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| October 9, 2006, 00:20 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts 
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Hm. Wow. As a kid I was very interested in dinosaurs, and I never noticed the above named creatures are wrongly placed in the category dinosaurs. In fact all the dinosaur magazines I still have here also include them in the definition. But it seems you're right(it's on wikipedia), good work noticing. Yes sure, you are allowed to include other prehistoric creatures that lived during the era the dinosaurs lived. In fact you can include modern creatures and what all as you like, as long as it's obvious from your game that the main theme is dinosaurs. ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| October 9, 2006, 11:09 | |
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Momia que fuma
None 6 posts 
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If a lizardesque creature has parallel legs, its a dinosaur, otherwise, its just some huge reptile... Aaaw...no free music? Man, i have absolutely NO IDEA, of how to make music...i dont think Jesus can properly kick some ass and swing his giant wooden cross without some raging electric guitars bgm U_U ____________ Hey, how crappy is my english? Im spanish and all of your bases are belong to me! |
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| October 9, 2006, 11:18 | |
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Dennis
どこかにいる 2092 posts 
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Dinoes: A crocodile is not a dinosaur but lived among the dinosaurs. I'm not that bad in making music. my problem is making cool graphics. ____________ Kwakkel |
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| October 9, 2006, 21:45 | |
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Caspah
Gladiator 203 posts |
Ok another question: What are the judges average computer specifications? I ask because ive decided to use DarkBasic and i want to take full advantage of its shader capabilities (refraction, parallax mapping, etc) and it would be kind of a waste if everyone is running a p3 voodoo FX machine.
____________ "clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. here i am, stuck in the middle with you." ~Stealers Wheel |
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| October 9, 2006, 22:44 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts
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Can't say anything about the other judges as they are not known yet, but my personal specs are: Pentium M 740, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, Ati Radeon X700 128 MB graphics card, Windows XP.
____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| October 9, 2006, 22:59 | |
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Caspah
Gladiator 203 posts |
ok.. does that card support SM2.0 and SM3.0?
____________ "clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. here i am, stuck in the middle with you." ~Stealers Wheel |
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| October 9, 2006, 23:19 | |
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Dennis
どこかにいる 2092 posts
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If someone wants my help for music I will be glad to create some loops for everyone... But I'm not sure it's allowed because I'm joining the compo myself. here is an (old) example of an old battle theme I made (FLstudio4): http://users.skynet.be/fa04651 … /rpg/battle.mp3 Some might still know it from div-arena. :p I won't be using it so be free to include it in your RPGs =P NOT FOR THE COMPETITION! ITS AGAINST THE RULES SINCE I AM AN ENTRANT MYSELF [Edited on October 10, 2006 by Dennis] ____________ Kwakkel |
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| October 9, 2006, 23:26 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts
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Quoting Casper: ok.. does that card support SM2.0 and SM3.0? Quoting the internet: The Mobility Radeon X700 supports SMARTSHADER HD which includes Shader Model 2.0, specifically Pixel Shader 2.0b and Vertex Shader 2.0 in DirectX9.0c. Does Dark Basic harness Shader Model 3? Well anyway don't worry about it, if it's really necessary I'll just take your game to a newer pc on university or somewhere else. And good news for those who want to use Poser/DIV 2 character generator: we've decided on allowing these anyway. People do have to make all content themselves, where "making" means creating/generating. Pre-made materials are not allowed. @Dennis: every entrant/team needs to create the music themselves, so you can't make the music for others. ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| October 11, 2006, 14:25 | |
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rockford
Oldskool 94 posts 
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Silly question - how do we show images within our worklogs? I can show images in posts using [.img][./img] tags (without the "."s), but this method doesn't work within worklogs - I can do direct links to my images, but it's not the same as showing it within the post. Also, why are worklogs not shown in an order that they were last updated? I added a comment to mine and it still doesn't appear in the last 15 worklogs. Surely it would be better to show the worklogs in order of activity? ____________ I came, I saw, I played some Nintendo. |
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| October 11, 2006, 14:46 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts
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Quoting rockford: Silly question - how do we show images within our worklogs? I can show images in posts using [.img][./img] tags (without the "."s), but this method doesn't work within worklogs - I can do direct links to my images, but it's not the same as showing it within the post. I just took a look how TheMI3 managed to do it, and he seems to be using Quote: Also, why are worklogs not shown in an order that they were last updated? I added a comment to mine and it still doesn't appear in the last 15 worklogs. Surely it would be better to show the worklogs in order of activity? They are shown in the order they were last updated. Comments are no worklog updates - you need to create a new worklog entry (hit the new post button). I didn't program it, but I really like the order as it is now, chronologically on last worklog entry. What sense does it make that an older worklog would push other newer worklogs away when it gets a comment? Comments aren't meant to put your updates in! ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| October 11, 2006, 14:58 | |
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rockford
Oldskool 94 posts
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I tried the "IMG" tags without success. I'll try again. Seems strange that "img" works in posts though, but not in worklog entries. :/ I disagree - I think comments in worklogs are important. Creating a new worklog entry updates the worklog? I thought it literally created a new worklog. No point in having 30 worklogs for one game. Hmmm... This is not explained anywhere on this forum, so it's not exactly obvious. Cheers anyway. [EDIT] I've just tried IMG /IMG (with [] obviously) without success. [EDIT] It looks as though you can do it if it's the first post of a new worklog, but it can't be done in a comment. That's handy to know. [Edited on October 11, 2006 by rockford] ____________ I came, I saw, I played some Nintendo. |
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| October 11, 2006, 15:27 | |
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TheMI3
Starving Artist 520 posts 
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On the worklog new post screen there's a box that disables BB Code. Have you all just gone and ticked that?
____________ This is my Blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine! (Now actual posts on it) http://www.chiefillustrator.com |
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| October 11, 2006, 15:29 | |
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rockford
Oldskool 94 posts
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I was attempting to post an image in a comment (which doesn't work) - not on the "New Worklog" first post (which does). That's what the problem was. It's sorted now. 
____________ I came, I saw, I played some Nintendo. |
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| October 11, 2006, 19:20 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts 
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Quoting rockford: I tried the "IMG" tags without success. I'll try again. Seems strange that "img" works in posts though, but not in worklog entries. :/ I disagree - I think comments in worklogs are important. Creating a new worklog entry updates the worklog? I thought it literally created a new worklog. No point in having 30 worklogs for one game. Hmmm... This is not explained anywhere on this forum, so it's not exactly obvious. Cheers anyway. [EDIT] I've just tried IMG /IMG (with [] obviously) without success. [EDIT] It looks as though you can do it if it's the first post of a new worklog, but it can't be done in a comment. That's handy to know. They are important, especially to the creator of the worklog who has no way to see if someone has commented on their musings bar looking at every single worklog. How hard would it be to make one single page which just showed the latest comments? ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| October 11, 2006, 20:21 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts 
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By the way rockford, if you use [ img=20x20 ] you can specify the width and height and (more usefully) [ img=big ] will display a thumbnailed image. [Edited on October 11, 2006 by Frimkron] ____________ |
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| October 11, 2006, 22:05 | |
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toco123
Banned 240 posts 
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I give pity on poor rincewind but if you relise guys everyone is having a problem with their game meaning none of ye are at a disadvantage so no need to be complaining. One the points of this competition is to set challenges for everyone so all entrants will have built some knowledge after entering.And remember ye have till end of January
____________ Kamasutra: The new Massively Multiplayer Foreplaying Game |
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| October 14, 2006, 02:53 | |
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Puniks
AKA Piglet, Skull, but always in reversing mode 58 posts 
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a question for you, using a photo (that you have just taken) as a backdrop in an entry? (i know that the camera took the image, but you first had to see and then visualise it in your game before you can try to capture it) ____________ people who find grammatical and spelling errors can keep them. http://www.dragonglow.co.uk |
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| October 14, 2006, 14:13 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts
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Yeah that's allowed.
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| October 14, 2006, 15:31 | |
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rockford
Oldskool 94 posts
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Quoting Puniks: a question for you, using a photo (that you have just taken) as a backdrop in an entry? (i know that the camera took the image, but you first had to see and then visualise it in your game before you can try to capture it) But God (if you believe in the Almighty)created the image in the first place - can God be part of a team  
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| October 14, 2006, 16:37 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts
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Quote: But God (if you believe in the Almighty)created the image in the first place - can God be part of a team Sorry I am taken, maybe some other time. 
____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| October 14, 2006, 20:18 | |
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rockford
Oldskool 94 posts
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Not by Ferret/Fiona I hope
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