Hi Dark, Right. I'm interested to see what the next generation of Time of Conflict will be like since it sounds like we will be able to create custom units, maps, and campaigns which would rock.
However, that said, I plan to upgrade my Toshiba to Windows 8 in the next couple of months and since it is my primary machine I am growing increasingly concerned about some of these games running on it because Visual Basic 6 based software is really beginning to show its age. It doesn't support 64-bit processors, doesn't use duel core processors efficiently, and requires a bunch of outdated libraries to be installed just to make it run. For all of those reasons I'm wondering if it might not be better to write a similar game up in .NET and use Sapi which would be fully Windows 8 and 64-bit compliant. I know for someone like yourself who is using XP that isn't a major concern, but since I am running Windows 7 and do plan to migrate at least one machine to Windows 8 its an issue I have to consider when playing accessible games. Anyway, I know some of those war games can get pretty in depth for board games. It is pretty cool buying the sets, painting some of the pieces, and then building the sets. I use to know some guys in high school who use to get i into that sort of thing, and the only reason I didn't is I really couldn't see to paint the pieces and would have to braille all the cards, dice, and still have problems seeing the game map and figuring out where all the units are etc. In a game like that its important to be able to see the entire map so you can plan your strategies out accordingly. That's where something like Time of Conflict really shines, because you can review everything as needed. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] 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].
