Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Dark, Hey you know I worked my lug nuts off for six months to make Mach 1 tts. So you had six months to get caught up on all of my files. Well except for the ones that I put up last month that people had sent to me. But I have had Mach 1 tts in mind every since I learned the joystick

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Cory, Thank you very much. And like with Lisa, if you would like to challenge me to times on some laps... Thanks again and BFN Jim Another day, another challenge. j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Charles, But the thing is, with the new sound scheme of Mach 1 tts, the sounds tell you which way the next turn will turn and how close you are getting to the start of that turn. Not just driving down a straightaway and all of a sudden a noise tells you that you have just started into a

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Charles, Dark was just spoofing. And even if he wasn't I have no plans to quit making games. I've got an idea for a pretty simple but funny adult one next. BFN Jim To keep the stork away shoot it in the air. j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon

Re: [Audyssey] Problem with WinKit

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Chris, It is probably not a winkit problem, but more of a sapi5 problem. I do believe that Jaws is now using the sapi5 voices in a different way than my games do. But anyway I hope that one of the below fixes will help get your friends sapi5 voices working again. The first thing that I

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Valiant, All of the sounds in Mach 1 tts should be panning back and fourth as you move left or right in the straightaways or get close to the walls in the turns except for your engine. It does not pan as you are sitting in your car. You can play Mach 1 tts ok even if you can not hear

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Lisa, Thank you very much. I'm very happy to hear that you like Mach 1 tts. Maybe when you get practiced up on a track, you could tell me which one and how many laps and we'll compare times here. Thanks again and BFN Jim Half our live is spent trying to find something to do with the

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Matheus, I'll have to think about it and try to find some other car engines etc. I hadn't really planned on other cars just because I was going for the whole get your best time and the other random cars mess that up. But it is still fun none the less. And thanks for not wanting the on

[Audyssey] Basketball

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Matheus, Maybe if I ever saw how they did a one on one basketball game for the ps2, I would have an idea as to how to do it. I really don't have any ideas as to how it would go. Maybe part of it is that I have never been into basketball, hockey or soccer. BFN Jim No matter how

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread piotr machacz
hi jim, I had this idea, I was thinking about when you shift gears and brake, maybe we could have some better sounds, a click for gears and the sounds of tires squealing when you brake? as for the engine volume, the best stage of the engine volume I like is right after you hear 10 and the

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread dark
Hi Jim. Well I freely admit I've been lazy about updates recently, owing to being in egypt and taken up with other matters, but all of your stuff including mack 1 is done now. Personally, I found the game to be honest damnably difficult on a keyboard. I'll freely admit though, racing

Re: [Audyssey] Problem with WinKit

2009-05-26 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Thanks Jim, greatly appreciated. -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Join TAFN by visiting www.tafn.org.uk - Original Message - From: Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net To: Chris Hallsworth Gamers@audyssey.org Sent:

[Audyssey] one-on-one Basketball

2009-05-26 Thread Charles Rivard
Some first draft thoughts on how a basketball game would work. Defense: Your opponent is running down the court. You have to stay between him and the hoop. If he jumps up to make a shot, you have to jump up to block the shot. If you block it you now have the ball and are on offense. If

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Jim, I just played Mach 1 TTS, and it's lots of fun! Unfortunately I haven't plugged in my game pad to try it out yet, so I used the keyboard defaults. Your description is good but some keyboards put the six pack keys in a vertical configuration instead of horizontal so you should say what

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Charles Rivard
Turn those lug nuts clockwise! Also, no, lug nuts is not a high fiber cereal. (grin) --- Shepherds are the best beasts. - Original Message - From: Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net To: dark Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:10 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Charles Rivard
I know he was, and so was I. (grin) Next game idea? A steeple chase. You have to use the reins to direct your race horse around the track and time the jump over the quickly approaching hurdles. Try to beat your previously best time. Using your log files, compete with other gamers to beat

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Charles Rivard
I find that the crowd sound is louder than the others, and does tend to get in the way. I can hear the engine well enough, but would like less crowd. Or, as talked about in another post, the return of the echo off the wall. I think that is the best track location indicator. --- Shepherds are

[Audyssey] Mach 1, TTS sounds

2009-05-26 Thread Charles Rivard
Maybe it's a personal opinion, but I like the turn indications of the older version better than the current ones. A whoosh in the speaker followed by an echo off of the wall you are getting closer to during a turn. I'm still getting used to the new turn indicators. Any tips are appreciated,

[Audyssey] hockey game

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi jim, Also I think a hockey game one against one would be good also. After all, in playstation games such as nhl you only have one game controller so you can only control one player at a time, right? and to make it more fun you could make your player be a team like the Philadelphia flyers,

[Audyssey] mock1 tournaments

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi jim, remember with the old mock1 game how you had a tournament website? now that you got mock1-tts up and going, why not briing back the tournament site? Josh Josh email isjkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com skype: jkenn337 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If

[Audyssey] joysticks steering-wheels and gas-pedals for the computer?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, Where do you get various joysticks and steering-wheels for the computer to play games and how much are they? Do they plug into USB? Is it easier to play some games with a joystick? Josh Josh email isjkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com skype: jkenn337 --- Gamers mailing

[Audyssey] jim's baseball football and golf games?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi Jim, It would be cool if we could play your baseball football and golf games useing a joystick. you could use different joystick buttons or lever presses to change game aspects and to choose plays and for batting and stuff like that. now I think I'm off to amazon to check out what joysticks

[Audyssey] Amazon.com: Saitek ST90 Joystick: Electronics?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, would the joystick: Amazon.com: Saitek ST90 Joystick: Electronics work with all of the audio games that have joystick support? and this joystick, if it is compatible with jim's games GMA games and three-d velocity is not bad it's only $20. I will check out the rumble-pads next... Josh

[Audyssey] i found this one other joystick

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, I found this one also. Amazon.com: Logitech Dual Action Game Pad USB: Electronics Do any of you use this one? What are all you guys's' favorite kinds of joysticks for audio games, and why? yeah I'd love to play jim's football game baseball and golf game and homer on a harly with a

[Audyssey] joysticks?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, dothese joysticks need batteries or do theyrun off of USB power? Josh Josh email isjkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com skype: jkenn337 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make

[Audyssey] pyppy1

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, I would like to adjust the volume of the airplane in puppy1 when flying. I think it's a bit too soft. Josh email isjkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com skype: jkenn337 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

[Audyssey] joystick

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, I am specifically looking for a joystick that plugs into USB. Josh Josh email isjkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com skype: jkenn337 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make

[Audyssey] idea for a game

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi I have an idea for a game jim where you fly a fighter jet. it takes off and lands like in puppy1 by itself and you go up down left and right use your rocket launcher to intercept missiles coming at you, use machine guns to destroy little puppy1 planes, and drop bombs on airbases that are

[Audyssey] Logitech Attack 3 Joystick

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hell Do any of you use this joystick? and could I use it with mock1 and top-speed and puppy1 and three-d velocity? I still think it would be cool if you could play jim's golf baseball and nfl football with a joystick and also if you could play trucker with a joystick and navigate the game

[Audyssey] talking about flight contorlers.

2009-05-26 Thread The Kolesar Brothers
It would be nice to see which brands of gamepads work with the hand to ear games. Or which gamepads work with the largest majority of the hand to ear games. I wish to untie myself from the keyboard as well. I've gone through two gamepads thus far. A logic tech which rand around $100 which I was

Re: [Audyssey] Basketball

2009-05-26 Thread Constantine
Hi, I think a hockey game would be neat, but I'm content with what there is. contact details: email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca and others msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com skype: the_conman283 system details: Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Cory Kadlik
cool, love those! - Original Message - From: Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net To: Charles Rivard Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts Hi Charles, Dark was just spoofing. And even if he wasn't I have no plans to quit making

[Audyssey] Interactive Fiction Interpreters

2009-05-26 Thread kelby carlson
Hey List, Can anyone give me tips on interactive fiction interpreters? I'm using HTML TADS, and I need to know if there's anything I should do to set it up. Is there a way to make JAWS not read the clock of the interpreter, as this is very distracting? Does anyone have any tips on using

Re: [Audyssey] mock1 tournaments

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Josh, Yes, I definitely remember the Mach 1 racing league that we had going for years. The thing is, I had nothing to do with it other than being just one of the participants. It was Hugo Janssens that organized it all and did all of the work of setting the race track, laps, difficulty

Re: [Audyssey] hockey game

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Josh, To tell you the truth I am not nor never have been into hockey, basketball or soccer. Thus It would be pretty hard for me to get into making one of those games. BFN Jim I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message. j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440)

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
TTS sounds Hi Charles, As I said though, I want to have the audio feedback that a sighted driver would have. That is by listening to the sound get louder and louder as you near the end of that section of the track, it gives you a reference so that you can get ready for the next section just

Re: [Audyssey] Amazon.com: Saitek ST90 Joystick: Electronics?

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Josh, I have a Saitek ST290 Pro joystick. I like it very much for Puppy 1 and Pong. It works for games like Mach 1 tts and Top Speed as well, but is a bit strange driving a car with a single stick joystick rather than a steering wheel. I have also tried it with other blind accessible

Re: [Audyssey] jim's baseball football and golf games?

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Josh, Truthfully I do not see me adding joystick support to those games. About the only thing that one could do with a joystick in those games is go through the menus since that is allot of what you do in the game. And the arrow keys work just as well if not better for that than a

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Phil, Thanks, I will add those descriptions. For some reason Jaws does not say them for me and I have forgotten what they actually are. Guess that I never use them, but thought that they would work for the game. Glad that you had fun checking out Mach 1 tts. Thanks for saying so. BFN

Re: [Audyssey] pyppy1

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Josh, You do not want to make your Puppy 1 plane engine sound louder as you need to hear the enemy planes, the wind and speech so that you can get lined up and shoot them down. BFN Jim We really don't have any enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us.

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Charles, I will make it an option to use either the crowd sound or the wind sound, but you know the crowd or wind and the other new sounds are your main navigation sounds and thus it is more important to hear those than say your own engine. BTW The NASCAR drivers say that they can hear

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Charles, Yep, righty tighty, lefty loosy I was told so clock wise would tighten those lug nuts right up. Nothing worse then a loose wheel. BFN Jim You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel. j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA ---

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Charles, Thank you for the steeple chase horse race idea. I will keep it in mind for after I am done with Mach 1 tts and the couple of other game ideas that I have. Thanks again and BFN Jim You can lead a horse to water, but, a pencil must be lead. j...@kitchensinc.net

Re: [Audyssey] one-on-one Basketball

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Charles, Wow, you thought out the idea for how a one on one basketball game could work very nicely. That would be cool if someone does it. I'm sorry, but I will not be doing it, because as I said, I am not into basketball, soccer or hockey and it would not be any fun for me to try to

Re: [Audyssey] idea for a game

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Josh, I did the prop airplane fighter game in Puppy 1. Munawar Bijani is doing the jet airplane thing in Three-D Belocity. BFN Jim Been there! Done that! Got the T-shirt. j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Peter, Thank you for your suggestions. Ok, I will turn the volume of the tire squeal back up when you shift, but I didn't like it louder. Plus you hear it announce the gear and the engine RPM change. And I never found a good gear click sound that worked. Same problem with the brake

Re: [Audyssey] Mach 1 tts

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Dark, Yep, I wrote Mach 1 tts for use with my Logitech MOMO Racing steering wheel and then tried to add keyboard support. Some of the turns are very sharp so I needed to give the keyboard the ability to turn sharp so sometimes it turns sharper than you need to, but as I said, I am not

Re: [Audyssey] Problem with WinKit

2009-05-26 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Chris, No problem. I hope it helped. BFN Jim It's nothing a warm-boot can't fix j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

[Audyssey] games

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, I think a hocky and other gams would be neat. but remember we are a very small market and hey if none of my ideas come to lite then it's ok I'm happy with what we do have. josh Josh email isjkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com skype: jkenn337 --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] jim's baseball football and golf games?

2009-05-26 Thread Charles Rivard
Any thoughts on joystick support for Homer on a Harley? --- Shepherds are the best beasts. - Original Message - From: Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net To: Josh Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] jim's baseball football and golf games? Hi

[Audyssey] Logitech Attack 3 Joystick

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, Will the Logitech Attack 3 Joystick work with Jim's games and other games? I also heard of programs that will allow a joystick to simulate keys on a keyboard, such as a program called joyKey. anyone had any experience with this? Still think it would be fun to play Jim's baseball football

[Audyssey] play all audio games with a joystick

2009-05-26 Thread Josh
Hi, Ok for those of you wholike joysticks, and if you want to play Jim's games like football with a joystick I think I have found an answer. this program is called JoyToKey. it is free. It lets you emulate full keyboard and mouse emulation by useing a joystick. I guess it will work with most

[Audyssey] Draconis Entertainment News

2009-05-26 Thread Draconis Entertainment
Greetings gamers, This note is a quick sneak peek at a few items that will be announced officially on the Draconis web site soon. While news has been slow in coming, we're still working hard to deliver new games for both Mac and Windows. We're sorry it is taking so long. We've not

[Audyssey] Vip mud sapi problem

2009-05-26 Thread dark
Hi. I was wondering if someone could please help with this, I've asked everywhere else, including on the vip mud list and with a direct E-mail to david greenwood, but haven't got any replies as yet. Using sapi in materia magica everything is okay accept for one thing. When reading the