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[Japo]

Here it is: Covert Action Remake Project (19k)

I've just downloaded and checked it out, but it won't run because I don't have a certain MSCOREE.DLL. Is this because I use Win98 instead of WinXP?

[fbouthil]

Looking at the properties of that dll, it says it is "Microsoft .NET Runtime Execution Engine". So, you probably only need to install Microsoft .NET framework or something like that.

I will try to use only components that are not .NET components but since I am using Microsoft Visual Basic, I am not optimistic. It will most likely be a limitation.

EDIT: I checked my VB project, and ALL its components are .NET components. This is probably due to the fact that I have one of the latest version of Microsoft VB and they don't want to promote non .NET applications. I don't know where to get other components that are not .NET, or how to migrate to them. So, it will be a limitation: you need to install Microsoft .NET framework.

Sorry about promoting this empire of evil. j/k

[fbouthil]

I did a second version of the game. Here is what it new:
- Crypto now shows a random message from a random plot from the plot folder.
- I started working on the structure to keep plots in memory as I needed it for the random message for Crypto.
- Electronic
- Plays a random mp3 file in the corresponding activity subfolders of the Music folder. I did not include mp3 files, but I suggest songs of one of the mission impossible movies.

I am going to work on car chases next.

If anyone wants to help, I will need furniture graphics from an almost top-down view (as per the original game). I will also need top-down views of Max and of Bodyguards. That will be for combat practise.

I expect I will also need suspect photos. It will probably be faces of about the size of a forum avatar. I have not decided on the details yet.

Windows Covert Action (165K)

The program requires Microsoft .NET Framework which is free. It probably requires DirectX also as I used a DirectX class to play the MP3 files.

[Japo]

Okay I'll se if I can download everything I need to run the game :crazy: and I'll check it out as soon as possible. k:

EDIT

All right it's taken ages to install and now half my system talks English instead of Spanish (my fault for downloading the wrong version) but now the thing runs. :w00t: But for the moment being the only thing I can play is crypto--waiting imapatiently for your next release.

As for the graphics you need, I don't have any experience myself but I think 'Horseman offered help above. Anyway the right place to ask for help in is the Programming Forum ("Got a project going? Looking for more ppl to involve?").

[fbouthil]

All right! One person likes what I am doing! :Brain:

Electronics should work too (unless you downloaded the first version (19k) instead of the second (165k)). If it is not, please tell me. I actually enjoy it more because we can simply click on the chip we want to switch and the mouse cursor changes into the chip you are carrying. It is much more user friendly than using the arrow keys and the space bar to move the cursor and switch chips.

Thanks for the tip, I will post in that other forum.

[Japo]

Nope, no go. When running the second version you posted (165k) Practise>Crypto works (with the same single message every time), but Practise>Electronics doesn't. Perhaps I still lack something. As a matter of fact, selecting File>New is the same as Practise>Crypto.

I was thinking, since one of the differences between your first release and the second is that the latter actually consists of more than one file, might the problem be that for some reason the program can't find the other files in my computer?

[fbouthil]

Sorry, the reason is that I am an idiot. I forgot to recompile the game in release so I included the first version of the program in the zip file. :crazy:

Here is a better version (I learned to test my zip file first): Windows Covert Action April 23, 2006

You will see that I started working on the practise driving too, but the only thing you can do is search for the airport or the CIA office.

[fbouthil]

I got the practise driving working, except for the tracking and some sound effects.

I had to split the zip file in 2 because of the file size limit of the forum I used to host the files.
Windows Covert Action April 30 part 1
Windows Covert Action April 30 part 2

Someone on another forum suggested I make a website to show what I am planning, so I will work on that next. I will try to find a free host that accept large enough files.

[Japo]

I can't run your two latest releases, they yield this message:

Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.

Process ID=0xfffcd15d (-204451), Thread ID=0xfffc3aa5 (-247131)

Click OK to terminate the application.
Click Cancel to debug the application.

That's for the latest release, the previous one yielded a similar one with different numbers. I guess this happens in my machine but not in others. I use Windows 98SE by the way.

Can't wait to see your own website, especially since we're a little here.

[fbouthil]

Here is my new website:
Covert Action Remake for Windows

It explains every ideas I have for every part of the game. If you disagree with anything or have new suggestions, don't hesitate to let me know.

For faces, I decided to go with 100x100 pixels jpg files of faces taken from actual photos. That way, every one can be part of the game! Simply send me pictures in the appropriate format.

As for the error Japofran got, Japofran and I found out that it was due to the fact that he did not have DirectX or, if he did, not a recent enough version of it. I have put on the website a version of the game that does not requires it.