Hi Periculi,
Thanks ! Always willing to test ^-^
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Periculi
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ATA Patch is up at Xelerus!
Edit- April 26, `09
Please note that the version placed on Xelerus April 26, `09 is the patched version from the last version of this mod I created.
Although I still want to make some improvements.
Edit- April 26, `09
Please note that the version placed on Xelerus April 26, `09 is the patched version from the last version of this mod I created.
Although I still want to make some improvements.
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Silentdances
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thats a shame.. you have kewl shtuffNevermind, I have pulled the plug on this project and all the rest. Get your own.
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Aury
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wait what? "and all the rest"? are you just... leaving?Periculi wrote:Nevermind, I have pulled the plug on this project and all the rest. Get your own.
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Periculi
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No. I will continue to lurk, offer unhelpful advice, and write totally unclear and confusing mod tutorials (like a typical moderator). But I don't feel like sharing any more mods. One too many "standard" criticisms.
I'm pretty sure that by "standard," he didn't mean "average" or "sub par." I could be wrong, but it really seemed like "standard" was used in place of "static," which isn't a criticism at all, but just pointing out that the described topography wasn't dynamic. Periculi, your mods have not only broken the "standard" barrier, but have entirely redefined it. Don't give up developing over what was likely just a miscommunication.
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Mutos
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Hi Periculi,
I respect your decision it it is such...
But you will be missed if you leave. The community and the game will lose huge if you stay to it... I didn't see the comment that made you react this way, but that's a bad bad bad result for what could have been a misunderstanding...
Anyway, good luck and hope you come back on your decision.
EDIT #1 : man you really removed all your Mods from Xelerus... Couldn't believe it, had to triple-check !
I respect your decision it it is such...
But you will be missed if you leave. The community and the game will lose huge if you stay to it... I didn't see the comment that made you react this way, but that's a bad bad bad result for what could have been a misunderstanding...
Anyway, good luck and hope you come back on your decision.
EDIT #1 : man you really removed all your Mods from Xelerus... Couldn't believe it, had to triple-check !
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Sponge, I haven't made my decision based on one event.
And what would you call a network that changed it's structure from game to game to the extent that you would need to play many times to see the full spectrum of possibilities?
And what would you call a network that changed it's structure from game to game to the extent that you would need to play many times to see the full spectrum of possibilities?
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Lv4snobrdg
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Wow
but i gotta say that I am very jealous of your skill and if I were a shallow bigotted "no talent @$$ clown" well Peri, can I call you Peri, does it matter?, I would probably put down your work too.
I like what you do but you don't have to be like the grateful dead and keep playing until your last fan dies so I am not even going to attempt to talk you out of it cuz a man's gotta do...
peace mang thanks for what you have shared, truly
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but i gotta say that I am very jealous of your skill and if I were a shallow bigotted "no talent @$$ clown" well Peri, can I call you Peri, does it matter?, I would probably put down your work too.
I like what you do but you don't have to be like the grateful dead and keep playing until your last fan dies so I am not even going to attempt to talk you out of it cuz a man's gotta do...
peace mang thanks for what you have shared, truly
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I appreciate the sentiments. However, nobody around here fits that statement. My problem is more a combination of frustrations, and there are certainly no clowns involved.
Now then- as you were, people. You are going to have to accept that you are dealing with a sensitive artist and get on with other things for the time being.
Now then- as you were, people. You are going to have to accept that you are dealing with a sensitive artist and get on with other things for the time being.
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strictly for entertainment value, no offense
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Hi Periculi, hi all,
Found a small issue when trying to add multiple end gates with varying names, but I think I got it fixed. I'll soon post something more detailed, now got next to no time.
Found a small issue when trying to add multiple end gates with varying names, but I think I got it fixed. I'll soon post something more detailed, now got next to no time.
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Hi Periculi, hi all,
That's it, I finally get some time to tell you what happened...
The basic idea was inspired by the "journey to the Core" ending of the vanilla game. In the Stars of Call Adventure Mod, I began modelling a State of the Hoshikaze 2250 universe known as the Core League. It is centered around the Sol system and surrounded by other States. So I came by the idea of making the game end if the player jumped out of the Core League.
So I studied the "End Game" gate and found how to duplicate the ending effect with a standard jump point. When the player ship exited with this jump point, the game ended on a display similar to the one shown on the vanilla game. I still have to make a proper SoC-specific display, but the mechanism was there.
But there was still a problem : on one particular system, I was to have two jump points leading out of the Core League. The ATA code references in two lines the hard-coded "EndGame" gate name. So that was to be modified to accomodate my dual-points system and still work within the vanilla game.
On first approach, I replaced the "EndGame" name with an (or) condition with "EndGame1" or "EndGame2". That works, but I know it will break the vanilla game.
Then I remembered Periculi telling me a long time ago that an end game gate does not have a target gate. So I could replace the second test on the name with this test : targetGateName=Nil. But the first test couldn't be replaced this way, because at the time of this test, the targetGateName has not been queryed yet.
So I settled for reverting the first test to its original code and just changing the second test to targetGateName=Nil. The final diff is here between the original ATA and my modified file :
I still have a problem with my current codebase, but I don't think it is diretly related to the ATA code : when exiting, the display sometimes shows no epitaph. It seems the %epitaph% variable is blank. I coded two test gates and this issue occurs on both, but only when I exit from another system than the start system. But as far as I know, it doesn't occur every time and I couldn't find a regular schedule leading to a definite cause.
So Periculi, I would gladly have your opinion on the two distinct questions :
- Is my modification on your ATA mod based on targetGateName OK, from the knowledge you have about gates ?
- Do you have any idea about the blank epitaph issue ?
Other opinions are of course appreciated, as they could lead to unthought-of answers, but Periculi's one would be invaluable, as he's the creator of the ATA ^-^
That's it, I finally get some time to tell you what happened...
The basic idea was inspired by the "journey to the Core" ending of the vanilla game. In the Stars of Call Adventure Mod, I began modelling a State of the Hoshikaze 2250 universe known as the Core League. It is centered around the Sol system and surrounded by other States. So I came by the idea of making the game end if the player jumped out of the Core League.
So I studied the "End Game" gate and found how to duplicate the ending effect with a standard jump point. When the player ship exited with this jump point, the game ended on a display similar to the one shown on the vanilla game. I still have to make a proper SoC-specific display, but the mechanism was there.
But there was still a problem : on one particular system, I was to have two jump points leading out of the Core League. The ATA code references in two lines the hard-coded "EndGame" gate name. So that was to be modified to accomodate my dual-points system and still work within the vanilla game.
On first approach, I replaced the "EndGame" name with an (or) condition with "EndGame1" or "EndGame2". That works, but I know it will break the vanilla game.
Then I remembered Periculi telling me a long time ago that an end game gate does not have a target gate. So I could replace the second test on the name with this test : targetGateName=Nil. But the first test couldn't be replaced this way, because at the time of this test, the targetGateName has not been queryed yet.
So I settled for reverting the first test to its original code and just changing the second test to targetGateName=Nil. The final diff is here between the original ATA and my modified file :
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Left file: D:\dev\Transcendence\ExtensionsInstall\169_AdventureTopologyAccelerator099c\GateGlobalsD8.XML
Right file: D:\dev\Transcendence\Trans099c-SoC\Extensions\ATA-GateGlobalsD8.XML
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> ;an EndGame Gate does not have a targetGateName
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< (if (eq destID "EndGame")
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> (if (eq targetGateName Nil)
So Periculi, I would gladly have your opinion on the two distinct questions :
- Is my modification on your ATA mod based on targetGateName OK, from the knowledge you have about gates ?
- Do you have any idea about the blank epitaph issue ?
Other opinions are of course appreciated, as they could lead to unthought-of answers, but Periculi's one would be invaluable, as he's the creator of the ATA ^-^