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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2007, 07:31:32 AM »
Thanks Drew, $5.00 donation sent via your PayPal account icon.

Is there any way to get written documentation for the game?  Is it on the CD?
How are you helping the Amiga community? :)
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2007, 08:01:41 AM »
I note that you state you only have a 1200 and 500, but might write something up.  I would love it if you wrote another software title for the miggy.  Great job by the way on StarFighter, its a great game.

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2007, 12:11:39 PM »
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I am still supporting it, so please email if you get stuck. Getting setpatch and the RAD working can be tricky.


There's a review of the game on my website the Amiga Games Database (slightly lukewarm) where the author mentions how he overcame some problems he had with running the game. It does sound exactly like the sort of game I like though so I'll definitely be checking it out.

.rar? Hmm... I'll need a pc to unarchive this will I?

Anyway, thanks.  :-)
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2007, 01:18:25 PM »
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I only have a 500 and an A1200. I guess maybe I'll write something, but it's so old. I'm writing games on the PC now. I will be doing a PC version of Starfighter.

I hope you are using SDL and OpenGL, becouse then the game should be more portable not only for AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS, but also for Linux, SkyOS, MacOS, consoles, some PDA's and and... Oh, Windows aswell :-)
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2007, 03:14:58 PM »
Many thanks for the game Andy, I really am struggling with the RAD: device. When asked for my boot device I enter DH0 hit return but then I get the error of c/movesys not found. Any suggestions welcome.

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2007, 03:29:48 PM »
First of all thanks to the guys/gals that donated some money - very cool of you :)  I'll keep a note of that and see if I can organise a discount for you on future software :)

Regarding the link to Amiga Game Database - I can't find the link to the instructions - can you find it please and post it here?

Regarding the ebay dude(s) - what can I do?  No the original game came out on cd - in a jewel case, with semi-pro printing for the cover, and an average label (not my art by the way).  It never came in a DVD case so I'd suspect that guy has copied it.

Manually running the game:
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Regarding the DH0: issue - I will have to look for a way around that - but first - try just copy the entire contents of the cd to the hard drive (not in a folder called Star - call it SpaceGame or something) and then take the cd away - that's basically an install.  Then try running the game from there.  It should be "StarFighter/executable" I think - I'll have to dig out the miggy to check so that one is going to take me some time to troubleshoot for you - please be patient and email me if you want for progress.

Regarding the instructions - there should be instructions in a guide and text form on the cd. - I will look for the exact location, but I have a copy here so I will probably post it to the website soon.
EDIT - Yes I found them in the root of the cd (meaning the iso you downloaded)  Grab WinGuide from this dude...
Amiga to Win -Winguide
 and read the Instructions for the gameplay, Tech Readme for the RAD stuff - there's a file in the root called GoForLaunch which should install on most people's computer.


Regarding developing new software for the Amiga - I will have to look into that - If I can get open source c++, opengl sdk and a decent IDE, plus whitepapers on the chips and specs, then maybe.  So any advice would be cool if you guys know where to get that stuff - making a game that worked on Amiga and PC at the same time would be cool.

Starfighter for the PC will be written after I have completed BRAVE found here ...http://drewfx.blogspot.com/

Again thanks for the donations, and thanks for trying my game :)
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2007, 03:53:05 PM »
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DrewFX wrote:


Regarding the link to Amiga Game Database - I can't find the link to the instructions


Click on the link I posted, go half way down the main AGDB page and you'll see 4 or 5 links. One of them is the Alphabetical list of reviewed games. Click on that and look under "S".  :-)

Now .rar files. I'll need a pc to de-archive that will I? Then the image can be written with Nero?

Cheers.
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2007, 04:01:45 PM »
Angus, your link doesnt work properly. But if you go to your homepage http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/ and browse form there then all is well.
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2007, 05:41:56 PM »
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ddniUK wrote:
Angus, your link doesnt work properly.


Hmmmm.... well it worked okay for me, both on the pc at work and the Amiga at home.  :-/

Anyway, I hope all is clear now.
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2007, 12:15:48 AM »
So here's the relevant fix he mentions...

My first problems came with the installation procedure. It's possible
to play directly from CD, but that didn't work too well for me. The hard
disk installation comes to around 130 MB, though it took me a while to
figure that out because the install script...er, crashed. Not too
professional. Fortunately, it turned out to be just as easy to drag all
the drawers over to my hard drive.

    The next problem was launching the game. It uses up lots of Chip
RAM - you need 2 MB as a matter of fact. The procedure to get as much free
Chip RAM as possible involves running from a RAD: drive, but I had
problems with SetPatch and software resets and so on, so that didn't work
at all. Once again my PicassoIV saved the day: Normally I have almost all
my Chip RAM free anyway. So I did away with the included game-launching
programs, and just made a script that switches to the "Starfighter"
directory and runs the "executeable" program. Presto, the game finally
worked.
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2007, 09:16:24 AM »
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DrewFX wrote:
So here's the relevant fix he mentions...



snipped AGDB text.

No offence, but I'd prefer people to ask before taking text from AGDB reviews. That may seem a bit petty but I get quite a lot of other people assuming they can just cherry-pick the reviews for their own websites, some Amiga related, some not.

I know that isn't the case here, and I appreciate DrewFX's generosity, but its in my interests and those of the AGDB if I maintain a consistent line on this.

Cheers.

 
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2007, 10:09:35 AM »
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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2007, 12:57:32 PM »
I agree :)

But anyway thanks so much for sharing DrewFX! Great stuff! And im glad these ebay scammers dont make more money on stolen stuff.
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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #27 on: September 13, 2007, 08:58:28 AM »
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ddniUK wrote:
Many thanks for the game Andy, I really am struggling with the RAD: device.


Yes, I've not been successful either so far. Has anybody within this thread got it working on Amiga hardware yet.

There isn't an RTG option or a newmode type fix I guess?

I had a mess around using the JST EXECUTE option, and got the credits but no game so far.
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #28 on: September 13, 2007, 05:30:56 PM »
@Angus - Hey sorry for sniping your text - I was only trying to consolidate advice for my game to help others.  Do you want me to remove it?

I will get on the Amiga on the weekend and see if I can come up with a solution for you guys how are having troubles.  Please let me know your configs and drive mappings (where you installed it to - exact folder names please) so I can debug it.
 

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Re: Greetings Starfighters
« Reply #29 from previous page: September 14, 2007, 12:11:29 PM »
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DrewFX wrote:
@Angus - Hey sorry for sniping your text


No problem - and understood.  :-)

I was able to use the installer, but I suspect because I have a mediator and graphics card I don't think the rad: thing is an option. What I can usually do is run a chipset game in the normal way but output the graphics to a pci TV card on the mediator and display on screen with that. Are the graphics coded in such a way as to prevent RTG from being an option, thus avoiding the chip ram issue?

Would a technique of bypassing the intro screens and going straight to the game be viable?

I should point out that if these are daft questions its because I'm clueless about this stuff. :-)

I will keep my fingers crossed.