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News / Archive programs updates
« on: February 04, 2006, 01:08:00 pm »
This RPG looks really good. :ru13z:
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| QUOTE (tifreak8x @ 4 February 2006, 17:09) |
Wow... That is impressive!!   I have no idea how many dialogues are gonna be in my game... It might compete with yours word wise.     |
Maybe...
I think in uncompressed bytes, the total Ultima V dialogue is about 200Kb. O_O
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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: February 04, 2006, 11:02:00 am » QuoteBegin-kalan_vod+4 February 2006, 16:52
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| Dang, do you have a string compression routine yet? |
I may just use standard TTPack compression.
Here is a sample of the strings for the weapn shops...
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Thanks for nothing! Come back when you're ready to buy something! Harrumph! Be off with ye, then... G'day mate! Have a nice day! Come again! Tell thy friends about us! -The Daggers we sell are honed to ultimate sharpness and cost % gold each. -Our Slings have slain giants! You'll agree % gp is quite reasonable. -We offer an unbeatable deal on those fine darkwood Clubs. Thou canst bash away for only % gold. -Flasks of burning Oil are terrible to defend against. One can be thine for % gold! -With the Main Gauche thou canst deal lethal blows while parrying thy foe's. This one costs % gp. -Various Spears have been used since ancient times. Ours are the finest in Britannia today, for only % gold! -Throwing Axes are deadly to thy foes, but not to thy pocketbook. Ours costs a low % gp! -Our %-gp Short Swords are matchless in close-quarter combat. -This Mace lends an air of might to its wielder, and is attractively priced at % gold. -Thy enemy will cringe from the sight of those Morning Stars. Fairly priced at % gold. -This fine yew Bow costs but % gold, and is guaranteed for a lifetime. -A quiver-full of fine Arrows will cost you % gp. -The Crossbow is a quiet, lethal weapon, and a bargain too at only % gp. -We can fill thy pouches with crossbow Quarrels for % gp. -'Tis said that such Long Swords were used on the Avatar's Quest! Ours sell for only % gp. -For the mighty-thewed we have the murderous Two-Handed Hammer. This one is priced at only % gp! -A two-handed Axe is an awful tool of destruction, and a great deal at % gold pieces! -The Two-Handed Sword is truly a weapon of gory death. We let one go for % gold pieces! -Few can hide from one who bears a Halberd, for it allows you to attack over most obstacles! We are asking % gold. -Uncommon are the times in which a Magic Bow will fail its mark! It is well worth the % gold we must charge thee. -This Silver Sword will bring True Death to those who once arose, and thou wouldst do well to own one for % gold. -Deadliest of all the missile weapons is the Magic Axe, for it knows its wielder, returning after the kill! % gold. |
And this is just the weapon shop.. There are also: pubs, armor shops, healing shops, stables, guilds, inns, shipwrights, and magic shops.
This post has been edited by Ranman on 4 Feb, 2006, 17:04
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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: February 04, 2006, 10:42:00 am » Well... I finished stripping out and normalizing the shop talking strings from the original source files.
Wow... There is nearly 15000 letters in the shop talk strings alone. O_O Dagummit!
Wow... There is nearly 15000 letters in the shop talk strings alone. O_O
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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: February 04, 2006, 08:44:00 am » :laugh:
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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: February 04, 2006, 08:38:00 am » QuoteBegin-kalan_vod+4 February 2006, 14:29
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| That is a crazy cool map! |
This is a scan of the real "cloth" map that came with the game. It measures about 16 inches by 16 inches.
I still have mine
This post has been edited by Ranman on 4 Feb, 2006, 14:38
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Miscellaneous / this is for xlibman and kalan_vod
« on: February 04, 2006, 08:24:00 am »
I hate multitasking... It requires too much thought process. I would rather just keep it simple.
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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: February 04, 2006, 08:20:00 am » QuoteBegin-tenniskid493+4 February 2006, 12:51
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| ARe those yellow and black circles the moongate teleport thingys?? (I forgot what they're called) |
Yes... They are called moongates. They rise at 8pm and disappear at 5am. At first you will not realize where you will be teleported to. But, there is a a method to it... you just have to pay attention to the phases of the moons. There are other cool things you can do with the moongates... but I don't want to spoil it for you. :ph43r:
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| QUOTE (Spellshaper @ 4 February 2006, 13:02) |
| O_O how long does it take (ingame) to walk from the top right to the bottom of the big continent?? |
In the original C64 version, it took about 15 minutes -- if you discount all the times you will get attacked by monsters, otherwise could take an hour. And, remember, the when the sun goes down, you must be very careful. You don't want to step into the wetlands and poison the entire party.
The TI version is much faster; mainly because I have not coded the monsters yet AND the entire map is in RAM.
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TI Z80 / PongWars (Dead or Alive?)
« on: February 04, 2006, 04:56:00 am »
I have an old 386 black and white laptop (33MHz)
I have to hit it to get the screen to turn on, but it still works. :ihatemycomp:
I have to hit it to get the screen to turn on, but it still works. :ihatemycomp:
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Miscellaneous / this is for xlibman and kalan_vod
« on: February 04, 2006, 04:50:00 am »
Programming is a good sign
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Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas / Aura
« on: February 03, 2006, 05:40:00 pm »
You're so sneeky Dys :ph43r:
I feel the same way with Ultima. I don't want to spoil anything either.
I feel the same way with Ultima. I don't want to spoil anything either.
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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: February 03, 2006, 05:24:00 pm » QuoteBegin-spengo+3 February 2006, 23:09
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Are there oceans? Heaven forbid there be an RPG withOUT an airship.   |
Oceans? You better believe it! Here is a great map of the Ultima V world (scanned and touched up by Micro Dragon):
This post has been edited by Ranman on 3 Feb, 2006, 23:25
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News / Kévin Ouellet releases new grayscale game
« on: February 03, 2006, 04:39:00 pm »
Kévin has recently gone back into calculator programming with a new release. However, this time he accomplished something in the work since the past decade, something never seen before, something revolutionary, previously thought impossible to the calculator world, even in assembly: a Number guessing game in grayscale!
Previously attempted by me, David Randall, one of Omnimaga's senior staff a.k.a Ranman on Casio calculators 15 years ago, the project never came to fruition and was left dead. In the late '90s, many attempts at making number guessing games with good graphics failed. And then xLIB came out, leading to a new utopia of amazing programs. And today this happened, a full grayscale number guessing game, with animated graphics. Next week when students will come back at school teachers will say: "Someday, thou shalt see the Grayscale Quadratic Solver rise, making student love math..."
This awesome masterpiece can be downloaded here.
Previously attempted by me, David Randall, one of Omnimaga's senior staff a.k.a Ranman on Casio calculators 15 years ago, the project never came to fruition and was left dead. In the late '90s, many attempts at making number guessing games with good graphics failed. And then xLIB came out, leading to a new utopia of amazing programs. And today this happened, a full grayscale number guessing game, with animated graphics. Next week when students will come back at school teachers will say: "Someday, thou shalt see the Grayscale Quadratic Solver rise, making student love math..."
This awesome masterpiece can be downloaded here.
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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: February 03, 2006, 03:47:00 pm » Another cool thing about the world maps...
You can never reach the end of a world map. You travel "around" the world. So, if you leave the Castle of Lord British and head east, you will eventually run into the castle again (same with north and south).
Kinda like real life.
You can never reach the end of a world map. You travel "around" the world. So, if you leave the Castle of Lord British and head east, you will eventually run into the castle again (same with north and south).
Kinda like real life.
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Miscellaneous / this is for xlibman and kalan_vod
« on: February 03, 2006, 12:56:00 pm »
How are doing today Fred? Hopefully, things are getting better.
We are all pulling for you! :hi:
We are all pulling for you! :hi: