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Pyrdacor / Ambermoon.net

Ambermoon rewrite in C#
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Where is the Intro? #234

Closed haja00011 closed 2 years ago

haja00011 commented 2 years ago

Hi,

First of all, exciting project. To be honest I never played it until the end. Maybe I can change it now :)

If I start the program I don't see the intro. I don't know if it is a bug, not implemented or if I simply don't see it ;-)

  1. I see the Pyrdacor Logo
  2. I see: Wähle eine Spieldaten-Version (I can choose 1.11 DEUTSCH, 1.12 ENGLISH)
  3. If I choose: 1. 1.11 DEUTSCH: I see the Thalion Logo
  4. After that I see menu NEUE QUEST STARTEN, QUIT
  5. After pressing NEUE QUEST STARTEN I can choose my character
  6. After I chose my character I am directly in the house of the grandfather
  7. If I choose the English version it is exactly the same.

Version: 1.3.0 for Windows 64bit My OS: Windows 10, Version 21H1 (Build 19043.1288)

Best Regards Jan

Pyrdacor commented 2 years ago

Hi Jan. Thanks for your feedback. The intro is not implemented. To be honest the reason is priority, time and difficulty.

The intro is a program in its own. This is also true for the outro but the outro was rather easy to decode. At least it only consists of moving text and changing images. But the intro has flying meteors, fleeing little people and a lot of other stuff. Decoding it might take weeks. So to release the remake in a reasonable amount of time after all feature were implemented, I decided to skip the intro.

I might add it at a later point in time.

haja00011 commented 2 years ago

Hi Pyrdacor,

thank you for the answer.

Best Regards Jan

Pyrdacor commented 2 years ago

I'll create a feature request for the intro so it won't be forgotten. When I have time for it, I'll try to add it. ;)

Pyrdacor commented 2 years ago

See here: #235

Pa9an commented 2 years ago

Just a thought...until the "real" intro is done, why not just add a VIDEO version of the intro? Basically stream the Amiga intro to a flv or so and play this ahead of the game? That'll buy you some time...and probably noone would even question it... :)

Pyrdacor commented 2 years ago

This idea was already suggested by others but trust me it still isn't that easy. Integrating a video playback into the current engine will take days if not weeks of work too. Not to mention a video playback that is resolution independent and still looks good.

Pa9an commented 2 years ago

Oh, sorry, I wasn't aware of that. Ignore what I said then...I'll keep checking YT for the intro when I feel like it and wait for your proper implementation ;)