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:: uses that statement as bait to see if he can lure Mattias Welendar in for the kill ::

One an Amer ...

Lucius I just went to your DarkXL site, and used penpay to donate another $50, this time directly to you.

But PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR think about the joystick support and a savegame that preserve ...

It must be some weird forum issue. I saw your post at DaggerXL and was going to post a copy of it here, but I couldn't log in either.

Last I heard, lucius hasn't had free time for hobby projects lately. Once life settles down again, he'll be able to make the final push to beta.

So we can finally have a working lightsaber in DF? Smile

Hey, don't give Lucius any reasons to withdraw scripting support for weapons. Razz

2011 - The year of DarkXL! Very Happy

All those shots of gravestones for the voxel demonstration suddenly make a lot more sense now. Wink

Wow! That is some excellent work! Very Happy

Ahh, that brings back memories. Cool

I've actually had this problem off-and-on for several months at least. I always thought it was just me, but apparently that's not the case. The most recent occurrence for me was over the last two da ...

Truth be told, I'm amazed it runs at all. As far as I know, virtual machines usually don't support all the features found on high-end graphics cards. Your best bet is probably to use Boot Camp so th ...

Would it be relatively easy to add a 640x480 "Pure Mac" mode, with the game rendering at 640x400 and the HUD over a black bar in the bottom 80?
That would be pretty easy compared to emulati ...

I tried using my legacy MS-DOS machine to test Mohc's missiles. Unfortunately, the PC is still exceptionally fast by DOS standards (450MHz), and because of that, the missiles Mohc fires tend to remai ...

Lucius would need to add the ability to switch to a recorded soundtrack instead of the MIDI. There is one catch to that though because the game's soundtrack is interactive and that would be difficult ...

Ooh! I can't wait to play Detention Center. Very Happy

...I can't use more than two controls at the same time on my machine. For instance, I can't run and jump because I'm holding shift and up arrow (forward), and can't use my jump key...
That's probabl ...

Turrets?! NOOOOOOOOoooooooo.........!!!!!!

I was in no hurry for you to implement those. Laughing

Green does sound like a good color choice. Another option might be a pale bluish color.

Can anyone recommend the best level for testing as many INF features at once as possible? It would be easier to be able to test all at once rather then having to go through a dozen levels to see what' ...

I think I like the idea of the solid color better, since the translucency still allows the level to be seen beyond the console window.

If an image were to be used, a modified version of Kyle's in ...

Looks pretty cool! Very Happy

I agree with Gez, particularly about the nose and chin. Kyle's face seems to look a bit too narrow in your rendering because of those features.

I will say it's orders of magnitude better than the ...

The IRC channel is up and running, and Lucius is online. There is an update regarding DarkXL:

To open old wounds, of course. Laughing

There is no point in attempting to canonize game mechanics. Otherwise, it introduces all sorts of difficult questions.

For instance, why does Kyle Katarn have access to these extra life things, ...

Are you really using a midi file called Forever_Forest.mid? If so, you might want to consider limiting the filename to eight characters or less. I don't know that it will fix your problem, but it's ...

DarkXL is intended to emulate the behaviors of enemies in Dark Forces as faithfully as possible, so differences in accuracy will be accounted for. As far as I know, information about enemy accuracy i ...

...Steam DF (it's what I'm calling the original one. As time goes on, the Steam users are going to outnumber the CD users, and the two versions are exactly alike anyway)...
Why not just call it Dark ...

What elements from the original are still in place? It still requires a purchased version of the game to work (and the Steam version really is the original. it has all the files from the original disk ...

Hello!

I hope my post here won't count as spam. Wink

Actually, based on your signature graphic I was expecting you to tell us that you couldn't get DarkXL to run on a 3Dfx card. Laughing

Wel ...

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Topic: Please Start a Flamewar!
klasodeth Replies: 815 Views: 131236	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Apr 03, 2011 23:38 Subject: Please Start a Flamewar!
klasodeth Replies: 815 Views: 131236	:: thinks about the fact this flamewar has been going on almost or as long as the Iraq war :: :: uses that statement as bait to see if he can lure Mattias Welendar in for the kill :: One an Amer ...
Topic: Error msg trying to run DarkXL
klasodeth Replies: 18 Views: 11631	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Mar 08, 2011 05:44 Subject: Re: Just made another donation..
klasodeth Replies: 18 Views: 11631	Lucius I just went to your DarkXL site, and used penpay to donate another $50, this time directly to you. But PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR think about the joystick support and a savegame that preserve ...
Topic: Crunch Time
klasodeth Replies: 5 Views: 2291	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Feb 14, 2011 23:23 Subject: Crunch Time
klasodeth Replies: 5 Views: 2291	It must be some weird forum issue. I saw your post at DaggerXL and was going to post a copy of it here, but I couldn't log in either.
Topic: DarkXL Scripting
klasodeth Replies: 7 Views: 3319	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Jan 28, 2011 06:18 Subject: DarkXL Scripting
klasodeth Replies: 7 Views: 3319	Last I heard, lucius hasn't had free time for hobby projects lately. Once life settles down again, he'll be able to make the final push to beta.
Topic: Weapon Scripting
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 3427	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Jan 03, 2011 02:15 Subject: Weapon Scripting
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 3427	So we can finally have a working lightsaber in DF? Hey, don't give Lucius any reasons to withdraw scripting support for weapons.
Topic: 2011
klasodeth Replies: 10 Views: 3379	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Jan 02, 2011 00:01 Subject: 2011
klasodeth Replies: 10 Views: 3379	2011 - The year of DarkXL!
Topic: Beta Update and a Christmas Bonus
klasodeth Replies: 14 Views: 4538	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Dec 25, 2010 23:33 Subject: Beta Update and a Christmas Bonus
klasodeth Replies: 14 Views: 4538	All those shots of gravestones for the voxel demonstration suddenly make a lot more sense now.
Topic: Dark Forces Conceptual Artwork Depository
klasodeth Replies: 17 Views: 6626	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Dec 10, 2010 08:31 Subject: Dark Forces Conceptual Artwork Depository
klasodeth Replies: 17 Views: 6626	Wow! That is some excellent work!
Topic: Dark Forces Magazine Ad (ca 1994)
klasodeth Replies: 5 Views: 1932	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Dec 03, 2010 04:29 Subject: Dark Forces Magazine Ad (ca 1994)
klasodeth Replies: 5 Views: 1932	Ahh, that brings back memories.
Topic: Cookie problem
klasodeth Replies: 3 Views: 2041	Forum: Feedback Posted: Nov 29, 2010 19:03 Subject: Cookie problem
klasodeth Replies: 3 Views: 2041	I've actually had this problem off-and-on for several months at least. I always thought it was just me, but apparently that's not the case. The most recent occurrence for me was over the last two da ...
Topic: Screen Redraw Problem. Any advice? DarkXL
klasodeth Replies: 12 Views: 6110	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Nov 25, 2010 02:27 Subject: Screen Redraw Problem. Any advice? DarkXL
klasodeth Replies: 12 Views: 6110	Truth be told, I'm amazed it runs at all. As far as I know, virtual machines usually don't support all the features found on high-end graphics cards. Your best bet is probably to use Boot Camp so th ...
Topic: The Pure Renderer
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 3405	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Nov 20, 2010 22:47 Subject: The Pure Renderer
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 3405	Would it be relatively easy to add a 640x480 "Pure Mac" mode, with the game rendering at 640x400 and the HUD over a black bar in the bottom 80? That would be pretty easy compared to emulati ...
Topic: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
klasodeth Replies: 55 Views: 15138	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Nov 13, 2010 10:00 Subject: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
klasodeth Replies: 55 Views: 15138	I tried using my legacy MS-DOS machine to test Mohc's missiles. Unfortunately, the PC is still exceptionally fast by DOS standards (450MHz), and because of that, the missiles Mohc fires tend to remai ...
Topic: Higher quality audio from the PSX version?
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 5523	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Oct 28, 2010 04:13 Subject: Higher quality audio from the PSX version?
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 5523	Lucius would need to add the ability to switch to a recorded soundtrack instead of the MIDI. There is one catch to that though because the game's soundtrack is interactive and that would be difficult ...
Topic: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
klasodeth Replies: 55 Views: 15138	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Oct 27, 2010 13:46 Subject: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
klasodeth Replies: 55 Views: 15138	Ooh! I can't wait to play Detention Center.
Topic: DarkXL Build 9.05 Released
klasodeth Replies: 8 Views: 2692	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Oct 18, 2010 01:26 Subject: DarkXL Build 9.05 Released
klasodeth Replies: 8 Views: 2692	...I can't use more than two controls at the same time on my machine. For instance, I can't run and jump because I'm holding shift and up arrow (forward), and can't use my jump key... That's probabl ...
Topic: DarkXL Build 9.04 Released
klasodeth Replies: 17 Views: 5066	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Oct 11, 2010 12:41 Subject: DarkXL Build 9.04 Released
klasodeth Replies: 17 Views: 5066	Turrets?! NOOOOOOOOoooooooo.........!!!!!! I was in no hurry for you to implement those.
Topic: Console Background
klasodeth Replies: 6 Views: 4139	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Oct 03, 2010 06:16 Subject: Console Background
klasodeth Replies: 6 Views: 4139	Green does sound like a good color choice. Another option might be a pale bluish color.
Topic: What do you want to see next the most?
klasodeth Replies: 20 Views: 8491	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Oct 02, 2010 21:56 Subject: What do you want to see next the most?
klasodeth Replies: 20 Views: 8491	Can anyone recommend the best level for testing as many INF features at once as possible? It would be easier to be able to test all at once rather then having to go through a dozen levels to see what' ...
Topic: Console Background
klasodeth Replies: 6 Views: 4139	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Oct 02, 2010 21:54 Subject: Console Background
klasodeth Replies: 6 Views: 4139	I think I like the idea of the solid color better, since the translucency still allows the level to be seen beyond the console window. If an image were to be used, a modified version of Kyle's in ...
Topic: Rendering and Gameplay – The Pure Renderer
klasodeth Replies: 17 Views: 5092	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Sep 30, 2010 09:04 Subject: Rendering and Gameplay – The Pure Renderer
klasodeth Replies: 17 Views: 5092	Looks pretty cool!
Topic: Contribution request: Kyle wax.
klasodeth Replies: 101 Views: 44313	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Sep 28, 2010 17:26 Subject: Contribution request: Kyle wax.
klasodeth Replies: 101 Views: 44313	I agree with Gez, particularly about the nose and chin. Kyle's face seems to look a bit too narrow in your rendering because of those features. I will say it's orders of magnitude better than the ...
Topic: IRC
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 5260	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Sep 25, 2010 21:08 Subject: IRC
klasodeth Replies: 9 Views: 5260	The IRC channel is up and running, and Lucius is online. There is an update regarding DarkXL:
Topic: Opening old wounds; Mattias Weilander
klasodeth Replies: 133 Views: 36514	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Mar 28, 2010 05:25 Subject: Opening old wounds; Mattias Weilander
klasodeth Replies: 133 Views: 36514	To open old wounds, of course.
Topic: Canonizing nonsense
klasodeth Replies: 16 Views: 3729	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Mar 28, 2010 04:17 Subject: Canonizing nonsense
klasodeth Replies: 16 Views: 3729	There is no point in attempting to canonize game mechanics. Otherwise, it introduces all sorts of difficult questions. For instance, why does Kyle Katarn have access to these extra life things, ...
Topic: GMD looping
klasodeth Replies: 13 Views: 2980	Forum: Dark Forces Levels & Editing Posted: Mar 04, 2010 01:34 Subject: GMD looping
klasodeth Replies: 13 Views: 2980	Are you really using a midi file called Forever_Forest.mid? If so, you might want to consider limiting the filename to eight characters or less. I don't know that it will fix your problem, but it's ...
Topic: Build 9.01 Released
klasodeth Replies: 72 Views: 18912	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Feb 23, 2010 19:22 Subject: Build 9.01 Released
klasodeth Replies: 72 Views: 18912	DarkXL is intended to emulate the behaviors of enemies in Dark Forces as faithfully as possible, so differences in accuracy will be accounted for. As far as I know, information about enemy accuracy i ...
Topic: Build 9.01 Released
klasodeth Replies: 72 Views: 18912	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Feb 19, 2010 23:54 Subject: Build 9.01 Released
klasodeth Replies: 72 Views: 18912	...Steam DF (it's what I'm calling the original one. As time goes on, the Steam users are going to outnumber the CD users, and the two versions are exactly alike anyway)... Why not just call it Dark ...
Topic: Build 9.01 Released
klasodeth Replies: 72 Views: 18912	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Feb 19, 2010 18:14 Subject: Build 9.01 Released
klasodeth Replies: 72 Views: 18912	What elements from the original are still in place? It still requires a purchased version of the game to work (and the Steam version really is the original. it has all the files from the original disk ...
Topic: DarkXL, first experience
klasodeth Replies: 10 Views: 6757	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Feb 12, 2010 23:36 Subject: Re: DarkXL, first experience
klasodeth Replies: 10 Views: 6757	Hello! I hope my post here won't count as spam. Actually, based on your signature graphic I was expecting you to tell us that you couldn't get DarkXL to run on a 3Dfx card. Wel ...