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

2013-04-30 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 t

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

2013-04-30 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 soundscape

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

2013-04-30 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 perfe

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

2013-04-30 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 grammati

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

2013-04-30 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" To: "Gamers Discussion list"

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

2013-04-30 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 a

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

2013-04-30 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 a

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

2013-04-30 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 ba

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

2013-04-30 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] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Enes, I don't know. The law I sited earlier, the No Electronic Theft Act, applies only to the United States and its citizens. I don't know what is in place for international cyber crimes. I assume they must have something in place. Cheers! On 4/30/13, enes wrote: > hi thomas, > doesn't that

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Stephen, In this particular case stupid is more like it. What happened is some person I shall leave nameless decided to send his name and product key for Monkey Business directly to the Audyssey list. Before anyone could blink an eye there were many members of this list downloading Monkey Busin

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
It depends, charles. the big guys well they are the big corps, most of it doesn't go to the devs the devs are told by the bosses what to do. There is no point actually looking at it after that point, they don't care, in which case you do what is expected, its prity clear cut where you go becaus

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree with you there. And now the mpaa wants to screw over the blind on movies. Ofcause the big issue I have with some stuff dvds mainly is you have to basically pirate the dvds to listen to them on a computer and make an mp3. Eventually I think there should be a way when you buy dvds to get

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
well if the piracy was international you would have some issue tracking it. On a serious note though do we really want to be like the big nasty companies, I mean we can but lets face it all it does is get more enemies all round the place. I know there are a few serious pirates that just do it b

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

2013-04-30 Thread Stephen
if I switch to windows 7, will I still be able to play old dos games like fallthru effectively? At 11:02 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: One of the biggest factors to consider is security. XP has been out on the market for 13 years. That means people have had 13 years to figure out all its little exploi

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Stephen
unless someone invented a key generator for monkey business, it would be extremely foolish for someone to distribute the download link since their name and serial number would show up immediately. At 12:08 PM 5/1/2013, you wrote: I would think so. I don't know how much money Draconis lost in p

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Allan Thompson
Hi Dennis, I never thought of that, and that makes sense a bit more. Still, it is disappointing. Then again, your right. Everything is pirated now , music, books, movies, whatever it is, everyone sighted or not seems to have their hand in it in some fashion. It is almost like you would have to c

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Ian Reed
Hi Dennis, You said: This is why I won't bother to produce any standalone games unless I intend to give them away. Anyone who thinks they can sell standalone games without strong 'phone home' server authorization and make money is fooling themselves. I say: Very interesting comment. I'd like

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
I don't know this for sure, but I would think that the crime is committed in the developer's location, so the penalties according to the law in that country would be the ones that apply. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message --

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread enes
hi thomas, doesn't that amount of jailtime and money change based on which country the dev is in and the user is in? On 5/1/2013 4:48 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Charles, Well, if a developer wants to prosecute a software pirate to the full extent of the law all they have to do is report it to

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
I, for one, would not feel bad at all toward a game developer who prosecutes game pirates. Piracy is thievery, and I would not get angry at police forces who arrest and prosecute burglars. It's the same idea and the same crime. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread Ian Reed
Thanks to all who responded. Interesting to hear the size of this list and especially interesting to hear that 3600 number for Swamp. It shows that there are a good number of players out there even if we can't count on that number to purchase a game. Much appreciated. Ian Reed --- Gamers m

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

2013-04-30 Thread enes
hi, so will games which are compiled as 64 bit have a performance difference when ran on a 64 bit capable pc On 5/1/2013 4:22 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Charles, Um...You got that backwards. For the record 32-bit games and software will work fine on a 64-bit version of Windows. However, a 64-bi

Re: [Audyssey] soundscape explorer quiery

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Joseph, Let me start by explaining that it is not a game in the traditional sense. So if you think you are going to be fighting monsters, or exploring mazes, whatever erase that thought. It is just a plain simple application where you walk around listening to sounds. OK, basically you use the

Re: [Audyssey] soundscape explorer query

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Joseph, Its not that complicated. Up arrow to walk forward. Down arrow to walk backward. Left and right arrow turn left/right. I believe the a key announces the angle you are facing. That is pretty much it unless Ken has added some features I don't know about recently. Cheers! On 4/30/13, jos

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Dennis Towne
There have been a number of developers who have tracked piracy rates in various ways, and the numbers I have are more from the mainstream and sighted indy game scene. It's not that everyone is an elite hacker, it's more that one or two elite hackers can produce a download that works for everyone w

[Audyssey] soundscape explorer query

2013-04-30 Thread joseph weakland
helo soundscape explorer experts. when i unzipped the program and tried to run it jaws says form 1 and i have no idea what do do can nayone help? --- 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 up

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
I would think so. I don't know how much money Draconis lost in possible sales when someone pirated Monkey Business and made it available to others. I seem to remember that there were a lot of downloads all of a sudden, though. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and s

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Well, if a developer wants to prosecute a software pirate to the full extent of the law all they have to do is report it to their local prosecutor and report it as a theft. According to the 1997 No Electronic Theft Act a convicted software pirate can receive five years in jail and a $2

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Allan Thompson
Thank you for answering. I appreciate the sensetivity of the subject, so thanks. I was just shocked to hear such a high percentage. al "The truth will set you free" Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. - Original Message - From: Draconis To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Allan Thompson
Hmmm, Like a audio anti piracy defense fund? al "The truth will set you free" Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate? Speaking of pirac

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

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Um...You got that backwards. For the record 32-bit games and software will work fine on a 64-bit version of Windows. However, a 64-bit application will not work on a 32-bit version of Windows. It is precisely for that reason why I strictly compile all my games as 32-bit in order to mak

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Draconis
Don't want to get into too many details publicly, but, at least for our part, there are certain things we've been able to track over the course of many, many years. By collecting as much data as possible, you can make reasonably well educated guesses on how many users have pirated a particular

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

2013-04-30 Thread Ryan Strunk
One of the biggest factors to consider is security. XP has been out on the market for 13 years. That means people have had 13 years to figure out all its little exploits. Windows 7 is more secure. It runs faster. It's more efficient from an end-user standpoint. There is a substantial difference bet

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

2013-04-30 Thread Ryan Strunk
The ribbons are perfectly usable. In fact, as a former access tech instructor, I taught them to every student who came through my class. I think the biggest problem with them isn't the ribbons themselves, but rather blind users not understanding how they work. Each ribbon is divided into sub-groups

Re: [Audyssey] BSC Pipe 2 Blast chamber score

2013-04-30 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Raul, thanks for answering. Ok, I thought that the game only counted actual playing time and not pauses, but this explains it of course. *smiles* Wow, that would indeed be easy regarding these tool boxes. If it got fixed I actually am happy about it, this should be insane difficulty after

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

2013-04-30 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. What specific places do you have issues getting to? I generally find where I want to go on windows 7 just as fast as I did on xp. The thing is, it took me a lot longer than several hours to learn the best way to get to things. I wonder if you didn't find certain shortcuts when you were exp

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

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
That sure does make a difference, doesn't it? (grin) Thanks. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message - From: "Dallas O'Brien" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] chal

Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
Speaking of piracy, does anyone know the approximate cost, or what would be involved in, penalizing these pirates to the full extent of the law, and what you would get in return for the money, time, and effort spent? You can answer off list in order to not think the answers would make them feel

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

2013-04-30 Thread Dallas O'Brien
wrong way round. 32 bit software does work on 64. its 64 software that won't work in 32 bit operating systems. regards: Dallas On 01/05/2013, Charles Rivard wrote: > You do what your customers will be able to use. If the majority of your > customers might?? be using down the road, you cut the c

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

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
And, to drive the point home, make them use their new systems while blindfolded. Not practical, but fun to think about. (evil grin) -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message - From: "Dallas O'Brien" To: "Gamers Discussion l

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

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
You do what your customers will be able to use. If the majority of your customers might?? be using down the road, you cut the current customer base off until they make the change. If the majority of your customer base is making the change, or if they have already done so, then you support them

[Audyssey] Piracy rate?

2013-04-30 Thread Allan Thompson
Hi guys, I am incredibly curious. JHow does an audio game developer discover how many people have pirated their game? I mean, 90% is huge. I have trouble starting my computer, but apparently most of the VI community has developed super villain hacking skills. Is there a special class? Ok, I am b

Re: [Audyssey] soundscape explorer quiery

2013-04-30 Thread joseph weakland
ok since you dabbled with it wqhat have you got it t do and how did you manage it\ - Original Message - From: "shaun everiss" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] soundscape explorer quiery I've dabbled with it here myself a bit

Re: [Audyssey] soundscape explorer quiery

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I've dabbled with it here myself a bit though I have been recovering from a tooth opperation and a bad headcold over the last few days. At 11:08 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: hello i have downloaded the soundscape explorer game and tried to runj it after unzipping it. jaws says form1 dialog and i hea

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
yeah I aggree the ribbons and searchboxes I took a while to get used to but now I can't do without them in some situations. At 10:54 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: wow, I just read through all of this. personally, I agree mostly with Thom and Josh, and while I definitely understand that there are tho

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
Yeah sometimes people me included forget that everyone even a lowly pirate has to be a user first. At 10:15 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi Charles, When it comes to this issue of developers verses users I think you are forgetting that audio game developers are users too. Since we intend to use an

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
yeah xp rtm is really bad I had that happen to me immediately to. sp1 and in fact sp2 and up are better but its true. At 06:22 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: hi, you forgot about the ability of windows 8 to perform all maintenence tasks together directed by one process so unlike win7 windows 8 will d

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread dan cook
you're telling me. Good luck Josh. lol i kind of sound like a sinic... On 5/1/13, Draconis wrote: > > The piracy number doesn't surprise me. It is a bit higher than what we've > seen, but not by too much, hence our new registration system going forward. > It's sad. > > On Apr 30, 2013, at 7:02 PM

[Audyssey] soundscape explorer quiery

2013-04-30 Thread joseph weakland
hello i have downloaded the soundscape explorer game and tried to runj it after unzipping it. jaws says form1 dialog and i hear sounds. how do you navigate etc? does it use sapi5 for voices? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubs

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread Draconis
The piracy number doesn't surprise me. It is a bit higher than what we've seen, but not by too much, hence our new registration system going forward. It's sad. On Apr 30, 2013, at 7:02 PM, dan cook wrote: > for some reason, i'm shocked about the piracy number, especially with > VI folks. And

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
well while win8 is really bad maybe win9 will be better maybe if win8 has a service pack it may be bettr. Vista was not really good till a sp was done. At 05:51 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi Charles, That's true. One that I will strongly consider as a software developer. However, as I also pointe

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree with you john. to all the rubbishers of 7 the search box is faster than xp start menu if you know bits of what you want. I use it all the time. it makes my job doing support to be a lot better. At 05:49 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: The search box is really intuitive; but if it doesn't fin

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread dan cook
for some reason, i'm shocked about the piracy number, especially with VI folks. And they wonder why developers don't stick around? maybe it's an exajuration, but still. On 4/30/13, Dallas O'Brien wrote: > In regards to finding out a little more about who games and how many are out > there. I w

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
Well I still use eudora 7.1 and will continue to use it even if I have to turn off uac to do so. there is no advantage to me to even concider the upgrade of my mail I have no need of searching or anything like that. At 05:13 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: As a blind person, I still very much prefer pu

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I have to much windows software to ever really switch to a mac without running windows in a vm but yeah it may be that I will eventually have to get a mac even if that does mean I just use it for windows. a At 04:59 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Fair enough, well that is likely a reason for me to pos

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree I think we should have a choice to run whatever interface we want but use the core engines. even if it means we don't get extra features. At 04:49 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Which is also why there needs to be better reasons to stop using xp than currently, aprticularly given the buggered

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

2013-04-30 Thread dan cook
wow, I just read through all of this. personally, I agree mostly with Thom and Josh, and while I definitely understand that there are those who do not have the money to upgrade their system regularly, I do think the VI community needs to try and adapt more as a whole, rather than staying safe by s

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
as a user I aggree but as a hacker and a tech its not how the system works. I just went to 7 I really couldn't give a stiff but 7 is better and less mangled than 8 at least on 32 bit I can use my old software still. I have had experiences with the os so know what I am in for. At 04:17 AM 5/1/20

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree draconis. uia is really good, why ms didn't use it earlier is beyond me. do they know how much strife we users have had to deal with drivers, morror drivers dcm chains, and drivers overlapping forcing reformats. At 03:32 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi Tom and all, I agree entirely, which

Re: [Audyssey] My First Impressions of Change Reaction 2 for Windows

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I agree. the laptop was for a christmasp reasent for last year I would have never upgraded otherwise. a year before that the new reader upgrade I got was another present. Money is one thing I don't have enough of. Due to a couple family members kicking the bucket I have a sizable ammount of cas

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
well I wish ms would put the old style progress bars back in thats about the only thing I miss on 8 and in fact ie9 and up. At 03:04 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi Dallas, Correct. One of the things Windows 8 brings to the table regarding accessibility is Microsoft Narrator is vastly improved over

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I agree dark. I have a couple of really good toshiba laptops the xp one is a bit flaky in the hardware which is why I am moving to 7. However now I have it I have no compunction to use it full time. In fact I won't be doing that. My plan is to eventually set the system up as a mirror backup of

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I will be happy to ditch xp once all devs stop using vb6. till that time I couldn't give a stuff! At 01:42 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi, on top of all this, there is one simple thing to look at. Look at the main gaming industry. There are a lot of games out there that do not support anything les

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree james. there is nothing at all wrong with xp bar security but really nothing wrong at all. even 7 after you got used to it I don't have classic shell on here yet, but maybe I will get it maybe not. even 7 is still ok. I can not get the idea of 8. its 7 with a completely fwoofy interfac

Re: [Audyssey] Snes

2013-04-30 Thread ryan chou
I haven't played snes in a long time too, but I used to enjoy it a lot when I was younger, street fighter and dragon ball Z mostly On 4/30/13, Chris H wrote: > Good evening all. > By the way a very interesting discussion on the post Windows Xp era. > I thought I would start a new thread letting y

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm draconis you got me thinking on that one. I may have one of those it even has an old analog card. its my grandpas right now but he hardly uses it. its a single core though, so won't run everything but if I ever needed it I could use it for gaming. As for keeping it off the net that would be

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
thats true tom which was one reason I was gunning for an upgrade. At 01:03 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Hi, Not only that, but the problem for people wanting to maintain XP after 2014 is hardware support. After next year most hardware manufacturers will no longer be providing drivers for sound cards

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
Hi tom. Don't take this wrongly but I know several devs jim kitchen, aprone, I think gma maybe a few more that still use 6. If all devs dropped 6 and went to whatever I would have no issue with upgrading! Yes I realise some of them are upgrading but not all. You guys need to realise that the on

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

2013-04-30 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Why on earth would you go after Bill Gates, LOL. He no longer has very much to do with Microsoft. Most of everything has passed on to other people long ago. LOL Perhaps you should track down the people responsible for the changes you don't like, and chase them down and kidnap them. Heheheheheheh

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree with you dark. In fact if the right arrow on the keyboard did not break ocationally and the cpu lock every so often I wouldn't have got insurance by getting another unit. Though this unit is better it has its own keyboard and sound issues and itself it issues, the speakers are a bit s

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread Dallas O'Brien
In regards to finding out a little more about who games and how many are out there. I would suggest creating a survey page, and transmitting it on Twitter and other social networks. You would be very surprised how quickly it gets out there, and how many people will respond. Just a suggestion, bu

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

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, When it comes to this issue of developers verses users I think you are forgetting that audio game developers are users too. Since we intend to use anything we write as well as sell it the technology we have access to and use on a daily basis will largely influence what we make availab

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

2013-04-30 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Unfortunately, one problem with the touchscreen idea, is that as of yet, it's not as effective in windows as we would probably like. Certainly not as usable as an iPhone, or a Mac with a touchpad. However, I'm sure that this will increase as time goes by. NVDA is getting there, but it still quit

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

2013-04-30 Thread Dallas O'Brien
As an interesting note, for those using Windows 8, pressing the Windows key and x, will bring up the power users menu. This includes the Control Panel, command prompt, command prompt with administrator privileges, and power options, and many other various power user selections. It's not an obvio

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

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
Well I have both. so yeah I can do whatever I want. eventually I will get a vm this new box can run vms via hardware aparently. At 12:24 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote: Well were you live you might be able to get another xp box, but here in the states those are memories. The shops and stores sense win7

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 and games was Re: My First Impressions of Change Reaction 2 for Windows

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
well I have run tactical battle so far on 7 32 bit and the game really copes better with large maps now. I had some plugin issues with winamp easily updated the effected modules though. Trouble is finding which. I have tried swamp to and after in admin mode running the windows bat file I neede

Re: [Audyssey] My First Impressions of Change Reaction 2 for Windows

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree with you on that. I have xp here which I will continue to use for ever more. I however have gone anead and got a new laptop one of the last toshibas with win7 which I am slowly building up in the event I can no longer use xp. Its likely I will continue to use xp but eventually not on a

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

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
I'm picturing a system that work sort of like the home screens of an iPhone for the desktop PC. Makes sense, as long as it will work for those who cannot see, as the iPhone does. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message - Fr

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

2013-04-30 Thread James Bartlett
Hello Dark Well I'm down for the kidnaping of Bill Gates. I'll drive. Well just as soon as they come out with self driving cars l o l jk. bfn James --- 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] Wondering about the size of the audio gamingcommunity

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
I wonder how many list subscribers actually participate? -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Wondering abo

Re: [Audyssey] Thanks

2013-04-30 Thread Dennis Towne
Kim, I run Alter Aeon, but it's not an RP centric game, and you'd probably be better off on a mush or one of the RP required servers. Personally, I'd recommend the game Threshold for RP - I've known the developer for a long time, and it's a top notch game for RP. The address is www.thresholdrpg.c

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread Dennis Towne
When it comes to selling actual copies of standalone games, the piracy rate is typically between 90% and 98% of the total. If your game is popular and your anti-piracy protection is weak, one player in 50 will buy your game. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Tue, Apr 30,

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

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Yes there is. The thing to understand about Windows 8 here is Microsoft is basically combining the desktop and mobile editions of Windows into a single product. Windows 8 is being deployed on a wide variety of handheld and touchscreen devices like tablets and smart phones as well as ne

[Audyssey] Mudding

2013-04-30 Thread Chris H
Hello all I can't get my head around Mudding at all. Can someone give me some starters please? I'm using Vip Mud in Demo Mode. Any responses will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chris. -- Christopher Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http:/

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

2013-04-30 Thread Draconis
Well, I've spent just a few minutes, but the latest version with all plugins updated appears to run quite nicely under Mountain Lion so far, as I recalled. It is V1.1.5 and can be found here: http://logicalshift.co.uk/rotate/2011/11/05/zoom-1-1-5-has-been-released/ HTH On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:56

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ian, Well, the number of members who are subscribed to the Audyssey list generally is about 300 give or take a few. In the six years or so since I have been moderating the list sometimes it has been as low as 280 and as high as 320 per month. It just depends on how many subscribe and unsubscrib

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

2013-04-30 Thread Draconis
It's been a few months since I played with it, but it was working fine for me then. I'll fire it up again when I have a chance and see how it works. On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi, > You mention this interpreter, and I as a fellow Mac user have a related > question for

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

2013-04-30 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, You mention this interpreter, and I as a fellow Mac user have a related question for you if I may. Have you had any success getting it to work properly under Lion or Mountain Lion? I ask because I have consistently failed whenever I've tried to do so. Games freeze, the program crashes very p

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-04-30 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Ian, it has been a while since I've checked but Swamp had over 3000 unique players last time I looked at the numbers. I believe it was in the neighborhood of 3600, but that could have changed a lot since then, especially with my exceptionally buggy 2.9 release ROFL! :D As you've stated with y

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

2013-04-30 Thread Draconis
Hi Dark, You keep asking about benefits. Does a more secure system that is less likely to be infiltrated by malware not a benefit to you? *smile* On an aside on this business of touch screens… One nice feature of Mac OS X and VoiceOver which you may find interesting, is that VoiceOver gives yo

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

2013-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
The shame of it is, is there really a need for this radical change that makes it less user friendly? -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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

2013-04-30 Thread dark
Hi tom. touchscreens are the rub however with that one and why I don't want to completely dismiss windows eight, since I do indeed like the touchscreen interface on ios which has an icon setup much as you describe windows 8 having, which would I agree be a nightmare with arrows but is great wi

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

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Of course. In Windows 7 when you type a search into the Start Menu a little list box comes up with a list of matches found. For example, if you type Word into the Start Screen you will get a list of icons like Microsoft Word 2010, Wordpad, and if you have any other icons with those le

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

2013-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, all I can say is if you don't like Windows 7, which is closer to XP than Windows 8, then I doubt you will like Windows 8 any better. The reason I say that is the user interface in Windows 8 is totally different from XP. First, you have the new ribbons. Every application such as Fi

[Audyssey] Thanks

2013-04-30 Thread Kim Friedman
Hi, I'd like to thank the person who is attempting to steer me right on the mudding situation I wrote about last time I posted (you know who you are). Now I'm looking for the sort of game which isn't simply a hack-and-slash. I definitely would like a game where role playing is enforced, has a great

Re: [Audyssey] Sluzzuls

2013-04-30 Thread Donna
Chris There is also another slide puzzle available in the app store. It's simply called called Puzzle. Its developer is codepacity. This slide puzzle might be more of the type of slide puzzle that you are use to playing. This puzzle uses numbers, which has to be slid into assending order. Do

Re: [Audyssey] raul's recordings down again

2013-04-30 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, in case you didn't see my other message, I've got no more bandwidth limitations. So, feel free to hit http://asmodean.net/games if you want my classic game recordings. -- Raul A. Gallegos Harry Potter brand condoms: "Protect your slytherin from Hogwarts while you're in her chamber of secre

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

2013-04-30 Thread dark
Hi Josh. On the brouser point, you should also know that ie8 is! the latest version of ie that will work with windows xp, and it's not possible to upgrade without upgrading windows. I have also tried the latest version of firefox, but for some reason I've not been able to determine, it const

Re: [Audyssey] BSC Pipe 2 Blast chamber score

2013-04-30 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi Sarah. The game time is how long it takes you in real life time to play the game. So, if you pause the game and go out on the town for dinner and a movie, the game will still be waiting for you when you come back. In my case I had a customer who called last minute and so paused my game, help

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