Scoopex Delivers once more......

[demoniac]

What's better for combat -- spells or melee? Trying to figure out if getting more intelligence would be better than strength when I do get around to playing it.

[Predseda]

I do not have any spells and the short sword is very weak. I am loosing almost every fight quickly.

[ross]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

In the zone you will find the new unreleased:
Riamel Black Prophecy. 3 Disks

And major thanks to Mr.X for the original

Thanks Galahad and all involved!

Also, its a disk swapping nightmare if you don't have three drives, but thankfully it is also hard drive installable.

Yes, this is totally unplayable from floppy, so .. how about a two-disc version?
I'm pretty sure I can do one in no time (game exe need to be patched), I just need a beta tester..

Originally Posted by Estrayk

Great galahad!

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Sadly no music of yours, just no room

There is plenty of room in the two disk version, so if Estrayk wants to choose a suitable module..

[TCD]

Originally Posted by ross

Yes, this is totally unplayable from floppy, so .. how about a two-disc version?
I'm pretty sure I can do one in no time (game exe need to be patched), I just need a beta tester..

I played the 3 disk version 'quickly' to take the screenshots, so I would gladly beta test a two disk version

[ross]

Originally Posted by TCD

I played the 3 disk version 'quickly' to take the screenshots, so I would gladly beta test a two disk version

Thanks

Just out of curiosity.. What is the configuration you used for the tests?

Because the game seems to dynamically allocate memory (does it use it as a cache?) and in many cases it fails to start in configurations with a lot of memory and starts in some with less! (you can see the problem because the audio works badly).
Probably I will need to patch the allocator, less simple than expected ..
Or you get used to using configurations with a lot of memory

[TCD]

Originally Posted by ross

Just out of curiosity.. What is the configuration you used for the tests?

I used the most common A500 quickstart and increased chip and slow RAM to 1 MB.

[Predseda]

Originally Posted by ross

Thanks

the game seems to dynamically allocate memory

And it has Save to RAMdisk option, just like Hired Guns!

[ross]

Originally Posted by TCD

I used the most common A500 quickstart and increased chip and slow RAM to 1 MB.

Yes, A500 1MB chip + 1MB slow works as it should (also 512KB+1.5MB).
But even small differences in memory configurations, due to different kickstarts or type, lead to different results.
In some cases the allocation fails but the program does not exit and produces errors (audio for the most part).
I have to investigate..

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I clarify what I mean when I said "dynamically allocate memory".
By dynamics I meant that it allocate not a constant quantity but depends on the available memory (hence my idea that it partly uses it as a cache).
And in some cases it is wrong because it allocates initially too much, and then when in fact it's really needed more, it is fragmented or unavailable and behaves badly.

[demoniac]

Originally Posted by Predseda

I do not have any spells and the short sword is very weak. I am loosing almost every fight quickly.

Thanks for the info.