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The Games and other Sierra Adventure stuff / LSL 1 2012 Remake

« on: October 13, 2011, 01:09:50 PM »

Does anyone  know more about this. I know it is being worked on by Al Lowe and the games developers.

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SCI Development Tools / Re: SCI Studio vs. SCI Companion

« on: April 17, 2010, 03:17:48 PM »

For me, I use both depending on the situation.

I use Studio for editing everything except for the script. I don't like the text editor for editing scripts.

I use Companion for more the more complex editing features. I also find the text editor much better here. My only gripe is the font the text editor uses.

Off subject, does anyone know any good text editors for writing my scripts.

joek

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The Games and other Sierra Adventure stuff / Attn: Collector

« on: April 08, 2010, 04:30:13 PM »

First of all, I did't know that the sierra help pages was your page. I have used your page for almost a year, even before I got into SCI programming. It was though your page that I learned about DosBox. Second, your page plus Ken and Roberta Williams page is all I need for playing my sierra classics. The William's page for manuals and hintbooks, and your page for the rest. I think that you are keeping the sierra classics aliive better than Vivendi. I hope though these two pages that these classic series stay alive.

Joek

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Forum Support and Suggestions / Re: Recommended Link

« on: April 05, 2010, 05:19:20 PM »

Scumm VM is not running SCI games for me. Its running my AGI games fine though.

joek

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SCI Development Tools / Re: SCI Help File

« on: April 05, 2010, 05:17:27 PM »

I think I'm going to stick with the said parser games since I am also a TADS developer. I am going to tinker with the parser some more and will try to create a parser manual/guide. Hope I have good luck with the project. I may enter the comp, but am more interested in games using the parser.

joek

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SCI Development Tools / Re: SCI Help File

« on: March 28, 2010, 02:35:51 PM »

Also, can someone tell me what types of sentences the said parser can understand. The first tutorial said that a sentence can have a maximum of three parts. Can someone tell me the types of sentences the parser understands. Use the format word class/wordclass/word class. The only one I know is imperative verb/preposition/noun.

The reason I ask is that I also write TADS games. They provide a parser manual. SCI Editors don't really explain the parser in their documation like other adventure game editors.

joek0

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SCI Development Tools / Re: SCI Help File

« on: March 27, 2010, 02:23:56 PM »

Rgn, Rm, and Feature with all subclasses.

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SCI Development Tools / SCI Help File

« on: March 27, 2010, 01:07:30 PM »

Can someone explain all the properties of each class. The  help file doesn't explain any of them. They only explain the class methods.

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SCI Development Tools / Re: So You Want to Make a Game - Design Documents

« on: March 25, 2010, 07:29:38 PM »

Here is a link to some great articles.

Puzzles:
http://www.brasslantern.org/writers/iftheory/betterpuzzles-a.html

General Game Design:
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/peabody/game-book/Coverpage.html

joek0

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Forum Support and Suggestions / Re: Recommended Link

« on: March 25, 2010, 06:59:13 PM »

I have Windows XP and some of the games don't run smootly with MSDOS. DOSBOX is the only way for me to play other peoples SCI games.

joek0

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Forum Support and Suggestions / Recommended Link

« on: March 24, 2010, 07:20:09 PM »

Hi! I'm new to the forum. I recommend adding DOSBOX to the links and tools section. It is a great DOS emulator and sierra recommends it for newer windows PC's.