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Technical forum / LoadFromFile problems
« on: February 15, 2004, 07:22:59 PM »
Is it so that if I want to load a window with functions with similar names and variables with similar names, it's not going to work?
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Technical forum / Slider?
« on: January 18, 2004, 06:44:05 PM »
I'm trying to create slider for controlling music volume. I have created an entity container, but I'm unable to change the position of the slider object in the window. The script of the slider-entity, slider.script, looks like this:
It says it doesn't recognize GetEntity().
The x=200 is just for testing purposes :D btw
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#include "scripts\base.inc"
//var scrollbutton=Game.LoadEntity("\slider\slider.entity");
//scrollbutton.Visible=true;
var scrollBtn=Window.GetEntity();
on "LeftClick"
{
scrollBtn.X=200;
Game.Msg("left_CLICK");
}
on "LeftRelease"
{
Game.Msg("left_release");
}
It says it doesn't recognize GetEntity().
The x=200 is just for testing purposes :D btw
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Technical forum / Antialiasing?
« on: January 01, 2004, 01:48:25 PM »
The documents mention that WME supports antialiasing. How exactly? Is there a possibility to turn it on somehow? Or have I just not noticed it, having a voodoo3 card and thus being unable to turn 3D acceleration on?
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Technical forum / Making a notepad interface
« on: December 05, 2003, 05:07:37 PM »
Hello!
Could someone give any ideas about the best way to create a Notepad-like system? The basic idea is this:
In the game, the protagonist can take notes of certain items, characters and locations. For example, when the character looks at a person, a note (written by the game developers, not by the player) about the person is added to the notepad. The notes can later on be viewed, all on one page, and readed. - Similar to the system in Discworl Noir, from these parts.
There should also be the ability to combine notes.
The best way would probably be to use a window for the whole notepad and "buttons" for each notepad entry. Or is it? Would it be more beneficial to use entities loaded into the window instead of buttons? Or perhaps a whole other kind of method?
Thanks,
Jussi Eskelinen
Programmer, ForeverDream Studios
Could someone give any ideas about the best way to create a Notepad-like system? The basic idea is this:
In the game, the protagonist can take notes of certain items, characters and locations. For example, when the character looks at a person, a note (written by the game developers, not by the player) about the person is added to the notepad. The notes can later on be viewed, all on one page, and readed. - Similar to the system in Discworl Noir, from these parts.
There should also be the ability to combine notes.
The best way would probably be to use a window for the whole notepad and "buttons" for each notepad entry. Or is it? Would it be more beneficial to use entities loaded into the window instead of buttons? Or perhaps a whole other kind of method?
Thanks,
Jussi Eskelinen
Programmer, ForeverDream Studios
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Feature requests, suggestions / Nitpicking from and ex Agast user.
« on: August 07, 2003, 07:58:38 AM »
Hello, WinterMute users! 
I got used to using Agast, and when the gamedev team I joined (ForeverDream Studios) used Wintermute, the transition from one engine to another was a... hmmm... a slight shock. So I made a long nitpicky list of all the features I didn't like about in WinterMute. 
Here it is. It might sound like I'm shouting and angry, and I was, when I wrote that... there really isn't that much I can do about it now! Some of the points (like points 5 and 6 ) are really nitpicky, and needn't be answered.
And point 4, for example, is probably a thing I just need getting used to.
1) What's the point in having a static object in the backgound image and then also a separate object to take care of masking? Why not just create an object with no sprite and only a clickarea and deal with what-is-in-front-of-what with a huge z-buffer bitmap?
2) You have to learn the scripting language AND the usage of the IDE in order to make WinterMute games. Why not just learn the scripting language? Unfortunately, if you want text-only editing, it's rather hard because information about one object is put in many different files. For future releases, I hope there will be a possibility to choose between a text editor (which by then will hopefully be an internal text editor) and the Scene Edit & wizards & such. ProjectMan is very nice, though.
3) There's loads of buttons in the GUI. How about simple keyboard shortcuts like "+" for choosing the add point-tool, etc.? (Or are there keyboard shortcuts already?)
4) Why the difficult "order list" thing? Why not just 255 z-buffer indexes for objects?
5) The walk-area system is way too difficult. Block areas? Single points? Why not just a system to define the walk area!? Waypoints? Why not just add a waypoint to the corner of each block area automatically?! Well, there is a benefit, actually - if you want, the ego will not walk close to the corners, which is realistic.
6) In Agast, I could have created a new object with a sprite and click areas in three seconds!! Why all the hassle with the windows? Why having to attach a script to an object? Why not put everything conviniently into one single file?
Although WinterMute has many great features (for example antialiasing and sound looping & stuff which Agast doesn't yet have - although antialiasing could be done and has been done with alpha channels in Agast), the GUI isn't the best possible yet.
*sigh*
Please tell me this is just a bad first impression... or a culture shock...
Another thing is, that Voodoo 3 cards aren't supported. There probably isn't any way round this?
Seriously, I hope I will have fun with WinterMute and I also hope this forum community will aid be in my quest to try to create a notepad for the game...
I got used to using Agast, and when the gamedev team I joined (ForeverDream Studios) used Wintermute, the transition from one engine to another was a... hmmm... a slight shock. So I made a long nitpicky list of all the features I didn't like about in WinterMute. Here it is. It might sound like I'm shouting and angry, and I was, when I wrote that... there really isn't that much I can do about it now! Some of the points (like points 5 and 6 ) are really nitpicky, and needn't be answered.
And point 4, for example, is probably a thing I just need getting used to.1) What's the point in having a static object in the backgound image and then also a separate object to take care of masking? Why not just create an object with no sprite and only a clickarea and deal with what-is-in-front-of-what with a huge z-buffer bitmap?
2) You have to learn the scripting language AND the usage of the IDE in order to make WinterMute games. Why not just learn the scripting language? Unfortunately, if you want text-only editing, it's rather hard because information about one object is put in many different files. For future releases, I hope there will be a possibility to choose between a text editor (which by then will hopefully be an internal text editor) and the Scene Edit & wizards & such. ProjectMan is very nice, though.
3) There's loads of buttons in the GUI. How about simple keyboard shortcuts like "+" for choosing the add point-tool, etc.? (Or are there keyboard shortcuts already?)
4) Why the difficult "order list" thing? Why not just 255 z-buffer indexes for objects?
5) The walk-area system is way too difficult. Block areas? Single points? Why not just a system to define the walk area!? Waypoints? Why not just add a waypoint to the corner of each block area automatically?! Well, there is a benefit, actually - if you want, the ego will not walk close to the corners, which is realistic.
6) In Agast, I could have created a new object with a sprite and click areas in three seconds!! Why all the hassle with the windows? Why having to attach a script to an object? Why not put everything conviniently into one single file?
Although WinterMute has many great features (for example antialiasing and sound looping & stuff which Agast doesn't yet have - although antialiasing could be done and has been done with alpha channels in Agast), the GUI isn't the best possible yet.
*sigh*
Please tell me this is just a bad first impression... or a culture shock...
Another thing is, that Voodoo 3 cards aren't supported. There probably isn't any way round this?
Seriously, I hope I will have fun with WinterMute and I also hope this forum community will aid be in my quest to try to create a notepad for the game...