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Aderack: /* External tools */

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External tools

Aderack: /* External tools */

2012-01-16T05:05:44Z

External tools

Aderack at 05:05, 16 January 2012

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Aderack at 05:01, 16 January 2012

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Aderack at 05:00, 16 January 2012

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Aderack at 00:20, 16 January 2012

2012-01-16T00:20:07Z

Aderack: Created page with "(tentative page) * Help with emulation -- tools, settings, suggestions * Help with design tools, deferred to individual tool pages * Help with external programs * Help with ..."

2012-01-15T23:18:07Z

Created page with "(tentative page) * Help with emulation -- tools, settings, suggestions * Help with design tools, deferred to individual tool pages * Help with external programs * Help with ..."

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(tentative page)

* Help with emulation -- tools, settings, suggestions

* Help with design tools, deferred to individual tool pages

* Help with external programs

* Help with distribution -- dosbox portable, etc.

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 Again, go to individual tool pages for tips.
 == Distribution ==
 * Help with distribution -- dosbox portable, etc.

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 == External tools ==
-* Help with external programs
+Help with external programs: DPaint, Autodesk Animator, AdLib Visual Composer + ROL2CMF, various sound editors like GoldWave and Cool Edit...
 *https://github.com/AnimatorPro/Animator-Pro/downloads

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 To run Game-Maker or play Game-Maker games in Windows 2000 or higher, you need to use a DOS emulator such as DOSBox. There are others, but DOSBox is the most pervasive. If you're familiar with game hardware emulators like MAME or Nestopia, you know the routine.
 If you have a copy of Game-Maker (you can find a demo version [[Game-Maker#Downloads|here]]),
-* Help with emulation -- tools, settings, suggestions
+Help with emulation -- tools, settings, suggestions
 *http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/
 *http://boxer.washboardabs.net/
 (What was the Mac frontend that I sent to Nick?)
 == Integrated design tools ==
-* Help with design tools, deferred to individual tool pages
+Help with design tools, deferred to individual tool pages
 == External tools ==

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 * Help with emulation -- tools, settings, suggestions
-http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/
+*http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/
 As with MAME, the easiest way to go about it is to use a good graphical frontend. For Windows, the standard is D-Fend Reloaded. You can also find frotends for Mac OS and other operating systems; just do a quick Google search.
 == Integrated design tools ==
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 DPaint, Autodesk Animator, AdLib Visual Composer + ROL2CMF, various sound editors like GoldWave and Cool Edit...
-https://github.com/AnimatorPro/Animator-Pro/downloads
+*https://github.com/AnimatorPro/Animator-Pro/downloads
-http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=AdLib_Visual_Composer
+*http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=AdLib_Visual_Composer
-http://cd.textfiles.com/soundsensations/CONVERT/ROL-CMF/
+*http://cd.textfiles.com/soundsensations/CONVERT/ROL-CMF/
 Again, go to individual tool pages for tips.

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-(tentative page)
+Game-Maker poses a compatibility problem for both modern operating systems and modern expectations, as does any DOS-based program. For the interested user, however, it takes only a moment to get started. This page serves as both instructions and reference, to aid readers with installing, using, and making the most of RSD's design tools -- or simply the games produced with them.
 * Help with emulation -- tools, settings, suggestions
-To run Game-Maker or play Game-Maker games in Windows 2000 or higher, you need to use a DOS emulator such as DOSBox. There are others, but DOSBox is the most pervasive. If you're familiar with game hardware emulators like MAME or Nestopia, you know the routine.
+http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/
 As with MAME, the easiest way to go about it is to use a good graphical frontend. For Windows, the standard is D-Fend Reloaded. You can also find frotends for Mac OS and other operating systems; just do a quick Google search.
 * Help with design tools, deferred to individual tool pages
 * Help with external programs
 DPaint, Autodesk Animator, AdLib Visual Composer + ROL2CMF, various sound editors like GoldWave and Cool Edit...
 Again, go to individual tool pages for tips.
 * Help with distribution -- dosbox portable, etc.