Quoting: HamishI am assuming it is just the verification process on GOG.com slowing things down as usual

And yep, GOG.com has all three versions up now.

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I am assuming it is just the verification process on GOG.com slowing things down as usual, but just in case I decided to check what Humble Store was offering:



How exactly is one supposed to parse this platform list? It's internally inconsistent.

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Just as an update on where things stand with the upcoming article, I do have the next game installed and have been playing it on and off since March, but it has proven to be a difficult game to master when juggling other commitments. Now that I am done lambing and calving I hope to be able to put more focus on it, but the arrival of spring in general increases my workload by quite a lot. Progress is being made though.

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Quoting: LinuxerUmm what is a .pak file?

Okay, now I feel old. :whistle:

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Quoting: VoidpointUnforeseen delays have pushed back the release beyond our initial projections, but we're committed to not sacrificing quality in order to hit any specific deadline.

*insert Duke Nukem Forever joke here*

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Quoting: HamishThere was a mod for Blood II: The Chosen called "Limbloss" that functioned in much the same way but was a lot less elaborate.

Just as a little expansion on this, the Limbloss mod like so many others for Blood II was actually about restoring a feature cut during the game's tortured development:

• Complex death scene system allows players to blow off limbs and body parts dynamically adding infinite variety to the already tons of death scenes that will exist.

Source: https://www.blood-wiki.org/index.php?title=File:Blood-2-Poster-Back.jpg [External Link]

Sounds very much like what GHOUL actually delivered a few years later.

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So going through an old backup I came across this screenshot I took the day I got the Quake III Arena Linux demo to finally launch a couple of months after I switched to using Fedora Core 4 full time:


Turns out it was the day before my thirteenth birthday.

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I would say I should play through the first game again, but since I am still back to using the exact same graphics card that I was using when the Linux port first came out, it might be better to wait for when I can upgrade again.

I did make it through the Meat Circus but it was a struggle. And the PC version tones it down apparently.

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As an addendum, while I was able to get FM synthesis working just fine on the MediaVision Pro AudioSpectrum 16 SCSI which was what I needed for the article, digital audio playback had mixed results. Reading up on the issue it appears that the main problem is the lack of a -5V rail on my ATX power supply as opposed to an AT, something that can be mitigated with something like the Voltage Blaster:
https://www.philscomputerlab.com/voltage-blaster--5v.html [External Link]

I also had the persistent popping sound consistent with having an incongruous clock chip on the motherboard, which could be addressed by using the sound card's internal clock instead. Considering the card was left in a barn loft for close to twenty years it is remarkable how well preserved it is other than a bit of oxidation on or near the mounting bracket. I have gone back to using the SoundBlaster 16 as my sound card in Dianoga but the PAS16 could be a good fit for an older AT computer.

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Quoting: GuestGreat read in the series as always, and looking forward to more (as always)!

I should say that things are likely going to slow down a bit from here as spring is on the horizon, my livestock are going to start calving and lambing by the end of the month, and I have set myself up to play something other than a familiar action game I can burn through over a couple days.

More will come, but not every Monday like it has been for the last seven weeks. Thanks for the kind words. :smile:

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