The Drunken Lizard Pub

I can't seem to find a way to set the board options so that the text is dark on light rather than light text on a dark background. After a few minutes of browsing the forums, my eyes get strained, and if I persist, I get a headache! Assuming that I haven't missed the option to change the color setti...

What Nepharis said.

Jude

What kind of complaints about the dialog? Derogatory dialog or just badly written?

Jude

I'm really confused. Are you running Windows? If so, why are you posting in the Mac support area? If you are using a Mac, then don't try to install the Windows patches. Are there even any patches for the Mac version of the game? I bought the full download and am not aware of any Mac patches, but sin...

Thanks for the links, Kalidarn. They even have specific Power PPC Mac downloads. Usually the DivX and FlipforMac codecs for Quicktime works for .avi files and other stuff that Quicktime uaually balks at. I also have iSquint and SWF & FLV Player (and Graphic Converter for still pics). No, I won't...

No good. The Xvid codec you used for the video requires OS X 10.4 on a Mac, and I have OS X 10.3.9, so I can't view it. Strange, I usually have no problems viewing .avi or .MPEG files, so it must be the app or codec you are using to make them. Anyway, it probably doesn't matter because I doubt if I ...

I do not like anything that requires constant validation with a remote server; that's a huge pain-in-the-ass. Why ? Doom 3 and Quake 4 on Linux (and windows too I guess) had a similar thing for single and multiplayer, if your serial key was not valid you could not run the game, but the check was is...

I couldn't get your movie to play in Quicktime on my Mac, so I can't see what you mean. Are you using a CRT or LCD monitor, BTW. 60 Hz on a CRT monitor causes quite a flicker. But it sounds like it's a different problem. Sorry I couldn't help.

Jude

I get migraines, so I was worried about flickering in the Mac demo, but I found this in the HELP file, so I bought the now non-flickering game. I hope it helps for Linux, too: Refresh Rate (Advanced Users Only) Eschalon’s game engine runs at 60 “ticks” per second, which translates to a screen refres...

Are you going to put the patch link up on the game page, too?:
http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.html


Jude

I hate the "call home" validation check, too. When I buy a game or other software, I consider it mine to use as long as I have a machine that will run it. The companies that require the "call home" to use their software cannot guarantee that they will still support the software i...

Well, I am not 100% sure that Basilisk Games will always remain copy protection free. There are some new technologies on the horizon, specifically those that utilize an encryption chip built into motherboards... I doubt if that would work any better than the games that used to require dongles and s...

Anyone know what the mac system requirements are (can't find them listed at the site)? I downloaded the Mac demo and the .dmg file won't even open....

Jude

I read about it at insidemacgames.com.

Jude

Definitely the Escape Velocity series. The first ones only run under Mac OS 9, I think, as does another old SF RPG: New Centurions.

Fallout is good, as is Gorky 17 and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.

Jude