So it’s been a long time. I (Dave Mackey) started from the original source code W.R. Hutsell provided me and made a minimal number of changes to the code to get it to compile in QB64. I ironed out a few bugs that popped up in the transition and believe this is a solid baseline …
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I apologize to everyone who has tried to download the games recently and found them unavailable. Somehow the files were not transferred during a server migration. I’ve reuploaded the games again. If you encounter any difficulties please let me know!
So some exciting news I’ve been meaning to share – the Civil War Strategy Game is now available in the Microsoft Store (for free of course!). This is the way I’d recommend getting the software going forward. In the past we’ve had some issues with CWS being marked as “unsafe” by Windows, putting it through …
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Hi Everyone, Its May 9th, 2018 (almost exactly a year after the release of version 2.00 [May 13th, 2017] – which in turn came 19 years after the previous release in 1998) and I am quite pleased to announce the release of Civil War Strategy Game Version 2.10! This new release fixes several bugs that …
After many false starts over the years, I’ve (Dave Mackey) managed to release Civil War Strategy 2.0. I already see a few minor items I need to correct – but nothing that inhibits gameplay, in fact I’ve played several games with my wife without issue! The new version’s greatest improvement is that it now runs …
I figured I should let everyone know the status of the update to Civil War Strategy…and I’m going to include some technical details here for those who are so inclined. 1. I ran into issues converting the application directly from QuickBasic into QB64, so I abandoned the attempt to move to QB64 directly. 2. Instead, …
Hey Folks, So it has been a long time since I last posted and I wanted to provide an update on the current situation. I still am working towards providing rewritten versions of the games but I am extremely busy…I work two jobs and have a wife to spend time with and a house to …
Well…I’ve been saying it for years and years and now I finally have something to show for it – albeit not much to show. I’ve created a rough working beta of Hutsell’s classic VGA Civil War Strategy compiled as a Windows application. You can download it using the link below: Civil War Strategy Game 1.58 …
Yes, I know – I disappeared off the face of the earth. I’m sorry! Really I am. I won’t spend a long time pleading with you for forgiveness, instead I’ll let you in on what’s up. This is the new Hutsell Games’ site. The goal is to have it serve as a central hub for …