'm not sure what the issue is. And if it was to be turned into a VI console

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
well jims games are never hard they are based off old dos games or straight board games mostly and are not to bad as long as you have your wits about you. At 06:50 p.m. 29/10/2014, you wrote: When has Jim ever included cheat codes in his games? Never. I actually like this. Ash nazg

Re: [Audyssey] a polite request.

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
not all scrolls can be used on all objects it depends on the scroll. At 09:48 p.m. 27/10/2014, you wrote: Hi dark sir and all! I haven't purchase the game I have plans to buy the game whenever I will manage to get a Job I will definitely buy it as far as the concern of scrolls I used these to

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
it would be fun if jim made an audio version of candy crush. On 10/29/2014 2:36 AM, shaun everiss wrote: well jims games are never hard they are based off old dos games or straight board games mostly and are not to bad as long as you have your wits about you. At 06:50 p.m. 29/10/2014, you

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
just quickly on this, because I know its closing what do you think of react os it seems to have a lot going for it with its windows emulator but last time I checked reviews said accessability was practically null. Sadly while I have the system I could use to test this kind of junk, the time

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
its true no screen reader will work at all with it. it is completely inaccessible not even worth trying. On 10/28/2014 3:18 PM, shaun everiss wrote: just quickly on this, because I know its closing what do you think of react os it seems to have a lot going for it with its windows emulator

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Ishan, Honestly, I don't think there has been any dramatic progress in audio games for the last ten to fifteen years. From a purely technical perspective they seem to be more or less the same. For example, you mentioned Shades of Doom. It was written in Visual Basic 6, used DirectX 8, and

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, I have no personal experience with React OS so can't really comment on it. All I can say is a lot of emulated software isn't accessible by design, and as such I wouldn't be surprised to hear it isn't accessible. Basically, my opinion is if it isn't accessible to me I have no use

[Audyssey] Using a TV as a monitor

2014-10-29 Thread Karen Martin Wareham
Hello, My Aunt, 82 yrs old, has very little site left and lives alone so has many hours to fill each day. She used to enjoy playing card and word games. I wonder if there is something out there that she can play through her large screen TV. All suggestions welcomed. Thanks. Karen --- Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
you are forgetting tacticle battle audio game. On 10/29/2014 1:21 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello Ishan, Honestly, I don't think there has been any dramatic progress in audio games for the last ten to fifteen years. From a purely technical perspective they seem to be more or less the same. For

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
On that point I agree. Eventually a change will happen for me but its probably not as fast, heck I hope it happens soon because if that does happen it means I will get more employment or something that will warrent this. Right now I am essentually standing still mostly and the change for me

Re: [Audyssey] Jim's Pizza Delivery Game

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
well there have ben attempts made to have a dropbox or bt sync or website set for this sort of thing. However setting your torrent sync foldr as open and giving out write access is a bad idea as it encourages cracks, deletion and other issues. A dropbox has limited space and also, people can

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm yes I have, I prefur the 3d effects on shades of doom 1 than what is done in 2. However you need alcahol to play that and the only real way to get that is to get something like an sb play soundcard which has its own issues which is why I don't play that card all the time. look at

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, No, I hadn't forgotten about Tactical Battle. I simply didn't mention it since I didn't have the time or energy to discuss the pros and cons of every audio game out there. Plus I honestly don't see anything special about Tactical Battle. The game is okay, but in my opinion it is sort of

Re: [Audyssey] Using a TV as a monitor

2014-10-29 Thread dark
Hi Karren. There are a lot of accessible traditional type games, but the majority do not have graphics just speech. I'd recommend the spoonbill series from blind gamers http://www.omninet.net.au/~irhumph/blindgamers.htm these have both speech and large print, high contrast settings and a

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread dark
Hi Tom. Technical discussions aside, I confess I disagree on the lack of audio game progress in design terms. While you might be correct on shades of doom, Shades of doom is hardly the cutting edge of audio games these days. Swamp features as you said major changes in fps technology, and

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread dark
Hi Tom. tactical battle is more the possibility of the engine than the initial game maps. I confess I've not played the game hugely, ut I do get the impression some people have done some pretty astounding things with it. Beware the grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
and don't forget tacticle battle and all its map packs. On 10/29/2014 5:32 PM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. Technical discussions aside, I confess I disagree on the lack of audio game progress in design terms. While you might be correct on shades of doom, Shades of doom is hardly the cutting edge of

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
oh yes they sure have! go get it and try some map packs! On 10/29/2014 5:34 PM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. tactical battle is more the possibility of the engine than the initial game maps. I confess I've not played the game hugely, ut I do get the impression some people have done some pretty

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, I confess I haven't played much with Tactical Battle either. I basically played some of the sample maps, found it sort of blah, and gave it a pass. I have heard there are some good maps available for the game, but I've been too busy with personal issues to give any of those a go. So my

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, I know Shades of Doom is not cutting edge. However, keep in mind Ishan brought it up and was I believe trying to show how far audio games like Shades of Doom have advanced and my point was to show him as far as games like Shades of Doom are concerned nothing has changed very much

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, While I have briefly played around with Tactical Battle I have not yet had time to look at any of the map packs. So any opinions I might voice currently would be based exclusively on the sample maps etc that comes with the stock game not the extra downloads of map packs and so forth.

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
try star wars star trek and age of warlords and you'll change your mind quickly about tacticle battle! On 10/29/2014 6:02 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Dark, I confess I haven't played much with Tactical Battle either. I basically played some of the sample maps, found it sort of blah, and gave it

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Josh, Where does one go to get the map packs etc that you mentioned? Thanks. On 10/29/14, Josh k joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote: try star wars star trek and age of warlords and you'll change your mind quickly about tacticle battle! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you

Re: [Audyssey] the raspberry pie

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
well I reviewed the raspberry site which gave me the info, so I have to assume that that link is now out of date because there were issues last year and it looks like the site has not been updated in that time. I did find it odd that it hadn't changed though. At 01:38 a.m. 30/10/2014, you

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
don't base your opinion on sample map packs they are just it samples. the good ones are star wars and star trek and age of warlords and others. On 10/29/2014 6:05 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Josh, While I have briefly played around with Tactical Battle I have not yet had time to look at any of

Re: [Audyssey] Comparison between old and latest audio games

2014-10-29 Thread Steven Cantos
I would disagree. The blind swordsman has really got a more modern feel to it, even though it is a bit like the hear it, hit it style combat that you would find in most audiogames. And what about SoundRTS with it's new world war 2 mod and all of the cool weapons? You have to admit that Soundrts

Re: [Audyssey] Using a TV as a monitor

2014-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
Hmm, not sure, you can sertainly hook a tv to the system via the standard moniter or the hdmi ports but I have never used one so I have no idea how to display or even use one in this manner. I have a smart tv and I know I can stream to it but I have never tried or really needed to do so. At

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
download tacticle battle then go into the game then arrow to download map packs and hit enter. its easy. On 10/29/2014 6:47 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello Josh, Where does one go to get the map packs etc that you mentioned? Thanks. On 10/29/14, Josh k joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote: try star

[Audyssey] cyberassault halloween week begins today

2014-10-29 Thread Johnny Tai
From now till next Wednesday, most of the mud is in zombie apoc mode. Special events, quests, gear and more-- things that load only once per year during this massive event! Come check it out! cyberassault.org port: 1 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list,

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Charles Rivard
So do I. Cheat codes are for either beta testing, which is OK, or for cheating, which, in my opinion, means that you have to give up to beat the game. If you have to cheat, you lost. And it also takes away the challenge of the game, so you threw your money away if you bought the game. Even