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ASCII uqm
« on: April 25, 2003, 07:40:41 pm »
Anyone know how to get uqm in ascii mode?? I've seen the screenshots and now i want to try it.
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2003, 08:17:04 pm »
It didn't work all that well for me, but then again I was trying to get it to not go into ASCII mode.  Smiley

Short form, you need to be running some flavour of UNIX-like OS, and your SDL library needs to be built with support for aalib.  Then you set an environment variable named SDL_VIDEODRIVER to the value 'aalib', and run the game from a text console.  Violent action ensues.  Wink

Also, this post really belongs in the "Technical Issues" forum.  Please be mindful of the distinction when posting in the future.
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2003, 01:43:35 am »
I have a screen shot... here I am in a system in Ur-Quan space:
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|   o   \   |        You hear a sound reminiscent of a Thraddash stepping on a peanut.
|  | %*  |  o        The Ur-Quan kicks a slave.
|   \___/ % |        Fwiffo needs food badly!
 \ %   =>  /         You enter Lord 3's Treasure zoo!
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Str: 16 Con:9 Dex: 14 Int: 13 Wis: 12 Cha:18
Crew: 48/101 Fuel: 62/110 Cargo: 310/2000
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2003, 02:08:00 am »
That's hilarious.
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2003, 06:24:04 am »
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Weapons
a - the blessed +1 Wimbli's Trident (weapon in hand)
Armor
b - the blessed fireproof +2 Taalo shield (being worn)
c - a cursed Mycon eggshell
Comestibles
d - a tin of Supox vegetables
e - a tin of Mycon mushrooms
Scrolls
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Wands
g - an uncursed clear spindle (0:2)
Tools
h - a broken Ultron
Gems
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2003, 10:46:19 am »
wtf? lol starcontrol rpg? clever Cheesy ~DEFIANT
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2003, 11:03:27 am »
The Ur-Quan Nethackers?
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2003, 03:03:48 am »
*shudders* No Starcon MUD... that's just too cruel for words...
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2003, 02:13:50 pm »
Where are these "screenshots" of an ascii mode UQM of which you speak.
And of this ur-Quan Nethackers of which both Death_999 and meep-eep have joked, please tell me that such is not a joke, but infact a playable game somewhere. Such would rock.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2003, 06:02:07 pm »
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Where are these "screenshots" of an ascii mode UQM of which you speak.
And of this ur-Quan Nethackers of which both Death_999 and meep-eep have joked, please tell me that such is not a joke, but infact a playable game somewhere. Such would rock.

Too bad, Ur-Quan Nethack is a joke. But the screen shots of UQM running with aalib can be found at http://sc2.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html (actually, it's only one, and it's from pre 0.1, which used the 3DO title screen).
But you can try running it yourself in aalib, as mentioned above. I personally had problems with keyboard input there though on some systems.
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2003, 09:52:14 pm »
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2003, 05:24:41 am »
ADOM!  ADOM, I say!

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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2003, 07:02:09 am »
On second thought, it might not be TOO bad to program one's own text-based Starcontrol game...hrmmmm.....
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2003, 07:14:40 pm »
>use
use what?
>use ultron
the ultron still appears to be broken
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRG!
I'm sorry, I don't understand that word


oh, oh, wouldn't it be delightful? [evil grin]
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Re: ASCII uqm
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2003, 07:55:18 pm »
well, in nethack, it would be more like this:
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INVENTORY
amulets:
A: Ultron of Yendor
weapons
a: ur-quan fusion blaster (weapon in hand)
e: 23 cursed +3 MX-missiles (in quiver)
g: The cursed -4 very corroded Trident of Wimbli
armor:
u: uncursed +1 orz vac suit (worn)
e: blessed +2 rusted yehat shield (worn)
p: uncursed +0 green ur-quan carapace
Tools:
f: 3 planet landers
Q: blessed Portal Spawner 
Gems:
j: Mycon Egg case
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a
apply what?A
you don't know how to use that
r
read what?A
you see "Made on Tau Ceti" written on the bottom
z
zap what?A
nothing happens
#rub
rub what?A
Your Ultron is much shinier now
#invoke
invoke what?A
the Ultron seems to be ignoring you
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