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Subject: [WarpCast] 4D Tic-Tac-Toe updated to version 1.1 and source code released
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Source: Marty (mamodeoatstny.rr.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevorathaligonian.com)
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Play Tic-Tac-Toe as you've never seen it before! This version of the
game actually requires thought! ;-)

Challenge your mental imaging capabilities and boggle your mind while
getting the pants beat off of you by a stupid computer program
running in a FULL SCREEN 640x480 8 bit display in OS/2!

This is a simple application I threw together using Scitech's
excellent MGL (Multiplatform Graphics Library). Though it is not
terribly graphically impressive, it exercises the ability of MGL to
change to 640x480 8 bit color screen mode and display graphics and
directly access the hardware color palette. If all reports from this
application are good, I will port more graphically impressive
applications to OS/2 using Scitech's MGL (such as Retrocade).

CHANGES THIS VERSION:

* BUILT USING EMX .9D.
* SOURCE CODE RELEASED.
* REMOVED ALL OS/2 PLATFORM DEPENDENCIES - this same source file
  should build under other MGL-supported environments (such as Linux,
  DOS, and Windows) without touching a single line of code!
* Fixed a bug in scoring. This also fixed a bug in the AI which
  relied on the scoring working properly.
* Made the fade-in/fade-out sequences a bit faster.
* Fixed the initial "flash" of a block to the wrong color during a
  fade-in.

REQUIREMENTS:

You *must* install and boot up with a copy of SDDHELP.SYS from
Scitech's Display Doctor software from beta 19 or higher. You must do
this NO MATTER WHICH VIDEO DRIVERS YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING.

This version also requires that the EMX runtime libraries are
installed on your system. Download EMX .9d runtime (EMXRT.ZIP) from
Hobbes or your favorite OS/2 software archive.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

If the Scitech Display Doctor video drivers work with your video
hardware, USE THEM. :-)

DOWNLOADS:

Scitech Display Doctor and MGL are available at:

  http://www.scitechsoft.com 

4D Tic-Tac-Toe is available at:

  http://emuos2.vintagegaming.com/downloads/mgl_4dttt_11.zip 

NOTE- At the time of this posting, my web server was lagging behind
and the page and binaries could not be found on it. I will upload it
to Hobbes in case this problem persists.

FEEDBACK:

Feedback is very much encouraged and welcome. I thank those that have
replied so far. I now need to know how well my EMX-compiled version
of MGL is working with your systems. Let me know whether or not this
works with your hardware and drivers. Write to mamedevatstny.rr.com.

Be sure to read the ReadMe.OS2 file included completely before using
this software.
 
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