Dungeon Master Forum

I don't think I'd risk those upgrades on the new M1 machines! And they don't support dual boot anymore, at least not for Windows. For that, I'd need Parallels and the Arm version of Windows 11. It's an option down the line, but I'm not bothered about it initially. I'm done with tinkering with tech, ...

I've not played any games in over 6 months, indie, main-stream, or otherwise! And that doesn't bother me at all. I'm using my spare time now to get back into creative writing, and I love it

Thanks Cows. I ended up buying an interesting laptop, a modular upgradeable machine from a new startup, the Framework . However, I was unimpressed by flimsy feel of the body compared to Macs, the noisy fans and the generated heat, so I'm returning it and getting a refund. I'm now going to buy a M1 M...

Aha! Ironic that you've just said that, as I'm no longer doing any of this. I've given up on my digital creations and have instead returned to writing -- I really want to finish a children's book I started years ago and get it published, so that's where my focus is now.

I've followed that for a while. Was tempted to get one, but then realized that it was just nostalgia at play, I would never really use it, and it would be a complete waste of money. Your mileage might vary

This sounds amazing, but will the simulation respect the size of the champions? For example, If I'm playing as Tiggy or Gando, I expect the VR experience to accurately reflect their lower viewpoint. Because if it doesn't, I will claim you're being "heightist" and will sue the pants off ya!

I made a mistake when using the forum and ended up in the wrong category. I've now moved this to the CSB forum. The platform is an Android smartphone and the game is suitaby from the Google PlayStore. There are no "officially allowed" conversions of the game to be found on smartphones. If...

Hello Bell. You said in your first post that you're playing on a smartphone. Please be aware that any smartphone version may not be exactly the same as the original game... Including bugs like this one you've discovered. I would recommend using CSBWin on Windows if you want to be sure you're playing...

The RickRoll of the DM world... I suspected it

Thanks Journeyman, but that doesn't link anywhere?

Thanks Prince of Elves, yes, I've looked at a few MSI machines but didn't like their aesthetic, maybe I need to look at those again...

The download that Christophe linked to is working fine for me, maybe try again?

HI all, I'm in the market for a new laptop. I've done a lot of research already but can't seem to find anything that meets all my requirements, so I thought I'd ask the hive mind here. I'm looking for a workhorse laptop for media creation (latest photoshop, some video editing, sound editing and 3D w...

I don't usually play games in this style, but based on Sophia's comments I will definitely check it out. I'm making a conscious effort now to abandon mainstream gaming and investigate the indie stuff a bit more and this looks like a great place to start. Lovely art style for starters, and looks very...

Yep, same for me too. Obviously I still like retro games, but I certainly wouldn't enjoy the hassle of playing them on actual retro hardware! Emulation all the way these days...

Spotted this on Indie Retro News, a NEW Amiga dungeon crawler! "Shadows of Sergoth" -- it seems you need an actual Amiga to play it, so it's gonna be super, super niche in 2022. They do supply a digitial version though, so I guess that could work with WinUAE or similar emulator. It's so st...

I was looking forward to Dying Light 2, having sunk many hours into the original. But I learned that it includes Denuvo anti-tamper, and as I don't buy games that include that tech, the decison not to buy DL2 was made for me. Few other main stream games appeal to me these days, plus I have little ti...

I noticed an addition in an earlier version, a mention of sys_tick_second(). I'm curious what this is for / how it might be used? Can it be used to create real-world timers -- for example, "You have five minutes to do X." ??? If so, how would I go about that?

FYI, I've just updated the DSB Versions thread to include everything from 0.55 - 0.79, as it was very out of date. That thread makes it clear how amazing you've been Sophia for continuing to support and maintain DSB for such a long time. I'm seriously impressed with everything you've achieved with D...

Ah yes, I remember now that we discussed this before. Time flies eh? Thank you, I recall now what I was going to do for this, although give my time pressures these days I'll probably just reskin it.

16! Wow :) I was thinking more along the lines of Grimrock: left click to take the item out of the hand, right click to use it. But I understand that's a big change, and as I don't have an actual use case anyway, don't worry. Last question for now: You previously added a setting to the gui_info for ...

Cool, I'll try it out and see what happens!

Another question: is there a way of stopping right-click from opening the inventory by default? It would be cool to use right-click to offer alternate actions on the combat buttons, but right now the "open inventory" function always wins.

Unfortunately, I hate to say it, but they are at the point where they need to upgrade. None of the current browsers have versions that work on XP, so they are limited to very old versions -- and as Sophia points out, that's not even the main problem. XP itself is unsupported now, and it's a security...

Wow, that sounds perfect, thank you very much! Another quick one: If I'm building a game that doesn't use any DM stuff at all, and I want to start from scratch, can I simply redefine the obj and gfx tables from scratch? Ideally I'd like ESB to only show my new stuff, presumably a redefined obj would...

Oh right! Just one for now, but maybe a couple more. Let's say 5 to be safe. Is that possible?

Only 4 bitmaps in my test sequence which goes 1-2-3-4-3-2. It's a bit clunky so I might need to increase that to smooth it out a bit. The anim needs to start at frame 1 each time it's displayed, otherwise it looks broken.

It does already exist. It's dsb_mouse_override (bmp), and takes the image you want to use. Pass it nil or false to remove the override image. Ah fabulous, thanks. I'll add it to the wiki. Where is the animation? If the animated bitmap is associated with an inst, you can use dsb_set_animtimer (inst,...

Heh, just an FYI that I've thought of a better scenario which can make use of the standard 4 character slots, so I won't need any of the single character changes. Watch this space (eventually!)

Is there a way of changing the mouse cursor on demand? Some kind of dsb_mouse_bitmap() ? I was certain something like this existed but can't find anything on the wiki? Also, is there a way of forcing an animated bitmap to re-start at frame 0 before it's displayed? At the moment, animation timers see...

Ah right, perfect then!

OK thanks, I'll come back to this one after I've cleaned up my project -- it's rather complex, messy and weird right now and not easy to share...