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Whatever the next upgrades called I'd like to know what some new plans are AND I have request.

Ahem.James never wanted to change the battle scripting,he simply said no.But now that its in other hands I'd be so happy if there were just a few SIMPLE options.They are all in order of usefulnss...

1)The Ability to make the whole screen flash to give an attack more boom.Double points if it can make the enimies/heros jiggle some to make an earthquake effect.

2)The Option to animate your screen between 2-3 backdrops.It would add a whole new dimension of life to battles.(this is actually tied with #1)Triple points if sound is finally added (But I don't expect it to be)

3)The option to have an enemy picture change to another picture(like a battle damaged one) when its HP goes past a certain level.Double points if you can 'picture switch' for other stats such as MP (magic overdrive?)

4)The Option to make the hero's move and attack just a weee bit slower.You barely can appreicate art when its less than blur its a blink worth of motion.Double poitns if move speed is determined by attack speed.Triple points if when the attack fails the "hurt" frame flashes and the hero moves slowly back into the ranks.

Like I said all these things would make OHR battles exponentially greater.Right now the only really cinematic thing in the battles is spawning and attacks with sentences as captions(whoever did that first is a genius).I just wish battles were more like battles with caption you have time to read and literally moving backrounds and heros that dont break the sound barrier when they attack.
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Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

I want lazer pointer remote support.
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vandam · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:34 pm Post subject:

If James Paige made it that you could use mp3 and wave formats,
would that make it extremely slow?

And yes slower movements would be a very good option to have.
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SilentAngel · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject:

This seems like the right thread to do this...but I have a suggestion/question (I'm not sure if it can be done, but hey, the guys working on the OHR releases now managed to put in some stuff which we didn't think would ever be part of the OHR):
Is it possible to make battle attacks so that more than one person can attack? For example, there's hero's x, y and z. An attack (let's call it "Double Fire" for simplicity's sake) means that heroes x and y come forward and cast it. One attack, but two people come forward. Or even three people. Obviously if the second person isn't in your party you can't cast the spell.
This is something I've like to have seen in the OHR for quite a while now, but if it's not possible then that's cool too.
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Moogle1 · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:39 pm Post subject:

vandam · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject:

gutted!
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Jack · **the fool** Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 773

In shops, it would be nice if that apple could be traded for an orange and a banana. It's annoying to see that I can only trade one item for another. Perhaps if it could bring up a list of all the items, and we could check off which items that you need to have to trade for that item.

This would make alchemy in the OHR a whole lot easier.
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Iblis · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject:

Jack's request reminded me of something I've wanted for a while: the ability to trade for more than one item. Like, buying item A requires 3 item B's. At the moment you can only trade with one item at a time.
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!!!Note!!!

The following statements reflect progress and possibilities of DOS OHR. Windows OHR will be better than anything DOS OHR could do. At least, it will when it splits and becomes the official one.

Currently, we are developing them in parallel, James heading DOS OHR, and PlayerOne heading Windows OHR. We are aiming for cross-compilation between QBasic and FreeBasic (A QB clone on crack). Once that is achieved, and Windows OHR is stable enough, we will finally bury DOS OHR, and join you in the 21st century.

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vandam · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:

sheez!
James must put alot of time in his work,
it all seems very complicated.
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject:

Question: Why do we HAVE to switch to Windows? Question 2: If you people are crazy enough to have the main version of OHR be windows, will you maintain a dos version, and question 3: Presuming the answer to question 2 is no, and I let you live, what versions of windows will be supported?

Mike Caron · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject:

Question Senior: Imagine you have two boxes, into which you want to pack oranges. One box is labeled "DOS", and the other is labeled "Windows" (and/or Linux). The "DOS" box is about the size of a cereal box (the Jumbo Family packs), whereas the "Windows" box is the size of New York.

It's possible to fit a lot of Oranges in the "DOS" box, but only if you squish them in. However, the Windows box will hold many many oranges, with ample room.

Summary: We want more room to work

Question the Second: Once we switch to the Windows port, and add new features that cannot be added to the Dos version, we will retire it. Plain and simple. It will be impossible to maintain.

Question III: All, since Windows 95 (I believe. Mmmaybe Win98, and Mmmaybe not Windows NT 4. I need to check).
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject:

So long as 95 and 98 work, I'll be happy, but if you guys were to pull some boner like making it XP exclusive, realize I'd be forced to kill you all, despite all the good work you've done. I kind of understand the memory requirements, but I just want to be sure we don't get rid of my favorite part of the engine, which is it's low system reqs.

Mike Caron · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:

No no nononono. Perish the thought! I don't even use XP...

It will work in at least 98. Basically, it hinges on the drawing routines. We're using the native drawing routines of FreeBasic. However, I do not know what the routines use (DirectX or just drawing directly to the screen; I suspect the latter, since it's cross-platform)
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