hi thomas. oh, i totaly understand it, and i know that you wrote this game using several programming languages and accepting lots of suggestions from all users. that's what took so much time, not to mention bugs and stuff like that. i downloaded pretty much all the betas from beta 1 to 18, so i know what you're talking about. if adding sapi support would mean rewriting the game, then i say no. leave things as they are, i'm not a english speaker and i can easyly understand this voice with this rate. and i can't wait to see this game get finished to see the other bosses and stuff. hmm, speaking about the game, i have a question: what about the weapons that you pick up? the game seems to be much more fair now in that regard, in the 2 games that i played i got a sword in the first level with a bunch of other weapons. are they randomised or not? i think that potions, gold, etc should be randomised, but torches, weapons should go in defined locations. spoiler! space!
when fighting the last creature in the first level, i noticed that it was much more challenging to kill it with the dagger. so why not allow only the dagger to appear in the first level instead of the sword? i had to score more than 8 hits to kill it with the dagger, but i killed it with 2 hits using a sword, i was even going to record and show the boss to a friend of mine, but i was a little disappointed to see that i didn't got the dagger and that it was too easy to just do it. so when you come to a harder boss or harder creatures that will really force you to use the sword, you could get it. what do you think about that? thanks and good job! -----Mensagem original----- De: Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> Para: Gamers Discussion list <gamers@audyssey.org> Data: Terça, 5 de Abril de 2011 17:57 Assunto: Re: [Audyssey] MOTA 18 - levers? Hi Matheus, Matheus wrote: but there are two sides of the coin here. if you use these recorded speech clips it will be more time consuming for you to adjust it, because you will always get complaints that the speech is too fast, that some users don't like this voice and that they may have something much better available to use, etc. My reply: Unfortunately, all I can say is that they are free to record and edit their own custom voice/language pack if it bothers them that much. I'm trying to create a high quality product, with the best possible voice possible, and using SAPI voices directly isn't as easy or simple as you think. I've got my reasons for not adding SAPI 5 support which I'll explain below. Matheus wrote: However, if you used sapi you could use a file to have the text in different lines. My reply: The thing is I'd litterally have to rewrite the entire game from scratch to add a feature like that. That's why I'm not adding SAPI support either. I don't think you understand the fact that what you are asking for is far too late in the development process. I am not going to spend the next six months or a year of my life totally rewriting Mysteries of the Ancients because a few people now want SAPI support. If we would have talked about this back when I was rewriting the G3D engine and game early in 2010 I might have considered it, but right now it is just way too late to think about it. Please, understand I want this game done in June if possible. I don't want to keep writing and rewriting the same thing over and over again. The fact of the matter is that no matter what I do weather I add SAPI support or don't add SAPI support I won't be able to please everyone. Somebody will just have to be unhappy with the results. Cheers! --- 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 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/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- 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 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/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
