JJFFE 2.0: The final version
Tyler Eaves
e-mail the 4 files to ty...@tylereaves.com , and I'll post them on
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:48:36 +0000, John Jordan
<jo...@jaj22.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I've had this lying around for nearly a month, but I've finally got
>round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
>
>Binaries:
>Raw DOS: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/dosjjffe20b.zip
>Allegro/DOS: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/daljjffe20b.zip
>DirectX/Win: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/winjjffe20b.zip
>
>Source: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/jjffe20s.zip
>(Includes Linux/Allegro version)
>
>The main binary worth downloading is the DirectX one, because it does
>windowed modes and works better on Win2k. The DOS binaries don't offer
>much new over jjffe15 except CD video support and a couple of minor
>bugfixes. As always, read the included text files for more details.
>
>
>Note that .mid versions of the original .hmp files are necessary for the
>music in the Allegro/DOS and DirectX versions. You can convert them
>yourself or download them from:
>
>http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/ffemidi.zip
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:47:38 +0000, John Jordan
<jo...@jaj22.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <smt01tgetmhgrec9m...@4ax.com>, Tyler Eaves
><ty...@tylereaves.com> writes
>>Anyone else having trouble downloading? John, if your're reading this,
>>e-mail the 4 files to ty...@tylereaves.com , and I'll post them on
>>tylereaves.com
>
>I think Demon is currently having trouble with US routing. It should be
>back shortly.
John Jordan
round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
Binaries:
Raw DOS: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/dosjjffe20b.zip
Allegro/DOS: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/daljjffe20b.zip
DirectX/Win: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/winjjffe20b.zip
Source: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/jjffe20s.zip
(Includes Linux/Allegro version)
The main binary worth downloading is the DirectX one, because it does
windowed modes and works better on Win2k. The DOS binaries don't offer
much new over jjffe15 except CD video support and a couple of minor
bugfixes. As always, read the included text files for more details.
Note that .mid versions of the original .hmp files are necessary for the
music in the Allegro/DOS and DirectX versions. You can convert them
yourself or download them from:
http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/ffemidi.zip
--
John Jordan
John Jordan
<ty...@tylereaves.com> writes
>Anyone else having trouble downloading? John, if your're reading this,
>e-mail the 4 files to ty...@tylereaves.com , and I'll post them on
>tylereaves.com
I think Demon is currently having trouble with US routing. It should be
back shortly.
--
John Jordan
Laga Mahesa
John Jordan wrote as thus :
> I've had this lying around for nearly a month, but I've finally got
> round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
Nice one! So I gather you've solved all the little annoyances with
the dx version then eh? I haven't been on IRC of late because of
seriously poor connections - lag city etc.
Stone-D
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Daniel Biesiada
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> DirectX/Win: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/winjjffe20b.zip
Wow.
Great job!
I've seen FFE first time one my NT station. I was impressed, because old
versions
of jjffe failed on my computer.
Anyway, I was looking on introduction but I wanted to play, so simply
clicked on the windows and...
nothing. Mouse doesnt work. The only one key that worked was F12
(windowed/fullscreen toggle).
What is going on?
I WANT to play! :)))))))))))))))))))
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Jeff Harlow
I just tried downloading these files from the original links but if
failed for me, too. I did succeed in downloading from Tyler Eaves site.
A big thanks to both of you.
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John Jordan
<st...@link.net.id> writes
>And so it came to pass, that on Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:48:36 +0000,
>John Jordan wrote as thus :
>
>> I've had this lying around for nearly a month, but I've finally got
>> round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
>
>Nice one! So I gather you've solved all the little annoyances with
>the dx version then eh?
All the ones I knew about, yes. There was some nasty stuff involving
non-ANSI uses of fgetpos and fsetpos that didn't work with MSVC libs,
and some reverse-palette problems in 15/16 bit modes. Solved them all
eventually.
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John Jordan
<daniel....@quantum.pl> writes
>
[snip]
>Anyway, I was looking on introduction but I wanted to play, so simply
>clicked on the windows and...
>nothing. Mouse doesnt work. The only one key that worked was F12
>(windowed/fullscreen toggle).
Oops. Looks like the DInput version-selection stuff didn't work. NT only
contains DirectX 3, and I couldn't use the first version of DInput
because I needed Poll() for the joystick code. I'll have another go at
finding a workaround.
Are you prepared to do some testing? Nobody on #alt.fan.elite runs NT4,
and I generally use them for testing.
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John Jordan
John Jordan
<jo...@jaj22.demon.co.uk> writes
>>clicked on the windows and...
>>nothing. Mouse doesnt work. The only one key that worked was F12
>>(windowed/fullscreen toggle).
>
>contains DirectX 3, and I couldn't use the first version of DInput
>because I needed Poll() for the joystick code. I'll have another go at
>finding a workaround.
Ok, I've stripped the joystick code and set DInput to version 3 for you
NT4 people. Try the following alternative executable:
http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/nt4jjffe20b.zip
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John Jordan
Daniel Biesiada
> contains DirectX 3, and I couldn't use the first version of DInput
> because I needed Poll() for the joystick code. I'll have another go at
> finding a workaround.
I do not care too much about joystick, cause I dont have&use one. ;)
> Are you prepared to do some testing? Nobody on #alt.fan.elite runs NT4,
> and I generally use them for testing.
Sure, Im getting your NT version now. I'll check it and send comments
here.
> --
> John Jordan
best regards,
Daniel
Daniel Biesiada
> NT4 people. Try the following alternative executable:
>
> http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/nt4jjffe20b.zip
Yeah ;) It works ;)
Thank you very much.
Now do not write to me for a few days, Im busy :]
> --
> John Jordan
Josha Beukema
with the autopilot in the star system map, the one that shows you the
planets orbiting the star etc? When I browse through the planets I can't
select any starbases or stations. I also liked using f10 and f11 to zoom
in and out, but now it 'pauses' the game.
John Jordan wrote:
>
> I've had this lying around for nearly a month, but I've finally got
> round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
>
Daniel Biesiada
> and I generally use them for testing.
My personal feelings about nt version.
Mouse and keyb works now but strange.
In a window game works very slow so I toggled it into fullscreen but
there
mouse pointer moves very strange. Its like in old when you wrote a mouse
handler
and forgot about divination by 8 to get smooth move pixel by pixel not
by 8x8 pixel
squares. In this NT version you have not such strange jumps but mouse
works very fast
(too fast) and jumps from time to time.
> --
> John Jordan
greetings,
Daniel.
Daniel Biesiada
> in and out, but now it 'pauses' the game.
I was suprised this too. ;)
Daniel
Dylan Smith
> Are you prepared to do some testing? Nobody on #alt.fan.elite runs NT4,
> and I generally use them for testing.
I run NT4
Sadly, only at work though, and I don't think they'd appreciate me testing
games!
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phil...@my-deja.com
Me too.
Thanks, JJ! I decided to start playing FFE again three days ago, having
given up when it came out full-o-bugs. And what do I find? A shiny new
Win32 exe! Cool!
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Before you buy.
John Jordan
<jo...@fnmail.com> writes
>It runs great on w2k. Does anyone have problems with selecting a target
>with the autopilot in the star system map, the one that shows you the
>planets orbiting the star etc? When I browse through the planets I can't
>in and out, but now it 'pauses' the game.
I can't solve the F10 problem, unless anyone knows how to stop Windows
hooking it. Even commercial games seem to suffer from this. However, F11
and F12 are the zoom keys rather than F10 and F11, so I've freed them up
and added some key-repeat code. I've also added mouse sensitivity code,
mostly for the NT4 people with mouse-speed problems. Get the new version
from:
Win9x/2k binary: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/winjjffe21b.zip
WinNT4 binary: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/nt4jjffe21b.zip
Source: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/jjffe21s.zip
The other binary versions are unchanged from 2.0. Note that Ctrl-F12,
rather than plain F12 is now the fullscreen switch key.
Can anyone who's mirrored the previous versions please replace them with
these? Thank you.
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John Jordan
<daniel....@quantum.pl> writes
>
>My personal feelings about nt version.
>
>Mouse and keyb works now but strange.
>In a window game works very slow so I toggled it into fullscreen but
>there
>mouse pointer moves very strange. Its like in old when you wrote a mouse
>handler
>and forgot about divination by 8 to get smooth move pixel by pixel not
>by 8x8 pixel
>squares. In this NT version you have not such strange jumps but mouse
>works very fast
>(too fast) and jumps from time to time.
Ok, looks like DInput 3 on NT doesn't behave quite like other systems.
This should be is easily solved with modifiable sensitivity, which I've
bunged into the new version:
Win9x/2k version: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/winjjffe21b.zip
WinNT4 version: http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/ffe/nt4jjffe21b.zip
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Timo K Suoranta
I had problems with mouse in Windows 2000. Buttons didn't work as
expected. Sometimes, after doing a single mouse click, the game
though I kept clicking. So when I moved the pointer over anything
that reacts to mouse button, it kept clicking it all the time. It
was fixed by clicking again with the same button, but it was
nightmare to play anything.
If I pressed the right mouse button, to enable mouse to control
the ship, it usually triggered by laser. I never managed to take
off without killing myself or being killed.
This problem only happens in window mode. Fullscreen mode seems to
work perfectly. Another minor feature in window mode that when other
window was active, and ffe window was inactive, the buffer jumped
up and down slightly. No, my monitor picture is very verey stable and
crystal clear :) The effect was even greater if I moved mouse.
But again, the fullscreen mode worked fine. One of the save games
did not load, but since I save often, it didn't hurt much.
It is sort of sad that it only takes like one hour play time to
get Asp, compared to how slow it was in Frontier to get ship
upgrades..
And I think winffe is a great, great job!
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John Jordan
<tksu...@cc.helsinki.fi> writes
>
>I had problems with mouse in Windows 2000. Buttons didn't work as
>expected. Sometimes, after doing a single mouse click, the game
>though I kept clicking. So when I moved the pointer over anything
>that reacts to mouse button, it kept clicking it all the time. It
>was fixed by clicking again with the same button, but it was
>nightmare to play anything.
Hmm. This can't really be anything except a Win2k DirectInput bug -
Neither WinFFE or the FFE core are event based, so it must be
DirectInput losing mouse button release events. Could you be using a
pre-release version of Win2k?
>If I pressed the right mouse button, to enable mouse to control
>the ship, it usually triggered by laser. I never managed to take
>off without killing myself or being killed.
Again, I can't see this being anything but a DirectInput bug. It's
slightly weirder though.
>This problem only happens in window mode. Fullscreen mode seems to
>work perfectly. Another minor feature in window mode that when other
>window was active, and ffe window was inactive, the buffer jumped
>up and down slightly. No, my monitor picture is very verey stable and
>crystal clear :) The effect was even greater if I moved mouse.
I get this when the FFE window is partially obscured. I thought this was
related to the effect of clipping on a stretch-blit, but with an
intermediate stretching buffer this shouldn't happen. Winquake versions
suffer from a similar problem, particularly in higher resolutions.
Broken DDraw clipping algorithms?
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Zat Solo
>
> I've had this lying around for nearly a month, but I've finally got
> round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
I've downloaded it just now. Perfect.
As always, thanks, JJ, for all your *precious* work.
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Simon Challands
Zat Solo <szat...@alma.unibo.it> wrote in message news:3A204937...@alma.unibo.it...
> John Jordan wrote:
> >
> > I've had this lying around for nearly a month, but I've finally got
> > round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
> <snip>
>
>
> I've downloaded it just now. Perfect.
> As always, thanks, JJ, for all your *precious* work.
Probably about time I upgraded from version 1.3, then. But it works, and
doesn't go wrong.
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Zat Solo
>
> Zat Solo <szat...@alma.unibo.it> wrote in message news:3A204937...@alma.unibo.it...
> > John Jordan wrote:
> > >
> > > I've had this lying around for nearly a month, but I've finally got
> > > round to finishing the documentation, so here's a release version:
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> > I've downloaded it just now. Perfect.
> > As always, thanks, JJ, for all your *precious* work.
>
> Probably about time I upgraded from version 1.3, then. But it works, and
> doesn't go wrong.
True.
Before this upgrade, I used version 1.4 with no problems. It has always
worked fine.
John Jordan
<szat...@alma.unibo.it> writes
>Simon Challands wrote:
>>
>> Zat Solo <szat...@alma.unibo.it> wrote in message news:3A204937.3E176A2@alma.
>unibo.it...
>>
>> Probably about time I upgraded from version 1.3, then. But it works, and
>> doesn't go wrong.
>
>True.
>Before this upgrade, I used version 1.4 with no problems. It has always
>worked fine.
Other than the gamma correction and joystick code, the only external
changes have been increased OS/API support. All versions are known to be
stable on all intended platforms, bar JJFFE 1.2. FFE has enough bugs
already without me adding extra ones.
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