Freeserf port

@jap

Imho you should continue to update FreeSerf to latest version. I would happily donate more mney so we can play the latest port and i think more users would agree with me.

Is it so that there is no computer opponents?

@Joeled

The video was looking nice.

@utri007

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Nope

This is one of the few games I wanted to play... pity I can't as I don't have the PC version for the data files or a PC to install to to get the files from

I just wanted to say a really big thank you for this port ! Donation on its way

By the way, there seems to be some trouble with saved games. Whenever I try to load a savegame, it works but I cannot play anymore : I unpause the game with "p" and then I get a lot of notifications ("You gained a victoy here", "You wanted me to remind you this point", and so on).

And I cannot click on anything on my space (as if I was trying to do something on an opponent's territory which there's not).

A little bug ?

@K-L
Send him an email and tell him about the problems. An updated port would be the best now when its available.

@Joeled

Either I'm the only one playing the game (and everyone just say "thank you" but don't use it) or I'm the only one having this problem.

Mail already sent by the way, I just wanted other players to confirm or not this behaviour.

@K-L

I would be playing but I cant find my old PC Copy of the game to get the data files :(

I'll just have to keep searching.

@K-L
> By the way, there seems to be some trouble with
> saved games. Whenever I try to load a savegame, it
> works but I cannot play anymore : I unpause the game
> with "p" and then I get a lot of notifications ("You
> gained a victoy here", "You wanted me to remind you
> this point", and so on).

Yes, I noticed that too. It happened two times when I was testing. It's definitely a bug.

Does it happen every time when you load a game?

I'll see if I can fix it for the next version.

Yes, it happens everytime I load a game I tried many times (since I had played for a long rime before quitting ad wanted to take back where I had saved).

Game freezes on certain maps when building the castle

At least on MAP 4 it was always reproduceable.
Other maps may or may not work.

I also sometimes got a warning
JOIN: Cannot read from ENVfreeserv.config
or something similar after typing in map numbers (got it once with map 15 and once with map 99)
Trying it afterwards again with the same map number worked

@Raziel
> Game freezes on certain maps when building the castle
>
> At least on MAP 4 it was always reproduceable.
> Other maps may or may not work.

I've located the problem. Thanks for pointing it out!
Maps 1-3 are safe to use. I advice not to use the other maps.

> I also sometimes got a warning
> JOIN: Cannot read from ENVfreeserv.config
> or something similar after typing in map numbers (got
> it once with map 15 and once with map 99)
> Trying it afterwards again with the same map number worked

I think it's caused randomly by Amiga's env-handler (delay creating a variable). I'll see if I can find an another way to get a map number.

Eenv: is not really the place for storing frequently updated files, I suggest you copy it from there to T: on startup. read/write to it there to remove the setenv overhead and have it all under freesurf control then copy back to envarc: when you exit.

Or use Delay() to add a tenth of a second or so pause before trying to read it from env:

I have just uploaded a new Freeserf version to OS4 Depot.

New in version 0.1.1:
* main menu: you can select a mission or play in a custom sized map
* you can switch between windowed and fullscreen mode during the game
* adjustable window size in the windowed mode
* user aid: show or hide building sites
* auto load and save for game settings: music, sound effects, volume, and screen mode
* validates game data file
* bug fixes
* game startup script updated

Thanks to all who have donated for the Freeserf porting project!

You can read about it and my other Amiga projects here: http://www.janneperaaho.arkku.net/doku.php?id=wiki:amiga_projects

@jap

i read on your page that you are working on a hardsid lib?
has work started?
can you tell us some more about it?

@spotUP
Yes, the project is several years old. I wanted to make a SID library which would utilise HardSID Quattro PCI sound card.

The card required very precise timing but I finally got it right. I have a test program which can get sound out of the card but I have trouble creating the library itself and that's where the project has stalled.

oh, ask on os4coding.net?

@jap

nice update, can't wait to get home from work:)

@Severin

>This is one of the few games I wanted to play... pity I can't as I don't have the PC version for the data files or a PC to install to to get the files from

Well, if you manage to get a copy of the game, then that's what you use DOSBox for ;) It doesn't need to run fast, just enough to get the game installed so you can grab its data files.