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Program Announcements / SUNDAY PANZERS is avaiable!

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Ermes
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:15 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2004 04:17
heya old buddies, after 15 months of nothing, here my new game!!
It's an old school game, and is with all source code and files!!! (made with dbpro)

AAAHHHH can't believe it!

oh well, let's see some pics







the game has 50 levels, 6 scenarios, 8 different tanks and 10 squads.

you start with 10 difficulty levels completed, 'cause the first ten are training levels.
The numbers of enemy tanks increase at each levels, so, near the 50th.....

Ah, remember to read the broked-english manual of the game!!!

and go to my site to download the game, is a nearly 8mb zip.
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/ermesjr

just tell me something! and try to understand how it works!

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:36
Yay. A new Ermes game!! It´ll have to wait for the week end (blasted exams) Make sure to save some bandwidth for me. I have a feeling you´re going to run out...


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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:42
i've all the bandwidth you want! i've a 50mb free service under www.virgilo.it
Wow, i wasn't thinking to be so popular!

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:43
Gonna download later today.

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:47 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2004 04:48
Ermes that is very very impressive. The music, graphics, presentation all rocks.
I got a bug though when I completed first level it says 'victory' then click mouse then it crashes to desktop.
BTW killing the cows is great!


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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:50
NIIIIICEEE

i loved Sunday Drivers and i love this

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:50 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2004 05:02
relaunch the program, it will works. (i hope so, sometimes it crashes and i don't know why.)

Peter_ , it works all fine on your pc? it don't crashes when you complete a game??

For all: the game sometimes make an error like this:

[COMMON]
PathToEXE=D:\DBErmesDesign\SundayPanzers\CrashOn_11_29_04.txt

[CEXE]
m_dwRuntimeErrorDWORD=0
m_dwRuntimeErrorLineDWORD=2856

it isn'm my fault, but of dbpro.

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:06
Quote: "relaunch the program, it will works. "


Yep that fixed it.

This is very good Ermes. Nice work


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Ermes
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:08
oh good, i'm glad of this, now i can go to bed.

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Peter H
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 06:27
it worked fine for me for about 8 games

but at one point when i was starting a match it quit to windows without any error message

other then that though this game is great!!

and if you want to i'd be more then willing to help you change the game alittle so it has Co-Op (so two players could play it on the same computer!)

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 08:32
w00t

Ermes
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 15:31 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2004 16:11
maybe i can really make a two players versions, but it will lacks of speed.
maybe with sdk... oh my god, i havent dx 9 sdk and i haven't any c++ compiler... and i don't know nothing of c++...
well, i keep programming with dbpro
Anyway, i really don't know why it crash. There's nothing wrong. After the first crash, you can play forever.

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 00:11
Crashed to desktop when I pressed "Battle"

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 00:26
Yay! - been looking forward to this .

Gonna download as soon as I get home.


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P.S. Has it really been so long? - I did'nt think 'Drivers was that old .


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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 05:08
Nice work, Ermes. I didn't see your "problem" when I tried it, but I do think it's probably not DBP's fault, really. If a problem exists, it would be kind of hard to find in all that code...



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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 05:33 Edited at: 3rd Dec 2004 06:04
well JerBil, the problem is the game runs correctly many times it's loops before it crashes.
I've found in the matrix creation/deleting the problem, going out in a "dword" internal error log.

yes Van-B, SundayDrivers was uploaded in September 2003.

********************************************************************
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NEW VERSION>> NO CRASHING >> UPLOADING NOW >>

********************************************************************
********************************************************************

i've taked out the problem, i.e. no matrix making/deleting system, more ram needed but no crash.
Download the new version (by an hour past the time of this post)

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 06:40
OK! new version is online.

Somebody can test it????

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 06:53
looks great yust have to download it and trye it out soon love the toon look of it very special for you and i like it.

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 07:52
Downloading new version...

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Preston C
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 08:01
Downloading now Ermes, it's been so long since you released something, can't wait to try it out.

Will edit the post when it's done downloading and I've given it a go.

Cheers,
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 09:51 Edited at: 3rd Dec 2004 10:14
I can not wait to play it. Next you should make a game called "Sunday Flying" lol.

Edit- I just played the game. Thought it was very good. Ran nice and smooth.
My scores
AI 8/10
Graphics 9/10
Gameplay 10/10
Design 9/10
Sound 9/10
Overall 9/10

Keep up the good work.

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 10:17
Very nice, Ermes. Thanks for the changes.


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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 15:20
thans Epo , very good ratings!!!

For the AI, just go near level 30, the ai starts from stupid to very clever, so at level 10 enemy is stupid, at level 50 it's an ace!!!

thanks again JerBil.

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 15:26
Preston Chaderton , i've made some projects, like a very cool fps, never completed, never released.

SundayPanzers is the best i have at the moment. Enjoy.

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 19:14
Well, enjoy it I did. Gameplay was smooth, ran fast on my computer, all around good game. Cartoony graphics should appeal to a lot of people too.

Quote: " like a very cool fps, never completed, never released"


Oh c'mon, now you're just teasing us.

Cheers,
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 19:24
ah, no no it's true!!!
maybe i'll post some shots in the next days. I have only 1 level completed, but all the engine is 100% working, 15 different enemies, 5 super weapons and the editor for the terrain and the buildings.
Breath effect, sliding collision 100% working, sounds, walking, shots, enemy AI, all working.
I haven't the front end and the textures for the levels and the buildings.
The only crap is the fps rate. 30fps. And the gameplay, booring.
So i left in a corner the project, and i've maked sundaypanzers. which is more funny for sure!

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 23:20
Yay. It´s the weekend. Downloading now...
By the way. Did you develop it using DBPro V3.1 or was that just the version you started the game with?


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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 23:24
I downloaded the new version and it worked fine for me

i'm steadily working my way through the whole thing

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 23:25 Edited at: 3rd Dec 2004 23:27
oh it's an error, i haven't update the info file (ctrl+c & ctrl+v problems..), it's dbpro. 5.7
later i'll correct it.

thanks for testing Peter_!

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Posted: 4th Dec 2004 15:48
by the way, did some of you watch my source code?? have you understood something?

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Posted: 4th Dec 2004 22:13
I´ve looked at the code breifly. I haven´t had too hard a look as I´m doing 2d right now. Looks very neat though.

I´m up to level 15 now. Might not seem like much but it crashed on me a few times. One wasmy fault though. I accidently pressed the windows key and it minimized the game and when I went to open the game up again it exited. I guess that´s a DBPro bug right?


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Posted: 5th Dec 2004 01:08
this looks great, it reminds me of ThinkTanks. Any of you heard of that?

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Quote: "Any of you heard of that?
"

yes it's a game written in the torque engine...the "3D Game Programming all in one" book comes with a demo of it

not as fun as this though

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Posted: 5th Dec 2004 20:40
Pretty awesome so far. Only played one game so far, but shall play more later when I have time

Only problem I had, I ran the game, bought some tanks, and then when I went to play it crashed and I got the following report:


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Posted: 5th Dec 2004 22:00
Ermes, I hate you.

Why do you have to create such wonderful games ?
They are so addictive that I can't stop playing them and I don't do my work.


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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 03:11 Edited at: 6th Dec 2004 03:35
well Tifu , this is a bug sometimes crash the game, i really don't know why, but there's online the new version that works better.
there's another problem, starting from 5.5 upgrade i've problems with my 3ds files from 3dmax3, if i use the old converter of dbc, the .x files are 50% of times unloadable, so i've to load with gamespace and save in .x format.
sometimes i use the conv3ds.exe of dx9 sdk, and the .x files works, but it hasn't animations. So, it's a nigthmare for me convert my 3ds files. I've tried with conv3do of darkbasic, but it crashes.

for the windows key, it will crash the game in every way. DBPRO behaviour.

Damokles, eh eh, i'm happy you don't do your work!

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Great game Ermes. Easily one of the top DB games I've played this year.

Loved the style of the graphics. Some of the little touches like shooting the cows and hitting the trees are superb. Music and presentation were equally good. Gameplay is simple but fun.

Only problem I really had was the very slow frame rates which spoiled the game when facing a hill (a DBPro matrix I presume?)

Great stuff.

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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 04:22
thanks fog, really i have 100fps on an athlon 2.4 ghz and a 256 mb video card untill level 25, next i've to press "f" for the 50 fps version, wich works good to level 50.
? your specs?

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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 04:31
Wow, that game is fun! The AI is actually, inteligent! And I like how you get to shoot the cows/llamas.

If you don't mind me asking, what software did you use to make the music?



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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 09:10
Well, i downloaded the game half an hour before posting my last post, so would there be a newer version than that?
I've not had the crash the last few times I played, maybe some one off freak thing. Having much fun blowing up cows

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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 15:39
PrestonC , this is what was talking about





ehm, Tifu, no no, i think you've the last version.

The music? Some midis across internet. and the mp3s are of "magnifiko - Her i camm" and the theme of "Happy tree family"

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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 21:35 Edited at: 6th Dec 2004 21:36
BTW i beat it ...yesterday

TIP: DON'T BUY KING TIGERS...they SUCK

fill up on camels (even if you have extra credits left over)

also fill up on AI after buying full camels...

[edit] nice looking FPS

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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 22:39 Edited at: 6th Dec 2004 22:47
well, camels are more powerful with ai upgrades, but king tigers in the hand of the enemy are very dangerous.....
Great work, you beat it!!! maybe i should make it more difficult.
BTW, you can try to start with less tanks.
Peter_ you've played it a lot i think. How many crashes?

So you have see the chaos of the levels 40>>50. It's incredible you survived!! what's your favorite team? thanks for playing.

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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 23:50
Hmm, Great game. But some times it goes very slow from the beginning to the end of a battle. and when it went that slow it is also slow at the next battle.

even with 50fps

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Posted: 7th Dec 2004 01:02 Edited at: 7th Dec 2004 01:02
let's see about ...maybe 6-10 crashes (they all happened when i hit the start battle button (even after the upgrade )

my favourite team varied depending on how much difficulty i had unlocked...but of course the skulls rock

Quote: "maybe i should make it more difficult."

no...i'm just exceptionally good at any game i play

one of my favourite tactics is to rush past the enemy at the very begining so lots of them follow me into a corner...then i just dodge bullets for as long as possible so my team has the advantage on the battle field (less tanks for them to fight...so they cream the ones they do fight )
at the end of the last round (50 difficulty) i had 6 medium health tanks...

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Posted: 7th Dec 2004 01:19 Edited at: 7th Dec 2004 03:54
yeah, the game use about 200 mb of ram, i think the problem is there's a lot of image/sound/3d object to load and keep in memory, and it keep in memory all, 6 matrix images, the tanks, the bitmaps, all. however, skyboxes are stand-alone because they are very huge.

On ultra-computers it will be ok under any way.

Edit: I'm working on a new version with .x files converted directly from dx9 sdk, and with full media loaded only one time, and cloned when it needs. It also fix the slow down problems.

When is online i'll post another topics, just for inform all.

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Posted: 7th Dec 2004 10:16
nice work. I think that the teams are unvbalanced. with the Smashers and a Phanter, one hit kill city
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Posted: 8th Dec 2004 13:29 Edited at: 8th Dec 2004 13:36
cool game ermes! I got to level 45, gets kind of hard, expeacially when the enemy surrounds you and they all start shooting and you cant get away . I like your strategy Peter , if you do dodge some of them and just go in circles around them, theyll start shooting and hitting each other , so by the time your other teammates get there half of them are dead or damaged already.


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Quote: "yeah, the game use about 200 mb of ram"

Woah! No wonder it went all wierd when I ran it, its because I only have 256MB of ram..

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the games looks easy, but it use a lot of system resources.

You must have at least 512 mb, a 2ghz cpu and a 128 mb vcard to play at a decent frame rate.

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