Incomplete, just wanting some people on various platforms to test it. (NT, 2000, and XP especially)
.exe]Download Here
If you could download it and leave a message telling how it worked for you and what your configuration is.
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Incomplete, just wanting some people on various platforms to test it. (NT, 2000, and XP especially)
.exe]Download Here
If you could download it and leave a message telling how it worked for you and what your configuration is.
http://www.conceptofzero.com/installcycles[v.25].exe
great start! i really like the fonts and menu. perhaps increase the line width, or add a large dot on the end to make it easier to see where the line is headed, and add a controls information dialog upon starting the game, or in the main menu.
what about AI, and therefore a single-player mode?? that'd be a consideration...also, you need to fix up some refresh and selection problems in the menu screen. Otherwise, this worked fine on my system!
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MS Windows 2000 Professional; SP2
nVidia GeForce 2 MX-400
128MB SD-RAM
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pretty good effort for 3 days only :) ...must have been a few sleepless nights over this one.
Regards,
Peter Kimberley
[email protected]
Nice work!
No problems here.
like kimberleyp said: maybe add a single player (but you probably thought of that also :p )
diamond viper V770 (nvidea tnt2 driver)
windows 2000
256 MB RAM
keep up the good work!
Maes
-refresh problems are being fixed, i added a buffer which knocked them out
-the controls were displayed in the options menu, but since i disabled that (because it was real glitchy) you couldn't see them, i'll add a way to see them soon
-i'm writing some AI (the only AI in the game now can be turned on by adding the line DESIGN=1 to the cycles.cfg file) But my AI is either too good (like that AI there, which basically just mimics your behavior for the most part) or too bad, so it may be a while until i get a good balanced AI working.
-and as for those sleepless nights, not really, this entire game is just under 500 lines (WinAllegro & C++)
I did not notice any Lag or any glitches. But i don;t think i would with my machine
AMD 1.4 GHz
384Meg DDRam
30Gig HD
Radeon 64Meg DDRam
WinXP Final
DirectX 8
Oh ya, it was pretty cool, i wanted to let you know that it runs fine with WINXp Final. i did not have any problems with Install or running the game. Plz email me if you need anything else tested, I am trying to get INto game programming my self and have no problem Beta testing anything for anyone. PLz do not email me large files, but rather upload them somewhere and then send me a link and i will get back with you ASAP
GOOD work
I am fairly new to the Win32 API and have not actually created anything in detail myself, yet. The program looks good, but there was one problem that I encountered. I tested the app on:
Windows 2000 Professional
5.00.2195
Service Pack 2
Besides what has already been identified, the program seems to need a proper method for shutdown, maybe through an added File menu. After a player loses, the windows locks on me. Clicking the Close or Kill (X) button on the terminal window will terminate the program, but it is forced and could cause problems.
David
i'm using the allegro shutdown function to exit, all thats out of my control really. Funny that it's freezing on your system.... I'll look into it. (Anyone else seen this problem)
Works with win2k, and geforce2...Nice game! :)
Hate to be the only one with bad news but it froze on :
1ghz Intel III
Windows ME
could you give me a bit more info?
Of course it froze on WindowsME. I've seen NOTEPAD crash on ME...LoL
Well, nothing THAT bad, but you get my point.
Of course my friend. Sorry to be so vague.
PRetty much what happened was the console dos application loaded and then the second window opened up into a title screen. 2 green arrows were displayed and the header text and nothing more. From there, the window froze. As in "didnt response". I'd love to give you a deduction, but im a newbie. :-)
I have to solidly disagree my friend. The windows debate was plausable back in 98. But I think after about 8 years, they finally got it right in ME and 2000. I just hope they dont screw it up in XP. - Zedd
IN conclusion (doesnt get errors in ME...well....you know what I mean.)
What was the header text? Just trying to figure out how far it went before it crashed.. was there a visible menu (single match, settings, credits, exit) or just CoZ Cycles and a version string?
Also, just checking, did you install everything properly?
Installation went fine. And up until the window went white when I passed another window over it, I had thought it was trying to connect to a server or something.
But no, never saw any menu. Just a green arrow on each side of the window, and the title. - Zedd
Does it always happen? I've pinpointed where you're crashing, but it's really safe code, nothing funny is going on there, should be printing out four text strings just like the two it already did...
Could have been a random occurnece. When I get back online tomarrow after work Ill DL the prorgram again and reinstall, try it again.
Just thought I would mention that I never saw any of that. Just the title and then straight to the game.Quote:
was there a visible menu (single match, settings, credits, exit)
David
i realized that the latest version (0.3) wasn't uploaded properly, and i'm having some server trouble. Some people were downloading .25 which had menu trouble, while others were downloading .3 which had the menu working correctly. I'll figure out what's going on and post correct links to the new version soon.
Could you get rid of that annoying disableing ctrl-alt-delete and any other keys as well i had to turn off the power to shut down my computer since even the power button didn't work.
404 not found...
hmmmm...
Oskilian
Hey Coz man. Sorry I havent been around to try your program out again like I said I would. College classes and Air Force CDC's are a real trip! Learning C++ and Japanese on the side isnt a picnic either. Anyway, I want to assist you in solving this bug for all the ME users out there besides me! That makes a total of like 4 people. And the four of us want a working game damnit! :-)
I see you have made some changes. So post me a URL for the new download and Ill try it out immediately. Hopefully this time it wont freeze.
On a side not, Oskilian. Are you the one who said youd give me a hand if I need it? If so, I have a few simple newbie questions. You can use some lifelines if you want. :-) And theres EZcheese and wheat things in it for you too.
- Signed
Lord Of The Dance
Zedd
sorry, I didn't see the second post
Oskilian
of course, I can help you in anything you might need, but note this, I'm still a learner, but I'll help you as it becomes possible for me.Quote:
Originally posted by MagiZedd
On a side not, Oskilian. Are you the one who said youd give me a hand if I need it? If so, I have a few simple newbie questions. You can use some lifelines if you want. :-) And theres EZcheese and wheat things in it for you too.
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If you want to ask me anything, email to
[email protected]
if you send an attachment, It would take a bit longer for me to help you because I've already said that I have a REALLY slow connection.
I'll reply to anything on the same day (well, I hope), and considering wee live on the same time zone (that would be GMT -5, or EST(I think).
Oskilian
Oskilian
IF only you knew the horror of the gauntlet you have chosen to run. BWAAHAHAHAH
Actually just kidding. I just have some casual questions that Im sure everyone asks in the beginning, so Ill drop you an email soon as I get some spare time. Wowie Wow! Look at that, Im not doing anything right now.
Oh well. Ill stop polluting Coz's post with participantry of humbleness. Post me a link please Coz. :-)
Sincerly
- The Rainman
Zedd
check mine out, I was doing it about 1 year ago, but got bored, use any ideas from there if you want to, but some things, you'll have to change the settings file directly..
it's made with Turbo C++, but you don't need it in order to play it.
tell me how you like it
Oskilian
Is till haven't got anything from you, MagiZedd
[email protected]
[email protected]
send it to the first one and if it doesn't work, send it to the other one
Oskilian
Nice job dude.
Much better then anything i can make.
Although I got a few years to go(i'm 15).
There was no lag on mine:
PIII 492MHz(Well i'm not sure about the MHz
394MB ram
Windows *censored for illegal release purposes*
Meh, if you need anymore Comp specs, PM Me :)
Now.. must get back to my good (over exagerated) dos game!
Kav's game!
Featuring:
# - Goodguy mc goodguy
* - Bad guy mc badguy
$ - Princess Mc Cess
@ - Mcdonalds Mc chicken! mmmmmm
Who did that go to?Quote:
Originally posted by Kavity
Nice job dude.
Much better then anything i can make.
Although I got a few years to go(i'm 15).
There was no lag on mine:
PIII 492MHz(Well i'm not sure about the MHz
394MB ram
Windows *censored for illegal release purposes*
Meh, if you need anymore Comp specs, PM Me :)
Now.. must get back to my good (over exagerated) dos game!
Kav's game!
Featuring:
# - Goodguy mc goodguy
* - Bad guy mc badguy
$ - Princess Mc Cess
@ - Mcdonalds Mc chicken! mmmmmm
Oskilian
Both of you. but the things at the end
were from my game :)
My dos game :/
Not good enough to write ones like you guys yet :/
thanks, but if you think about it, it's not so hard as it seems, it's only 1479 lines, and I DO waste a lot of lines, but if you want to do something like it and you have any questions, email me and I'll try and answer the questions
[email protected]
[email protected]
Oskilian
Now that you say so. Would you release the source to some poor kid who is too cheap to afford any books? :P
If you wouldn't mind. [email protected]that's my email. Or just tell me where i could find out ;P. Anyway thanks.
And remember OPEN SOURCE IS THE WAY TO GO :P
-Kavity
Hey K. I have several E Books that I could lend you if you need some. Their SAMS (the best kind) and a great help. Email me at [email protected] if you need them. - Zedd
Umm.. lend? How can you lend me books? :|
Meh.
Okay I'm running a 466Mhz, Windows ME, TNT 2 (32MB of RAM), 128MB of RAM machine and I also had this problem with it crashing in ME. However, for me it was after I chose Single Game, it seemed to begin to go into the game... had two lines. I think a dark blue one in the lower right corner and a red one (still being drawn? visibly being drawn that is!) in the top left corner. Then all of a sudden this error box popped up that said "Wpwin8 has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL. Wpwin8 will now close."
HTH
Are you talking about my source code?Quote:
Originally posted by Kavity
Now that you say so. Would you release the source to some poor kid who is too cheap to afford any books? :P
If you wouldn't mind. [email protected]that's my email. Or just tell me where i could find out ;P. Anyway thanks.
And remember OPEN SOURCE IS THE WAY TO GO :P
-Kavity
Oskilian
I running win98 on a pentiumm 166 with 64 meg ram and it ran fine, the menues worked, went right into the game and the arrow keys worked fine.
oskilian: Yes, i am.
But it's up to you. I just believe in free source ;)
-Kavity
OK, I could give you the source, but there is one condition and one inconvenience: the condition is that you don't give that source to anyone, It's that I don't beleive in open source, but I do believe in learning, so I can give it but you have to promise me you're mot going to give it to anyone, and you can't claim you did that.
the inconvinience might be that I do programming in C and C++, in spanish and in english, commented and uncommented, identated and unidentated, ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!, so it's not very likely that you would undertand most of what's there.
now that you know the risks of having the code, do you still want it?
Oskilian
HAHAHAHAH
I can live with not sending it. And I'm not lame enough to say I made it. I know Some C and some C++... the only problem is the spanish. :(
But hey oh well...
Sure send it over.
-Kavity
[email protected]
u know there a plenty of open source game in english.
this game is a rip
which game, mine?
if so, I swear I made it from scratch as a final project for my C/C++ lessons about two years ago!
Oskilian