Spectrofon #22 20 июля 1997

Premiere - sensational game Doom, a new version of Commander SW-Commander.

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 Done! We finally completed the it!


   Now you can witness the DOOM about the way he will be in the 
original! Although it is only a prerelease, but still a beta,

but already it is possible to make an impression
Previously released a game demo and already sunk
nothing, practically, does not remain on
Engin. Everything has changed! But
this is not the limit! Already developed a new algorithm for 
the walls, resulting in almost completely gone twitching! 


   Now that you see in the beta
version of the game:

+ A high level, which consists of carrying
  How many small cards
+ Two types of monsters: trooper'y and imp'y
+ All weapons
+ All sorts of items (first aid kits, weapons,

  Armour)
+ Barrels (by the way they explode)

+ Doors (yes! we did it! Although not
  many unusual)
+ 4 levels of difficulty
+ Save / load at any point in the game
+ Several types of wall texture
+ 3 video mode


   What is the full version:

+ 3 episodes on 7 levels
+ All the monsters in DOOM 1 (cacodemon, demon,

  baron of hell, lost souls, cyber demon,

  etc)
+ Additional details of the interior (skeletons

  chunks of meat, various objects)
+ Teleports
+ Sound Effects
+ Many textures of walls
+ Improved Engin
+ A lot of music
+ More Graphics
+ 3D render
+ Real video motion
+ More


   Yield the full version is planned for early autumn 1997 (the 
month of September). All is almost ready, need to do

some kind graphics, render Flick, shoot videos, make levels, 
etc. In principle, all is not difficult, therefore, should 
manage in a short time! 



  Attention! In the pre-release may be the most
various bugs, please if possible report them to the authors, ie 
us. Can not very stable working drivers SH

so make a backup copy of the game!



   How to contact us:

Telephone in Novgorod: (81622) 07.05.1987 Artem
(Call or better in the morning hours from 7.00,
or after 23.00, the rest of the hard to find)

Attention! Edit email address
mail!
Email: Arty@chat.ru or

       Arty_dr@hotmail.com or

       Arty@telecom.nov.ru

Fido: 2:5032 / 7.44 to: Arty

Mail: 173,025, g.Novgorod, PO Box 97,

       Kharitonov Artem Aleksandrovich



               That's it!


      Call, write - always welcome!


                  Text written by aR7Y/dR

                   (C) by Digital Reality



            SW-COMMANDER v 3.1

            TEST / DEMO VERSION


             (C) KM Soft'1997


   This text is a complete
Opportunity Description: SW-Commander (in
hereinafter simply SWC) version 3.1.



          Hardware requirements:


     RAM: all machines with memory> 48Kb.

            TR-DOS 5.03/5.04T

        Desirable AY-CHIP

      and more memory (> 128)


                Files SWC:

SWC 3.1 - himself Commanderie
kmousdrv - mouse driver / controller (not in

           Demo version)
nulldrv - "empty" driver

SWCHLP2 - text HELP (not in demo ver
           these)


   In SWC inserted a generic driver
upper memory, adapted to computers:


             PENTAGON 128/512

               SCORPION 256

                 KAY 256

                PROFI 1024

               ATM-TURBO 1

                 TURBO 2


   The set includes a mouse driver and
KEMPSTON joystick. Interrogated simultaneously. If you do not 
Kempston mouse, in avoid glitches instead kmousdrv record

nulldrv - "empty" Driver ...


            Short description:


   Finally it came with a handy Commanderie
interface! SWC is simple to learn, satisfying
bin in the work; shell and the possibility of SWC
satisfy both the inexperienced user
(System prompts) and professional
(A powerful set of functions + fast work).


   Commanderie supports extended memory, so performing 
operations COPY / MOVE uses the full resources of the computer 
SWC fully turbocharged: All disk operations use a special 
driver, and the rate of transactions increases from

1,5 to 3 times!


            Runs on:


   When you load SWC appear copyrights
and then the main screen of the shell. It contains (from top to 
bottom, left to right): 

 1. The name of the disk (top row)

 2. Disc Info:

A: - current drive

FILES: number of files on disk (and worn out as well)

DEL: the number of deleted files

MARK: the number of labeled files

SEC: the number of marked sectors

FREE: the number of free sectors on the
CD

RAM: amount of free memory (in kilobytes: Sector / 4)

 3. Button UP (on the appointment of the buttons read
below)

 4. Directory of the drive. Just a catalog 2
page: each page can fit 64
file name. Simultaneously displayed
only one page. Page number to switch the UP and DOWN.

 5. Button DOWN.

 6. Informative line: if you runs into an arrow on the file 
name or command button, then this line will appear, or hint at 
the action team, or about file:


NAME: name of the file

START: start address of the file

LENGHT: length of file

SEC: file length in sectors

MARK: flag marking: if there is: ON +,
If not: OFF
 7. On the right are buttons for commands:

NEWDISK, SCAT, RCAT, MOVE COPY, SQRT,
MARK, DEL, ERASE, RENAME FORMAT, PAUSE,
FONT, READ, VIEW, PLAY, QUIT, RUN.


    Management Commanderie:


   Using the control keys or the mouse,
you move the arrow on the screen. If you
to choose, then move the arrow on it and press the "fire" (when
hit by a command file name or disk
line under the cursor is inverted).


     Control keys:

 Q, S - top
 A, X - Down
 P - Right
 O - Left
 SPACE, M - fire


   Also, the cursor is controlled SINCLAIR I,
SINCLAIR II - joystick and mouse.


   In managing the mouse all buttons are working as "fire."


           Appointment of the following options:


   NEWDISK - a change in the current disk drive. If you have 
inserted is not TR-DOS disk, then the program simply goes back 
to the menu. In this case, or insert the old drive and keep 
working, or insert the "correct" disk, and again press 
"NEWDISK". 


   CHANGE DRIVE - Change of the current drive. Button is 
located below the symbol name of the disk (top left). When you 
press menu appears with functions:



            ******************

            *

            * CHANGE DRIVE: *

            *

            * A B C D CANCEL *

            *

            ******************

A, B, C, D - drive select, CANCEL - the rejection of the 
transaction. If the chosen disk de no disc or TR-DOS disk, then 
pereinitsializiruetsya current drive. 

Beginning with the third version of the SWC controls the 
presence of disk in the drive. If you pull out disk, the 
following menu: 


            ******************

            *

            * CHANGE DISK *

            *

            * OK CANCEL *

            *

            ******************

OK - change the disk initialization, CANCEL
- Exit the shell.

SCAT (SAVE CAT) - stores the directory of the drive for 160 
track, where it can then be restore command RCAT. Preventive 
function. Before recording a 160 track reformatted. 

RCAT (RESTORE CAT) - restores the directory to 160 tracks. Zero 
track reformatted. 

MARK / DEMARK FILE - so there is no button on the screen. This 
feature works if run over by an arrow on the file name and 
press "Fire". In this file, or marked

(Next to the file extension appears rectangle) or 
razmarkiruetsya (rectangle disappears). 

MARK + - - zamarkirovat / razmarkirovat all
files.

SQRT + - - sort / not sort the directory by file extension. 
(First, output files with less code in alphabetical order). 

DEL + - - Show / not show deleted files. In a remote file 
instead of the first name of the symbol is code 1. If you want 
to restore the del-file, rename it. 

RENAME - Rename the file. Will
inscription: SELECT FILE TO RENAME. Hover
arrow on the desired file and press the "fire".
Control keys for editing
Name: CURSOR LEFT / RIGHT - move
cursor, DELETE - delete character left of
Cursor, ENTER - Enter, EDIT / EXTENT MODE -
rejection of the editing.


   If after the inscription SELECT
FILE you want to abandon it, then move your mouse over any 
button (except UP / DOWN) and then "fire". Exactly

failure occurs on the teams. Editing
as the file name and extension.

RENAME DISK - rename the disk. This command is invoked by 
pressing a button on the name of the disk (above). Editing as

by changing the file name.

UP / DOWN - Catalog page up / down.
If the file is less than 64, then their depression is ignored.

MOVE - sealing drive. Only works
if there is a DEL-files. Before executing a command given the 
request for the correct action. Answers: OK - right, CANCEL - 
waiver of operation. 

COPY - copy marked files.
Requested by the drive unit, then
to copy. If you copy on one drive, the program gives the 
inscription "INSERT IN" and "INSERT OUT "- insert a disk source 
/ sink. 


   If you want to copy the files to a disk, without removing 
it, press any key. Drives are controlled, if you insert the 
wrong drive, you hear a beep and the program will repeat the 
request. If the disk unit is not enough space, the subsequent 
exit from the menu (if you do not insert the TR-DOS-ROM, you'll 
get the same thing). When you copy the bottom of the screen 
displays the number of uncopied sectors. 


   If any disk operations (a COPY, and
MOVE in particular) may be a disk error. In this case, appears 
or menu "DISK ERROR", or "READ ONLY" with the answers: RETRY, 
ABORT, IGNORE. 


   I do not advise to press "ABORT" during
operation "MOVE" - you may lose all information on the disk.

ERASE - delete marked files.

PAUSE - pause in their work. Saves resources
monitor (in this case there are asterisks).

FONT - show the font.

VIEW - display screen.

READ - Demonstrate the text. Limitations: The text file should 
be more 16384 bytes (64 sectors) in length. Text

moves the keys Q, A, O, P. SPACE - out
the shell.

PLAY - Play myzyku. Possible formats: PRO TRACKER, SOUND 
TRACKER PRO, SOUND TRACKER, STD, ASM - all with PLAYER'ami, 
address, compilation should be more 49,152 (# C000). Music is 
played at work in the menu. To stop playback, select PLAY 
(music stalls) and then refuse surgery or choose any unmusical 
file. 

NOTE: For options, FONT, READ,
VIEW, PLAY - after selecting the file and display (playing, 
reading, etc.) mode is enabled, and the arrow sezzhaet to the 
next file - so you can, for example, view all the screens on 
the disk, pressing the key only "fire" - easy!


FORMAT - format the drive. (Normal
FAST-format).

QUIT - exit in TR-DOS with a system reset.
Requested the correct action.

RUN - BASIC and run MAGIC - files. Move the cursor to BASIC or 
MAGIC - file and Click the "fire". Pressing the fire in the 
other files lead to a failure of the operation. When

launch set ROM BASIC in 1948, BANK
16.

Another feature of the SWC - if you insert the boot TR-DOS disk 
with a clearly invalid parameters, it will be given Request:



               KILL ERROR?


   Answer "OK" to correct errors
directory, and "CANCEL" for refusing to fix. There is one BUT: 
if the disc is protected (ZX-FORMAT, SMM, ZX-POWER), it is 
better to abandon the operation ... 


   If in different disk operations
you remove the disc, then asks: NO
DISK.


    Reply "CANCEL" to exit, "RETRY"
to repeat the operation (when insert a disc).


     (C) KM Soft from FFC Computers.

            'April-June 1997


   This version differs from the present
the fact that the operation can take COPY / MOVE can
make only a couple of times - after this
buttons are locked.


          Format mouse driver:


   The driver is located at address 23300 and
is 1 sector (256b). It should have
two entry points:

23,300 - go to the program initialize mouse. After exiting 
interrupt should not be changed, and in case A must

be:


            0 - if there is no mouse.

          <> 0 - if the mouse is.

23302 - Survey mouse. Called each
interrupt. After the interruption is not
should be changed, and in case A must
be the code of movement:


          Bits: 0 - Right

                 1 - Left

                 2 - Down

                 3 - up

                 4 - fire


    If the movement was, the bit is turned on.
Otstalnye bits (5-7) should be set to 0. In a survey of the 
initialization and can spoil any of the registers. 


      Example driver KEMPSTON JOY:


       ORG 23300


       JR INIT; initialization
 OPROS IN A, (# 1F); poll

       AND% 00011111; mask

       RET; output
 INIT IN A, (# 1F); took port

       CPL; inverted

       AND% 00011111; younger
And 5 bits if there KEMPSTON
, Must be <0. If no = 0.

       RET; output


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