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Magma now plays with 300
cards.
(7th edition 45% complete)
Last website update 18/01/2003
If you want to stay update click
here
What’s MAGMA ?
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MAGMA (MAGic MAchine) is a program that lets you play
a game inspired with Magic The Gathering (c) against your computer like old
Microprose game.
It's NOT a software to play online nor in multiplay
mode. You play with your PC as opponent.
It's may be very useful for beginners and funny for
expert players.
In this version you and MAGMA can choose one of the
five default decks (40 cards, one per colour), play a Crazy Match using 60
cards randomly selected from all cards available (you will get 25 lands and 35
other cards) or use decks made by the Deckbuilder (included in update files).
The program is completely mouse-driven so you can
throw your keyboard out of the window.
You can also switch off MAGMA brain to test only the
mana distribuition of your deck or your initial hand.
During the game Magma checks continuously the rules of
the game and you can forget about reading Magic rulings.
I never used the word TAP(c) but the word TILT . The
word MANA is replaced by ENERGY (in card text : B-Black, U-Blue, W-White,
R-Red, G-Green). The word MANAPOOL is replaced by ENERGYPOOL.
History (Top of page)
I play Magic since it arrived in Italy, a long time
ago, with 4th edition. I'm graduated in Computer Science and I like games like
Chess, so I started dreaming of a software able to let PC play MTG against a
human opponent.
After two or three 'jump starts' I found the correct
idea. Magma is a modular program. Over the data structure I build the single
effect or ability and Magma learns how to play all the cards with these effects
and abilities.
It didn't have a logic for every card (otherwise I'll
go crazy) but templates. Every time I add a new template, all the cards like it
are available to Magma (I must only put them in my DB).
After three years of hard work, I released a free
version of my software on the internet because I need a lot of feedback.
My goal is to create a very good version and, who
knows, sell it to a commercial partner.
News (Top of page)
News in v. 0.403
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- Magma plays with 300 cards
(20 added)
- Fixed Fissure, Unsummon, Boomerang, Active Volcano,
Goblin Digging Team, Walls coding, Bottle Gnome suicide
- Fixed Pit Trap
- Fixed 'discard effects' when Human has no cards in
hand.
- Icons are now available in the folder
C:\Magma\icone. You may change them and send me yours. Maybe I'll put them in
next release.
- Autoattacker option (if you have only a creature in
play)
- 'No fast effects in Upkeep Phase' option
- 'No fast effects in End of Turn Phase' option
- Known bug: effects targeting only
non-black creatures don't target artifact creature.
- Little IA changes.
News in v. 0.402
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- Magma plays with 280 cards (57 added)
- Deckbuilder now works with 800x600 screen
resolution.
- Fear, Can't block, Can't attack, Unblockable
abilities now work.
- Fixed cantrips bug.
- Fixed Magma "drawing sudden death".
- Fixed Blockers Choice where no more attackers are
left in play.
- Known bugs: some random
Magma manaburns. (very hard to understand)
- Enervate and Infuse removed temporarily from
database.
- Better memory handling ( I hope ...)
- Eight betatesters have joined the MAGMA project !!!
- Elven Riders ability doesn't work.
- Protection, Trample, First Strike not
working yet.
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Downloads (Top of page)
Is the first time you install MAGMA ?
Download FULL Version 0.202
(2,23 Mb)
PLEASE, DON’T CHANGE DEFAULT INSTALLATION PATH ! If during
setup you get one or two error messages click on ‘IGNORA’
XP users: download
and run this OS fix ( dartfix.bat ) before installing
Magma.
(If you have some .wav files in C:\magma, copy them in
c:\magma\sounds)
Do you have MAGMA already installed ?
Download_Update_0.403
(391 Kb)
Copy and replace Magma.exe and Magma.mdb in C:\Magma
Copy folder Icone in C:\Magma
Copy and replace executable MMDB.EXE in C:\Magma. It's
the Deckbuilder.
You may use it to build new decks.
Full
Version Setup
- Download
and unzip files.
- Simply
click on Setup and follow the instructions. PLEASE DON'T CHANGE DEFAULT PATH.
- If at the
end of setup you'll see a warning message ignore it ( "IGNORA" ).
- If you
receive the message "No database connection" starting Magma, try to
download library Jet Sp3 from http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm
- Please, install always last
update.
- MAGMA
works with 16 milions colors, a screen resolution of 800x600 pixels and small
Fonts.
- HW: 266
MHz, 64 MB ram, audio.
Current version
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In version
0.403 you find:
300 cards available.
Flying,
Attacks without tap, Comes in play tapped, Can't block, Can't attack,
Unblockable, Shadow, Fear, Spider ability, Walls, Haste.
Spells:
damaging, destroying, burying, mana, countering, powering, bonus, go to hand, remove
from game, drawing, discarding.
Kicker
costs
Multilands,
cards with more than a effect.
Mulligan
routine.
Watch MAGMA
thinking.
Watch STACK
status.
Switch off
MAGMA brain.
Multiple
blockers during Attack Phase.
“No effects
in draw phase” option.
“No effects
in upkeep phase” option.
“No effects
in end of turn phase” option.
Glasses of
Urza option. (Take a look at MAGMA hand.)
Autotarget
option. (Skip target choice if exists only one valid target for you spell.)
Autoattacker
option. (Skip attacker choice if exists only one valid attacker in play.)
Help in
English and in Italian.
Coming soon (Top of page)
0.500 :Trample, First Strike, Protection, Rampage,
Flanking, Phasing, Fading, Echo.
0.600 :Global enchantments, X-Spell, Token, Threshold,
graveyard manipulation,
Landhome, Snow-covered lands.
0.700 :Local enchantments, deck manipulation,
Morphing, race effects, cumulative upkeep
0.800 :Poison, regeneration, fog effects, */*
creatures, Madness, Prevention, counters.
0.900 :Save and restore games, Magma personalities
1.000 :New effects in Legions or other recent
expansions.
Decks (Top of page)
If you have created some Magma Decks with Deckbuilder,
please send me them.
I'll include them in next Magma version and I'll put
them on this website.
Forums (Top of page)
Official forum : http://www.freeforumzone.com/viewForum.aspx?f=12434
(sorry, registration is in Italian language)
Other forums:
-
Magic software at www.mtgnews.com
-
http://magicstyle.has.it/ (italian nice site. Thanks to ShMk
the Admin)
-
Mages’ Tavern at http://www.grimmoire.com/
(Thanks to Bud Leiser)
Links (Top of page)
If you have problems downloading files from this site,
you can try from
http://digilander.libero.it/MagicMachine
or old Magma HomePage
http://zingrillo.supereva.it/magma.htm
Betatesting (Top of page)
Magma needs betatesters !
If you want to help me as betatester, please let
me know. I'll accept the first 20 to sign up.
You have only to play with Magma and send me your
impressions and ideas.
Official betatesters (8):
Mystic Penitent, Kheoinn, Rokker72, Planeswlk, Sitlan, Scalebane, SG81, Bud
Leiser.
Thanks to: Frost,
DevinFN, Gregg J., ShMk the Admin, Javier Tarifa Castillejo, pyotty.
About MAGMA
IA (Top of page)
Works in progress ...
FAQ (Top of page)
Do you work alone?
Yes. I did
all the work without any help.
But now I'm
happy to have found a lot on fans.
Which language do you use to code Magma?
Magma is
written in VB 6.0 with a Access 2000 database.
How can I join the project?
You may be
a betatester or send me your decks, your sounds, your new icons.
You may
manage a forum on Magma or a chat or simply put a link on your website.
You may
talk about Magma in the places you play or on the internet.
You may
translate the help files in other languages (Deutsch, Spanish, French ...).
Why there are no pictures in Magma?
No pictures
due to copyright limitations. Wotc lets you show Magic picture on website or
for database purposes.
Why is the Main window locked at the upper left corner?
Because the
cards are little forms with absolute positioning.
I don't
want to waste time on graphical feature.
Does a limit in deck size exist?
Decks are
restricted to 100 cards.
May I choose a spell and then get Energy?
No, Energy
must be available before announcing a spell or activating a ability.
I can see only 16 cards in my hand.
Magma can
show your hand up to 16 cards at the same time but it's only a graphical limit.
May I be a betatester?
Sure. Send
me a email with object "I want to be a Magma betatester."
What's advantage for being betatester?
Maybe
someday Magma will become a commercial product.
Betatesters
will surely get a free copy.
Legal corner (Top of page)
This is a
freeware version of MAGMA. Please distribute !
Source code
is not available.
If someone is
interested in developing a commercial version of MAGMA, please contact the
author.
This
project is not supported by Wizards Of The Coast Inc.
Magic The
Gathering is a TM of Wizards Of The Coast Inc.
IN NO EVENT
WILL AUTHOR OF THIS SOFTWARE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION,
OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY THEREOF, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY CLAIM IS BASED UPON ANY
CONTRACT.
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