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  • GAC(Graphic Advventure Creator) to PAW (Professional Adventure Writer)

    From pawwriter@comcast.net@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 16 14:50:12 2020
    Has anyone written or heard of a GAC to PAW converter being available?

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  • From news@zzo38computer.org.invalid@21:1/5 to pawwriter@comcast.net on Thu Sep 17 09:03:48 2020
    pawwriter@comcast.net wrote:
    Has anyone written or heard of a GAC to PAW converter being available?

    Do you have file format documentation? If so, then there is possibility
    that such a converter may be written, if it is enough compatible. (Some
    game engines work differently and so a conversion won't work so well; I
    do not know whether or not this is the case for GAC->PAW.)

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  • From Doug Harter@21:1/5 to ne...@zzo38computer.org.invalid on Tue Sep 22 09:03:48 2020
    On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 12:06:07 PM UTC-4, ne...@zzo38computer.org.invalid wrote:
    paww...@comcast.net wrote:
    Has anyone written or heard of a GAC to PAW converter being available?
    Do you have file format documentation? If so, then there is possibility
    that such a converter may be written, if it is enough compatible. (Some
    game engines work differently and so a conversion won't work so well; I
    do not know whether or not this is the case for GAC->PAW.)
    I do have the manuals for GAC. UNGAC by John Elliott gets the info from an SNA snapshot to make the conversion easier.

    I am thinking of being able to input ungac output into WinPaw (www.winpaw.com) and didn't want to write the convertor if someone already had one. If it isn't too hard to do, it'll be in the next release of WinPaw. GAC is 3rd in the number of Adventure
    Writer games written for the Spectrum, Quill & Paw are 1st and 2nd

    I realize it has been a good while since the last release of WinPaw, but I am working on it and getting there. I am expecting to include a couple of UnQuilled & UnPawed games (& maybe UNGACed) for anyone who gets the next version & gets the new passwords
    for their account.

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