A5 Downgrade

Hello,


After trying the download,....
I cant get it to work properly.


Wed Crashes immediately after launching.


I'll try downloading aging to confirm
it not a bad download.


Ok... I just confirmed that it isn't a bad download
are other users experiencing problems?

Is there some special method to installing this version of
A5?

I have a very old version of A5 extra installed to
another directory... ( It works fine)

[Also if I overwrite the Acknex.exe
with the new one for Commercial it works]

[Also installing A5 Demo and re-writing all files
with commercial works]

This rules out a prob with my Computer



* I'm not really expecting any support here
other than a Clean install


I really want to see that A5 comm will run
before I buy the Pro upgrade/downgrade

you allmost have me convinced to spend
the $800 - upgrade/downgrade

Just want a clean install without copying this
pastin/editing this kind of thing.



Thanks,


*** Teutonic Darkness ***

Software mode is 8 Bit only.

I'm mainly referring to panels - 2D elements. But then again, knowing what features you get with A5 does help.

Wouldn't you know it? The internet archive's wayback machine has the solution to the feature comparison chart. Have a look! I can't tell what version this is for, however.

For the fun of it, try these links and play with the URL:

For extra
For standard

If you looked at the URLs of the two available, there's:

http://server.conitec.net/gsa6p/key.exe for professional
http://server.conitec.net/gsa6c/key.exe for commercial

Note the gsa6p and gsa6c. Since the last letter changes and is the first letter of the edition, logic would say that your best bet would be to use e for extra and s for standard. This only works if the file actually exists or you just get a 404 error.

And $200 for commercial edition really isn't that much. If you didn't spend on what you didn't really need (like new dinnerware when your current stuff is in decent order), you could save that $200 in 4 or 5 months, possibly even within 2 months. Try to work overtime if you can as overtime means 50% bonus pay and it adds up (but make sure the place you're working at allows it). For convienience, I used some copy paste on that chart to post it here. Since I can't use the table tag, it's ASCII art instead.

Code:

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+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Edition           |Standard  |Extra      |Commercial |Professional |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Level editor      |yes       |yes        |yes        |distributable|
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Model editor      |yes       |yes        |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Client/Server     |no        |no         |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Multiserver       |no        |no         |no         |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Max players       |1 or 2 ** |1 or 2 **  |4          |unlimited    |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Max screen res    |640x480x16|1024x768x16|1024x768x16|1600x1200x32 |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Light sources     |white     |white      |coloured   |coloured     |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Static shadows    |yes       |yes        |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Dynamic shadows   |no        |no         |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Particle generator|yes       |yes        |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Beam generator    |no        |no         |no         |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Mirrors           |no        |no         |no         |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Terrain           |no        |yes        |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Transparency      |plain 50% |alpha/flare|alpha/flare|alpha/flare  |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Geometric LOD     |no        |yes        |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|AVI scene player  |no        |no         |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|CD audio player   |no        |no         |yes        |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|File packer       |no        |no         |no         |yes          |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|C++/Delphi SDK    |separately|separately |separately |included     |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Watermark *       |yes       |yes        |no         |no           |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Support (email)   |no        |no         |90 days    |1 year       |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Price             |$49.-     |$99.-      |$199.-     |$1250.-      |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
|Upgrade ***       |--        |$69.-      |$99.-      |$625.-       |
+------------------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+

---

I've installed A5 Commercial now. snd_play doesn't work for me, is there any solution for that?

What is so good about the downgrade? Isn't A6 supposed to be the better version? Or am I in the dark somewhere?

Some want to be able to develop games using the software mode, which has far greater compatibility for older systems and for those who want to make a simple game. My 2D game would otherwise fit into this, but I need support for 24-bit color and A5 doesn't have that, so it's not an option. 24-bit color was only implemented into the 6.31 update. 16-bit color looks very bad, considering all those gradients I've got and 32-bit color would otherwise just end up wasting both disk space and memory and not worth it. I just mainly posted the feature comparison chart so users would know what each edition from A5 supports. I got it off the internet archive.

TeutonicDarkness:
No, I've tried to use play_sound already, and it didn't work too. I don't get any compilation errors, but i can't hear the sound. I also can't hear the walking sound from the player (i can hear the guard's) and the menu sounds in the office level. ent_playsound and play_entsound are working.

Wow...I've been here since new release of A5....and sorta drifted away from game development all togther...

Still checking things out though every once in a while.

this is pretty cool, i get a5 com just for having a6, this is cool of you jcl

Is there anywhere an Update to 5.52 to download for this?

i am having a problem JCL. I cant download A5 with my A6 passcode, am I doing something wrong?

It's on the very beginning of this topic.

I go to the link to download but when i get there

cool. i have a A5 Com
thanks

sorry to bump this but id need an a5 version below 5.24 , before the syntax was changed.
this threads version doesnt really work.

i have checked but didnt find any info when the wdl code syntax was updated however...