Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread william lomas
remember the issues you had with copyright before though On 15 Sep 2009, at 05:54, James Dietz wrote: I want a fun racing game. Names of cars and the presence or absence of sponsers are unimportant to me. Make it fast and fun. On 9/15/09, shaun everiss shau...@xtra.co.nz wrote: as real as

[Audyssey] Out of the Park baseball, anyone played it?

2009-09-15 Thread James Homuth
If yes, does it work with any of the existing screenreaders? Looking to start up a league, and if I like how this program behaves I might just use that. Any info would be awesome. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread ian mcnamara
it does not bother me how it is done but i certonaly would not want you to get in to trouble with any kind of copy right issues. i would say as the game developer do what you think best. i will look foward to playing the game when it comes out. will it be avalable for window's seven and vista

[Audyssey] How I can get

2009-09-15 Thread Angellko21
Dear friends, Please, I want to ask you, how I can get a product ID to register Xhour? In the manual it is not the product ID and in the registration program too no.:) And yet, I will test next Tennis game, Top spin 2. But I am not sure, if it will be playable as Virtua tennis, because this

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, When I listen to NASCAR on TV the more play by play the better, and they do do a pretty good job of it. However when I used to drive I very much disliked a back seat driver telling me what was going on around me. Other than when asked for that is. Guess that is why I used sounds

Re: [Audyssey] atari games

2009-09-15 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, Yeah, I often wondered what language the Atari games were written in. Kind of thought maybe Assembler. Forgot about the hardware specific sounds etc. With the Microsoft Extended Basic for my Atari 800 XL I had 4 sound channels. Hated when I went from that to BasicA, GW Basic,

Re: [Audyssey] pc golf

2009-09-15 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Johnny, Cool, I'm glad that you and your Girl are having so much fun with my golf game. Thank you very much for saying so. I also like the computer version better than I did real golf. Probably because I'm better at the computer version. grin I am sorry, but I and others have looked and

Re: [Audyssey] How I can get

2009-09-15 Thread william lomas
where can I read up on VIP games zone new game for tennis On 15 Sep 2009, at 10:07, Angellko21 wrote: Dear friends, Please, I want to ask you, how I can get a product ID to register Xhour? In the manual it is not the product ID and in the registration program too no.:) And yet, I will test

Re: [Audyssey] How I can get

2009-09-15 Thread Angellko21
No,it is not from Vip games zone, it is game for PC like Virtua tennis, but more realistic. - Original Message - From: william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] How I can

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread mike maslo
Although I like real, copyright issues make it impossible. So I prefer almost real or as real as you can get without getting yourself in trouble. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, September 14,

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread tim kilgore
Realistic works for me. Tim - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:24 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts Hi all, I've had some time on my hands tonight so I decided to put in some time on

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Jorge Gonçalves
Hi Thomas. For me the best solution would be to use random names of drivers and sponsors on the first release of the game. Like that you could avoid copyright issues and also that game doesn't become outdated after the first season. What you could do is to set up the ability for people to edit

[Audyssey] multiplayer games - Re: pc golf

2009-09-15 Thread Charles Rivard
If you like games that can be played by more than one person in the same room, have you given Tenpin Alley a try? It's a good little bowling game, from a collaboration between www.draconisentertainment.com and www.pcsgames.net It can be downloaded and purchased from the first link. Stop

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Charles Rivard
Fictitious drivers, created from a list of first and last names or allowing us to type a name of our own choosing, fictitious sponsors, and real track names with accurate configurations such as banking and layout are what I would like, as long as copyright issues don't arise. Stop repeat

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Milos Przic
Hi Tom, I agree with George. I would like if I could make my own names and sponsors, so if I want the names to be those of the real drivers and sponsors I could do that, if I want to make fun with my friends and family and to put my name and the name of the company where, for example, my

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread peter Mahach
agree with you on that one. - Original Message - From: Milos Przic milos.pr...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts Hi Tom, I agree with George. I would like if I could make my own

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, HWhile I had hoped to avoid using Sapi support in Raceway it does make sense under the circumstances. As I see it what you are suggesting is that I save the games data in a text or xml file that can be edited by hand in notepad. When loaded all of the driver, car, and track

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi William, Smile. I'm well aware of that. What I was thinking, as has been suggested, is some way of adding on this stuff after the game is purchased/downloaded. That way the game itself can't be touched on the additional content. So assuming I used Dark's Sapi idea I could provide an xml

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Smile. Definitely couldn't forget any of them. Mark Martin has had a very kick butt season so far, and Jimmie Johnson is right behind him in the stats for this week. That's the kind of racing I get into, and why I hope to make Raceway as much like pro racing as possible. One of the

[Audyssey] Strat Baseball Liberty League All Star Voting

2009-09-15 Thread Gary Whittington
Before checking out the voting in the Strat Baseball Liberty League, want to drop a note. IN a few weeks The manager of the Phillies Cheese Steaks (PHN) and the Chicago Gangsters (CHN) will face off in a live chat room on http://for-the-people.com I will have more detail about this

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Gary, Yeah, good point. One easy way to accomplish what you suggest is simply to use the drivers' last name such as Gordon, Johnson, Stewart, Martin, whatever. Any Nascar fan worth his sault will pretty much know who and what I mean, but it is technically not in violation of copyright law.

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, As far as fictitious names goes I think going with last names would work for two reasons. First, most first names have alternative spellings and nicknames attached. A name like Shaun can be spelled like Shaun, Shawn, or Sean, and a name like Richard can be nicknamed Rich, Rick,

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Milos, Yeah, that looks like what I'm going to do given the feedback on this subject. In truth it is sort of fun being able to play with character and team names making up your own game so to speak. I've done it often enough in Jim's Baseball game, and I have had some pretty funny games

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Che
My two cents worth. I think this is a good idea, and I would have the program generate xml files of the names, so folks could share them easily. this would make it super easy to get around any copyright crap, as a third party could create a realistic .xml for each season and share it with

Re: [Audyssey] Raceway Thoughts

2009-09-15 Thread Che
ah, scratch that last email, replied before reading the entire thread, and see you guys were thinking the same thing. cool che --- 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