Beta version of new Slay ready for testing!
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Beta version of new Slay ready for testing!
It took a lot longer than I expected but here is the beta version of the new Windows Slay: http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/download/ ... p-beta.exe I'm really pleased with how it's turned out but I still haven't added back networking to it yet. This version is fully functioning but it will stop working after a few weeks. Please let me know what you think and be as critical as you like!
I'm really interested to know what people think of the new AI. I think in some ways it's easier as the computers now know how to bankrupt enemy territories so they lose a lot of money bankrupting each other. I think the middle section of the game is harder now though. I've found that in the old version if you got any half decent territory you'd go on to beat much larger enemy territories. Now once the computers get a large territory it's very difficult to beat them.
I'm really interested to know what people think of the new AI. I think in some ways it's easier as the computers now know how to bankrupt enemy territories so they lose a lot of money bankrupting each other. I think the middle section of the game is harder now though. I've found that in the old version if you got any half decent territory you'd go on to beat much larger enemy territories. Now once the computers get a large territory it's very difficult to beat them.
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This is exactly the sort of problem I was worried about by using DirectX! MS has made a real pig's ear of using DirectX unless you want to ship the entire DirectX installer with every download or CD/DVD.
I've put a new beta version up at the same link. Could you try installing that and let me know what the error message now is in the title of that message box? And could you let me know what version of Windows you have got?
I've put a new beta version up at the same link. Could you try installing that and let me know what the error message now is in the title of that message box? And could you let me know what version of Windows you have got?
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I redownloaded the setup file, but I still get the same error window Space Predator mentioned:
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Couldn't create DirectX device
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Sorry, but this game needs DirectX 9 to run at a decent speed.
Would you like to download and install DirectX 9 from
Microsoft's website?
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Yes No
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When I select Yes and download the latest direct X, it states I already have the latest directX version. When I select No, nothing happens.
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Couldn't create DirectX device
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Sorry, but this game needs DirectX 9 to run at a decent speed.
Would you like to download and install DirectX 9 from
Microsoft's website?
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Yes No
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When I select Yes and download the latest direct X, it states I already have the latest directX version. When I select No, nothing happens.
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Could it be that your graphics card is old and just can't run DirectX? My old XP laptop's video card burnt out so I had to disable it and now it can't run DirectX and I get that same error message that you are seeing.
The only other thing you could try is making sure your graphics drivers are up to date.
I've uploaded beta #5 which explains the error messages better. You've obviously got the DirectX DLLs installed but it looks like when they run and ask your graphics card to create the DirectX device it says no.
The error messages will no longer ask you if you want to install DirectX if it is already installed but it's failing to create the device.
The only other thing you could try is making sure your graphics drivers are up to date.
I've uploaded beta #5 which explains the error messages better. You've obviously got the DirectX DLLs installed but it looks like when they run and ask your graphics card to create the DirectX device it says no.
The error messages will no longer ask you if you want to install DirectX if it is already installed but it's failing to create the device.
New error msg:
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Couldn't create DirectX device
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There seems to be an error running DirectX9. Either:
- your graphics card cannot run DirectX9
- you need to update your graphics drivers
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OK
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This is not my regular gaming PC, in dxdiag it says 'standard VGA grahpical adaptor'. It played the older slay version just fine, though.
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Couldn't create DirectX device
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There seems to be an error running DirectX9. Either:
- your graphics card cannot run DirectX9
- you need to update your graphics drivers
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OK
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This is not my regular gaming PC, in dxdiag it says 'standard VGA grahpical adaptor'. It played the older slay version just fine, though.
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When you have a game going and you click File:New Challenge Game, you can't type the name of an island you want to run. You can select it by left and right on the arrow buttons. What I would prefer if you could do it would be to show the main island select screen so you could pick an island from the entire group.
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