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Wolfus · 11 October 2009, 11:47

Thorham maybe you just don't know about use of right mouse button

Without it movement really sucks...

st-th · 11 October 2009, 12:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thorham

[...] although it doesn't help one bit that my PS2 keyboard controller doesn't seem to like to handle more than one cursor key press at a time [...]

You hopefully don't use the arrow keys (or arrow buttons) to navigate around?

Use the mouse in the 2d/3d window instead, it's by far the fastest method.

Thorham · 13 October 2009, 20:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

The only annoying thing for me on both platforms was the combat. It was too slow and the animations became annoying after a while. The first time I played Ambermoon on WinUAE was a MUCH more enjoyable time as you could use the FastForward feature and the game is soooo much more fun.

My peecee isn't really fast enough to handle that properly: PIII 550 mhz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfus

Thorham maybe you just don't know about use of right mouse button

Without it movement really sucks...

I've only tried the left button, if I'm not mistaken. I'll check it out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by st-th

You hopefully don't use the arrow keys (or arrow buttons) to navigate around?

Use the mouse in the 2d/3d window instead, it's by far the fastest method.

The cursor keys actually do produce proper, fluid movement, but my keyboard controller (or keyboard ?) can't handle two of them being pressed at the same time

18 January 2010, 18:50

Hi mates.
Does anybody know where to find S´krel?
I heared about an aditional ending screen if you give S´krel some water, would love to see it.

Greetings.

meynaf · 22 January 2010, 16:42

I don't remember the coordinates, but it is somewhere to the north. You'll have to scan the desert a bit.

alexh · 22 January 2010, 17:06

Isn't he in S'Angrila? (22, 138)

meynaf · 22 January 2010, 17:26

No. There is a tower at some place around 18,12.

alexh · 22 January 2010, 19:52

Yeah, just read my notes, the tower is almost where you said it would be, [18,13]

xoen · 01 February 2010, 03:21

damn, my first and only game i had been playing for 25 hours constant(no breaks).
food and fluids around(and on..and in) Amy..ahh...memories.
or it was..amberstar..uh.

ara · 20 April 2010, 11:33

Hi,

Sorry to revive this old thread but it seems there are many AM fans out there

Are you aware of any recent AM remake activities? I found several dead websites and announcements from 2004/2005 but that's all. The "amberworld" project on sourceforge left some useful source code at least. Anything else?

alexh · 20 April 2010, 11:36

Nope.

With Amiga emulation being so easy to use these days I cannot really see the point of a remake which uses the original gfx, maps etc.

gilgamesh · 20 April 2010, 12:55

Recreation of game engines is not generally a bad idea. It often resurfaces lost content and such. Plus, there can be a level editor.

Nostalgeek · 20 April 2010, 13:34

It's official, reading this thread you made me want to try that game

Sounds great!

Wolfus · 26 May 2010, 15:29

Long time ago someone mentioned fan-made "patch" for english version... Any progress yet?

alexh · 26 May 2010, 15:50

The source code and binaries are sitting on my hard drive. Just needed testing before release. Then someone joined the thread and listed 20+ other issues they had found and so I put the patches I had to one side.

gilgamesh · 26 May 2010, 20:11

You really have the sources? Wow!

alexh · 26 May 2010, 23:50

The source code & binaries to the "fan-made" patches.

The source to Ambermoon was lost in ~2002 when Bluebyte threw away the Amiga B2000 with all the Thalion games source code on.

meynaf · 27 May 2010, 08:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

The source code and binaries are sitting on my hard drive. Just needed testing before release. Then someone joined the thread and listed 20+ other issues they had found and so I put the patches I had to one side.

Perhaps you could just release what you have now. With the sources someone (e.g. myself) could resume the work.

Wolfus · 27 May 2010, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by meynaf

Perhaps you could just release what you have now. With the sources someone (e.g. myself) could resume the work.

Great idea.

alexh · 27 May 2010, 20:44

The reason I never released them years ago has not changed. At the moment the Ambermoon English game files are fully playable and completable with only a couple of niggly bugs. I'd hate for broken replacement Ambermoon files to start circulate making things worse.

One day I'll sit down with someone I trust and is a reasonable coder and work out if all the changes are safe.

I had thought that person would be the guy who started talking technical details about the bugs and fixes but things went quiet.

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11 October 2009, 11:47	#301
Wolfus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Slovakia Age: 41 Posts: 84	Thorham maybe you just don't know about use of right mouse button Without it movement really sucks...

18 January 2010, 18:50	#304
Drexow Posts: n/a	Hi mates. Does anybody know where to find S´krel? I heared about an aditional ending screen if you give S´krel some water, would love to see it. Greetings.

22 January 2010, 16:42	#305
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	I don't remember the coordinates, but it is somewhere to the north. You'll have to scan the desert a bit.

22 January 2010, 17:06	#306
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	Isn't he in S'Angrila? (22, 138)

22 January 2010, 17:26	#307
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	No. There is a tower at some place around 18,12.

22 January 2010, 19:52	#308
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	Yeah, just read my notes, the tower is almost where you said it would be, [18,13]

01 February 2010, 03:21	#309
xoen Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Antic Age: 45 Posts: 11	damn, my first and only game i had been playing for 25 hours constant(no breaks). food and fluids around(and on..and in) Amy..ahh...memories. or it was..amberstar..uh.

20 April 2010, 11:33	#310
ara Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Belgium Age: 50 Posts: 42	Hi, Sorry to revive this old thread but it seems there are many AM fans out there Are you aware of any recent AM remake activities? I found several dead websites and announcements from 2004/2005 but that's all. The "amberworld" project on sourceforge left some useful source code at least. Anything else?

20 April 2010, 11:36	#311
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	Nope. With Amiga emulation being so easy to use these days I cannot really see the point of a remake which uses the original gfx, maps etc.

20 April 2010, 12:55	#312
gilgamesh Linux snob Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Monkey Island Posts: 997	Recreation of game engines is not generally a bad idea. It often resurfaces lost content and such. Plus, there can be a level editor.

20 April 2010, 13:34	#313
Nostalgeek OT Whore Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Switzerland Age: 41 Posts: 290	It's official, reading this thread you made me want to try that game Sounds great!

26 May 2010, 15:29	#314
Wolfus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Slovakia Age: 41 Posts: 84	Long time ago someone mentioned fan-made "patch" for english version... Any progress yet?

26 May 2010, 15:50	#315
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	The source code and binaries are sitting on my hard drive. Just needed testing before release. Then someone joined the thread and listed 20+ other issues they had found and so I put the patches I had to one side.

26 May 2010, 20:11	#316
gilgamesh Linux snob Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Monkey Island Posts: 997	You really have the sources? Wow!

26 May 2010, 23:50	#317
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	The source code & binaries to the "fan-made" patches. The source to Ambermoon was lost in ~2002 when Bluebyte threw away the Amiga B2000 with all the Thalion games source code on.

27 May 2010, 20:44	#320
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	The reason I never released them years ago has not changed. At the moment the Ambermoon English game files are fully playable and completable with only a couple of niggly bugs. I'd hate for broken replacement Ambermoon files to start circulate making things worse. One day I'll sit down with someone I trust and is a reasonable coder and work out if all the changes are safe. I had thought that person would be the guy who started talking technical details about the bugs and fixes but things went quiet.

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