Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-05 Thread shaun everiss
true. I have xp running on a core2duo 2.0ghz cpu. with xp, in preperation for vista if I really had to use it I put a second gb of ram in the box, I was tempted to max it out by putting another gb on that but I didn't have the cash. My dad's system is faster at 2.20ghz. Runs much faster with

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Yeah, I can definitely tell you a 1.8 GHZ processor is way too slow for Vista. It would technically run, but it would run pretty slow. Vista is a massive resource hog, and one reason it needs a really new computer to run half way decent. In 2007 whenI was evaluating Vista my first

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-03 Thread Valiant8086
, not surround sound or what ever. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Aaron, From what I have been told

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Aaron, I don't think there is going to be any major performence changes in Windows 7. The thing is in my own personal experience with Windows Vista if you want it to run smoothly you need no less than a 3 GHZ processor and 1 GB of ram. If you want it to run better get a faster processor and

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-03 Thread Damien Sadler
, 2008 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Aaron, I don't think there is going to be any major performence changes in Windows 7. The thing is in my own personal experience with Windows Vista if you want it to run smoothly you need no less than a 3

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, if a blind developer is willing to switch to C++ XNA's XAudio2 library is quite accessible. The C++ version of XAudio2 doesn't require XAct soundbank files which makes it many times more accessible than XAudio1. However, as usually happens C#.NET developers like myself have to

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, he wasn't talking about Windows. Smile. What we were talking about was the price for Adobe's Cold Fusion and other products used for creating Flash games. It is extremely pricy software and noone has come up with a free version of a Flash IDE/compiler. shaun everiss wrote: well the

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-02 Thread Kevin Weispfennig
Hi, But it is a normal programinglanguage or not? Why can they make it so expencive? I mean no wants to program in flash because its to expencive. Kevin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.weisi4u.de Klango-Blog: http://kevinweisi.klango.net Klango-Username: kevinweisi Skype:

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-02 Thread djc
His games or most of them won't run on this machine. I guess it's perhaps because I have java installed. I get the opening music with a few of them and then it just sits their. I wish he'd rewrite them because they are fun games and at one time they did run. *** REPLY SEPARATOR

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-02 Thread shaun everiss
I have the msvm client loaded and sun java loaded here. so I can run older and newer java codes. At 05:34 a.m. 3/08/2008, you wrote: His games or most of them won't run on this machine. I guess it's perhaps because I have java installed. I get the opening music with a few of them and then it just

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread Kevin Weispfennig
Hi Yes, but this language is verry hard to learn. Kevin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.weisi4u.de Klango-Blog: http://kevinweisi.klango.net Klango-Username: kevinweisi Skype: Foerbye1996 Yahoo: kevinweisi MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 424-263-367 AIM: weispfennigkevin Handy:

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, What language. Do you mean C++? If you mean C++ being hard I think is really debatable. All of us learn differently find some things harder or easier than others. As for myself I made straight A's in my C++ courses, and I never found it all that difficult. others I know of say it is the

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about true tom. I for one thing wouldn't mind staying with xp at least till the next time I really need to upgrade. To tell you the truth

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread Valiant8086
What language, quote please? - Original Message - From: Kevin Weispfennig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Yes, but this language is verry

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread Yohandy
and of course I'm sure they'll charge users $300 to upgrade :D --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org 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.

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread Kevin Weispfennig
Hi, Thats verry verry expencive. Thats not normal. Kevin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.weisi4u.de Klango-Blog: http://kevinweisi.klango.net Klango-Username: kevinweisi Skype: Foerbye1996 Yahoo: kevinweisi MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 424-263-367 AIM: weispfennigkevin Handy:

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread shaun everiss
autoit is quite basic for a language, good starter although if you can find the libs for python it can be rather good. Well nvda is made with this. a shame that all the latest libs only run with 2.4. At 04:57 a.m. 1/08/2008, you wrote: Hi, Windows can run JavaScript files. In some of his

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread shaun everiss
who says any programming language is easy to learn. My language of choice I studdied at uni was the free pascal language using the dev pascal ide by bloodshed. Why don't I bother writing games? Well I only wrote console apps and well to put it bluntly unless someone knows of what supports are

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread shaun everiss
to windows ME. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about true tom. I for one thing wouldn't mind staying

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-08-01 Thread shaun everiss
well the prices for ms systems is always high. Myself I am going to try to hang on to what I have for as long as I have. The only reason that would get me to lagitimately upgrade would be if my life required it. At 05:40 a.m. 2/08/2008, you wrote: and of course I'm sure they'll charge users $300

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread shaun everiss
] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Will, In some respects I do have to agree. If they aren't willing to offer satisfactory tech support for their titles they either need

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread Damien Sadler
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about what are the chances I could take a look at what you have. I'd be willing to test and stuff. - Original Message - From: Damien Sadler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread Claudio
Hi Thomas! I have a question: Java script is a language for websites and internet projekts. Right? But if I am right, Philip Bennefall has whrited his games also in javascripts! Or am I wrong now?now? If yes, how has he done that with a language for websites? Regards, Claudio. --- Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Actually, the corporate grade versions of XP do not need to be product activated. It is just the Home and Media versions that do. Problem is you are going to pay quite a bit extra to own XP without the need to product activate it. As for going back to Windows 2000 that is really

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, You are pretty vocal about the fact you are running pirated games here. I will remind you that software piracy is a crime, and Raul and I both aren't supporters of software piracy. I know the games aren't the best, they cost too much in my opinion, but that doesn't give you or anyone

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Claudio, Yes, Javascript is primarily used for internet based scripting and web based applications. However, like several other scripting languages that started out for internet based use it has grown into an all purpose scripting language for Windows. I can't recommend it for general

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread Ryan Smith
Hi, Windows can run JavaScript files. In some of his applications, he uses autoit to run the javascript files. And that's really cool I can put VBScript in there, but for now I think the options they have are sufficient. -Ryan --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-31 Thread Valiant8086
: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about true tom. I for one thing wouldn't mind staying with xp at least till the next time I really need to upgrade. To tell you the truth, this will be a while, after this laptop decides to die whenever that will be betwene 5-10 years, and maybe

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Not true. The list I said were still around are still moderately to fully active. I know 7128 is still very active, GMA just released VIP Mud, PCS has released Sarah and has been giving us 4 updates for it over the last year, etc. So there is still developers making games, and still

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Thanks. Yeah, I know about Philip's new venture, PB Soundscape, but at the moment it isn't what PB Games use to be. I still haven't figured out why Philip abandoned all of his games, the PB Games name, and started over from scratch. Damien Sadler wrote: Hi Thomas, To make you

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, That is a good question. Everyone here seams to have tried contacting them for one reason or another, and they make us eat static. I don't know if it is do to them being busy with a job, family, health problems, or what, but they haven't been giving anyone any clues why they are failing to

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Damien Sadler
. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Damien, Thanks. Yeah, I know about Philip's new venture, PB Soundscape

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread will lomas
we have not heard much about Hi Damien, Thanks. Yeah, I know about Philip's new venture, PB Soundscape, but at the moment it isn't what PB Games use to be. I still haven't figured out why Philip abandoned all of his games, the PB Games name, and started over from scratch. Damien

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, At the rate they are going with Chillingham 2 I wouldn't hold my breath for long. They have been talking about it for years with no sign of it ever appearing on the audio games scene. Smile Damien Sadler wrote: Hi, Yeah, that puzzles me as well. I mean, I did get my CD's in the end so

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Are you sure it was Java he wrote his games in? I thought he used Javascript which is a totally different animal all together. Smile In any case I do understand his reasons for starting over. What he was doing wasn't really the best way to go about good game development. Now, he is

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread will lomas
i think they should just forget the hole process we have other companies we can rely on who play more active roles in our community they should release there games as freeware as they have no customer caring attitudes in my opinion. anyone wana upload chillingham for me? lol smile i'm

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread David Standen
@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Shaun, Not true. The list I said were still around are still moderately to fully active. I know 7128 is still very active, GMA just released VIP Mud, PCS has released Sarah

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Damien Sadler
: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Damien, Thanks. Yeah, I know about Philip's new venture, PB Soundscape, but at the moment it isn't what PB Games use to be. I still haven't figured out why Philip abandoned all of his games, the PB Games name, and started

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Damien Sadler
Well, Java, Javascript, I always get confused with them two *smile*. Regards, Damien - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Damien Sadler
in that respect. Regards, Damien - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Will, In some respects I do have

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Damien Sadler
shouldn't be a big problem now. Regards, Damien - Original Message - From: David Standen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Lighttechinteractive

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Oh, there is a big difference. Java is a programming language developed by Sun Micro Systems to easily create cross platform applications between their Solaris OS and other operating systems. Javascript is a web scripting language created by Netscape to compete with Microsoft's ASP

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Yeah, the fact of the matter is some people are going to upgrade and we can't stick to total Windows XP only compatibility forever. As of last month Windows XP has totally been pulled off the market, and everything is Windows Vista. So even if you buy a new laptop, and want to buy XP

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread shaun everiss
true tom. I for one thing wouldn't mind staying with xp at least till the next time I really need to upgrade. To tell you the truth, this will be a while, after this laptop decides to die whenever that will be betwene 5-10 years, and maybe more I still have my slow a10 which is semi dead but

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread shaun everiss
thats true, Also I have heard rumours that people of late that have got their stuff have not actually got it or had any support or anything. I do have their stuff only because of the net, And only so I can try it. Replay value is prity much 0 although I do run the games on easy if I really want

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread Cory
what about that dj software? - Original Message - From: Damien Sadler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi, Yes, for those wondering, we

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-30 Thread shaun everiss
and the prices are 40 us to from memmory. I have the games but its not worth the trouble of uploading. Ok I have them, off the net but I honestly can't remember when I played them last. At 12:58 a.m. 31/07/2008, you wrote: i think they should just forget the hole process we have other companies

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Best guess we will never hear from most of these guys again, nor wwe know what happened to them. After all writing audio games is very expensive when it comes to time and money. Most of us would rather put that time and money into something else like a real job. That is why we don't

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread shaun everiss
yeah I know. Out of that list the only major dev still active apart from usa is jim kitchen. Rsgames is semi active but yeah the rest I don't know. At 03:43 a.m. 30/07/2008, you wrote: Hi Shaun, Best guess we will never hear from most of these guys again, nor wwe know what happened to them.

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread Damien Sadler
. Thanks. Regards, Damien - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi Shaun, Best guess we will never hear from most

[Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread John Bannick
Shaun, I don't know if we qualify as major but 7-128 Software is still in the biz. Right now we've got 8 new blind-accessible games for children coded. We plan to release them as soon as I get the dratted custom content editors finished for Perkins School. Then I've been told that I gotta

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread louis
What about Bavisoft? Has anyone heard what they're up to, or why they don't return any emails? HTH. - Original Message - From: John Bannick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:42 PM Subject: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread Ryan Smith
Hi, Well even though RS Games is closed, and will open again sometime, I have not been doing no coding. My friend, Mike Forzano, has been coding a MUD that I will not give the URL out yet. Being a Wizard, with not much experience in MOO coding, I coded a client to use. It is ment for the general

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread Cory
Ryan, Come back asap! you are brilyant! - Original Message - From: Ryan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi, Well even though RS Games

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread Damien Sadler
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about What about Bavisoft? Has anyone heard what they're up to, or why they don't return any emails? HTH

Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-29 Thread Damien Sadler
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about Hi, Well even though RS Games is closed, and will open again sometime, I have not been doing no coding. My friend, Mike Forzano, has been coding a MUD

[Audyssey] old game companies we have not heard much about

2008-07-28 Thread shaun everiss
Hi. Does anyone know what happened to the following. nasoft starbase defender. tdlsoftware and tdlgames conspirasoft. I know flight commander and starbase defender could not be completed due to developer time issues etc however the rest I am not sure. Also any news from surrealhorisons I know