DOS Games Discussion

Not at the moment -- I have a lot planned, but I'm a bit stretched for time right now.

New DOS version (1.1) now available for download at WormWars.Net.

"Runtime error 200" bug on fast machines fixed.

I've now released the game to the public. The public version 1.0 can be downloaded at WormWars.Net. I'm still interested in feedback, though, for the future versions of the game.

1. How's 'computer wins' Fixed? I don't see any difference? 2. In hard skill comp. doesn't go to bonus the traightest route. 3. -=- autopilot is stupid, just wriggles 4. Computer buyes more thanuses, even in hard. 5. In singleplay mode, following items shouldn't be buyable: weapons, defrost, immuit...

1. Add page number to manual (current/total in each section.) 2. There's 'subfolder' in editor, should be .subdirectory'. 3. Weapon should be more efeective. 4. Return sounds to DOS version. 5. Add mouse support to the editor. Those are all good ideas, except for #3 -- I don't want overkill weapons...

Thunderdog wrote:I was using the windows version.

It's pretty solid. Good concept, although the AI can be a bit annoying at times. Couldn't find any bugs.

Thanks for the feedback. In which way is the AI annoying?

IMPORTANT: I've just discovered that I by accident have been handing out a DOS version of the game with an error -- when you play this version of the game, you always start out with 10 of each upgrade if you're player 1. I've fixed this, so for those of you playing the DOS version, please re-downlo...

I've got a bit of a discussion going on over at Abandonia Reloaded with some other playtesters. The thread is:

http://www.reloaded.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=1859

Vangar wrote:What did you program it in?

Borland Pascal 7.0 for the DOS version and Visual Pascal 2.1 for the Win32 version.

I guess most people are a bit uneasy about handing out their email address, which I can completely understand, so here's what I'll do: if you're interested in playtesting my game, just PM me or post in this thread and I'll PM you the link to the game.

Greetings fellow DOS gamers! Over the past year I've programmed a sequel to my previous game (WormWars 2, which you can find in the dosgamesonline.com archive and elsewhere on these boards). The game is called WormWars 3 and is based on the classic Snake game with a whole bunch of extra stuff, inclu...

The runtime error 200 is a common error with a lot of DOS games. This error is pretty common with programs written with Turbo Pascal. Basically put, programs written with Turbo Pascal can't be run on comp's higher than 200 MHZ w/out patching the executable file. There is a command line program whic...

julie124 wrote:it works now Im good to play

Excellent!

Hehe... Cool... Glad you got it to work. I was a bit worried that maybe, for some reason, I could only get it to work on my own computer.

I hope I can get some more people here to hate me...

So, has anybody besides me actually gotten the game to work?

Guldkornsekspressen? (a danish game)

I like your perseverance towards your game , so I have tried everything out: Main menu -->> OK -->>works (BTW: nice opening main menu) Start game --> goes to game option screen--> choice F1/F2/F3/F7/F9 , tried all, freeze on all. Able to close dosbox, no system freeze. Level editor -->> freezes. Ab...

Woohoo! I got it running in DOSBOX. I just downloaded the older 0.60 instead of the new 0.63. Works perfectly... Let me know if you try it! EDIT: Well, it runs on my computer, but it's damn slow. Then again, I'm running DOSBOX on an old AMD K6, so I guess it's just the hardware... If anybody tries t...

I just downloaded DOSBOX to run the game... Whenever I choose Start Game og Level Editor from the main menu the game freezes (doesn't even draw the menues completely). Is that the same thing that happens to you, dosraider?

Win 98 SE : runtime error 200 at dos command. plain dos (W98) : runtime error 200. msdos 7.10 boot : runtime error 200. dosbox: freezes. FYI: dosbox is running some text games at 50 lines, so that isn't the problem here. In plain dos-W98 and the msdos7.10 the pc speed is the problem. Dosbox : no me...