... That's right. The rules for laying tiles and tokens in 18GA are pretty much exactly the same as in 1830. In looking this up I noticed one exception: Rule...
Gentlemen, Are there any graphical artists in this newsgroup that would have serious interest in doing bitmap images for a computerized 18XX engine? I've...
Drawing tiles in Visio?, use the right tool for the job Tile Designer: http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mrocci/rails18xx/index.html It will generate .GIF files...
It is a good thing you are not expecting to make any money doing this, because you won't. Nothing personal, but there just isn't much market for 18xx games,...
... Yes, I am talking about .bmp files. I need the tile images in exacting images, and in specific positions within the bitmap file (think Civ2 or Civ3 image...
... look ... I have read some of the postings in the softdev group, and quite honestly, I am not interested in programming by committee. I have already...
This is not going to be a web-enabled game engine.... I'm talking DirectX full-screen environment, akin to most commercially published games. -Ganraeln (a.k.a....
... money doing this, because you won't. You might do OK by demanding a monthly payment not to publish it from people like me who can see themselves wasting...
Thanks, coach =) I am well aware of the issues I raise by doing this... I've already done another computerized board game, and am negotiating with the...
... from ... once an ... LOL, I like that idea =) ... By default, yes, although I need to keep it to a single 18XX game at first. Gotta follow (K.I.S.S.) or...
hi, what I really appreciate in PC-based 1830 game is the automatically calculated best route for your train. It's definitively boring for the president and...
I hope you succeed. Hasbro is notoriously insular about their designs. They are a particularly litigious bunch as well. Not such a great combination for...
Why not create a .bmp of each tile you'll need, then have the program rotate it for placement? That's how 1830 did it. Tom ... ===== After 17 years I finally...
Tom, I have no wish to write code to do image rotations, so I'm going to create (or someone with the interest can do it) a .bmp file for each tile that has...
On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 13:57:25 -0000, "ganraeln" <ganraeln@...> ... Actually this effort is (IMHO) to be considered dead (and I wasn't trying to involve...
... Thats the reason we got nowhere... Somebody already started somethig in Delpi a while ago, but I don't know what the current state is. In case you want...
hi, today i found some time on the side to run the 18c2c visio stuff through acrobat distiller at work and the good news is that after that the zip-file of all...
Check your PASV setting. I have had at least one other person who had trouble with PASV mode. Theoretically, my FTP server should handle PASV mode just fine,...
Mark, I've written an 1830 Moderator program in Visual Basic, and I agree with Tom M. It was easier to draw tiles in their rotated position than try to rotate...
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 00:10:12 +0200, Bjoern Rabenstein ... [So I couldn't resist to reply, neither... even though you're not quoting my message directly... I'm...
Dear All, As 18xx isn't that much crowded, there isn't an immediate need, but of course discussion on 18xx software development is invited to relocate to...
... Swing is Okay, but Java GUI is still slower if it runs on a JVM. Qt is a very well designed OO Toolkit, but you can only use it as GPL or pay for it. GTK+...
