Spectrofon #13
12 мая 1995 |
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From the world of bat - an overview of readers' letters, something about the game "Virus" and the conditions of and participation in the Open Championship Viruses.
From the world of bat So, the most valuable for us - your letters. KHALIL VLAD (Moscow): Hi "Spectrophone! In one of your Room was placed program "HERO QUEST". As correctly noted by one reader, in TR-DOS 5.3 is not shipped with the drive. He walked around this shortcoming programmatically. But there is another way ... "S": We'll go the other way (Lenin). KHALIL VLAD: By running this program I immediately went through three missions. Imagine my surprise on next day, when trying to download the pending position I got fig ... Drive rotated, but there was little sense. I began to run the program again for Thus, thinking that this is an ordinary failure. But the result was disappointing. Deciding to make fun of I started using the program for the shipment of discs of different formats. And then ... program unloaded position and then fine download it from the unilateral disk, but another 40-track. In What is the reason I do not know, but it works train. "S": Congratulations! You spent brilliant research experiment, using well proven in all fields of science and technology, "An educated bet." Your "tyk" was extremely successful, that to a successful conclusion experiment and even use it results. Believe me, this happens infrequently. Bravo! KHALIL VLAD: And yet at the program "ELITE-3" (Novosibirsk). Try mode demonstration of the keys to work - you will see what happens. "S": Have seen. This is - marriage Hacker work, cracking the protection of the game. KHALIL VLAD: As for the "syndrome Busygina A. (5313 issue of the drive). The same bug appears with your 11 rooms. Drive spinning and sections are not loaded. But at the same day I bought on the market for 12 number in which Prigun Igor talked about finalizing the disc drive (placement of the jumpers). I applied host the reception and I went straight and 11 of the number and a few toys that had not worked. "S": Once again, thanks to Igor. Advise anyone to follow his example. Maybe you will fall off problems with the new issue of our magazine, and other programs. We have another letter on this subject. Krupchatnikov EUGENE (Solnechnogorsk): I would like to thank Priguna Igor for advice to rearrange the jumper on the drive, and you "SPECTROFON" for publication this observation. Since little that are not read in the shipment "HERO QUEST" and "ELITE-2" (H), so still did not want to run your 11 number. All right now! I also would like to support the idea of Simon N. talk about Esperanto. I myself Esperantist and I can assure you that if someone interested in this language, then learn it is very simple. In other countries it is more popular than us, just in Russia, he little advertising. Even if you simply provide a place for a cognitive Article Esperantists it would be interesting because Geographical Spread "Spectrophone" enormous. "S": I am pleased to support to anyone interested in Esperanto. Only now, Mr. Simonov NV we have not yet responded. We are waiting, sir. To the Editor still receiving responses to the publication of trial version of the game "Star Heritage". I must say, we did not expect that Our game will produce a bombshell ... DEUS: Hello, dear edition "S". Wrote you a little bit lazy but curious owner PENTAGONa-128. I recently bought a computer and had the honor of meeting with your magazine. Journal of interesting and cognitive, and authors are not without a sense of humor. We look waiting for the tenth number, and advertised your game "Star Heritage". Number Ten began to read with "Presentation". About novel - I want to say that you originally linked Targon, people and artangov. Novel is well written and well decorated, but about lotion "I have to go for Key "I have read somewhere. Throwing Kladovskuyu "ELITE-2" I day spent playing "STARRY Heritage. "I crawled away from the computer with the words:" Well, fair, guys. I do not play. " The fact is that moving to east, I met along the way swamp. During the day there I ate some eclairs with their teeth and tails, and at night I got into deep pit, so kindly dug you in the my way. Spitting the last time in an impassable swamp, I decided back to the boat and break to the north. There I ate kakieto plants when I lay down take a nap in the bushes, a black cat torn me to pieces when entrance to the forest. "Cheers, all the difficulties behind!" - I cried when soaked cat. But he was wrong. Dwarfs finished off my next move to the north. They've got that round the clock observation point, without lunch and dinner, or what? "Could give a machine gun" - I thought and went to the east of killed the cat. Nobody attacked at me, I allowed myself to relax and have lost my sight. A in vain! Huge artang unexpectedly turned on me and I had to "undoing Skates" (in other words I died Award). After several bouts with artangom I had finally soaked and immediately engaged in looting. In resulting in a happy owner of a piece of glass and moved further east. Going to the lake in the woods, I found the cushioning cocoon artanga. I examined him and found it neyrohlyst, though he was not charged. I immediately remembered that the boat is a universal charger, and when I was in twentieth time in a forest lake ate something slimy, I went back to the boat. I ran out of pills and my physical characteristics began to deteriorate. I tried cut off from a deceased cat piece meat by the glass, but still in vain. I charge neyrohlyst also could not. At this point I stopped. I do not know what to do further. I got the impression that I have more ways no. My friend told me that I too much to want from the demo version. But I am very concerned about whether it is possible to go further in the demo? I I think not. If I'm wrong, please write in the journal briefly: "DEUS, you wrong, I understand and will seek other ways to go on ... "S": DEUS, YOU ARE NOT RIGHTS! ANDREW FER (Cheboksary): I can not do not write about your game (namely Game!). But first I congratulate you on a successful debut on the software market for SPECCY, as "STEP group". Interestingly, "STEP" somehow stands for? "S": STEP (English) - step, step. This is what is imbedded in our name. Well, perhaps, the name of the group in tune with one of the operators BASIC. And there is no Super Team, etc. ANDREW FER: Somehow "STEP" strode confidently and firmly (pardon the pun). So, the "Star Heritage". The very first impressions of this wonderful ... demo version. Firstly: the balance game. Because of this it captures directly from the second location, and interruption of the brain are installed directly on it, that literally a 1 / 50 sec after the computer is turned off, "gray cells" pulled muscle arms, and she, in turn, switch the machine to "ON." Second: the abundance of charts and Text of the highest level. The result - the game "mnesh" as book reading (and, quite fascinating, especially if mentally combine it with the previous novel!) Third: you are very well "Crossed" ADVENTURE with D'D and RPG. Therefore, during the game feel a kind of Hercule Poirot, but if at hand, ie, next to another and Hastings, it's all class! "S": Thank you. Generally speaking, a stream of letters on "Star Heritage" equaled the volume of letters of Novosibirsk's version of the game "ELITE-3". Glad you appreciate our difficult work. Now they seem to have no sense quoted rave responses. They all resemble each other. Thank you friends for support. All your letters are considered, the criticisms noted. Let us only two points. Comments on the shipment - To facilitate their task in demo version, we have retained only one shipment. In the full version Games will be four independent shipment. In our view, this enough to calmly and without any problems playing. Especially, if we remember the show "DIZZY", for example, generally there are no shipments. And the slow work Interface games - the full version of this shortcoming will be remedied, in addition to the management was still two keys "O", "P", which will pereschelkivat cursor line to several positions. In short, be patient, wait for the full version game and see for yourself. Now I would like to say few words about one moment which we are a little frustrating. In many letters to the response of "Star Heritage" readers write about what they so liked the game idea, interface, that now they will also write something like that. And in a letter ask a question - can I use your interface, Can I buy it right? The fact that the game has infected domestic enthusiastic programmers - it is certainly good. Finally, perhaps the start and We write original games. But ... After the publication of "Star Heritage" All programmers (Of those who wrote to us) for some reason suddenly rushed to write adventyury. And it seems like there is no other game genres. Yes, we have actively supported and developed an interest in adventyuram. But, if everyone will write only those games? What then? Then we probably will work in other genres. After all, people need more programs - GOOD and miscellaneous. For God's sake, use our interface, write a similar adventyuru, but create other programs. Remains a residue in the shower when you see that a lot of our forces programmers spent on notorious MEGADEMO, endless repetitions aybiemovskih COLOR LINES, Field of Miracles. Now, it seems, comes a wave of rampant adventyurizatsii. Although, of course, is something already. We used to have in general virtually nothing was written from games. Think you have understood correctly - write better something different, original, wiggle gyrus, strain your imagination. Believe that the potential Russian programmers are far from exhausted, and they are able to give the world the original masterpieces. The main thing - not to withdraw on infinite REPETITION widely well-known games. Now about the other games and some of the issues: Aleev Ilya Olegovich (Ulyanovsk): I want to tell about an interesting phenomenon in the game "THE SENTINEL ". There is such a creature, which teleports you into the open by your energy. This creature creates Sentinel if he can see only your upper and therefore, can not you destroy. "Creation" appears on the site closest to the victim wood, fast turns and teleports you under the clear eyes his master, and then again turns into a tree ... "S": In the story of this game (See "S" N7) about this phenomenon indirectly mentioned. There sentris talked about these creatures, as certain "guard the Dog." Lozovaya OLEG (Rostov-on-Don): I am 14 years old. I'm a fan of "ZX-SPECTRUM" with little experience (4 months). I want to learn how to make a running line and translate Russian language. I had reviewed about 30 books on programming, but the answers I They found none. "S": Dear Oleg! The best books on the "ZX-SPECTRUM" were and remain the book of "Inforkom. And in this company its magazine "ZX-Revue", which quite often and in great detail highlights concerns you questions. We advise to find somewhere Yearbook "ZX-Revue" and you 'll be armed to the teeth with information, shedding light on the creation of a variety of traveling lines. Now, two letters on one topic: AVERIN ROMAN (Petrozavodsk): I would like to offer my services as a musician and programmer. I own assembler, free writing composition in the music editor "ASM", have a musical education. I have written songs are popular among my friends. My last Tracks - a Moscow dance remix and Old man Kozlodoeff. If you are interested in my proposal, we can connect ... "S": It will be interesting to hear Your music. Send, and if Arrangement will be included in the magazine, you will receive a fee. Only one remark: you imagine how to read and watch some section of the magazine (eg Examination), accompanied by music from a song by Boris Grebenshchikov Old Man Kozlodoev? And if we In this section we consider ROBOCOP? Or BATMAN? As there was singing BG? "Slips on the roof Kozlodoev old, nosy as the corncrake ... "It's about someone? Pro player who is going to play or about cinematic Superman? Maybe worth thinking about associations that may arise in the readers? Shayakhmetov BR (Ufa): I appeal to all authors who use music to AY. Stop the dominance of "pop"! What have you got in all bootloader or DEMO tune stupid? Programmers' popsogony ", you are know very well that the country epidemic of such creativity! Let's tackle the eradication of this virus, at least among fans ZX! My advice: let use of heavy music. You can even declare the contest "Spectrophone" the best iron march ... "S": Here, with our the reader can and disagree and argue. Actually, in his own way He is right, but on the other hand, We believe that music is not heavy gets along very well with AY. Here need very good sound quality. Not to get a continuous noise. Although we have a any original, interesting music. Shayakhmetov BR: Lord composers! It would be interesting to know whether it is possible to make beautiful AY guitar and drum effects. "S": You can, in principle, make all, that's just how it is will be close to "live" sound? In our view, all this is unlikely, but the drums, it's probably closer to reality. Kurnosov ANDREW (Novokuznetsk): In the "ZX-REVIEW" N4, 1994 was published an article about non-deterministic games like "SNAKE BATTLE ". I would like to know whether there is now something similar to" ZX-SPECTRUM "? "S": In the previous issue, we have wrote about the domestic development - the game "VIRUS". This only for today known non-deterministic game for the "ZX-SPECTRUM". And now, as we promised: EDITORIAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL "SPECTROFON" ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON "VIRUS"! Take part in the Open Championships can be anyone. To do this, using the game "VIRUS", you need to grow worthy of the virus and send it on diskette to our address: 125130 Moscow POBox 51. In the cover letter include your name, address, and name your virus. CONDUCT OF CHAMPIONSHIP Championship will be held in three stages. At first, the qualifying stage, we create four viruses participate in the qualifying rounds. From each of the four viruses will be one winner, who continue to fight in the finals of the championship. Quartet will be generated randomly - by drawing lots. In final part will be formed FINAL LEAGUE, in which will remain no more than twenty-two viruses. At this stage, to accept applications from new members is terminated. Thus, some of you will have the chance to send us some of their developments. The number of viruses, which you can send - limited to reasonable limits. In the final battle will take place LEAGUE round robin in two circle. For every victory virus will be awarded three points for draw - one point. Viruses, ranked from first to eighth out in the quarterfinals. Of them formed four pairs of quarter-. The winners meet in the semifinals and, finally, only two of the virus would be in the finals of the championship. The course of the championship will be detailed covered in the section Championship. There will also be published standings, commentary on some of the most outstanding struggles, as well as reports on final meetings. The main prizes of the championship - MODEM FOR "ZX-SPECTRUM" AND SOFTWARE SOFTWARE to him - will be awarded to the winner in person or sent by mail. All participants receive a quarterfinal match latest issue of our magazine. RULES fights The location of the virus on the playing field will be given randomly. And this fact should be taken into account by all participants championship. The fight will consist of two rounds. If in the first round none of the viruses do not destroy all their rivals, then begins the second round. If same after the second round of the winner is, it means The match ended in a draw. In qualifying rounds, when there are just four of the virus and a tie can not be a winner will be determined according to the occupied of the area by the end of the bout. At that case if Exhibitors Championship will not miss - conditions qualifying Competition will mitigated, to the exclusion of from a grid of championship qualifier. Thus, the championship starts, Take your time to become a party to it. Details about the qualifying competitions in the following issues our magazine .. MESH CHAMPIONSHIP Qualifying round (Four of viruses) 22 virus are the next stage FINAL LEAGUE (22 virus) 8 viruses come in Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals ! F I N A L! On this, perhaps, we have done. We will wait for your antivirus. . Kad ANDREW SCHOOL (Moscow): Some remarks on the shooting and melee in the game "SPACE CRUSADE". First, and perhaps in Main: numbers that fall red and green scales, not are older and younger number of discharges. Force of impact determines the amount of these figures. Second: The green and red scales differ only by different the limiting value of the drop-down digits (in the green range 0 .. 2, red 0 .. 3). Unit green the scale is completely equivalent one red. If the character is fighting directly in the two scales, as commander of the sword or dreadnought, the results of different scales are simply summed. At equality of the sum of outputs draw: no one was wounded. And thirdly: when shooting are not getting the cumulative effect. That is a paratrooper you can at least forty times to shoot with unit force - it does not harm cause. Cyborg commando (a as Cyborgs-defectors) kill shot with a force 3. Commander of a punch shot a protective capsule. And if the commander got shot stronger than three, then for each yedinichku in excess of three he struck out on the capsule. For example, if in contact a commander in the red scale dropped 32, that is, power shot 5 this will lead to the loss of three protective caps. To destroy gretchina enough edinichki for Orc - two. Cyborgs and androids need a shot of force 3, and soulsucker - 4. What are the shots harm the dreadnought, I find failed: it is very difficult shooting to kill. In addition, there are still several questions: how the force of the explosion is fired from grenade launcher in neighboring cells? "S": According to our data force of the explosion at the adjacent cells is equal to one unit. PUPILS AE: My Battle practice was a case where a cyborg fired a grenade in one of two adjacent soulsucker'ov, but the shot of Power 4 killed only one of them. "S": It would be surprising if least one grenade destroyed two soulsucker'ov. PUPILS AE: How many protective caps at the dreadnought? "S": It is possible that the capsules the same number and the commander detachment. PUPILS AE: And finally: counted when calculating whether Points are strangers, the dead doors? Fatalities in a vacuum, in my opinion, not count. "S": count, we specifically tested. PUPILS AE: Finally I can suggest an exercise that he just can not do: pass mission LOCATE AND EXTERMINATE and possibly kill all the murderers as a team. If someone has already been or be able to do so, share your experiences! "S": In principle, such a precedent we had. This mission (destroy cocoons) by the command "Fist of the Empire." Team quickly and quietly moves to the closed door near the central hatchery room. They penetrate and destroy, if possible, all the cocoons. Here you use the icon double shot. It is also necessary to use smoke bombs. The next course destroyed all the strangers located next to the door, and the band quickly give it back. Use the icon double stroke. A small group of pursuers is shot on the road. After the chase will stop the raid can be repeated. However, all adult murderers to destroy such a way possible, as they once again and reappear in the central room. We counted three such wave. During this time, of course, squad has big losses. PUPILS AE: I want to ask several issues on games of previous releases. "Espionage Island": I went through this game, arriving with documents on aircraft carrier, but has not applied knife, presented to native. Why need this knife? "S": The subject of the game - an extra, they can be killed, For example, a security guard. But the key value it has. PUPILS AE: How do I take mission "Railway Ambush" in "Battle Command"? I can not blow up the station and one train stop is not enough to implementation. "S": There's no need to blow up the station, and hangar. Gagarin AV (Perm): Hi, "Spektrofonovtsy! Several questions that you may have know the answers. 1. When will the third volume graphics have inforkomovtsev? "S": He's already in print. This means that in the next month can be expect its release. 2. Which may arise problems with copyright, if we say, do adventyuru the book-analog ones that are advertised in the ZX-REVIEW? That is how would be ready stsenariyayu. Are there many have to pay the author? "S": Do not worry, you can write and finished script. What about payment to the author ... this is probably the only author and can be solved. All questions for him. With his hand would like to say that books games - a thing in yourself and write them on the game - A dubious idea. This How much will need to put Labour to fit program for a particular book script. Yes, and doubt "playability" of such toys. As to you it seems? All teams are limited set of three four, well five options. Boring! No, the book is a book and computer and the computer then to quickly "flipping" pages, add lots of different teams, etc. In our sight easier to write your own script. 3. Can you publish the game "LAST NINJA 3"? We say that this has already appeared. And what "LAST NINJA 1"? Demo version of the second, or an independent game? "S": Do not know, have not seen ... 4. What about "ELITE-4"? "S": To our knowledge, this version of the game is released. Krupchatnikov EUGENE (Solnechnogorsk): I want to share information on the "ELITE". Firstly, playing the classic version of this game, I adapt himself to beat Targon in the subspace. Having the "invisible" laser technology, missiles, "vigorous" bomb and using advice ("ZX-REVIEW and "Spectrophone"), this was easy. Rating grew well, I was "ELITE", but ... Third mission I did not suggest ever! Will remember this moment. Secondly, already in the game Pantry, I began to beat Targon immediately as soon as bought a Super Laser. Further purchase of equipment and Cobra MK-4, only exacerbated the plight of the Targon. I drenched them mercilessly for me it is not clear why the "Notes independent expert "" S "NN4-5 says that bout 7-8 Targon very dangerous. Importantly - the initiative, and MK-4 "of something worthwhile. (By the way, sometimes directly Targon during the battle begin to catch Alloys from their wrecked ships. Rely on armor??) So I got to the "ELITE", running three times a third mission (At least here it looked a). Waiting for the war ... Targon war for some reason did not announce. Then I interrupted their fleet, or more something, but the war I did not wait, though was about 15 Thanks, already have "ELITE". It's weird, because Kladov wrote that the war starts, when you become "ELITE" and "start a little bored. " Now, the generalized conclusion: if too carried away by the interception Targon, you can go without a mission (most likely without the latter). What caused this I do not know. "S": Here we only have to say that the war in Kladovskoy version comes very well, too late. We a few weeks (about three if memory serves) flew in turbo mode before What got the message about the invasion Targon. So if you have No regime "turbo" as a Profi, can estimate the time expectations of the war. Krupchatnikov Eugene: Another interesting detail: the rating DEADLY I started to destroy the peace station. This can be done without ESM Jammer, with only a "computer others "and Alien Items. destroying 09.11 stations I received a rating ELITE. Continuing their "dirty thing "and blowing up all around 25-30 stations, I was ... competent!!! Why?! Riddle ... "S": There is no mystery here. On your "dirty business" reported Federation and the leadership you just dropped in rank. GURCHENKO VADIM (Krasnoyarsk): ... Once I was able to expand the cargo compartment of the ship. Happened it's how. Reaching rating and DEADLY performing all three missions, I'm like and many pilots flew from one galaxy to another, and longed for new discoveries. But the opening was nothing, almost nothing. I started collect rare goods (gold, platinum, gem-stones) with a view to see how many of them fit on my ship. Since the products were measured in grams and kilograms, and my ship could hold 35 tons, then theoretically I could buy them a huge amount ... "S": Well, it's only in theory. GURCHENKO Vadim: When I scraped 255 grams of gem-stones, at this My campaign is over: more I could not buy. To find out what was happening, I opened the file from ELITE and found that under each item is allocated only 1 bytes. Therefore I could buy only 255 units of any commodity. When I left his venture, interested me very strange commodity Alien Items. Of course, I met with him before and I know that Alien Items referred to as remote-controlled vehicles Targon. But I drawn is that none of the planets of the product was not. K Besides, a well-remembered statement (later disproved) that a certain place a galaxy of these ships are well paid. Without hesitation, I began to collect these ships (I do not know why). By also in battles with the Targon increased my rating and cleared status. When I called them about 35 tons, it so happened that in one of the battles around the world to me had to use a rescue capsule. As you know, the planet is given exactly the same boat as before, and the entire cargo disappears. What was my surprise when, looking in its cargo bay, I saw 35 tons Alien Items, which I nastrelyal! Nevertheless, my cargo bay was empty ... Theory. Alien Items - one of the cargo, which for some reason does not disappear when changing ship. As already mentioned, You give the planet a new ship with the same cargo bay 35 tons, and besides that, you give the only cargo Alien Items, that you have had, and that its could be somewhere to drive, you also give extra cargo space for him. Clearly, if you type another 35 tons (70 tons Alien Items + 35 tons of empty bay). But there is a limit: you do not not obtain more than 255 tons goods. Consequently, the maximum capacity of the compartment will be 290 tons. Now ships Targon can be sold and thereby freeing the cargo bay other goods. WARNING! When selling Alien Items must necessarily follow, that they remained in the compartment is not less than 35 tons. Otherwise, your compartment will be even less than it was in the beginning (do not know why). That is, from 290 tons maximum capacity, you will be able to exploit only 255 tonnes, the remaining 35 tons will take Alien Items. Thus broadening the cargo bay, you can quickly improve their economic situation. Some other tips: 1. As it turned out, the most powerful weapon is a technological laser. He shoots more slowly other, so that its temperature almost no increase. Destroys He is very fast: even the most powerful ships ASP MK-2 can shot, hitting them in 8.7 times. Small ships such as KRAIT generally destroyed after three hits. 2. Police vehicles destroyed those. laser also with three times. This property can be used as follows: taking off from the station, and departures from it by some distance, slow down and switch on view to the rear (there must be those. laser). Now safely fire station in the slot, the lever joystick can be released. Police vehicles, dispersed, not be able to quickly fly away from the crossing, but this time you will be shot. Rating growing very rapidly. 3. Do not believe that the way piracy - Fast track to death. On the contrary, the drug trade brings a large revenue, and execution all ships in a row increases Battle rating. Status can be always clear and, moreover, very easily. Well, if you killed - not trouble, upload your status again and make another attempt. "S": Well, thank you to everyone who today participated in our conversation. Until next time! *
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