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by Alric
Jul 5th '15, 22:57
Forum: Artwork and Music
Topic: Tidbits/My dead project (Google Drive permalink)
Replies: 29
Views: 22324

Re: Marathon 1 style music for project (Updated 2nd July)

Very nice! Sounds like it fits the original Marathon soundtrack. I'd say it's even better than most of the original music. Some of it reminds me of Red Faction and Far Cry: Blood Dragon's soundtracks.
by Alric
Jul 5th '15, 22:55
Forum: Projects
Topic: What would you look for in a "Marathon 2015" remake?
Replies: 26
Views: 14418

Re: What would you look for in a "Marathon 2015" remake?

Well you'd be going up against this remake of Entryway for Doom 2 in UE4, which looks pretty good already :V The Doom 2 remake got hit with a Cease and Desist from Bethesda, unfortunately. Even if it wasn't, why not go for a remake of Marathon for the UE4 engine? Resurrection, while great, was a wh...
by Alric
Jan 19th '15, 17:06
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re: losing classic scenarios?

Redownloading the game fixed the lag problem, but of course the dossier bug still occurs. I'll try this at some point but I don't want to lose my saved games again, at least not at this moment.
by Alric
Jan 10th '15, 00:20
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re: losing classic scenarios?

It seems I can't edit the file with TextEdit or any other word processing program. Will this fix the lag problem? It lags no matter what driver I use now. I also noted that sometimes the mouse cursor doesn't disappear from the screen in game anymore after using the map...that may be related to the l...
by Alric
Jan 9th '15, 02:35
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re: losing classic scenarios?

Ok, now the game launches when I select the Mac driver but the dossiers and screen headers still don't appear.

Worse, now the game lags tremendously whenever I turn in game, Mac driver activated or not.
by Alric
Jan 6th '15, 12:24
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re: losing classic scenarios?

I installed one of the latest updates at the link but the problem about DI not launching still persists whenever I use Mac drivers.
by Alric
Jan 3rd '15, 01:25
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re: losing classic scenarios?

Thank you again. I tried having Wine use the Mac driver but then DI doesn't launch at all.

Do you happen to have a Wine version of Prime Target?
by Alric
Jan 2nd '15, 18:09
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re: losing classic scenarios?

Thanks! I have noticed a problem; squad dossiers and image overlays don't appear correctly on my computer (it goes to a black screen), and it has issues registering the command key on my mac; I can't access the "mandatory suicide" mode. I have the command key assigned as my "crouch&qu...
by Alric
Jan 2nd '15, 02:35
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re:

I kid you not - I have both games running pretty well in Wine. They are not freeware though afaik - or are they? A bit late, but do you still have Damage Incorporated for Wine? The game is freeware and you can download it from anywhere...I can't figure out how to get it to work right for Wine and e...
by Alric
Dec 23rd '14, 02:28
Forum: Marathon Discussion
Topic: What If Marathon Had Been A Windows Game?
Replies: 7
Views: 4850

Re: What If Marathon Had Been A Windows Game?

A curiosity. In the brutally competitive DOS gaming environment (in 1994, Windows was something you quit before playing games), Marathon never finds its audience compared to the more viscerally satisfying DOOM. There's still a fan site online with some level maps, and a few years ago somebody tried...
by Alric
Nov 5th '14, 13:59
Forum: Projects
Topic: anyone ever done this?
Replies: 12
Views: 6303

Re: anyone ever done this?

Has anyone tried to build a scenario with undead? It would be cool to try to simulate a zombie plague. What about one based on Star Wars? A Force-based "weapon" (lightning, 0-damage TK throw, etc) could be interesting to script. Thinking a "shared ammo pool" that was drained at ...
by Alric
Oct 15th '14, 18:01
Forum: Marathon Discussion
Topic: Rambling about AI sentience and cyborg hardware
Replies: 19
Views: 10204

Re: Rambling about AI sentience and cyborg hardware

The shield part never made sense to me, given how when compared to other, explicitly shielded characters in game (such as the S'pht'Kr) the player bled when hit. Since the Security Officer clearly appeared to be wearing body armor, I figured the health bar in game was actually the player's health. T...
by Alric
Jul 22nd '14, 23:25
Forum: Chat
Topic: Games Using The Marathon 2 Engine - A Review
Replies: 10
Views: 8126

Re: Games Using The Marathon 2 Engine - A Review

those features aren't in Damage. I wonder whether Prime Target even uses the same system for swinging doors as Damage. Actually the moving floors are in Damage as well; I recall there being conveyor belts in several levels. Did you try burning the image to CD? Unfortunately, my Mac computer is a Ma...
by Alric
Jul 20th '14, 13:19
Forum: Chat
Topic: Games Using The Marathon 2 Engine - A Review
Replies: 10
Views: 8126

Re: Games Using The Marathon 2 Engine - A Review

Interesting stuff. I remember Year of the Tiger was pretty nice and somehow they managed to hack the DI engine to add new textures and scenery graphics. The site implies that there were new weapons/enemies but I don't remember seeing any. Yeah, Prime Target always looked real interesting to me, espe...
by Alric
Jul 14th '14, 21:31
Forum: Chat
Topic: Games Using The Marathon 2 Engine - A Review
Replies: 10
Views: 8126

Games Using The Marathon 2 Engine - A Review

With the recent discussion about reverse engineering Damage Incorporated's code, I wanted to write down my experiences with the obscure games that used the Marathon 2 engine, and see what other people thought about them. I figured the Chat section would be the best place to do so. ZPC : To be honest...
by Alric
Jul 12th '14, 19:14
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: Damage Inc. & Prime Target Reversing
Replies: 52
Views: 35949

Re: Damage Inc. Reversing

Damage was one of my favourite games when I was a child. I haven't played since, but I remember the squad management being the ultimate form of AI in computer games... I won't play it again since I don't want to spoil those good memories. Also it contained a wolf howl sample that I have heard *ever...
by Alric
Apr 4th '14, 14:11
Forum: Projects
Topic: losing classic scenarios?
Replies: 60
Views: 35211

Re: losing classic scenarios?

Anyone have the Wine emulated version of Trojan? The d/l link appears to be broken. Failing that, an Aleph One script allowing me to use the music (which I have in .mp3 format) in the map? Also, and this is more of a stretch, anyone have a Mac Os X/Windows compatible version/transcript of the Trojan...
by Alric
Apr 4th '14, 14:08
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

I'm using a custom physics model, and I figure I'll have to edit the script to allow the frame to show up. It's not letting me do that however.

On a related note the AO errors seem to have stopped, not sure why but I'm not complaining!
by Alric
Apr 2nd '14, 01:43
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

Alright, revised again, there were a few smart quotes that I missed. M2/MInf now work. However, Tempus Irae still has the same problem. Also, I'm trying to figure out how to get the blue Hunter's soft dead frame to show up with the HD Monsters plug in. Currently it just shows a distorted, original l...
by Alric
Mar 30th '14, 22:07
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

There were smart quotes in the file, so I changed them. However, now Aleph One asks me to select a scenario on launch. When I attempt to and launch, it gives me this message:

Please be sure the files 'Map', 'Shapes', 'Images' and 'Sounds' are correctly installed and try again. (error -1)
by Alric
Mar 30th '14, 21:53
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

An update: I wrote a script in TextEdit and it apparently still doesn't work.
by Alric
Mar 30th '14, 00:55
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

I used Open Office to write the MML script. I'll give a shot at writing it in TextEdit. Also, on a semi-unrelated note, I've noticed that textures/teleportation effects in Tempus Irae have a strange yellowish cast to them where they should be stark white. I'll try reinstalling the high-res textures,...
by Alric
Mar 29th '14, 23:02
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

The transparent liquid ones that came with Aleph One work, and the embedded scripts in Kill 'em All appear to work too. Lua scripts work perfectly as well. I'm stumped as to why mine doesn't function.
by Alric
Mar 29th '14, 13:26
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

Anyone able to tell me what's wrong? From what I can tell the game isn't even loading the .mml script, the log doesn't seem to reference it at all. The game itself runs fine, its just that this particular .mml script isn't being loaded.
by Alric
Mar 27th '14, 22:09
Forum: Aleph One Discussion
Topic: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons
Replies: 21
Views: 8528

Re: MML Help -Vacuum Enabled Weapons

Ok, here's the log from me playing a few minutes of "Ne Cede Malis" with the .mml script. I had the "Night Vision" Lua on, perhaps I should have tried with no Lua script active. -------------------- Thu Mar 27 17:58:09 2014 while opening resource file /Applications/Marathon Infin...