First and foremost:
DID YOU READ THE DOCS?

I know they're all kinda hard to find, but make a concerted effort to get them all. VergeC.txt is the most important.

Now it doesn't really explain user.cfg. Try this:

LOG
VIDMODE 320 240
SOUND_DEVICE 0
HICOLOR
END

Make a new text doc, put all that in it, and name it user.cfg (*not* user.cfg.txt. You may have to shut off that damnable "hide known extensions" option in Windows)

VergeC.txt explains the system.vc which you also need, and how to compile it. You need a system.vc to start your game; without one, Verge goes *boom*

Try this:

VOID AUTOEXEC()
{
MAP("TEST.MAP");
}

Make that system.vc (again, *not* system.vc.txt... sheesh)

You will also need a map to start on. Open up MapEd, hit ESC, choose Map Properties... and rename the map and VSP to TEST.MAP and TEST.VSP. Leave the music field blank. Save your map and exit.

Then create a new text doc called TEST.VC and do this:

EVENT // AUTOEXEC
{
SETPLAYER(ENTITYSPAWN(5,5,"PLAYER.CHR"));
}

Note: the args for entityspawn() may be backwards. I can never remember if the coordinates go first, or the CHR file! Sorry :(

Okay, now you also need a PLAYER.CHR. Unless you already know how to make your own CHRs, just rip one from someone's V2 game (*not* V1 game; not compatible) and rename it PLAYER.CHR.

With all this ready, pull up DOS, go to your VERGE folder, type VCC ALL. There should be no errors (not much code to get errors in, hehe :)

Now run VERGE.

If it still freaks out, try changing SOUND_DEVICE in USER.CFG to various numbers 0-3. I think 3 is no sound, though.

You may want to/have to remove the HICOLOR line from USER.CFG if your video card is really old and Verge freaks out over it. Doing so will revert to 256-color Verge palette stuff, which has its own advantages.

That is all.

--Invicticide

NOTE TO CURRENT AND FUTURE NEWBIES: READ THE DOCS, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS! (Okay, I'm done)

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The docs, of course, don't help with user.cfg. I think invinc was referring to coding in Verge (and not tampering with user.cfg) when he said that.

In other words, get off his back.

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No where in the VERGE docs does it tell you how to get v2 running with events. NO where. Don't bother me with the bullshit again. Telling someone to 'read the docs' for something the docs won't help them with is useless behavior.

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- Ear "It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."

(nt)

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- Ear "It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."

Do YOU have anything better to do?!

Ear had a point. invicticide yelled "RTFD!!!" at someone who had a problem that the documentation didn't even touch.

Now... let's all let this post rot and head for the groovy happy place where the sun is warm, and the drinks have little umbrellas in them!

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"I can't wait for this latest pile of melodrama to disappear, so that the VERGE community can once again concentrate on games rather than on itself." -- Joe Lee