Re: [Audyssey] Kitchensinc games.

2017-03-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
If those were written with vb6, it may be possible to build them with monobasic and run them in the monobasic environment on all platforms that will run monobasic. On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Travis Siegel wrote: Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 21:35:04 From: Travis Siegel Reply-To:

Re: [Audyssey] Kitchensinc games.

2017-02-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
If I remember correctly, those games were written using powerbasic. I don't know the status of that development platform nor do I know if it's possible to convert the source code to another basic dialect so those could be compiled. I asked Jim Kitchen what he had used to compile those games

Re: [Audyssey] Treasure hunt status?

2017-02-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
mono and monobasic can do cross-platform replacement of vb.net. The output is .cil files which linux and windows can run. On Thu, 16 Feb 2017, Jack Falejjczyk wrote: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:59:43 From: Jack Falejjczyk Reply-To: Gamers Discussion list

[Audyssey] alteraeon mad alchemists castle

2017-02-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
What kind of attack are the slimes doing in the maintenance tunnel that is so effective? -- --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon aliases

2017-02-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
bar into an alias. I always have to login with a different client to get this to work. After it's setup though, tintin works fine. On Fri, 3 Feb 2017, Jude DaShiell wrote: I found out the | character is recognized as a newline in the alias editor. I tried defining qt as quest $1| grep TOD

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon aliases

2017-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
e alias and editor do recognize pipes. As I said, if you wish to input a pipe character, you need to have two of them. For example, quest all || grep -i todo instead of quest all | grep -i todo -- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon aliases

2017-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
text, use two bars. -- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix.com> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 6:49 To: <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: [Audyssey] alteraeon aliases I found out the | character is recognized as a newline in the alias editor. I tried defin

Re: [Audyssey] Playing GemStoneIV as a blind person?

2017-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
I used to play gemstone III when it was on genie and delphi. The game had to change to avoid copyright fights over the years and I don't know anything about the interface to that mud or how to connect to it either. On Fri, 3 Feb 2017, Arkadiusz wrote: Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 07:01:07 From:

[Audyssey] alteraeon aliases

2017-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
I found out the | character is recognized as a newline in the alias editor. I tried defining qt as quest $1| grep TODO and it got split at the vertical character into two lines. I'm not using mushz but tintin-alteraeon and wanted to see if something like this would work. -- --- Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] Three-D Velocity

2017-01-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
and .net installed. -- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix.com> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 13:31 To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Three-D Velocity Interesting, basic interpreters exist under command line linux th

Re: [Audyssey] Three-D Velocity

2017-01-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
Interesting, basic interpreters exist under command line linux that can run gwbasic code. If I were to do anything with this, I'd download the source and play with a copy of the source code. On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, john wrote: Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:51:13 From: john

Re: [Audyssey] The old text game known as adventure or colossal cave

2017-01-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
hugecave is the big version I used to play and recommend. For windows 10 interpreters probably winfrotz will work. On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Tobias Vinteus wrote: Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:12:28 From: Tobias Vinteus Reply-To: Gamers Discussion list To:

Re: [Audyssey] The old text game known as adventure or colossal cave

2017-01-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
rg> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The old text game known as adventure or colossal cave Now all we need is an accessible interpreter for Android. And a MUD client while your at it, lol. On Sun, Jan 29, 2017, 8:59 AM Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: If you get the bash shell installed a

Re: [Audyssey] The old text game known as adventure or colossal cave

2017-01-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
If you get the bash shell installed and then install the game from a linux distro and run the game under the bash shell, it may work. On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Ron Kolesar wrote: Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 09:28:46 From: Ron Kolesar Reply-To: Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] The old text game known as adventure or colossal cave

2017-01-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
Any of these games can be made easier if you know how to make a mapping deck. A mapping deck starts out with a card documenting the entrance room and its exits. That card gets a number on it too. Each exit on that card gets a number too. So the card number is unique and all exit numbers are

Re: [Audyssey] The old text game known as adventure or colossal cave

2017-01-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
If you get the right version, yes. There's a thousand point version which was the last expansion of the original game and I enjoyed that one most of all. When I downloaded it I got it off compuserve when compuserve was still a useable place to go. Compuserve is gone as is delphi.com and

[Audyssey] alteraeon interesting discovery

2017-01-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
I was in the stone dragon earlier today and killed several ochre jellies. Searching corpses got me a silver shield on the first corpse and shabby mail on the third corpse. The second corpse offered up a strange rod I couldn't take because I couldn't carry it at the time. My guess is that was

[Audyssey] alteraeon training suggestion

2017-01-25 Thread Jude DaShiell
It shouldn't be possible for players to use practices for spells and skills for which the stats they have won't support. If intelligence or wisdom is too low to use a skill or spell or any other stat the trainer could tell the player what stat or stats need to increase before they can learn

Re: [Audyssey] Question about A Blind Legend

2017-01-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
If someone had the steam platform installed on a windows system I wonder if orca would run inside steam. That if it works might open up many games for blind gamers. I know valve hasn't done anything with accessibility and it would take the whole orca dependency stack being installed to

Re: [Audyssey] Question about A Blind Legend

2017-01-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have you a ripost tactic option available to you? You might want to enable that when next you find those robbers. On Sun, 22 Jan 2017, lori duncan wrote: Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:51:29 From: lori duncan Reply-To: Gamers Discussion list To:

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon hit points and damage too low for effective melee combat

2017-01-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
amage is effected by strength and equipment with dam roll bonuses - Original Message - From: Jude DaShiell To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 12:25 PM Subject: [Audyssey] alteraeon hit points and damage too low for effective melee combat That well may be, but fro

[Audyssey] alteraeon hit points and damage too low for effective melee combat

2017-01-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
That well may be, but from that description it is not clear what stats can be trained to fix the problems. Constitution is some kind of base for it I think but that's all I've been able to figure out so far. I'm trying to be careful with how I manage practicesand was less careful in the past

Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon - Thief

2017-01-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
ed them. How does one get gold bar quests I have never got more than a few thousand and I always tend to end up using most of it for things. I have never completed the lost ring quest in vermarken or found the challace for pelam, didd it once forgot what I did. On 17/01/2017 6:34 p.m., Jude D

Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon - Thief

2017-01-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
for pelam, didd it once forgot what I did. On 17/01/2017 6:34 p.m., Jude DaShiell wrote: Credits happen by donations to alteraeon most often and sometimes on special events. equivalent is $10.00 per 1,000 credits if I have the exchange rate right. On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Shaun Everiss wrote: D

Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon - Thief

2017-01-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
forgot what I did. On 17/01/2017 6:34 p.m., Jude DaShiell wrote: Credits happen by donations to alteraeon most often and sometimes on special events. equivalent is $10.00 per 1,000 credits if I have the exchange rate right. On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Shaun Everiss wrote: Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23

Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon - Thief

2017-01-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
Credits happen by donations to alteraeon most often and sometimes on special events. equivalent is $10.00 per 1,000 credits if I have the exchange rate right. On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Shaun Everiss wrote: Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:27:01 From: Shaun Everiss Reply-To:

Re: [Audyssey] Door in lava tunnels area on Alteraeon

2017-01-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
Maybe you could group with someone who has lockpicking skills and they could open the door for you then recall out of there. That's if lockpicking has a chance of working. I think that's why grouping is possible in alteraeon so those with essential skills can help solve problems like this for

Re: [Audyssey] good weapons for a thief,warrior,cleric

2017-01-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
first and level the class you get shown with that command since it will be your cheapest class to level in terms of experience points. On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Jude DaShiell wrote: Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:06:53 From: Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> Reply-To: Gamers Discussion list &

Re: [Audyssey] good weapons for a thief,warrior,cleric

2017-01-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
rg> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] good weapons for a thief,warrior,cleric hello thanks for that i did not know there was a donation room in vermarken so where is it please On 1/11/2017 9:52 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Check the vemarken donation room and the donation room at the Pellam Refugee camp heal

Re: [Audyssey] good weapons for a thief,warrior,cleric

2017-01-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
Check the vemarken donation room and the donation room at the Pellam Refugee camp healer's tent then one south. When you do that use list and take item to pick stuff up. Once you have picked something up, do the identify item command and read what it has to say. Also use the compare command to

Re: [Audyssey] Alteraeon knock spell

2017-01-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
Why not just have knock blow the hinge pins out of the door? On Tue, 10 Jan 2017, dark wrote: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 06:26:00 From: dark Reply-To: Gamers Discussion list To: Gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] Alteraeon knock spell Hi. I've been

Re: [Audyssey] Alteraeon - Thief

2017-01-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
Something out of the Harry Potter books called the hand of glory would solve your problem if it were available in alteraeon. Infravision may be helpful to you if you didn't acquire that yet. Also a set of night vision goggles. You get the night vision goggles in the catacombs below naftali

Re: [Audyssey] accessible games for android tablets

2017-01-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
a blind legend is available on both android and iPhone. On android, random roguelike adventure is available. Then there are text fiction games and that should be a search term to locate those games. blindfold games and game hub games are also available. That's what I know about and it's

[Audyssey] alteraeon; character at crossroads

2016-12-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm at a point in the idlewood quests where I got four lifestones released. I've figured out the locations of two more of the stones and both locations have guardians on those stones that overmatch my character. The quests I have been running I've run solo up to this point. With the

[Audyssey] alteraeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got the quest done and did the Ranger's quests and am doing idlewild quests now. The second graveyard maze in the gravekeeper's quest was very puzzling to me for a time. I finally figured it out by writing the maze down and noticed how rooms in it changed and which rooms did not change. First

Re: [Audyssey] cyberassault.org xmas event

2016-12-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got me a character and I had to type fast to get in but once done the site does work. -- --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] xmas event on cyberassault.org

2016-12-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
e is already taken. -- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix.com> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 21:40 To: <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] xmas event on cyberassault.org tintin-alteraeon works no differently than tintin when con

Re: [Audyssey] xmas event on cyberassault.org

2016-12-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
t's because tintin-alteraeon is designed to work with Alter Aeon, not with Cyber Assault. What exactly were you expecting? Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: tintin-alteraeon works no diff

Re: [Audyssey] xmas event on cyberassault.org

2016-12-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
tintin-alteraeon works no differently than tintin when connecting to cyberassault.org. Apparently a prior registration and/or different mud client is required for cyberassault.org. -- --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] cyberassault Xmas event started

2016-12-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
Apparently cyberassault.org may need registration on a different site first. When I tried connecting with tintin earlier tonight I got asked by which name I wished to be known by on a ascii art heavy screen and timed out before I could even respond. This was while running tintin I'll try it

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon gravekeepers quest

2016-12-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got questions answered earlier today. 1) bronze censer is secured to floor of secret room so cannot be moved into magic circle; whatever else summoning the demon accomplishes is unknown to me for now. 2) the silver pen only works with unicorn blood not goblin blood. I did get a very good

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
I noticed in the Biomancer's lab unicorn blood and goblin blood. I sold the goblin blood to the alchemist so I think I'll try writing with the goblin's blood and then see what if any different treasure I get from one of those orbs. There may be two treasures available or maybe not. On Sun,

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
I wonder if moving the brass censer into the magic circle then putting the incense from the bag into the censer might change the red demon's message once summoned into that circle. I'll have to check and see if that's even possible later today. -- --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
m on the 2nd floor on the mansion there is a piece of blank papyrus. just go tot he bedroom and type take all and you will grab it. then use pen on pap HTH Keith - Original Message - From: Jude DaShiell To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [A

Re: [Audyssey] alteraeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
The orb is on the wall of the secret study on 2nd floor. I didn't take the orb yet and it is magical. The spectacles are on the table in the library on the 1st floor. They're helpful in reading about Xenae a god that hasn't gotten into the alteraeon realm yet. There's a candle book but I

[Audyssey] alteraeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'll have to search that mansion again and see if I can find a room or rooms that offer opportunities for writing. -- --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] alter-aeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
rs@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] alter-aeon gravekeeper's quest for the pen, type use unicorn pen. it will fill the pen with the unicorn blood and then you need the blank papyrus from the building you found the 2 wights and the necromancer on the 1st level. Keith - Original Message

[Audyssey] modern muds question

2016-12-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
do any sci-fi muds exist yet? -- --- 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

[Audyssey] alter-aeon gravekeeper's quest

2016-12-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
A very interesting quest! I got into the small graveyard down on level 4 of mendeliuses cave and found out I needed to have killed the archmage and taken his key to get the door open since I can't pick the lock and the keyhole is shaped like a skull. I have to either group with other players

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp alternative link request

2016-11-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
Sent from a Braille Sense - Original Message - From: john <jpcarnemo...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Date: Sunday, November 20, 2016 6:24 pm Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Swamp alternative link request http://www.agarchive.net/games/apron

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp alternative link request

2016-11-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
lynx has no problem getting to that file. I suspect enough security problems happened with that website that it got blocked by firefox and/or yahoo. Something else you might try is adjusting your default search browser off yahoo.com and onto google.com and see if you run into the same

Re: [Audyssey] Fw: New game! "Saga of the North Wind" -- Lead a tribe on a deadly pilgrimage to the North!

2016-11-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
I don't know anything about Tom Knights, but I do have more than one choice of games game in my iPhone purchases already and have played them. The first I purchased was Choice Of The Dragon by this software developer and yes these games are accessible and deliver all that's written about in

Re: [Audyssey] nethack useful command

2016-11-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
nk if it were done, it would make tracking enemy pieces much easier. On 11/4/2016 7:34 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: rogue; hack, and nethack are a family of top view video games written for computers during the 1980's and 1990's and updated since then. In nethack, the underscore key command is useful

[Audyssey] nethack useful command

2016-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
rogue; hack, and nethack are a family of top view video games written for computers during the 1980's and 1990's and updated since then. In nethack, the underscore key command is useful since on any level where you have identified a location like an altar stairs or fountain you can use the

[Audyssey] alteraeon: cave of mendelius

2016-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got red dust in small bag and haven't been able to identify the dust and haven't been able to kill the priestess in the temple to the east yet. Has anyone done that quest recently and can provide a couple tips? I think that's a three-part quest and I got the first part done. -- ---

[Audyssey] want to learn to play bridge?

2016-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have you got an iPhone? If yes, bridge foundations although it needs an update for ios10 is VoiceOver compatible and needs an internet connection to work. You can use that app and learn to play bridge and maybe later find a bridge group to join. Bridge is the equivalent of chess in terms of

Re: [Audyssey] fires in the castle fireplaces

2007-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
A player may need to do divination with a fire in a fireplace. Certain herbs when tossed into a fire when a person inhales the resulting smoke can help with divination. If memory serves bergamot is one of these herbs. Also, fireplaces have been known sometimes to have compartments behind or

Re: [Audyssey] tome.

2007-05-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
I wouldn't get rid of any files but would when everything settls down on the screen and you've created a character and are in the town of Brie hit the (=) key and check out and adjust the tome configuration options. If you're playing on a PC with dos or windows it may be displaying with PC

[Audyssey] newby t-o-m-e question

2007-05-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got a quest from the mayor's office to find a house near the wall that has a tunnel connecting into Brie where five thieves are using that to rob and kill townspeople and kill the thieves. One problem, I haven't yet been able to locate the house or a way into it. Have we got any t-o-m-e

Re: [Audyssey] newby t-o-m-e question

2007-05-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
The game can be downloaded at http://t-o-m-e.net and is playable on ms-dos Windows, and Linux provided you download the correct version. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit

Re: [Audyssey] newby t-o-m-e question

2007-05-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm using speakup on speakup-enabled debian. If you can play nethack, t-o-m-e is similar but way more elaborate. It's an overview game you are most of the time an (@) sign but if your character ever turns into a number usually a single digit, then you were attacked by a monster and the digit

Re: [Audyssey] Text based games

2006-09-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
The text-based games aren't going away anytime soon. Cell phones are likely to keep them alive as will Linux which is replacing the operating systems Microsoft won't support anymore on home-based machines. The if-archive.org site along with supporting usenet newsgroups chronicle the ongoing

Re: [Audyssey] Text based games

2006-09-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
For those that are playing agt games have you tried modifying the batch files that start up those games and putting the /v parameter on the line that actually runs the executables right after the name of the executable? I did that awhile back and ffor agt games that made them all work well

Re: [Audyssey] Text based games

2006-09-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
drdos is available and if used screen readers will work on it. If you get the full set, you can even run ethernet cards with it. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit

Re: [Audyssey] ever quest? was Sryth.

2006-09-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
I played everquest a few years ago when I think compuserve was still text-based. If you have no problem playing nethack then everquest though it differs from nethack in one important respect should be possible. With nethack many characters get used to define any given room or location; in

Re: [Audyssey] eamon

2006-09-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
eamon is available to work on dos and the mac. I first had it on the mac and later found it on line on genie which no longer exists and may have it on a floppy somewhere. It came with a dungeon designer's kit where if you wanted to you could roll your own games too. I think there was even a

Re: [Audyssey] Linux Games.

2006-05-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
Another tip I've read for grml is to use swspeak as a boot parameter. If the computer has a sound card grml can find and talk to properly be prepared for speech to also come out on the sound card. On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, shaun everiss wrote: never heard of this. Damn well wish I did. I ran