+madman Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Always great production value with those Songbird releases, the manual looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Thanks! We spent a lot of time on the manual because it had to be reconstructed from scratch, including switching the layout from a horizontal booklet to a vertical one. We had no source files to go from, other than scans of the original printed manual. It took lots of hours as well as many screen captures in-game to fill in the blanks. Battlemorph is a fairly deep game so I think it was worth it in the end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Songbird said: Thanks! We spent a lot of time on the manual because it had to be reconstructed from scratch, including switching the layout from a horizontal booklet to a vertical one. We had no source files to go from, other than scans of the original printed manual. It took lots of hours as well as many screen captures in-game to fill in the blanks. Battlemorph is a fairly deep game so I think it was worth it in the end. So you are saying even if we have the Atari original we still need to open up the Songbird reprint and look through the new and improved manual? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 I'm not saying there is "new" content in the sense of new hints, new strategies, etc. I was just saying that the manual was not a quick reprint; we spent many hours regenerating the layout and also we used new video captures for some of the thumbnails and screenshots. So it's not 100% identical to the original manual, but no substantial content changes either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 27 minutes ago, Songbird said: I'm not saying there is "new" content in the sense of new hints, new strategies, etc. I was just saying that the manual was not a quick reprint; we spent many hours regenerating the layout and also we used new video captures for some of the thumbnails and screenshots. So it's not 100% identical to the original manual, but no substantial content changes either. Got you. My package arrived today by the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Got mine in earlier. The full meal deal ? Many thanks and the manual is 2nd to none. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Neon Wraith Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Received mine as well. Thanks Carl! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Wow, I received a Jaguar thing before @Saturn . I can retire from life now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I loaded the CD into my old iMac and I imported the songs into my music library, but there are no titles for the tracks. Is there anyway to find the names so I can input them manually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Neon Wraith Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, tripled79 said: I loaded the CD into my old iMac and I imported the songs into my music library, but there are no titles for the tracks. Is there anyway to find the names so I can input them manually? Song titles as follows: Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BitJag Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, tripled79 said: I loaded the CD into my old iMac and I imported the songs into my music library, but there are no titles for the tracks. Is there anyway to find the names so I can input them manually? The names were there for me when I ripped it into my library. The artist for each track is listed as Songbird Productions on the disc, but looking at the packaging it looks like Will Davis is most likely the original composer. Regardless there is a Discogs listing for this album, you can extract the information you need from there. https://www.discogs.com/release/20543035-Will-Davis-Battlemorph-Soundtrack . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I noticed something weird in the manual. On page 7 it mentions the button assignments and mentions the ProController which is fine. But on closer inspection it says that buttons 5 and 8 are buttons 1 and 3 on the ProController? Then it says button 9 is button 2 on the ProController? Finally it says button 7 is button 5 on the ProController. Am I crazy or are these incorrect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 36 minutes ago, tripled79 said: I noticed something weird in the manual. On page 7 it mentions the button assignments and mentions the ProController which is fine. But on closer inspection it says that buttons 5 and 8 are buttons 1 and 3 on the ProController? Then it says button 9 is button 2 on the ProController? Finally it says button 7 is button 5 on the ProController. Am I crazy or are these incorrect? Nevermind, I found out that if I select "ProController" in the game options, it changes the button layout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 On 10/16/2021 at 6:18 PM, tripled79 said: Nevermind, I found out that if I select "ProController" in the game options, it changes the button layout. Yeah, this keeps throwing me off. Once I remember which buttons are which, the ProController layout is much nicer, but when I look down at the overlay, it's all wrong on the ProController. Who's up to making a ProController Battlemorph overlay? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, cubanismo said: Yeah, this keeps throwing me off. Once I remember which buttons are which, the ProController layout is much nicer, but when I look down at the overlay, it's all wrong on the ProController. Who's up to making a ProController Battlemorph overlay? That's what I'm talking about! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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