Chris, that is a very strange problem indeed. I don't have the slightest idea why the stereo wouldn't work on your game. Has anyone else had that issue?
--- On Tue, 5/10/11, Christopher Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christopher Bartlett <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] More Luminal thoughts. > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 12:04 PM > Oh, and on an unrelated note, I'm not > getting stereo sound. I'm getting the > animal population sounds, but they appear to be mono. > I'm using > stereo-capable headphones and I get stereo playback from > music applications, > but not from Luminal. > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Jeremy Kaldobsky > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:50 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] More Luminal thoughts. > > Chris, no, you aren't missing anything. I completely > agree with you that > there needs to be an easier way to switch between tiles > while still in the > build menu. I, too, have been frustrated by having to > unpause the game just > to move myself over to another tile. Anybody have any > suggestions for how > that should be done? > > --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Christopher Bartlett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Christopher Bartlett <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] More Luminal thoughts. > > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 10:44 AM > > Thanks for the explanation. > > This makes it more necessary to have an easier > > way to move from tile to tile. Perhaps add a go to > > tile command after "this > > tile" in the menu. As it is, navigation from tile > to > > tile requires > > unpausing the game, unless I'm missing something. > Off > > to finish mission 5. > > > > Chris Bartlett > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On > > Behalf Of Jeremy Kaldobsky > > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:51 AM > > To: Gamers Discussion list > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] More Luminal thoughts. > > > > Chris, thanks for the feedback. I've read through > > your observations and > > added a few new things to my to-do list. > > > > I will put this information into the game, but I > should > > take this > > opportunity to explain how the tiles work. The > > interactions of grass, moss, > > and mushrooms work on a tile by tile basis. The > > numbers are not averaged > > between tiles, so you could end up with a situation > like no > > bugs or grass on > > half of your dome. Animals are not linked to a > > specific tile because they > > actually travel from tile to tile in search of > food. > > If you did happen to > > have half of your dome void of any bugs, you would > know > > your birds are > > likely to spend most of their time on the side with > bugs. > > > > --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Christopher Bartlett <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Christopher Bartlett <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [Audyssey] More Luminal thoughts. > > > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 3:21 AM > > > > > > Ok, I've played through the first four > > > missions. This is a > > > fascinating game, and I'm very much looking > forward > > to > > > elaborations, more > > > species and a free play mode. I do have some > > thoughts > > > and observations that > > > should in no way be taken as anything but > constructive > > from > > > someone who > > > really likes this concept. > > > > > > > > > > > > Interface: you have inconsistent behavior for > the > > space bar > > > and esc keys > > > that doesn't match the docs, or at least as I > > understand > > > what is supposed to > > > happen. There appear to be two different levels > of > > > interaction from the > > > pause mode: one before you select a tile to > interact > > with > > > and one after. > > > This is fine, and the before selection appears > to > > operate > > > as advertised, but > > > once you've selected a tile, there appears to be > no > > > graceful way to back out > > > of a menu selection to the pre-tile-selection > mode. > > > Hitting escape, which > > > according to the docs is supposed to get you out > of > > the > > > menu actually > > > unpauses the game. In order to scan multiple > tiles, > > > one has to hit esc, > > > then quickly hit spacebar to pause, or the game > > advances a > > > tick, which could > > > be important in complex dome scenarios, and is > not > > expected > > > behavior. > > > > > > > > > > > > Effects that span tiles? Are there any? I'm > not > > > clear which effects span > > > multiple tiles and which are restricted to a > > particular > > > tile. If for > > > instance, I have many rocks but no grass in one > tile, > > but I > > > have a lot of > > > grass but few rocks in an adjacent tile, does > this > > affect > > > bug production as > > > if both tiles were balanced, or is it calculated > on a > > > per-tile basis? What > > > about the grass/moss/mushroom balance, is that > > calculated > > > over the whole > > > dome, or within each tile? And the animals > that > > feed > > > on these things, I > > > note they aren't assigned a tile, so I suppose > the > > food > > > supply is gotten > > > from the terrain overview? > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't finished mission 5 yet, is there more > to do > > after > > > that? Do I get > > > to play with all the species at once in the > current > > > version? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris Bartlett > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > > 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. > > > All messages are archived and can be searched and > read > > at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding > the > > > management of the list, > > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > 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. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read > at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the > > management of the list, > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > 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. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read > at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the > > management of the list, > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > 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. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the > management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > 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. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the > management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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