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Jul 28, 2002, 2:15am

Roland said it was "too complex" to do make the coronas visible from behind
transparent/masked objects. I don't think it is, lots of games do this.
Then again I haven't been developing programs for the past 6+ years.

--Bowen--

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Jul 28, 2002, 7:22pm

Don't be such a trebble.

--Bowen--

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Jul 28, 2002, 10:00pm

> Isn't it Tribble?

Something like that, I haven't watched star trek in forever. Either way,
don't be one NCC!

--Bowen--

Jul 29, 2002, 2:35pm

LoL it'll say "Welcome to Untitled, someone" like it's always said. If
there's no welcome message it displays the world title. Maybe if you load
an ATdump with those 2 lines completely removed it won't say anything, but
as soon as you change one it's all over.

--Bowen--

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Jul 29, 2002, 8:37pm

I thought it was Windows Mediaplayer

--Bowen--

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Jul 29, 2002, 9:26pm

It depends on how far away the location is. A teleport a user does
automatically if far enough away, should make them teleport like they
normally would, but if it's close it'll warp them.

--Bowen--

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Aug 1, 2002, 12:32am

yeah it's getting old too.

--Bowen--

> Everyone is making TV Stations now a days. Here,There,Everywhere

Aug 2, 2002, 3:56pm

> Now if your script could log onto AW and produce its own shows, film them
> and then upload em it would be graet :o)

You'd have to create a bot to do that. I wouldn't doubt it couldn't be
done. It'd be hard though, very hard.

--Bowen--

Aug 23, 2002, 8:09pm

[View Quote] Erm, isn't it supposed to be Now that is a sad kid? That's what I thought.
Mayhaps; Now that is sad kids? "Now that is sad kid." doesn't make any
sense.

--Bowen--

Aug 23, 2002, 9:17pm

> It does if you consider kah being the kid.

So you were referring to no one but KAH?

--Bowen--

Aug 2, 2002, 10:13pm

> I'm running AW, dreamweaver, fireworks, kazza, winamp, Outlook, four
> sessions of IE, and AIM on a 450MHz machine... Nothings slow, everything's
> running just fine. Its a problem with Strike rapers machine.

Wow, that must be one uber 450 MHz machine there. I'm running AW, WMP,
winzip, 3 notepad windows, 2 IE windows, apache, trillian, and OE and I've
got 40% resources free on a 700 MHz machine.

Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Kazaa (spyware!) should zap about 256 mb's of
ram. I agree though, that his machine is getting zapped if he can only run
AW and not winamp or WMP. Fear my emachine, thoust Strike Rapier's computer
cannot withstand it's mighty wrath!

--Bowen--

Aug 2, 2002, 10:29pm

> eww, don't by brand computers!

Do you think I would've bought one if I had the choice? No, but my dad
insisted we get THIS one for $500.

> I can run quite a few things on my computer and I have only a 900MHz and
> 256MB of RAM. Before my 900MHz 256MB I was running a 266MHz 32MB (can't
> believe it was only 1.5yrs ago!) and I couldn't run AW and Winamp or WMP.
It
> was pretty nasty. LOL. But I could run a few things of IE and AW at the
same
> time with very little slow-down and that was good enough for me [until I
got
> into the 3D gaming].

Yeah and I only have 192 mb ram. My 233 mhz computer can run AW and WMP at
the same time, it only has 32 mb of ram too. But my emachine r0x0rs, don't
diss it.

--Bowen--

Aug 4, 2002, 2:22pm

> You mean uploads to AW's public object path?
>
> I don't think that this is such a good idea, people could
> upload stuff that crashes browsers or causes major lag and
> then vandalize AlphaWorld.

Need a registry to use the stuff though, but I doubt that would happen. I
think he wants a script so he can upload files without having to call up an
FTP program. Could be good for those who are less computer inclined. :D

--Bowen--

Aug 4, 2002, 3:40pm

You must have one graphically interfaced ftp.

DOS' FTP is nice, so is WS_FTP, don't cause much lag on my machine :P

--Bowen--

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Aug 4, 2002, 4:07pm

I think I may know why, you have those pop up windows and you're using
active FTP. Try using passive FTP without those pop up windows. See if
that helps ya. Also you might be using WS_FTP pro, I use LE.

--Bowen--

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Aug 5, 2002, 9:25am

> Yes, either become smaller or reduce the opacity with
> the distance until they're gone (more realistic I think).
>
> Or maybe both - optional - options are always the best :)

Well the first option is not what coronas do, they do increase with
distance. Well, maybe not increase but they do stay the same size. Real
ones they will fade out until they're gone.

--Bowen--

Aug 12, 2002, 5:45pm

> Bump AvAxis Set=TR (Tilt / Roll)
>
> It would be a nice feature that id like to see, to automatically look up
and down hills etc

Cha! You do that automatically, it's not physics that makes you look up the
hill as you walk up it.

--Bowen--

Aug 7, 2002, 3:13pm

Well, there is a program for it, but you have to have your objects on your
computer. Here it is:

http://andras.net/tools.html#reggen

--Bowen--

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Aug 8, 2002, 5:15pm

You wouldn't need to do very much as I sat down and thought about it. All
you'd have to do is bind the corners to opposing sides of the world. Of
course this needs to be an *option* otherwise it may make other worlds look
ugly. This would help to make a world more fluid instead of just a box.

--Bowen--

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Aug 9, 2002, 4:50pm

A bot can do that for now. Until AW's programmers feel like adding those
kind of features in. I think the world owner would have to chose if he
wanted other people to see the things move when activated or bumped by
others.

--Bowen--

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Aug 9, 2002, 6:22pm

> DUH! Why do you think i suggested it? It is stuped! Well.. tell me this..
> how do I do a prison cell, without a bot that opens under my command for
> everybody to see? :D

Well, with a bot you'd need to change the Command field of an object to
"create move 0 0 1" or something to that sort. Everyone will see it move as
soon as it's changed.

--Bowen--

Aug 10, 2002, 4:47pm

[View Quote] That could be a serious pickle, you could always host it yourself though (or
whoever hosts the world?). The other alternative is to only do it when
you're on.

--Bowen--

Aug 10, 2002, 6:47pm

> But doesn't it get annoying how the bot sometimes lags when you click a
> button and nothing happens till a few seconds afterwards? Then, when
people
> notice nothing's happening they click the button faster which makes the
bot
> lag even more for people who are trying to use a different button.....
heh,
> I'm telling this out of personal experience

Probably a nasty slow VB bot causing that problem. Otherwise you'd have to
be on a 14.4 using AOL to notice anything that bad.

--Bowen--

Aug 10, 2002, 7:31pm

> What is it with you? Even a poorly written function on a VB bot isn't
going
> to lag on an event. The only issue here that the update has to be
> communicated to, passed through and distributed from the world server
twice.
> What a loser comment! Have you ever tried profiling a VB bot? It takes
> milliseconds in the code before it chucks the response back out to the
SDK.
> This is such a narrow minded, "don't know shit", kid-dominated community
now
> that I really ain't going to miss it.

Someone's defensive on VB. Most people that program VB aren't experts,
realize that. They're just people who need to make something quick, and
when you make something quick it's going to be crappy.

Therefore it's going to be slow compared to the same "quick" anything else
programed in app just the way it's handled by windows. Who cares if it
takes milliseconds, that's still time, and for C++ apps it might take
microseconds.

I'm not sure I'll miss some of the people here either.

"Nasty slow VB bot," includes but is not limited to, the programmer, the
sloppy code, and the computer it's hosted on. If you host a VB bot on a 66
mhz machine and benchmark it with a C++ of equal design it's still going to
be much slower. Then there's the bad designs and bad programmers that just
do things quickly without optimization. Again that's going to slow things
down too compared to a same badly designed C++ app.

But I'm sure since you're the expert you'll correct me on that. I'm just a
guy who doesn't do it professionally so of course it's all wrong. I'm just
a hobbyist, that means I know nothing compared to people who program VB for
companies that are too stupid and just want programs quick and inexpensively
created.

And YES VB apps are slower than C\C++ apps. Even if it's by the most
minuscule difference. No matter what you say, no matter what you do that's
always true. I was also told by a couple of hardcore VB programmers that
this is exactly true. I quote what one said "Yes, unless that C++ app is do
ing something really freaky." It's the same exact comparison as ASM is to
C\C++. I wish these "experts" would realize that. I expect more crap from
all our VB experts in here, so that's why I'm just going to filter them out
if they reply and add in "oh it is much faster than C++ in all cases."

> As for the original idea, there's no obvious reason why the world server
> can't distribute the object click events and the browser handle them under
> some command control, especially now that the event get triggered to bots
> even when there's an activate command on the object. For a good
interactive
> experience with a bot, it needs to be hosted appropriately which they
rarely
> are. It would benefit immensely if the transition of the event was
improved,
> but that's out of our hands.

You're right, there isn't. I don't think the programmers are going to do it
either nor is it number one on their list of things to do.

--Bowen--

Aug 12, 2002, 2:15pm

> ignorance is bliss hey Bowen?
>
> LOL

Yeah it is, but in this case it's the truth. It's like comparing languages
ASM < C\C++ < VB. No way VB could compare to ASM or C\C++ for that matter.
Now anymore and all the VB kiddies will hit my filter list. I've already
filtered two.

Aug 12, 2002, 5:44pm

> I was speaking of YOUR ignorance.....you might wanna mellow out before the
word gets out to everyone!

Ignorance is as ignorance does, who gives a crap?

Aug 15, 2002, 11:47pm

Well those blurs that you see of lights are actually coronas, or a form of
it. They never change in size, that's why they look so huge from a
distance. Your eyes will usually resolve the distance so if it gets too
small they dissappear and you just see the light or when you get to close
your eyes will focuse and you won't see it anymore.

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Aug 15, 2002, 11:43pm

I know what could be used to add onto that... a waypoint system. You put
like create waypoint1 name=bus, create waypoint2 name=bus, etc. When you
reach the last one you could put loop (wait=#) which would have it move back
and forth along the waypoints, or just put "reset" and that would be fine.
Would be great. Especially if things are able to move you.

--Bowen--

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Aug 21, 2002, 10:24pm

No, use the "hacked" version of my terrain bot from a while back:

http://kahnews.cjb.com/bots/:

http://kahnews.cjb.com/bots/terrain.zip

--Bowen--

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Sep 2, 2002, 12:10am

> I don't like fog clipping much anyway and any chance I get in games I disable it
immediately and just use straight clipping.

Not many games let you do that do they? I thought they put fog in to make it look
more realistic instead of the world just ending suddenly (I haven't seen a game yet
that lets you do it at least).

--Bowen--

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