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Nov 23, 2002, 9:46pm

Ive been waiting forever for the new preston, someone told me it would be a
couple of weeks about a month and a half ago. Whens it really coming out??

Nov 24, 2002, 8:51am

*has a really big thing he has to do with a new command comin in the next
build*

Mar 27, 2003, 12:47am

Say you want to build a public mountaintop city in AWTeen without giving
your ppw. It isn't possible (I dont think). Just a suggestion, to be able to
define whether public can build on the terrain. like maybe 3 options: 1)
allow the public to build on and edit the terrain 2) allow the public to
only build on terrain and not edit 3) allow only you to build and change
terrain

This would be useful, obviously for the first example i mentioned, but also
for if you want to specify, as in a lot, a certain amount of area where
someone can change the terrain. Also perhaps the ability to limit how high
the public can go? I realize some of this may or may not be currently
possible, but just telling ideas. Thanks for readin.

Mar 27, 2003, 11:50pm

I do believe dlp anne already wished for, at least somethin like that
(wishlist, "terrain editing rights")

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Mar 28, 2003, 11:39pm

No worries about that jstone, ive owned and been part owner of many worlds.
I really just wanted the feature to go on demeter. Then again, and sounds
like a lot of people don't want this anyway, so i guess you can just forget
this topic :)

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Mar 27, 2003, 1:25am

Just a request for the preston, though i realize the next build will not be
released for a while. Just the ability to create sub-directories in the
preston so you dont have to look at those looong lists of commands searching
for a single one.

Jan 30, 2004, 12:27am

Just wandering. I know a lot of people disliked prestons, but really they
were simple and got the job done, and were kinda fun for lazy people like me
:P. They probably are dead, but an updated one or something like one, with
simple scripting and stuff, would be pretty neat. It was fun messing around
wth 'em before :). Thanks for readin.
-SM

Jan 30, 2004, 8:39pm

Ok thats coolness! Anyways, I've had like a million suggestions in the past,
but I only remember a few so here's there list:

1) Whispering - The bot could console to a single user and reply with a
whisper, but however it could NOT truely whisper itself after a triggered
event. Add the ability to whisper and who to.

2) Finding avatar locations - The preston needs to be able to report the
location of any given avatar (in the current world) and be able to store it
in a variable.

3) Creating objects - With the preston, you have never been able to specify
the Y coordinate (height) to create at, nor any degrees of rotation to
create it with.

4) Precise addition, subtraction, so on... - Preston always rounded the
numbers and never gave the true values.

5) Spaces transfer to undercores - Changing the spaces in any data to
underscores, as a side option when recording data to a variable. Like if you
wanted someone's name as an object name, you couldn't do it otherwise unless
they had no spaces in their names.

6) If's/Else's - Follow-up events. For example, after reducing someone's
health, check if the health variable is equal/less than 0. If it is, send
them somewhere, if it isnt, do nothing.

7) Cit #'s - Preston can find & announce a citnum, but it cannot store one
as a variable. That'd be great.

That's all I got right now, I'll tell ya if I come up with anything more
later on. Thanks.
-SM

Nov 23, 2002, 10:29pm

I, after reading technozeus's wishlist, have a couple of wishes myself. My
first wish is that, like with textures, you can mask a colored object.
Example: create color blue mask=rail1m
I would find this usefull in a lot of my projects, because sometimes i want
to make an object clear-ish using awd5m mask and i still want it a solid
color.

Another wish is for a grip command (use with move or roate). Example: Move
+0 +3 +1 time=5 wait=2 grip, rotate 0 5 0 grip

Nov 23, 2002, 10:35pm

Sorry i accedentally used ctrl + enter... too used to telegrams... anyway

the last command, using the "grip" expression, would cause the avtar on top
of the object to rotate in the same direction and speed as the object, and
would cause the avatar to move with the object. I am sure this has most
likely been asked in a different form before, but just askin again (you
gotta get this down!!) anyway, another example would be: create move +10 +0
+0 time=10 wait=5 grip, rotate 0 30 0
This would cause the avatar to move with the objects, but not rotate with
it, incase you dont want the user to get dizzy =oP.

One last wish, i would like to retrieve the AW 3.4 SDK for VB. Thanks all,
later.

Nov 23, 2002, 10:51pm

I just was thinking-it would be nice if aw could take a group of objects
with the same name, set a rotation axis point for the group, and rotate them
as one object. Example: rotate 0 5 0 include=rotateobj
This could be useful for the dreamers out there (such as me) that want a
rotating house =oP. This would go nicely hand-in-hand with the "grip"
command i wished out ealier. Also a thing like this for the move command
too! the only disadvantage this may pose is that you cant create named
objects anymore with it rotating with the rest. This problem can be solved
by setting a secondary name. Example: create includename rotateobj, name
secretdoor
That would create a special name that could only be used by the include
command in rotate and move, and at the same time have a different name for
creating a texture or moving if your includename is only rotating, vice
versa etc. I understand this would be more work than its worth (maybe) but
it would be pretty sweet.

P.S.: technozeus's ride command is pretty sweet soundin, maybe the include
command could go with that too, for a complex little autopilot train or
something =oP

Dec 1, 2002, 11:10pm

Trust me, i didnt get this idea from technozeus! Anyway, i was thinking the
other day that it would be nice if there was a way to make a corona's size
set so that it wouldnt appear to get bigger as you went further away and get
smaller as u get closer, kinda like a normal object. I dont really have a
use for this i just thought it might be interesting ^_^

Dec 2, 2002, 10:47pm

yes swe. i realize they dont truely change size, but i want it so tat u can
make em be like normal objects instead of flares

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Dec 1, 2002, 11:12pm

Odd, i can't find any of my latest posts on here. I dont know if its just me
but i posted a couple of things after technozeus's Ancient Wishes topic and
i cant find them?

Dec 1, 2002, 11:22pm

I was just thinking the other day that it would be nice that instead of
having to find just the right size sphere, there could be a command that
creates an object-like sphere projection according to a size you give it.
Ex: Create sphere size=5

This would create a sphere that is five clicks in depth width and hight.
Also being able to apply a texture to the sphere, or defining if it is
solid: create sphere size=5 texture=warp solid=on

or in place of texture; color. I just thought this would be useful for
creating a sheild over something, or any other use you can think of. Oh! and
being able to define the opacity of the sphere: create sphere size=5
texture=warp solid=on opacity=("transluscent" or "opaque")

Apr 7, 2003, 7:03pm

It would be nice if there were "permanent" guestures, like variations of
sleeping, sitting, and standing , so you could pick one out to fit your
mood. Also these would be called "permanent" because you wouldnt lose them
until you move a direction, and turning wouldnt disrupt them. Perhaps
certain ke combinations could set these offso that they can be used in every
world?

Jan 30, 2004, 12:23am

Sorry guys, this is a complaint, but is this forum being put to waste? AW
staff hardly implements any of these wishes - even the simplest or most
reasonable. Only a small amount get published over every new AW version. I
don't know, maybe they are working on some of them as we speak? Or maybe I'm
taking AW for granted lol. Just getting this out of my system. Oh and it is
nice to see peoples ideas, especially if you like them, but it would be
nicer to see the possible ones in action. Thanks for wasting your time and
reading this lol.
-SM

{P.S. I guess there is a wish here after all. Try to make the community just
a little happier, AW staff :).}

Jan 30, 2004, 9:44pm

I'll tell you of wishes
From far in the past
I'll describe some history
All up to the last (poetic o_o):

1) Set activate distance in meters for obs in object action, 0 being no
limit. Command to set whether distances apply, default=1 (yes). Ex: create
activatedist 5; activate... (For limits to opening doors, picking things up
etc.)

2) Allow people to make 3 or more sets of custom controls for different
curcumstances. For example, one set for building and one for games.

3) Set height of jumps in world properties, instead of having to lower or
raise gravity.

4) Zoom camera in 1st person... snipin, heheh.

That's all I could find, written on some sign5's by one of my old builds in
awteen. Remember, these are old... I'm pretty sure I had more, reasonable
wishes in the past, but I only pasted them here and the posts are gone now
>< dangit. Oh well, thanks for readin.
-SM

Jan 29, 2004, 11:45pm

Agh! 3.5 really isn't that great... nothing like revolutionary and almost no
requests from the wishlist ive seen have been fulfilled. (Though the new
terrain and water features are handy.) Also, 5% of framerate was a big loss
to me >< and I even have cable with a brand new graphics card and fast
computer (2.6 Ghz) and its like constantly at 2-7 fps x_x. If I knew the
beta was coming out now I would've expected more :\. I dunno, maybe there
will be a lot more neat stuff in the public release. Really it should just
be an update to 3.4... like 3.4b or somethin. Anyways I'm goin back to the
site to get 3.4 back, TG me when 3.5 is cooler :).
-SM

Jan 30, 2004, 9:20pm

Ehm... I'm pretty lazy for not just telegramming him huh o.o... Sorry lol.
Anyways, if you want I've got a lot of links to my favorite builds, I can
take ya on a tour if ya want lol. I don't build so badly either i dont
think...
-SM

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