Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Enes, That is quite possible. I've not done a lot of performance testing on that yet, but one thing I can say is because 64-bit processors can handle long doubles it will be far more accurate and precise about in game calculations involving angles and distances. Plus if a game developer throws

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Stephen, That depends on which version of Windows 7 you get. If you get the standard 32-bit edition all or most of your old 16-bit Dos games should run. For example, right now I have Piledriver and Eamon Deluxe both running on my Compaq laptop running Windows 7 32 bit edition and those Dos

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, I am afraid I don't follow your logic here. I don't see what waiting for Jim Kitchen, GMA, Aprone, etc to upgrade to VB .NET or whatever has to do with you upgrading to say Windows 7. The fact of the matter is most of their games, the current ones written in VB 6, run fine on Windows 7

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Charles Rivard
I see the business side of it as well, but am more concerned with the visually impaired consumers who game developers are marketing to. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message - From: Draconis i...@dracoent.com To: Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
Again I aggree with you draconis. That was why I eventually decided to get a box with no more than 4gb. I was running with half that. I can now use and continue to use 32 bit software even though its not the best to do so. On the subject of dosbox frank has told me that he does not know much c

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Charles Rivard
How is Windows 8 more accessible than XP? Also, is it more stable? How well do older games that we have purchased run using Windows *? One thing I will say is that Windows Narrator has undergone vast improvements over what was in XP. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Hello I tought myself how to use JAWS on XP back in 2010, but back in June of 2012 I started taking a computer class that is not only for the blind, but is tought by the blind. they tought me how to use JAWS on windows 7. Now I was tought one and learn the other on my own, and I still

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
It would also mean, that you can create games with very intense audio soundscapes, and still get very good response times out of the machine for navigating around and other actions within the game. Where as on 32-bit, you probably can't do that very easily, not with very intense audio

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Hello Yes that is the one thing I like about 7 is the search option. The only thing I don't like about it is that if you are looking for a file lets say it's name is sounds but there are 10 other sounds files in your computer it doesn't show u the path of that file so you don't know where

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Well, one thing Microsoft has done in Windows 8 that is superior to XP is they have a new API called UI Automation which acts as a bridge between the graphical controls on your screen and your screen reader. It is for this reason that all the virtual intercept drivers and off-screen

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Stephen
OH Crudd!! I thought there was a catch. Perhaps it would be good to get a machine with lots of gigs of ram, then install a virtual xp machine upon it and do it that way. At 04:10 PM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi Stephen, That depends on which version of Windows 7 you get. If you get the standard

Re: [Audyssey] Mudding

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Hello I used vippmud for a little bit and it was ok, but I like mush-z better, and it's free. So far the only mud I've plaied is alter aeon. witch I love. If you are in to lord of the rings and games like that then alter will be a great game for you. even if not you should try it out any

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gamingcommunity

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
wow is that the percentages of that. that is out standing. I can't beleve that it's so high. bfn James -- From: Dennis Towne s...@xirr.com Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:34 PM To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Subject: Re:

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gamingcommunity

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Hello I don't think it's that much. being a member for a little bit now I've got to learn the people that wright all the time. I think that people on this list should be more involved. Not just with ansering questions or posting comments, but with asking questions to. knolage is power, and

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Yes, that would probably be a good way around it. You want a machine with at least 8 GB of RAM. So that you can dedicate either 2 or 4 gigs to a virtual machine. Yet another reason, I'm considering a Mac. I could have the Mac OS, if I have enough resaws is as well, I could then run windows

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Note. You could pin apps to the taskbar in Windows 7 as well. LOL. That is not a windows 8 thing. Regards: Dallas On 01/05/2013, at 17:00, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Charles, Well, one thing Microsoft has done in Windows 8 that is superior to XP is they have a new API

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Stephen
Doesn't UIA automation work on windows 7 too? At 05:00 PM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi Charles, Well, one thing Microsoft has done in Windows 8 that is superior to XP is they have a new API called UI Automation which acts as a bridge between the graphical controls on your screen and your screen

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hey Tom, Very quick question which isn't particularly game related but would be good to know. Is UI Automation backward compatible in any way? I'm asking from the point of view of someone who finds themselves writing to plugin developers quite often to see whether there's any interest in

[Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for April 2013

2013-05-01 Thread Jim Kitchen
126 people posted 2241 messages. 366 From, Thomas Ward. 218 From, dark. 202 From, shaun everiss. 150 From, Charles Rivard. 132 From, Bryan Peterson. 72 From, James Bartlett. 56 From, Cara Quinn. 52 From, Draconis. 47 From, Ken The PionEar. 45 From, michael barnes. 42 From, john. 37

[Audyssey] Audyssey thread report for April 2013

2013-05-01 Thread Jim Kitchen
There were 320 thread titles. Here are the top 50. BlindSoftware.com Is Closing 129. challenge for developers, post xp windows 109. An Announcement Regarding BSC Games 73. Children's Games was Audyssey Format 72. A Possible Offer To Consider 65. BSC Games shutting down, and reactions. 62.

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
I understand where you are coming from. Yes I got jaws training and earlier keynote gold dos training within keysoft. Everything else I have done I have done with trial error and reformat. True I looked at a few manuals but hardly mostly relying on shortcuts I found in programs. windows has

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
Thats a good point dallas I am playing tactical battle and on this xp unit I am having issue with big maps lagging loads. on this 64 bit unit even though its only running a 32 bit os for now thats not as bad. At 06:48 PM 5/1/2013, you wrote: It would also mean, that you can create games with

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
well I am still storing files and folders on the drive root like I have always done. ofcause uac is disabled right now on my personal and things are as normal. At 06:57 PM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hello Yes that is the one thing I like about 7 is the search option. The only thing I don't like

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Yes this much is true, but I don't think that there would be anoff room in a truck for all those people. So it is much eazier to just kidnap the one that started it all. lol -- From: Dallas O'Brien dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, April

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Hi because of all the stuff I've seen mS put there costumers throu the years and just getting tyred of them pushing there stuff on people I'm making the move to Linnex. It will take some time getting use to, but I started with windows at one point not knowing nothing and I can do the same

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Yes but people do things like that all the time. --- 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] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Yeah, but Bill Gates didn't invent windows. LOL. A lot of people seem to think so, but he actually didn't. If anyone, technically speaking, Apple invented what we know as now as Windows. On 01/05/2013, at 20:02, James Bartlett jab8...@gmail.com wrote: Yes this much is true, but I don't think

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
It's kind of ironic. Apple in a lot of ways, invented what we now know as windows. Microsoft actually use the ideas that apple used originally. Mind you, Apple didn't invent it either really. They technically got it from Xerox. LOL. So blame Xerox. The interesting thing about this, is that

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gamingcommunity

2013-05-01 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Folks, It's easy to find out how many participate in the Audyssey list, Jim Kitchen lets us know the beginning of each month: 126 people posted 2241 messages - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for April 2013

2013-05-01 Thread Christina
Thanks, Jim. Christina -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kitchen Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 4:49 AM To: Audyssey Subject: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for April 2013 126 people posted 2241 messages. 366 From, Thomas Ward.

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread dark
Hi. Well I will have a look at the mack alternative, provided I can actually try one first, and particularly see virtual xp working for backwards compatibility, however on the security front, that to me is technical specks rather than practical good. If I can run windows xp with an antivirus

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-05-01 Thread Trouble
That would depend on the country in witch the crime was committed. Do they hold up the US copy right law or do they have one of there own? Your walking a very gray area there. At 01:47 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi Enes, I don't know. The law I sited earlier, the No Electronic Theft Act,

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread dark
Hi valllient. i'm afraid that taking more than several hours with the windows 7 interface is precisely my point, particularly compared to sighted users who can instantly see and click. As I said, that people can! use windows 7's display I don't dispute, my issue is why should! people

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread dark
Nope steven, which indeed was one of my points. Beware the Grue! dark. - Original Message - From: Stephen whocr...@internode.on.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 6:06 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread dark
Hi tom. Those do sound useful features, which is exactly what I was arguing in favour of, and what windows 7 does not have (I like the sound of the ui business), but it was however just this sort of thing I was asking about when I started this topic in the first place since such advantages

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread dark
Though practically speaking I see that as one of the less good points in windows 7-8, since I have already created shortcut keys on desktop icons that do the same thing, eg, I press ctrl alt o for outlook express. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Dallas O'Brien

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread dark
besides, the man has so much money, shaking him until lots of cash falls out you could use it to pay off everyone else :D. Beware the Grue! dark. - Original Message - From: James Bartlett jab8...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013

[Audyssey] Fantastic article on game piracy, everyone should read

2013-05-01 Thread Draconis
Hello all, Ironically, this article just came up in my RSS feeds, and I highly recommend reading it. Sheer brilliance. http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy/ --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] Fantastic article on game piracy, everyone should read

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
That's rather cool. A very neat idea. Good on them for doing it. Dallas On 01/05/2013, at 23:26, Draconis i...@dracoent.com wrote: Hello all, Ironically, this article just came up in my RSS feeds, and I highly recommend reading it. Sheer brilliance.

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
LOL, he probably loses more money per hour, by mistakingly dropping it, or other various ways, and we would make in several years. LOL. Dallas On 01/05/2013, at 22:53, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: besides, the man has so much money, shaking him until lots of cash falls out you could use it to

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
More secure, does not necessarily mean antivirus. Yes, having an anti-virus package in place can help, but in the end, viruses are actually the least of your worries. There are a lot of gaps in Windows XP, that have yet to be filled. Ways and means, that people can use, to get hold of

[Audyssey] a suggestion to the developer of soundscape exploerer

2013-05-01 Thread joseph weakland
hello i have a suggestion to the developer of soundscape exploere if able. since i have a saiteckSD290 pro which is a usb 4 access 6 button joystick would you be able to integrate joystick support as an optional input? you could have the trigger button 1 to fire main weapon and you could assign

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Actually, there is an important difference here. When you press alt+control+o to launch Outlook Express it launches a new instance of the program. What makes pinning programs to the Task Bar special is if the application is running pressing the hot key for the application will

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, No, UI Automation wouldn't effect Dosbox one way or another because Dosbox doesn't use the Windows API which is precisely why it doesn't work in the first place. UI Automation is simply a bridge between Windows applications built using the standard Windows API and adaptive technologies

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Dark, if you can get to an Apple store you can try a Mac to your heart's content. :) Also, if you run a virtual machine, you do not need virus protection. YOu back up your VM and if something happens to it, you simply throw it away and bring up the backup. Since you're not running Windows

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Since you insist on appraising Windows 7 totally on the basis of benefits here are some benefits to consider. They may be important to you or not but here are some things to consider all the same. 1. UI Automation. As mentioned earlier this is a new API available for Windows 7 and

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-05-01 Thread Dennis Towne
Ian, Obviously, games which have nearly all of the content hosted only on the server, such as muds, are much more piracy proof, but there are a lot of shades of grey in between fully server side and fully client side. Yes, there will always be ways to hack game executables, but some are a lot

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Not only that, but if you are not putting your Windows VM on the Internet then your chances of getting a virus or some other nasty piece of malware is slim. If your VM is not exposed to high risk situations like Internet sites, email infections, etc then it will probably be pretty safe, and

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Agreed. It is sort of amusing because as you said Microsoft has stuck with the XP look and feel for so long that users forgot what it was like to go from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 or from Windows 98 to XP. Both offered major changes in the user interface and I don't remember people

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi James, FYI it is called Linux not Linnex. Just thought you might want to know the proper spelling. Do you hav a distribution in mind? Cheers! On 5/1/13, James Bartlett jab8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi because of all the stuff I've seen mS put there costumers throu the years and just

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Scott, No. UI Automation is strictly speaking only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8.. I'm not sure if Microsoft has plans of making it available for Windows Vista, but I know they have no plans to make it available for XP. Given the fact XP is about to be dropped anyway I can't say I am

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Stephen, Yes, it does. UI Automation was initially developed and released for Windows 7, but naturally is included on Windows 8 as a part of the new OS as well. On 5/1/13, Stephen whocr...@internode.on.net wrote: Doesn't UIA automation work on windows 7 too? --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Yes, I know that. The issue in question was comparing Windows 8 to Windows XP not Windows 8 to Windows 7. So from that perspective pinning apps to the Task Bar is certainly a Windows 8 thing from the point of view of a XP user. :D Cheers! On 5/1/13, Dallas O'Brien

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi Tom, Thanks, good to know. So then, what would happen for a screen reader user who was attempting to use a program under XP if a developer had gone with UI Automation as their accessibility API? Do the screen readers have some way of bridging the gap between UI Automation and MSAA, or would

Re: [Audyssey] Fantastic article on game piracy, everyone should read

2013-05-01 Thread Ian Reed
That was a great article. Thanks for posting it. Amazing to see how bad the numbers are just as Dennis said. And the article also pointed out the trend toward online games which seem the only way to really stop pirates. The concept of trying to inconvenience pirates more than paying users is

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-05-01 Thread Ian Reed
Hi Dennis, Thanks for taking the time to explain that further. I found it very enlightening. I guess there are ways I had not thought about to further secure a client side game. Much appreciated, Ian Reed On 5/1/2013 9:41 AM, Dennis Towne wrote: Ian, Obviously, games which have nearly

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Yes I do know that little tidbit, but I was just joking around l o l. I was just trying to add a little huommer to the topic. I think that some people are missunderstanding what Dark was trying to say. He's not pointing the finger at the programers. Just at MS for not thinking things out like

[Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
Ok, so I finally decided to try this game last night and I've created a Mage/Cleric character. Bt I'm having a problem in the graveyard quest. I found what I believe is the secret treasure room where there's a whip on a pedestal bt I can't seem to get it. It says something about binding and

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread john
I'm not sure exactly what item you're talking about (it's been a while since I've been there), but you could try one of a few things. In order to pick up a binding item you need to know one of it's names. For example, get whip ped instead of get all ped. If you can't guess one of the names of

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
L O L --- 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 messages are archived and can be

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread Keith
say take whip pedastal - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:46 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon? Ok, so I finally decided to try this game last night and I've

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Hello this is something that a a lot of people don't know about Mr.gates, But do you know that he has anarest rackerd. I Found it back like 6years ago. I don't know what it was for, but it was def his mug shot. it looked to me to be from the 70s. I'll never forget that smile and those big

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread James Bartlett
Hello have you tried to type get or take whip? oh and I sergest that you level your necro or war next there 2 realy good classes to have for fighting. Hope to see you in game James a. k. a. Caspero -- From: Bryan Peterson

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
Exactly. I eventually had to type get whip ped. But now I'm trying to locate the Ancient Necromancer and the Vampiress, but I've explored everywhere ithe Masoleum or so it seems. But thou must! On 5/1/2013 1:29 PM, James Bartlett wrote: Hello have you tried to type get or take whip? oh

[Audyssey] win7/win8 looking for help resources

2013-05-01 Thread Allan Thompson
Hi Gang, After reading thrut he emails, I think that in the end, Tom is correct. As much as I like XP, and enjoy my desktop and all the things I know how to do with it, I fear there is no real choice. Eventually, sooner rather then later, audio Game developers need to advance their technology,

[Audyssey] Kindle improving accessibility

2013-05-01 Thread Eleanor Robinson
Hi all, I just did an update on my Kindle app on my iPad. The writeup indicated that it improved accessibility to blind and VI users. I have not had a chance to check it out, but wanted to let you all know that Kindle apps on Apple Products might be more accessible than they have previously

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
I'm sorry, but I don't see how just because jaws can't access windows eight correctly, that it means windows eight is in accessible. Due to the fact that NVDA works with it perfectly well, and yes, I have tested jaws 14 myself. And I agree, JAWS 14 is hopeless in windows eight. But I don't

[Audyssey] Stopping message popups in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
Is it possible to do this? It gets distracting to hear other people talking while i'm trying to hear the descroption of the area. LOL. -- But thou must! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Exactly, and although I have yet to use a Mac to any great extent, I can see the benefits of how their Scheme works. Upgrade slowly, get the users used to something slowly, so that it's not a jarring experience. And of course means, that they don't tend to bring in new features very quickly,

Re: [Audyssey] Stopping message popups in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread john
Just turn off the channels you don't want to here. - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Wed, 01 May 2013 14:53:38 -0600 Subject: [Audyssey] Stopping message popups in Alter Aeon? Is it possible to

Re: [Audyssey] Stopping message popups in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
How do you do this. I did read the readme but I didn't see that, unless I just missed it. But thou must! On 5/1/2013 3:29 PM, john wrote: Just turn off the channels you don't want to here. - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] Stopping message popups in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread Ian Reed
typehelp channel to get more help. Type gossip to turn off the gossip channel. type newbie to turn off the newbie channel. type auction to turn off the auction channel. I think you get the gist. Ian Reed On 5/1/2013 3:32 PM, Bryan Peterson wrote: How do you do this. I did read the readme but

Re: [Audyssey] Stopping message popups in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread Ian Reed
Oh, you can also type this: newbie how do I turn off the chat channels? which will send a chat message to the newbie channel. There are always Alter Aeon gurus hanging around to answer questions including Dentin sometimes. Ian Reed --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want

[Audyssey] bavisoft

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
Hi. is it worth it even trying to install the bavisoft games on win7? I have a new system and am slowly moving things over. Ofcause I still use this old one quite heavily. is there any worth in loading g or chillingham on the new box? I may as well know before I do that. --- Gamers mailing list

Re: [Audyssey] bavisoft

2013-05-01 Thread Greg Steel
Hey Shawn I played them on my laptop which is a digital audio work station and they seemed to work fine. I did remove them because I got another computer with xp on it. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Re: [Audyssey] Fantastic article on game piracy, everyone should read

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
well josh I just read the article and I get it where he is coming from. To be honest I am not going after the little guys although some may get in the way but thats just bad luck more than anything, the big companies that price through the roof and licencing unfairly are my targets. They

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
well thats a good point for vms keeping your host os secure is fine. At 03:16 AM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Hi Dark, if you can get to an Apple store you can try a Mac to your heart's content. :) Also, if you run a virtual machine, you do not need virus protection. YOu back up your VM and if

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree with you on that tom. I am still working on xp and 7 on 2 laptops. I have not done to much gaming on the 7 box though as I have spent most of my time sorting out files. At 03:40 AM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Hi Dark, Since you insist on appraising Windows 7 totally on the basis of

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
Hmmm I would aggree with ou tomas but really, my issue is that ms just banged changes on us. If it was slowly done then maybe it wouldn't matter. At 04:04 AM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Hi Dallas, Agreed. It is sort of amusing because as you said Microsoft has stuck with the XP look and feel for so

Re: [Audyssey] bavisoft

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
aah ok. thanks for this. I probably won't be going to 7 for a day or two, burned out sorting and clearing my drive of extranious items. At 10:40 AM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Hey Shawn I played them on my laptop which is a digital audio work station and they seemed to work fine. I did remove them

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey thread report for April 2013

2013-05-01 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hey, 23 messages about my recordings. Hot dog!!! -- Raul A. Gallegos I love strawberry Quik. It's my favorite pink fluid narrowly beating out Pepto-Bismol. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 5/1/2013 3:49 AM, Jim Kitchen wrote: There were 320 thread titles. Here are the

Re: [Audyssey] Stopping message popups in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread john
You type the channel name you want to turn off, for example gossip. If you need more help, send xorg a tell and i'll see what I can do in-game. - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Wed, 01 May

Re: [Audyssey] bavisoft

2013-05-01 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Shaun. Yes, you can indeed use your Bavisoft games with Windows 7, however make sure user account control is turned off, also under no circumstances switch windows while playing else the game will crash, this applies to both titles Chillingham and Grizzly Gulch. I found this out to my ost

Re: [Audyssey] Fantastic article on game piracy, everyone should read

2013-05-01 Thread Dennis Towne
I've been trying my level best to ignore this thread in the hopes that it would die, but I don't think there could be a more clear display of what the problem is than the below. Comments inline. On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:50 PM, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: well josh I just read the

[Audyssey] The False Temple in ALer Aeon

2013-05-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
Ok, so I'm on the last of the newbie quests. I foud a man sealed in a glasscase and according to the getting started guide on the site itself I need to find a mallet. But for the life of me I can't figure out where to go to find the place it said to look. I've killed a bunch of creatres inside

Re: [Audyssey] bavisoft

2013-05-01 Thread shaun everiss
aah ok. thanks for this. I probably won't be going to 7 for a day or two, burned out sorting and clearing my drive of extranious items. At 10:40 AM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Hey Shawn I played them on my laptop which is a digital audio work station and they seemed to work fine. I did remove them

Re: [Audyssey] Fantastic article on game piracy, everyone should read

2013-05-01 Thread Charles Rivard
I wonder if he has pirated in the past and continues to do so? If so, he! should! be! nailed! --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Dennis Towne s...@xirr.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 01,

[Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-01 Thread dark
Hello gamers. Welcome to this new audio action puzzle game, the latest release from dropdead entertainment, the same company who brought you such classic audio games as aliens in my backside, mucky business and rusty penny. The object of the game is simple, change as many gamers minds as

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-01 Thread wayne17a
Hello do you know if sa works with mush c only I downloaded mush c and installed it but can not connect I think it might have some thing to me not having a clue what I am doing so any help I would be grateful thanks in advance -Original Message- From: Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] The False Temple in ALer Aeon

2013-05-01 Thread Keith
In the east west passage that you found the red mage, ther is a northern passage that will end in another east west passage. head east and explore that area. You will find the mallet and some other bad guys to kill. HTH Keith - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-01 Thread joseph weakland
rotfl you funny:) - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:23 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change! Hello gamers. Welcome to this new audio action puzzle game, the latest release from dropdead

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Agreed. For those users looking to upgrade to Windows 8 I found the Jaws 14 demo to be unsatisfactory compared to free solutions like NVDA which has continued to offer superior access to Windows 8 throughout the betas and now the stable releases. I don't think because Jaws is a poor product

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi James, Excuse me here, but what in the blue blazes does that have to do with the topic at hand? Cheers! On 5/1/13, James Bartlett jab8...@gmail.com wrote: Hello this is something that a a lot of people don't know about Mr.gates, But do you know that he has anarest rackerd. I Found

Re: [Audyssey] Fantastic article on game piracy, everyone should read

2013-05-01 Thread Christina
Hi. This was an interesting article. Has anyone figured out how to navigate through the screens on a Windows computer with JAWS? Christina -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Draconis Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 9:26 AM To: Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-01 Thread Ian Reed
Hi Dark, Is this funny or vindictive? If it was meant as light hearted then I will admit it is very creative. Otherwise I'd like to point out that most of the content seems in response to a thread that you started by challenging small time indie developers to find a way to keep their games

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Scott, Well, I just did some research on your question and it turns out that service pack 3 for XP contains UI Automation so in answer to your question they should receive the same or equal access as a Windows 8 user when UI Automation is used assuming the screen reader has UI Automation

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-01 Thread Draconis
Sounds more vindictive to me, under the guise of trying to be funny. Certainly is creative, although I can think of more productive ways to direct creativity. For the record, Dark, our new registration system is almost entirely transparent to end users. The only additional requirement is an

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Lol! I have to say this was a pretty funny spoof. Cheers! On 5/1/13, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hello gamers. Welcome to this new audio action puzzle game, the latest release from dropdead entertainment, the same company who brought you such classic audio games as aliens in my

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-01 Thread Scott Chesworth
Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation man, helped a lot. Scott On 5/2/13, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Scott, Well, I just did some research on your question and it turns out that service pack 3 for XP contains UI Automation so in answer to your question they should receive

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ian, Honestly I think it was a bit of both. I think Dark was trying to be funny, but the over all tone of the joke was a bit vindictive towards Draconis Entertainment and was aimed at Josh specifically for trying to change Dark's mind about newer Windows releases. Cheers! On 5/1/13, Ian

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