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<t>Hi P66,There is no out-of-the-box, plug and play emulation for the Windows95 series of OSs (That's 95, 98 and ME) but it can be done using a VM as you suggest.The simplest one to set up, although possibly not the best, is Microsoft's own Virtual PC which is a free download. VMWare also produce a ...

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With the power of today’s computers and the reach of the internet I finally feel I have the tools to build the connected experience that I always dreamed of.<br/>
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(Emphasis is mine.)Wing Commander-esque MMO perhaps? I'm torn between wanting a new, single-player space ...

<t>Just been having a play with this (we look at everyone's stuff!) and my initial impression is - nicely done.Given the age of the open-source Freespace 2 engine, the graphical updates that have been done to it are very impressive and the illusion that you are just one small cog in a larger battle ...

<t>Thanks to everyone for the support - we've been at it two years now and kept relative radio silence but we're nearing the point where can put the shiny stuff into the game; the models, the textures, the shaders, the particle emitters etc., and that means we can start thinking about web sites and ...

<t>I completely agree. Bioware/EA are on my blacklist now and despite very fond memories of the original Baldur's Gate series, amongst others, they now fail to deliver market-ready products and use heavy-handed DRM. I cannot install my original copy of Mass Effect because I've hit the '5 installs ...

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I think a lot of games have spent time and energy making fancy economies but for relatively little point when a simpler model would have delivered virtually the same experience. Economies aren't fun in and of themselves. So spend time thinking why you want a fancy ...

<t>We had a brainstorm on this, this 'eve, as it's weekend coding time and we can incorporate mining into the gameworld with very little additional coding. Mining will be entirely player-skill based, high-risk, high-reward, as you attempt to manually land a (expensive!) drilling ship onto high value ...

<t>We hate DRM too. It's not going to be on our game for a number of reasons.Firstly, it's completely pointless. If someone wants to crack it give it 3 or 4 days, if you're lucky, and it's a torrent download. No DRM to crack = no challenge for the cracking teams out there. The pirates have, in ...

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[background=rgb(33, 47, 58)]Any chance of having fuel for the ships and some proper mining which doesn't just involve shooting an asteroid and then tractor beaming in the goodies.[/background]<br/>
Fuel is in if you select the 'simulation' difficulty mode at the start of the ...

<t>Thanks for the welcome folks. As most of you know, Unity compiles directly to PC and Mac format - the consoles are so far out of our reach in terms of expense that they're not even a blip on the radar. Also, without being prejudiced because I am sure there are console gamers out there who would ...

<t>Hi folks,I got pointed to the web site by a colleague and signed up after trawling through the large numbers of very insightful posts (for us as developers anyway!) on the future of space sims in the gaming community. We're currently a four-person team, based in the UK, holding down full-time ...