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May 23, 2002, 5:30pm

When replying to HTML messages in OEvil, remember to turn HTML off! (Format
menu, Plain text).

KAH

May 26, 2002, 9:48am

"strike rapier" <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in news:3cee77d7
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Thought mine sent in rich text >_<

The menu says rich text, but it actually means HTML. :-))

KAH

May 28, 2002, 3:38pm

"strike rapier" <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
news:3cf2afc8 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> hmm, then how come if i make a lil program to show me the code for
> rich text it comes up as something compeltly differnt to HTML with
> about 30 brackets per line?

Because you made it look in the wrong place? You don't need to write any
app to get it, just use microsoft telnet instead (Start > Run > type
"telnet", without quotes). Connect to news.activeworlds.com on port 119.
Then copy this into notepad and edit the username and PW, copy the edited
version and use edit > paste in telnet and it will send you the entire
article you posted (turn logging on so you can see any more than the 20
last lines):

AUTHINFO USER username
AUTHINFO PASS password
GROUP wishlist
ARTICLE 35752

to log out type QUIT and hit enter (you might need to hit enter to get
the article when you pasted the above). Never mind the last bit of it )
the attached pics) and the MIME part of "quoted-printable" type at the
top, just the one with your message. It's in HTML :-))

KAH

May 29, 2002, 3:51pm

Where in hell did you get that stuff from???? My guess is that you looked
in OE's message cache, which may save stuff in RTF, I don't know. The way
to read your message only using OE is to right click it, click
"Properties..." from the menu, go to the Source tab and click the "Full
source" button. Anyway, if you follow my instructions about how to fetch a
news post from the NNTP server directly you'll see that it is indeed HTML.

KAH

May 30, 2002, 2:50pm

"pc hamster" <pchamster at email.msn.com> wrote in
news:3cf59114$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Hi everyone:
>
> KAH, this isn't always an option in some news readers. What
> newsreader are you running??? Better yet, what VERSION of it are you
> running???
>
> Sounds like you need to UPGRADE some of your software. You can do so
> quite easily by going to http://catchup.cnet.com/ and download the
> little program the site uses. It's kinda like running Windows Update.
> Ya really ought to try it sometime.
>
> BTW...WHO were you calling a morfon earlier??? Just curious....
>
> Cheers for now everyone :-)
>
> Patrick Cook

Actually, I checked what newsreader he was using, and he was indeed using
OE, which has the option (and unfortunately defaults to replying in
HTML). As a matter of fact, I have the latest version of my newsreader,
and it does support HTML (in a way, it decodes the MIME part containing
the HTML message and I have to open it in a web browser to read the
message). But HTML is a bad thing on news, it should NEVER be used, if
someone REALLY needs to show things with fancy colours, then they give us
a link instead. HTML posts do not conform with news standards, which
everyone using news should respect. I'm running XNews version L5, I
recommend it strongly (get it at http://xnews.newsguy.com) :-)) I called
Tyrell a moron, and I've done it countless times before for his
systematic HTML posting and completely ignoring news standards and
generally being annoying.

KAH

Jun 2, 2002, 2:05pm

"strike rapier" <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in news:3cf8ecf4
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Erm, actualy the program works perfectly.. it was to show the formatting
> usined in RTF from just what i copied and pasted into a box

Anyway, even if your message was RTF formated, it's JUST as bad as HTML,
the ONLY good thing for posting news messages is plain text, end of story.

KAH

May 29, 2002, 3:53pm

"brock" <Brock at iceflare.net> wrote in
news:3cf417c5$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Well i was browsing around a domain registar site the other day, i
> noticed you can whois domains to see who owns them, what is there
> nameserver and what not, and i thought to myself, hey this would be
> cool in ActiveWorlds! A feature on the website or built into the
> brower to whois worlds! To find out who owns them, what is their size,
> and how many users it can hold, also if it allows tourists or not. :)

I'm not too keen about WhoIs, it's not nice knowing that people can get
your name, street address, phone number, etc just by WhoIsing your domain,
so why add this privacy destroying feature to AW?

KAH

May 30, 2002, 2:55pm

"pc hamster" <pchamster at email.msn.com> wrote in
news:3cf58cdf$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Hi everyone:

> Speaking as a 3DHP Owner, I have to agree with KAH on this one as I'm
> not too keen on this WhoIs festure either.
>
> However though, in the event of major abuse or harrassment problems,
> it *would* be nice to have at the server side 'cause then this way the
> server can dig into the world or 3DHP log files to view previous
> ejections and give the owner the OPTION to have his ISP automatically
> contacted. But even then, this should ONLY be used ONLY in the event
> of multiple ejections.
>
> However, the drawback to this concept is that it's also a target for
> misuse and/or abuse BY THE OWNER and I'm sure the LAST thing an ISP
> wants to do is terminate someone's account simply because the world or
> 3DHP Owner doesn't like their client due to personal reasons. The
> ISPs have better things to do asnd worry about than some petty feud
> betweeen two people.
>
> If this isn't a contradictory post, I dunno what is. :-) *LOL!*
>
> Anyhow...Just my $.02 worth..... Cheers for now everyone :-)
>
> Patrick Cook

Well, this isn't an automatic feature, but you can take care of contacing
the ISP yourself by noting down the IP of the offender (doesn't matter if
the offender has got a dynamic IP either, but be sure to take down the
time too) and running an ARIN whois on it (http://www.arin.net/whois/),
it will give you info about the ISP so you can contact it yourself :-))

KAH
PS. I guess whois can be usefull in SOME cases ;-))

May 30, 2002, 2:56pm

"strike rapier" <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in news:3cf523a2
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I think he meant just be able to find out who is world CT if u need to
> contact them.. lol

The CT will probably let you know anyway, if the CT wants to... I think
that this should be left to CTs, it usually won't be hard to figure out
anyway :-))

KAH

May 31, 2002, 3:07pm

You write it Über I think (I don't mean Überhacker, but the word Über) ;-))

KAH

Jun 10, 2002, 6:53pm

"pc hamster" <pchamster at email.msn.com> wrote in
news:3d045786$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Hi everyone:
>
[View Quote] Remember that you can access menus with the ALT key :-)) If you haven't
got the object property window select you should be able to select it
using ALT + TAB.

KAH

Jun 13, 2002, 3:19pm

"zeo toxion" <zeo at activeworlds.com> wrote in
news:3d07df3b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Onnnnnne more thing.
>
> Is it just me or does anyone else notice the terrain is a bit darker
> then the rest of the objects? It shows light well but even with
> ambient light at total white it can seem almost black, especially on
> the side of a mountain where the directional light (also white) isnt
> shining. It looks like ambient light doesn't even effect it. Many
> people who own worlds have also pointed this out to me at times.

It's got dark surface values, but not especially dark ones, the thing is
that most people (including me) use unrealistically high surface values.
And most people have their monitor brightness pretty low, which will make
it look crap, I recommend having it at 100%.

KAH

Jun 14, 2002, 2:58pm

"barbarae" <barbeisner at msn.com> wrote in
news:3d094489 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I was playing around with textures for the Terrain to be used in
> Amberlin. I also found that the original ground object which I
> normally use wound up almost black in Terrain!
>
> I'm enclosing (please forgive me) a tiny, tiny picture of my regular
> terrain and the terrain I had to make that would closely resemble the
> original but as a terrain texture. Note how much lighter I had to
> make it. I did try several times, and this one is about the closest
> I've come to the color, shade and texture for the terrain texture to
> match my ground object. (Was that clear as mud??)

Actually, the solution is not to edit the texture itself, but the ground
object. You will have to change the material settings (Surface # # #
command) to match the ones the terrain uses: ambient = 0.2, diffuse 1, this
means the Surface command in the RWX should be changed to
Surface .2 1 0
(the last value hasn't been used since 2.2, it doesn't matter what it's set
to). If you want to, I can do this for you if you mail me the ground object
:-))

KAH

Jun 14, 2002, 2:59pm

"zeo toxion" <zeo at activeworlds.com> wrote in
news:3d08eb65$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> But the thing is at the brightest it can go i cannot keep my eyes open
> for more then 2 seconds at a time and the windows are unbearably
> pright.

Then you need to see a doctor, man lol ;-))

KAH

Jun 16, 2002, 9:07am

"maki" <maki at awmaki.com> wrote in
news:3d0c1f9d at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I'm pretty sure she was talking about terrain...ya know...the feature
> we're talking about...and the new feature in aw...uh huh....I dunno
> how you can change rwx codes on a ground object that's aw 3.3
> terrain...lol

I *think* she is using her ground object together with terrain? Maybe not,
a nice feature would be to set the material settings of the terrain in the
World Features dialog, would solve all these problems.

KAH

Jun 13, 2002, 3:23pm

"zeo toxion" <zeo at activeworlds.com> wrote in
news:3d07e101$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Try making a series of flat walls a bit in the air with walks on
> either end. You can get on the walk (to enable gravity) and slide
> along the wall normally without worrying about falling off. You stick
> to the wall while sliding all the way across! If this can't be fixed
> then we should at least have the option for it. With it you can slide
> right through walls and many place where you normally couldn't unless
> you have shift. That reminds me that moving or deleting an object that
> isn't yours and running through before it pops back up needs to be
> fixed also. I think that ones been around forever.

Actually, this is a really old bug, strange how nobody seems to have
noticed most bugs before 3.3 lol. It's been there for ages, if you're
falling and collide with an object and keep walking into it, even if you're
in mid-air, you won't continue to fall until after you release the
forward/backward key. It's even more noticeable now with slide-detection,
though. The one about running through walls that have been deleted CAN'T be
fixed, the only way is to have response from the server that's extremely
fast so you don't get time to run through, it is very fast already, it's
not a program bug really.

KAH

Jun 21, 2002, 1:49pm

"strike rapier" <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
news:3d10da89 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Ive got DirectX8 on my computer, it was installed when I bought it an
> its great, twice the frame rate, 15FPs in awteen object yards instead
> of 2.2fps...
>
> But why does it change between worlds? I have a lighting problem,
> lighting effects only show up in some worlds (ie: not awteen, but they
> do in Antares). There is no reason I can see for this, so i wish that
> furtehr investigation was put into it to find out

Check the AWTeen NG... Someone set max light to 0, so lights didn't show
:-)) BTW I recommend downloading the DX8 version on the DX site, even
though they say it's the same as packaged with Win XPrat there are some
differences.

KAH

Jun 21, 2002, 1:51pm

"maki" <maki at awmaki.com> wrote in
news:3d124898 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Tools>>Options>>Spelling>>Always check spelling before sending

That's in OE, not everyone uses OE, and that's a good thing... Instead, use
this procedure (ALWAYS works): Go to school > Learn English > Learn how to
type > Always use your brain when typing and before sending.

KAH

Jun 23, 2002, 11:17am

"strike rapier" <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
news:3d14fe1e at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> If you select "show only links you explicitly select" in web options,
> you can still be targted for URL's by using bots or create URL
>
> So if we dissable it anyone with eject can still send us URLs', porn,
> Drugs, anything....
>
> It should be fixed, noone should be able to send us any links if that
> is selected.

You can send drugs through web browsers now? Freaky... ;-))

KAH

Jun 23, 2002, 11:19am

"billybob" <bill at vectracon.com> wrote in
news:3d155ecf at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Hey, AW new feature to add to your, hopefully large list. How about a
> way for all chat to run through a bot? What I mean is instead of
> broadcasting the chat messages to all, only gives it to a bot(with CT
> of course). That way the bot could then proccess the chat and resend
> it to everyone....this would allow CTs to customize the chat of their
> users, and edit out bad words. Of course it might lead to putting
> words in people's mouths, heh, but nevertheless a good feature.

Go to ps2linux, there all chat is killed and replaced by console messages,
I guess a bot does it.

KAH

Jun 29, 2002, 10:25am

"lord fett" <lordfett at hotmail.com> wrote in
news:3d1d4ca8$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> What is your problem? geesh This is a very good feature and from
> what has been said, it is being added to AW 3.4. If it was such a dumb
> idea, then why is it being added to the next browser? Looks like you
> need to rethink what you say.

Don't pay attention to him, he just thinks he's really cool because he
swears and trashes everyone around... What a sad case.

KAH

Jun 26, 2002, 7:47pm

"bowen" <thisguyisashimmyritzer at 7k2.4mg.com> wrote in
news:3d18a302$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Well if it's a single object, you can have the temporary fix of
> putting a \ in front.. and you can put up to about 20 of them I think.
> This only works when there's no registry though ;)

A /, not a \ ;-))

KAH

Jun 29, 2002, 10:26am

"slim smokey" <Smokey360j at ync.net> wrote in
news:3d1c957b at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Hey everyone, you know how as a cit you in your cit information u have
> the homepage/ wouldn't it be cool if u could provide info also for
> people to see like u can on the Instant Messenging Programs?

Seems like overkill to me, put the stuff on your homepage instead...

KAH

Jun 29, 2002, 10:27am

"slim smokey" <Smokey360j at ync.net> wrote in
news:3d1d3f6f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> How about in 3.5 (too late for it to be in 3.4, lol) there be away
> messages and there be a BRB button...lol?

There's a freaking AFK button, what do you need a BRB button for when it
means exactly the same thing??

KAH

Jun 30, 2002, 6:43pm

"slim smokey" <Smokey360j at ync.net> wrote in
news:3d1eb448$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> ACTUALLY, "KAH" they mean FAR from the same thing idiot...AFK means u
> will be away from your computer for a while while brb means what it
> is...BE RIGHT BACK! IDIOT!

The acronyms stand for different things, but in reality they mean EXACTLY
the same thing :-))

KAH

Jul 2, 2002, 12:33pm

"themask 13" <rickyt50 at attbi.com> wrote in
news:3d2113a9$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I agree KAH.
>
> That combination is enough, i mean cmon.. Who wants a subject.. We
> dont care unless it was some kind of email...*Sigh*

KAH? Don't you mean Maki? :-))

KAH

Jul 1, 2002, 11:01am

"young phalpha" <RhaneC at msn.com> wrote in
news:3d1f8351 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Objects past the maximum fog distance are simply not rendered. :)

I wouldn't think that the browser is smart enough to do that. If it hasn't
been intentionally programmed NOT to render beyond the fog, it will render
it, but not actually display it. You'd have to ask Young Shamus about that,
but it would be a quick fix to not let the visibility go beyond max fog.
*still waiting for backface culling*

KAH

Jul 2, 2002, 12:35pm

"young phalpha" <RhaneC at msn.com> wrote in
news:3d209a49 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> maybe the browser isn't, but DirectX / Render might be ;) I was saying
> that based off my frame
>:) Btw, they did discover a bug if you set your min/max vis to the same
>:but they had fixed it in
> 3.4, it only occurred in DX8 and 7 for me and Shamus though, OGL
> crashed me, and Software worked like in 3.2...

One thing is for sure, DX does not, I've never used RW myself (hey, I'm not
Billy Gaties, I can't afford paying for it just to test some stuff), so if
Criterion's programmers were smart enough maybe it does it :-))

Jul 2, 2002, 12:36pm

"carlbanks" <Virtualcarlbanks at hotmail.com> wrote in news:3d20b971$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> some people might not read general disscusion

Then you post a link to the news message there. Click this: news:3d20b971$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com and you'll see your message, it's really easy
:-))

KAH

Jul 2, 2002, 12:38pm

"dion" <Dion at digevo.net> wrote in
news:3d21480c$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> if you make the bot constantly check the distance between the person
> and the object, you can figure out when they've touched it. But that's
> really laggy way of doing things :-P

Depends on the algo you use... How do you think collision detection works?
:-))

KAH

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