Re: Game for June 2007 Proposal

On 09-Jul-07 17:22:48, natebrazil said
>Angus M. wrote:
Hello natebrazil, on 09-Jul-07 17:22:48, you said,
>Angus M. wrote:


Oops - sorry Nate, I meant to post this here - not e-mail it to you.  :)

>>> I recently had a small cut scene where the camera switches to behind
the
>>> German's plane, and the words "The German ace closes for the kill" (or
>>> similar) appear.  :)

>I'm quite pleased to hear that there are a few surprises in this game!  I
>can't wait to "discover" this scene.

I came across a similar but not identical one last night.

>Then he wrote:
>>> Also I don't regard the enemy recovering from a spin as a bug, it sort
of
>>> could happen on occssion don't you think?

>It could happen!  :-)  Such bugs remind me of the game F/A-18
>Fighter/Intereceptor that was one of the first games I played on my Amiga
>when I first got it; the game was part of a bundle that came with the
>system.  It's a great game, but boy are there some bugs therein!

It plays very well with Jean-François Fabre's WHDLoad patch. He did a
great job.


>In regards to surviving the whole war with one pilot, this is sadly just
a
>dream for me.  I usually lose a pilot within the first 10 missions. 
There
>are a few games that I play where it's considered cheating if you restore
a
>character from a saved game once you die; one such game I play is called
>Angband.  There may be a version for the Amiga but I do know that the
game
>is based on one called 'Moria'



Nathan, are you getting this - he's your kind of guy!  :)

I feel no guilt with my cheating ways. I don't often die actually - but I
very often want to do a mission again (and do it better!). I hate other
pilots collecting my kills!


>But last night I ran into an enemy that I never saw coming - disk
>degredation!  I know this is a bit of a "no-no", but my save disk was on
a
>"high density" floppy.  I went to save my game and ran into a "save game"
>write error.  So I'm having to start over again, which is fine with me as
>I'm hoping to see if my skills have improved.  I luckily had recently
>ordered a batch of DD floppies so rest assured I've created my new save
disk
>on a disk type recommended for this type of system.

What spec machine are you running Nate, WHDload can make life a lot
easier - plus it adds a lot of other benefits regarding bug fixing and
obviously compatibility.



                         All the best,
                               Angus Manwaring.

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