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HEY Guys FARA Games has been able to release the game Depopulation 3D! It's really filling out with more of a story and its starting to look amazing!

Get it first at FARA Games: http://faragames.webs.com






Mod Edit: Removed link to executable.

For those reading it may be obvious but: BEWARE that such unsolicited files from someone on their first post can contain backdoors, trojans and other malware.

I had a first look at it:
It is mainly a batch program, so that is not the problem.
But you may violate copyrights, if you distribute it as you have done it:
The file cmdmenusel.exe is that from http://judago.webs.com/
and .sndrec32.exe is a renamed english version of sndrec32.exe from MS.
At least i doubt, that you have the right to distribute this.

And on winXP home choice.exe is missing.
See http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4741 on where to get it.

If you need executables that are not yours, then you should get the needed rights from the rightholders,
and if you have them, you should have noted it somewhere (the rightholders normally forces you to do it,
if you have licensed it).

If these executables are needed and you don't have the rights, then you should only provide links to these software,
so the user download it by themselfes.

penpen

Edit: The program taskkill is missing on winxp home, too.
It may be extracted out of winxp service pack 3, but maybe you find a link at microsofts inet site.
Additionally it is unplayable on xp home (just press a couple of spaces and then you are dead even if e is triggered with the help of C++ )
I assume this is because CHOICE /n /c WASDE produces with my version of choice the output: "a valid choice must be given" with no choice input.
CHOICE /n /c:WASDE and CHOICE /n /cWASDE will work with the version of choice i use.
Edit2: Yes, after changing all "CHOICE /n /c " to "CHOICE /n /c:" it was playable.
Nice idea: an ego shooter in batch: you may add a minimap somewhere.

penpen wrote:I had a first look at it:
It is mainly a batch program, so that is not the problem.
But you may violate copyrights, if you distribute it as you have done it:
The file cmdmenusel.exe is that from http://judago.webs.com/
and .sndrec32.exe is a renamed english version of sndrec32.exe from MS.
At least i doubt, that you have the right to distribute this.

And on winXP home choice.exe is missing.
See http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4741 on where to get it.

If you need executables that are not yours, then you should get the needed rights from the rightholders,
and if you have them, you should have noted it somewhere (the rightholders normally forces you to do it,
if you have licensed it).

If these executables are needed and you don't have the rights, then you should only provide links to these software,
so the user download it by themselfes.

penpen

Edit: The program taskkill is missing on winxp home, too.
It may be extracted out of winxp service pack 3, but maybe you find a link at microsofts inet site.
Additionally it is unplayable on xp home (just press a couple of spaces and then you are dead even if e is triggered with the help of C++ )
I assume this is because CHOICE /n /c WASDE produces with my version of choice the output: "a valid choice must be given" with no choice input.
CHOICE /n /c:WASDE and CHOICE /n /cWASDE will work with the version of choice i use.
Edit2: Yes, after changing all "CHOICE /n /c " to "CHOICE /n /c:" it was playable.
Nice idea: an ego shooter in batch: you may add a minimap somewhere.

Sorry, do you know where I can post my Batch games without violating the rules?

The problem is not where you post your game:
You may post it everywhere you like.

The problem is that copyrighted executables may be part of your zip file.
For example the Microsofts sndrec32.exe is copyrighted,
so you are not allowed by Microsoft to distribute it as a part of your program, without licensing it to Microsoft.
So if you haven't licenced it, but your program needs it you may serve links for players,
so they themselfes can download it from the copyrightholder,
which does not break the copyrights, as for end users this is allowed.

And sorry if my last post sounded too official:
I didn't want to discourage, or hinder you to program a game.
On the contrary this notice should be helpful (avoiding trouble with copyrightholders).

penpen

Oh, okay, thank you. I am kind of a newbie at this. As you can see I have only posted a few times. I'll put a copyright notification in the next update.

FARAGames wrote:Oh, okay, thank you. I am kind of a newbie at this. As you can see I have only posted a few times. I'll put a copyright notification in the next update.

How can you be a newbie at this when you already said you have been doing this for over a year. You are still not understanding what people are telling you. You can't just slap a copyright on your program to fix the blatant copyright infringement that you are doing! You cannot distribute your program the way you are doing it right now because YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW without licensing the 3rd party additional programs you are distributing with your program.

Squashman wrote: How can you be a newbie at this when you already said you have been doing this for over a year. You are still not understanding what people are telling you. You can't just slap a copyright on your program to fix the blatant copyright infringement that you are doing! You cannot distribute your program the way you are doing it right now because YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW without licensing the 3rd party additional programs you are distributing with your program.

I mean I am a newbie to this forum. Jesus christ! Also, in a way, I can just put a copyright infringement because you are failing to take into effect the fact that I am not SELLING the game. So I am not "BREAKING THE LAW". I just wanted to post my game somewhere. I am sorry.

Just because you are giving it away for free doesn't mean you are not breaking copyright laws. Just look at all the Law Suits Google is going through right now.

Squashman wrote:Just because you are giving it away for free doesn't mean you are not breaking copyright laws. Just look at all the Law Suits Google is going through right now.

Can you just leave me alone please?

FARAGames wrote:I just wanted to post my game somewhere.

FARAGames, we aren't here to hassle well meaning people but Please note that you are infringing copyright by including the binary files - and that is against the law.

What you can do is include links to where people can get the software and allow them to do it legally.

FARAGames wrote:

Squashman wrote:Just because you are giving it away for free doesn't mean you are not breaking copyright laws. Just look at all the Law Suits Google is going through right now.

Can you just leave me alone please?

I am a moderator of this forum. The site owner has put his trust in me to make sure this site does it due diligence in regards to such matters. We are trying to help you from getting in trouble. If you don't want help then don't post on this forum.

out of topic

some help on alternative sndrec which we were using

can use below free wav player up to 64bit OS
http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/swavplayer.php. If any functionality or error encounter just just send her an email from the contact and she replies in less than 24 hours.

or even better for less than 64bit OS(which she recommends
http://bellsouthpwp2.net/b/o/bobad/microwav.htm

even more smaller size than sndrec