Re: [Adonthell-general] Finally got it running

[Kai Sterker]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:48:06 -0500 Andrew Phillips wrote:

> Well,
> 
> I got Waste's Edge running under Linux. (I gave up on the rpms and
> compiled from source). It looks good, though the window is tiny. 

You could tell your X server to support the 320x240 resolution, then you
can play fullscreen. See the Fullscreen-Howto at the bottom of the
NEWBIE file for the details. You could also wait for v0.3.3 which will
include an option to double the resolution. v0.4 will use 640x480 as
default resolution, with bigger and more detailed gfx.


> I like the concept
> and the design. I haven't finished the game, so I'm still not sure who
> stole the gems...or if they were even stolen. The small touches are
> cool, too. The book titles are an especially nice touch, IMO. If we're
> going to include FS/OSS ideas in the game, we might want to add one
> right there as the character is looking at the books in the Redwyne
> Inn.

Cool you like it :). As for the FS/OSS references: I don't think we'll
make any changes to Waste's Edge. It was intended to be the 0.3 demo,
and that purpose it has fulfilled. We don't want to invest more time in
it, so no additions, only fixes. However, the 0.4 demo will feature a
whole library, so ... :)


> There are some places, though, where the English seems stilted.
> There's one place in the dialog where someone is discussing Fingoldson
> and says something like "He is very retained and formal." I think the
> word should be'reserved.' I made sense of it, but someone might not.

My fault. I had to look up some words in a dictionary, and sometimes you
don't get the translation that suits the context. But at least that one
can be fixed now :).


> I'm also trying the Windoze version again. However, the link I found
> in the archives (courtesy Alex) is now broken. Where is the wastes's
> edge winzip file now? Do the same dependencies stand for the Win32
> version? I think that might have been my problem the first time. It
> might have gone looking for Ogg Vorbis and SDL and didn't find them.

The windows version includes all the required libraries. I can't
remember what the current windows file are; Alex should know this, or be
able to look it up.

Kai