I uploaded a preview of "Dream Deal", a real estate developer game. It is a short scenario that shows some of the features of the game. It can be found in OS4 Depot.

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@thinkchip

Can anyone provide some screenshots but different from those on the project's website?

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@thinkchip

I haven't had much of a chance to try it out. Obviously it's still very much a beta. However, here are a few suggestions:
- Put config files in ENVARC: or the game's own directory, not SYS:. Putting it in SYS: or anywhere else is messy.
- The DOS library provides a function that gives you the directory that the program is in, use this instead of requiring the user to give the directory
- I can't move the window that comes up asking for the directory, and it doesn't refresh if I move another window in front. I have no idea how you managed to prevent the window from being draggable, but it loks bad when you do that.
- Why use 256 colour graphics when all OS4 mahines can do 24-bit? Also, it would be nice to see it take advantage of higher resolutions. My machine is set to 1280x1024. There's no reason why you can't use that for the game.

Hans

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@Hans

I couldn't find a DOS function to return the directory. Maybe you can help me out. Thanks for your suggestions. My thinking is that you can't evaluate a game fully until you can play the whole thing. I will go to more trouble with the graphics later on if it looks like it's worth it. I wouldn't look for any change in the graphics at this point. Also now that I think of my rationale for choosing 256 colors and 800 X 600 pixels (which I decided long ago), I was thinking of making this available for classic Amigas also. This is looking unlikely now because it's such a memory hog. Also I haven't been able to get CUBIC IDE to work in my Amiga 4000. The debugger is what doesn't work actually.

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@Hans

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- I can't move the window that comes up asking for the directory, and it doesn't refresh if I move another window in front. I have no idea how you managed to prevent the window from being draggable, but it loks bad when you do that.

That would be more like what hasn't he done to make it draggable...

To open a dragable window windows one needs to do either of:

1. supply WA_Flags with WFLG_DRAGBAR set in ti_Data.

or

2. supply WA_DragBar with ti_Data set to any non-zero value (usually TRUE).

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@thinkchip

The function is GetProgramDirectory(). In fact, you could just use "PROGDIR:" to open files relative to the program directory. If you haven't done so, get the SDK Browser from BitByBitSoftware. It's very useful for scanning through the autodocs.

It's true that you can't evaluate a game until it's playble. I didn't get beyond loading the game up to the point where it started. I'll have a longer look later. The game concept sounds good though.

Hans

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@salass00

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salass00 wrote: @Hans Quote: - I can't move the window that comes up asking for the directory, and it doesn't refresh if I move another window in front. I have no idea how you managed to prevent the window from being draggable, but it loks bad when you do that. That would be more like what hasn't he done to make it draggable...

I thought that windows were draggable by default. Ah well, it's an easy thing for him to fix anyway.

Hans

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@thinkchip

Well in dos.library there is GetProgramDir() (use NameFromLock() to obtain the actual path string from the returned lock).

If you just need it to open some data files you can always make use PROGDIR: or simply use relative paths from your program's current directory (this is what I do in all my programs).

@salass00

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salass00 wrote: @thinkchip If you just need it to open some data files you can always make use PROGDIR: or simply use relative paths from your program's current directory (this is what I do in all my programs).

Using PROGDIR: is better than relative paths, because I could run the game with the current directory set elsewhere. e.g. entering:
sys:utilities
games:DreamDeal/DreamDeal

Would have the current directory set to SYS:utilities. Hence relative paths won't find the files he needs.


Hans

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