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Call for beta testers: Galactic Conquest version 8.0 (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 16.09.2007, 22:44

> > * I wish I didn't have to press Enter a billion times after every
> battle,
> > etc. (5 sec. delay or keypress would be optimal)
>
> ??
"ASSASSIN DOOFUS DEFENDS!" (Press Enter)

"5 SHIPS ARRIVED AT PLANET Q" (Press Enter)

etc. etc. etc.

I would rather press a key OR just wait a few seconds (e.g. 5) to advance to the next screen.

> Does Vista have full screen support at all?
Not for the CMD.EXE prompt, no (but can maximize to 80x50, which still isn't full screen, though). In other words, no DOS graphical apps seem to work. Supposedly, you can maybe use an old video driver from XP, but I haven't looked / tried yet. (I may have to use DOSBox instead.) Kinda strange, if you ask me, breaks a lot of compatibility, but whatever.

Also, I initially heard that Win64 didn't support DOS stuff (or Win16) at all, but I eventually learned that it was a lack of V86 compatibility in long mode (so, don't blame MS, blame the chip designers). Luckily, I have a 32-bit Vista, but having poor DOS compatibility is little better than none. :-(

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