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On Dec 28, 2011, at 4:42 PM, dark wrote: > Hi tom. > > The compatibility issues with Airik I've always found confusing. > > The old beta demo worked fine, and I don't recall anyone having trouble > running it including myself. What is more, on xp it is not that the game > gives an error, fails to load, fails to play sounds or runs slowly, it's that > one command, the find command doesn't work, which seems an incredibly strange > consequence of a compatibility issue. > > From comments Jake has made on audiogmaes.net, he essentially designed a > graphical game with the engine and maps, but used a sound model rather than > tying the spacial objects of the game to actual images and collision boxes on > screen. > > I believe he thought all audio games were programmed essentially as a boppit > style play sound react model, without in built logic or a virtual environment > at the back, so used a graphical model, though I'm not sure how successful > this has been. > > We'll have to see how his new game works out. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question > > >> Hi Dark, >> >> No, whatever he did with Airic the Cleric he definitely did something >> wrong as its dificult to get the game to run on a number of computers. >> Even brand new computers. >> >> For instance, I have an older Compaq with a 3.6 GHZ Processor with 1 >> GB of ram and Windows 7. Ok, according to the system requirements the >> game should work. Guess again. I try and play it and it frequently >> locks up. I'm guessing not enough memory because it requires a huge >> amount of memory to run and since Win 7 is also a memory hog there >> probably isn't enough for both. >> >> Alright so back in October I purchased a new 64-bit Toshiba with a >> duel core 1.66 GHZ processor, Windows 7 64-bit, 3 GB of ram, and >> because it is a duel core system I figured it should be fast enough >> and have enough memory to play Airic. Nope. I get as far as the intro >> where Airic wakes up and it locks up and crashes. I have a desktop PC >> I recently fixed with an Intel Pentium 2.8 GHZ processor, 2 GB of ram, >> running Windows XP. It won't run on that system either because the >> game won't run on XP. That's three systems that should handle any >> decent audio game, but Airic won't run on either of them. Its a poorly >> designed game as far as I am personally concerned. If we were handing >> out ratings I'd give it a 1 out of 5 stars just because of the lack of >> stability and poor performance. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/27/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Myself, i'm stil frustrated with the xp bug. >>> >>> while I'm not going to kick up a huge fuss, it is hugely frustrating to play >>> a great demo, preorder something and then have it continually not run even >>> though the demo was fine. not that I particularly mind the 9 dollars, heck I >>> spend that much on coffee a sandwich and some cake a couple of times a week, >>> and I do appreciate the project (one reason why I tried to help with the >>> voice acting), but I am a litle irritated that i don't get to play the game. >>> >>> Myself I do wonder if Jyro followed the correct approach with the game, >>> using this graphic shell with audio overlay business, sinse from people's >>> comments I don't believe it has been as stable or successful as it should >>> be. >>> >>> Then again, maybe I'd think differently if it worked on either of my >>> machines :D. >>> >>> Reportedly though, jake has a new game coming out very soon, so we'll see >>> how that goes. >>> >>> Beware the grue! >>> >>> dark. >> >> --- >> 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://mail.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]. > > > --- > 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://mail.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]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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