Sounds good indeed Tom, - particularly as by summer I'll have read
enough starwars books to get all the background, lol!
I do stil however find myself incredibly surprised that people are having to
write this kind of game from scratch, rather than there being one already.
graphically, I
Hi zack.
I haven't actually tried fallthrough myself. on my old desktop, whenever I
attempted to run dos programs under xp, I got truly horrible lag issues.
On my laptop and new desktop though, these don't seem to happen at all.
I'll investigate fallthrough sinse that sense of infinite possib
I've been meaning to check out Fallthrough. Is there anything I
need to do with JAWS to make sure everything's accessible, or
will it run fine on its own?
Kelby
"Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!"
--Anonymous
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From: "dark"
Hi zack.
I haven
Dear List,
For a long time now, I've been wanting to play the game ADOM.
However, I'm really unfamiliar with roguelike gamq and don't know
how, as a blind person, to play them most effectively. Could
anybody who is experienced offer me some tips or a short tutorial
oo how to play roguelike
what is this game for, a console or for pc?
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De: kelby carlson
Para: gamers@audyssey.org
Data: Quinta, 01 de Janeiro de 2009 08:50
Assunto: [Audyssey] ADOM
Dear List,
For a long time now, I've been wanting to play the game ADOM.
However, I'm really unfamiliar with rogu
Okay, i've tried fallthrough, but my commands don't seem to be being picked up
properly. H, maybe Louis could do the same here as he's done for some other
dos games and make the interface a bit more smooth?
either that, or I'm doing something wonky in running the thing. ditto with
anacrion
Hi I just tried to connect to your moo and it said thank you for playing
connection closed?
lelia
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From: "Michael Forzano"
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'"
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:51 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Happy New Year From Humanity MOO!
Hi List,
Hi,
I am a Wizard/Admin on there. This typically means your hostname was
blacklisted for some reason. I checked Humanity Moo's black/red/grey
listing, and it only seems like 1 proxy is blocked. Could you give us
your hostname? If you go to:
[http://whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/what-i
Hi my host name is as follows:
97-122-111-113.hlrn.qwest.net
Hope that helps.
lelia
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From: "Ryan Smith"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Happy New Year From Humanity MOO!
Hi,
I am a Wizard/Admin on
Hello,
We have unbanned your hostname. It was not you, it was someone with
your ISP. If you had a character before, we re-balanced the economy,
thus causing everyone to re-create. You should be able to connect, and
create a character.
Enjoy.
-Ryan
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM, lelia wrote:
>
Oh wow!! I'm sorry but that's kind of funny!!! At least it said thanks for
playing before it knocked me off huh?
No, I've never played so I guess this will be my first time I'll give it a
try again. what a way to start a new year huh? that's hilarious.
lelia laughing
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Hi,
Yeah it is kind of funny. My wizard character's name is John
Codeeseemoe, and my player character's name is Ryan Smith.
Enjoy.
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:10 PM, lelia wrote:
> Oh wow!! I'm sorry but that's kind of funny!!! At least it said thanks for
> playing before it knocked me off huh?
>
Hi Dark,
Could you maybe elaborate a little bit on what exactly your problem is?
(The command syntax of Fallthru is generally close to Textadventurese, with
a few noteable exceptions such as the handling of containers and a few odd
preference issues, such as take instead of get, which can fo
Hi all,
I wanted to let those Rail Racers on list know about our new rail racer
tournament in case they aren't subscribed to the rail racer list.
We're holding 2 tournaments starting early next week, one for new players,
and another for the old pros.
The online tournaments are probably th
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Hi Dark,
Yeah, I know. It really comes down to the same old problem. If it is
accessible it tends to lean to PVP combat or another space trading type
game. If it is something we might actually like with a complete RPG
story mode and setting it probably isn't screen reader friendly. It is
usual
Hi,
ADOM is a PC game. ADOM stands for Ancient Domains of Mystery or
something like that. It is a pretty cool rogue-like game though I
haven't played itin ages.
matheus wrote:
what is this game for, a console or for pc?
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buahahahaha! Tom, you do not know the power of the talk side! the face is
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guahahahaha!
Beware the Grue!
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Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:44 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Aud
Hy!
I installed to Topspeed 2.1 rc2. I'm behind a router. Which port does
the topspeed use? I didn't found answer in the topspeed documentation.
Regards,
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toastsoft.net port 6667 I think. And it's Miriani.
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From: lelia
To: Gamers Discussion list
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Vip mud?
Please do and thanks!!! Can someone give me the host and port name for
mirani mud?
t
Yeah, Spore uses procedural functions to create an entire galaxy. It was a
great concept, but a little neutered in that game. The only other game off
the top of my head that did that was a space game called Elite. Actually,
the BBS game Tradewars also created a universe in that fashion, but it was
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I have just downloaded Fallthrough, and ow have the same issue.
Does anyone know any way of getting Fallthrough to run faster?
Kelby
"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that
might do you good."
--Aslan the Lion
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From: "dark"
Hi zack.
Hi Tom.
actually, it's lack of this type of game which has been the biggest
temptation for me to go into programming myself, - though of course,
life circumstances, my phd, stage performances and the fact that I'd
actually like to get some proper writing done (sinse that's I think going to
Hi Zac.
The basic problem is I was attempting to type commands and the game didn't
seam to acknolidge them correctly.
for instance I was trying to read the notice at the first starting location
with the obvious "read notice" and the game for some reason would assume I'd
put in a directional
Hello all. First of all, happy New Year to everyone!!! Secondly though,
this is just to let you all know that LegendMud is back!!! For anyone who
doesn't have the connection address and port, it is:
mud.legendmud.org Port:
Hope to see you all there soon!
Kirstan AKA Krista.
kmoo...@ihu
The port is 25989
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Hi Dark,
This doesn't sound familiar at all, I'm afraid. I use Window-Eyes
myself, and never had any problems of the sort you describe. Perhaps its a
consequence of Hal'sVirtual Focus getting things confused somehow? (That '
in or'gn might be an issue, I have no idea.)
Also, reading th
Is there still a way for me to test out Entombed? I signed up at
the forums a long time ago, but never got around to downloading
the gaste. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Kelby
"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that
might do you good."
--Aslan the Lio
I just have to ask out of orneriness: How bablical, if that's a word?, was
Thomas Ward? 102?, 68?, or 170. (grin)
Anyway, I like these little monthly reports you're sending. Thanks.
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From: "Jim
Hi Zac.
I doubt it's the virtual focus, sinse when in vf mode nothing whatsoever
keystroke wise gets transmitted to the application, i actually have to
togle vf on or off betwene reading the screen and typing (though after
almost 7 years of playing text adventures, this is pretty much a r
Hi.
entombed now has a mailing list as well as the forum, and it's own page on
audiogames.net with a download link for the latest version.
Have fun!
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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From: "kelby carlson"
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:49 PM
Subject: [Audyssey]
I thought port for toastsoft.net was 1234
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Behalf Of Valiant8086
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 11:36 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Vip mud?
toastsoft.net port 6667 I think
Where do you get that game from?
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:08 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] ADOM
Hi,
ADOM is a PC game. ADOM stands for Anci
Me either. Is there a way I can test this? I signed up on the forums but
never got a email.
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Behalf Of kelby carlson
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:49 PM
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: [Audys
I downloaded it, but it keeps generating a Microsoft error
report. I think all the components are installed, and I'm
reluctant to fiddle with the thing if it's going to be stubborn.
Kelby
"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that
might do you good."
--Aslan the Lion
I'd make absolutely certain they're all installed. I had the same problem
and it turned out I was missing the .net frameworks.
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From: "kelby carlson"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Entombed
I download
Hi.
well, I think I've solved the fallthrough problem. thanks to Zac telling me
where the status line was, I can now check my typing. What seemed to be
happening was a symple case of my typing speed being too fast for the doss
program to keep up with, - lol!
I'll now go and check the inf
That one actually installed itself when I downloaded the latest
alpha version.
Kelby
"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that
might do you good."
--Aslan the Lion
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From: "Bryan Peterson"
I'd make absolutely certain they're all installed
Speaking of toastsoft.net I can't play it because they said that creating
new characters has been banned and I tried emailing and no one has answered.
lelia
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From: "MICHAEL MASLO"
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'"
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:50 PM
Subject: Re
Hi.
I'm sorry about yet another message on this, but I'm running into another issue
I'm afraid.
I can't buy any items.
whenever I type in "buy knife" "buy pack" or whatever (as the commands list
suggests), I get the message "lay down enough money first"
However when I try to give the shopk
Hi Dark
I'ts been a few years but I checked out the page and do recall
successfully playing Westfront pc. The details have escaped me at the
moment but I'll give it a look through again. It also seems as though they
have a few of the old Infocom titles up there.
Take care
Ron
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Hi ron, I'll take a look at that one as well.
Btw, for infocom games, you can actually get many of them from
http://if.illuminion.de/index.html
I've got them and played them with winfrotz. If people are worried about
copywrite, please see the webmaster's disclosure on the subject, - it's
Okay, I got Entombed fixed! Now, erm, how do I play it? I don't
seem to be very successful at fighting, I always get defeated
rather quickly. Is there a readme file somewhere or what?
Kelby
"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that
might do you good."
--Aslan the Lion
It's in the Entombed directory in Program Files. It's not very handily
placed and it doesn't explain things quite as well as it could yet but it's
there.
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From: "kelby carlson"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Audy
A lot of the keys in the readme don't work. I tried to do what
it said during combat, but it doesn't work.
Kelby
"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that
might do you good."
--Aslan the Lion
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From: "Bryan Peterson"
It's in the Entombed
As I said it's not as explanator as it could be. And you have to remember
this is still an alpha build, so it's bound to have some issues.
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To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Entombed
grate i may start playing that mud again as i really liked it when i had a
go at it.
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From: "Kirstan Mooney"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Legend is back!!!
Hello all. First of all, happy New Year to ev
Hi all
One of the issues I have is getting my but kicked extremely early in the
game. With the latest build I don't think I've gotten beyond a couple of
encounters with enemies. Hope that gets modified in the next one.
Ron
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From: "Bryan Peterson"
To: "Gamers D
yeah don't play the game in windows.
Get an old system with dos.
failing that.
set up a linux box with dosemu wine and other things.
I really should have one of these but the slower a 10 I have has a busted dvd
rom drive.
At 09:33 a.m. 2/01/2009, you wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I'm sorry about yet another mes
I finally got up the nerve to download and install smugglers 4.
I've got the latest release, and am wondering if anyone has tips to get the
most out of the game using access technology.
I use JAWS for windows.
thanks.
shane
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Hi Dark,
In this case, the problem is one of syntax. When the game says "lay
down enough money before you buy" it means literally that. You want to type
something like "drop 7 ralls", or whatever, before buying anything.
You don't need to worry about making change: the game does that for
I haven't been following the list very much lately, so I'm wondering if anyone
can give me some tips on installing Eamon
deluxe. I hit alt-enter as suggested, and that made it possible for me to read
the screen, but how do I choose where I
want to install eamon? I see that I can install to the
Hi folks,
Has anyone any advice on dos emulators that will run older dos games under
vista and tips for setting them up? I tried to run eamon with dosbox, without
success.
Lindsay Cowell
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Hi it didn't work for me.
lelia
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To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Vip mud?
toastsoft.net port 6667 I think. And it's Miriani.
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To: Gamer
Hi.
Other than doing some whacky things with the edx directory (which I've
personally not got to work), you can't change the install location, it just
defaults to installing into C:\Eamondelux
Fortunately, it's not a big folder, doesn't cause any issues with other
programs, is quite easy to
Hi Zac.
thanks, that seems to work, and seems to be the method for all item
handling, eg, filling containers.
If you don't mind one other question, I met a warrior and use thed the hi
command to check his/her strength. After checking that however and reading
the comment, the warrior jus
Hi Dark,
Yep, after you greet warriors and read the information they provide they
do vanish. I always thought of it as just passing them by along the road or
somesuch.
As for the odometer, that's easy enough for me to explain. It keeps
track of the number of consecutive legions you've g
Hi zac.
At the moment I'm just trying to get a sufficient amount of money to
actually buy better weapons so that I stand a chance against warriors and
can go to more interesting places. At the moment every time I've tried
fighting someone I've got my rear end soundly handed to me, even on
up on my podcast at
http://feeds.feedburner.com/liamsland
is a demo of my x box, as well as a couple games.
check it out
Liam
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Where can I download fallthrough from?
Lindsay Cowell
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Subject:Re: [Audyssey] buying itemes in fallthrough?
From: "dark"
Date: 02/01/2009 4:13 am
Hi zac.
At the moment I'm just trying to get a sufficient amount of money to
actually buy better weapons s
Hi,
Yep, money-making can be a little annoying at first. I never went in
for the resource gathering bit myself. There is an article by Michael Feir
in Audyssey Issue 36 I think, which gives some advice for early game
strategy.
There is a spot near Or'gn which you'll eventually learn of
Try toastsoft.net port 1234
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Behalf Of lelia
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Vip mud?
Hi it didn't work for me.
lelia
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