[quote=Conrad B]But the 256 graphics are beginning to show their outdateness. [quote]

Hi there and welcome back to the EAW community. We have known for a while that Vista, with the latest card drivers will run EAW almost faultlessly.

One of the things we are planning to fix for the 1.3 exe is the pallet limitations. The problem with EAW, is not so much the 8 bit graphics, it's the fixed pallets we have to work within. We have top be careful in what we do with the pallets, but we are hoping to come up with a solution which will allow us to run the old 8 bit skins, and a newer format in maybe 24bit. In the mean time, were sure the soon to be released 1.28 exe will keep you happy for the foreseeable future.

I lurk here from time to time.



But I'm thinking that doesn't count...


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Conrad B? There was a Conrad Burns who used to do the Farm Report in Montana years ago...

Naw.. Couldn't be.

Hi Skylark.

I knew it wasn't a complaint. Just kidding

Wudddy is right.

We are the audience. It's been a long time since I lurked, just popped inn to see what was happening. I don't mind posting, but I don't have a lot to say. I have some wwi art somewhere Sopwith Camel and an observation balloon, and a small avi I made on spitfires (kind of dream like) so I'll put that here.... so I have something to say

I'll dedicate it the posters on this f0rum. If you watch it you will understand why!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlcUcwb92rA 343

cheers from the audience

Thanks Col. Gibbons for the progress info!

The outdated graphics are easy enough to overlook. I have liked this sim since day 1. And I bought it back in '98 I think. The first sim to have a dynamic campaign since the original RedBaron, and the Aces series from Dynamix. And like it's earlier counterparts, it was a simulator, and not an arcade game. The only thing the newer sims have over EAW is the bigger pallette which I see you folks are working on, and the other thing would be moving control surfaces, but that may be too much to try and ask the sim to recreate, as there would have to be some heavy duty coding going on there.

You wouldn't possibly have any ideas as to why I still get the occasional CTD when using the alt + n key combo, would you. As I do have the official patch for the game. If it's a bug with vista that's fine as it doesn't happen all the time, just ocassionally.

Hi Conrad B.

No I don't, but if you make a new post on the subject, it might be something that's been heard of, and there is a fix for. On the other hand, if it's something new, I dare say some of the guys might look into it for you.

BTW. Moving surfaces is another thing on the list of things to do.

Nothing like a nice bit of lurking hee hee

Only 95 today, looks like were on the long slippery slope too oblivion

Oj, I didn't expect an personal answer.

The terrain textures for TAW (Red Sea) and EF2000 (Scandinavia) could be converted I guess. Each tile is about 3 miles square in the game. The texture is 96x96 giving about 170 feet 'resolution'.
The palette only uses 6 bits each for R,G and B though.

This might have been useful to you a few years ago, but I see you've moved on to better things now.