Hi,
3 things:
Init is spelt i n i t, not with a u, as you spelled it.
ttsvoice.say: there is no ttsvoice. Everything happens via the tts object.
Also, you do not wait for DFE to actually show the window, initialize sapi and speak. Wait at least 5 seconds after you make sapi say something.

Rob

If only hrtf were actually explained somewhere rather than "these are the magical functions, but you can't have them!". Though, individual ear shape varies, so anything universal would be difficult anyway.

I want to give this a try at some point. I'm wanting to do 3d stuff at present, though, heh. Probably using pitch, if I can do that without it being a complete and utter fail.

Yukio,

I've uploaded a zip version, get it at the same link I posted in the first message.
By the way, what error message do you get when you try to run the installer?

Rob

one thing I want is support for timers. Like the timer fuctios you have are only timerIit and TimerDiff and I'm not sure how I could implement a multiple timer situation unless I had tons and tons of varibles that were updated every 0.05 seconds or something.

Hello,

Right after a week, as we promised, DFE alpha 2 is here. It is downloadable from the usual place, see first post for more info. The Zip file is not up to date.
We have lots of internal changes that are not visible, and also a couple of new features for the tts library:

First, games: @bryanbkm82 added a rock paper scissors game, this is now part of DFE.
Next, Ghorthalon's new Flamerun game is at the examples section on the site. If you haven't tried it out in a late alpha 1, check it out, it's very addicting and fun!

New features
•Clipboard handling: clip.get and clip.set
•New functions for tts: sayaudio(), pause(), resume(), sayfile()
Fixes
•Fixed a bug where ui.closewindow would attempt to close an invalid window.
•DFE’s open file dialog now correctly sets the working directory so Lua’s “require” finds the included files/libraries.
•Memory leak and invalid address read/write fixes.
•Now the installer requests admin privileges and creates some additional shortcuts.
•Removed multilanguage support from the installer. This should make it work under Japanese Windows. Please let me know how this goes!

Alpha 3 wil be here next week, if things go well with multiple joystick support, both in DirectX and XInput mode and force feedback for your rumbling pleasure.

Cheers,
Rob

hello,
I have a question
how can we compil the game to exe file?
I'm not sure if this question has been asked before or not

Hmm, well I'm gonna give this a try, not sure how good I'll be but I think it'll be easier than BGT.

Hi,
Your code seems to work fine here. The window pops up, the tts speaks as it should.
What is your default sapi voice in control panel? Maybe it takes a bit more time to initialise or synthesize speech. Try increasing the second sleep's value to, say 10000. A bit extreme, but it should help if the tts is slow. Ivona comes to mind.

Rob

Hey SLJ,

Ok, Gorth or Robjoy, please correct me if I'm wrong, but here goes.
BFE is whats called a game engine. It is not a programming language in itself, it is an ...uhm ...extension if you will.
It extends the basic lua language to be able to perform game-related stuff. It does this by calling certain .lua files which define the extension's functions.
I am just going by example here, I don't have the actual files in front of me but if you call for example
tts.init()
You are calling the init function of the tts library. Where exactly this library can be found and if it can be read I do not know.
I think LUA was chosen for this because it is very compatible with other, existing languages. You can easily interface with c++, c, and all sort of other languages using lua function calls.
This essentially means you can write a very complex function in c++ (or have someone write it) and call it using an easy lua function call, like:
game.MakeAGraphicDanceAroundTheScreen()

LUA , in that case, is sort of a glue to glue components from other languages together. That explanation is stolen from the 'programming lua'  book recommended in the hatchling guide.
So, to answer your questions:
- Do I need to learn lua first? Yes, you do. You can do some simple stuff with just the dfe functions though. Code like:
tts.init()
dfe.sleep(1000)

tts.say("hello!")
dfe.sleep(1000)
dfe.exit()

is rough but should work, barring any syntax errors I made.
But for example if you want to build a sidescroller, which is pretty easy to do in this language, you need to know about loops and arrays, which are basic building blocks of the lua language ...and pretty much any other language I can think of actually.
- what to put in the lua files? ... That depends on your coding styles. The way I understand it, and keep in mind i'm a DFE newbie but have worked with other languages , is .lua files are sort of header files. You put function definitions in those files, for example you could have a file gun.lua which handles everything to do with guns, and then you need to specify the name of gun.lua in your main source file. This allows you to call the functions in gun.lua from your source file. This seems counter-intuitive at first, but makes your code far more readable. If you wouldn't use this practice, which you don't have to do, you would get one huge code file which makes searching for stuff a nightmare and I think performance will be affected slightly as well.
What do I need to run a lua script? ...Since you use DFE, you can just use dfe.exe as your interpreter. To compile the script is not possible yet at this time.
If you really get stuck at learning to code, don't hesitate to contact me. I am starting a computer science course next year and I wouldn't mind giving you a hand. I believe you have my msn, but if not, its
[email protected]

Good luck,
Balliol

Hi,
Thanks Balliol.

Lua is cross platform, however Dragonflame is not, at least not at this time. It works under Windows only, but if it is well received we might consider making it cross platform.

Rob

Hi,
I think it woudl be fine to make a cross platform engine.
I have got a question. I tried tts function. It will say the text but it will exit instead of waiting for pressing enter. Can you help me, please? Here is the code:
key.init()
tts.init()
ui.showwindow("Test")
dfe.sleep(2000)
tts.say("Hello, this is the test of TTS function.")
dfe.sleep(2000)
if (key.pushed(key.enter)) then
dfe.exit()
end

Hi.
Having no programming skills at all, I'll just try to chime in with an answer which might fix your issue:
In your code, you have wrote that your script should wait until you press enter, but your script doesn't know what else to do if you don't press enter.
Here is an example:
If the enter key is pressed then exit.Else, what? What should I do if you don't press enter? I think that's the reason for your script just exits, because the computer don't know what else to do.
I'm not sure on this because I don't have any programming skills at all, but you could try to see if that works.
Edit:
I don't know what I screwed up, but I didn't saw robs answer before I wrote mine, lol.