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Nice game and also good, that it comes in a SD2IEC-compatible version as well. But i have one suggestion for improvement for this SD2IEC version of Lykia. In four d81-files this version was released at the moment, which is not really nice to use on SD2IEC, because normally all files together have less than 800kb in size, so they could be put on one SD2IEC easily. Also not all SD2IEC-models have buttons to switch disk-sides, that's the next point.

In the Lykia textfile is written, that putting all files in only one d81-file couldn't be realised, because the number of files would have been to much, to put them on one d81 file (because a disk-image can only contain so many files and so on). But a SD2IEC can also read single files directly from a SD-card when they are placed in a folder and then it can be as many files as you want. At the moment this don't work, because there are files with the same name, but different content, when users for example simply try, to copy together all files from the four d81 into one folder on the SD-card. These doubles then are the problem.

But when the programmers would adjust the names of the files, this would work, then users can copy everything together in ony folder and no diskchange is necessary again on SD2IEC. Or, and this would be even better, the v1.3 SD2IEC-version of the game directly comes as a folder named "lykia" for example, with already all single files inside. No need, for putting all files into a d81-diskimage and having to deal with the "image can only handle this or that number of files" problem then, because on a SD2IEC, these files also work as single files, directly in a folder on the SD-card.

That's my suggestion. The game is much better to use on the SD2IEC, when the users don't have to change the disksides and this could be quite easily achieved on this hardware, only the filenames must be adjusted in the gamecode and directly, so that no doubles with different content would exist finally. Hope, a V1.3 will come in the future.

We are working on a version 1.4 with the "file name correction" you suggested. Turns out we had to use extra petscii characters for this, so you might have to copy the d81s together yourself when the fix is ready (on your c64/plus4 setup). I'll ping you back soon. Thanks for the good idea/suggestion.

That's good to hear, that a new version is planned. As i already wrote, it's not necessary at all, to copy the files together in one d81, because all these files can also be used on a SD2IEC, when they single files, that are all together in only one folder. Then the SD2IEC uses these single files, which are directly on the SD-Card and not in an image. Looking forward to V1.4. Good work, your game is great, by the way.

We have a new version (version 1.4) on https://puls4r.de/portfolio/lykia, if you have problems with it, you can write to "st dot mader at gmx de".

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Nice! I tried it out and have written an Email some minutes ago, because there is still a problem left, with level-names that have special-characters included, when these files were copied in a folder on the PC harddrive. Solution is simple, i wrote everyting in the Email, please have a look.

Any updates on this?

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Yes, this finally worked. Download version 1.4 here, look into the SD2IEC folder and there you will find a "file version" of the game, that has all 435 single game-files directly into one folder. Simply copy this folder to the SD-Card of your SD2IEC and start the "!entrance" file there, for example with a filebrowser. Then you can play the game on the SD2IEC without the need, to change disksides.