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- T H E G A M E S M A S T E R S Y S T E M
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- VERSION 0.9 BETA
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- DECEMBER 1997
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- Hi there, and welcome to the latest version of GMS. This release contains
- the final completion of the object oriented design structure. There weren't
- many new things added, but a lot of other small problems and missing
- features were cleaned up. Some problem areas such as Sprites have been
- completely removed until they can be properly designed after V1.0. This
- release was slightly rushed before I go on holiday, but everything should
- work fine.
-
- We are now nearing the release of the full version. In 2 months I will
- release V0.95, and V1.0 will follow within 4 weeks of that. If anyone
- wants to submit anything for inclusion in the official release, write to me
- now.
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- Please Remember
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- It is okay to write games and demos in GMS (that's why it's available), but
- you are not allowed to release anything publicly until V1.0.
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- Mailing List
- ------------
- If you want to receive announcements of new GMS releases, please send an
- e-mail to paul@ethos.co.nz with "SUBSCRIBE GMS" in the header. If you
- later want to unsubscribe from the list, send a message with "UNSUBSCRIBE
- GMS" in the header.
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- Icons
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- You can now use workbench icons to run your executables. I have made a
- couple of these in the GMS:Demos/ directory which you can look at. All you
- need to do is make a reference to the GMS:C/StartDPK tool and your program
- will run correctly.
-
-
- Joystick module needs an owner
- ------------------------------
- The joystick object and module definitions are finalised and I am now
- looking for someone to take care of the source code for me. This is the
- easiest module to look after, but I need someone to add support for
- joypads, analogue joysticks etc. So if you have lots of different
- joysticks and are interested, then send me a mail.
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- Anyone want to write an editor?
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- Someone other than myself needs to write the object editor for GMS. It
- will have a GUI front end and lots of boxes and windows for the user to
- enter data for all currently available structures. It also needs to be
- able to write out data as tag lists, in a file formatted to Amiga file
- hunks. Look at Data Objects in the autodoc for detailed information.
-
- [NB: You do get a free GMS license for as long as you work on this.]
-
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- Translation of autodocs
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- If you're interested in converting the docs to your own language, then
- write to me and I will give you my support. Currently there are people
- working on French and Swedish translations, but I would like to have some
- people help them with these conversions as well. The usual free GMS
- version applies.
-
- Note: To anyone that would like the French documentation, go to Aminet and
- download dev/misc/gms_french.lha. This is the FULL
- documentation, with autodocs and all of the general docs.
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- Anyone want to finish writing IceBreaker?
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- You can find the source to IceBreaker in this archive. What it needs is a
- GUI with options to turn the output of specific messages (eg
- AllocMemBlock()) on/off, and the ability to view structures would be nice.
- You do not need my permission to create new versions of IceBreaker but you
- *cannot charge for it*.
-
-
- Better Chunky 2 Planar
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- In this archive you will find the source to the C2P module (Asm/Chunky/
- 000.CPU1.s). If anyone wants to implement a faster routine such as the one
- by Peter McGavin, go ahead. Remember to send me the source if you want it
- working for the next GMS release.
-
-
- GMS Logo
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- I need some logos for GMS, something small enough for people to put on
- their programs to show they support our system. Maximum of 32 colours,
- plus an 8 or 4 colour version needed. Any resolution is okay. I'll use
- whatever logo is the best one, winner gets a permanent license for as long
- as I use it.
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- Paul Manias
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- Email: paul@ethos.co.nz
- WWW: http://gms.ethos.co.nz/gms/
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