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Nov 4, 2003, 1:22pm

"zeofatex" <gzanone at optonline.net> wrote in
news:3fa79086$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Hmmm I see where your coming from. Maybe AW should catch up to current
> times with IM's etc. I think the GUI should be re-designed to look
> cooler. A lot of the newer games use XML for their GUI's. It would be
> cool. (Even WindowsXP uses XML for it's GUI lol...)

Using XML isn't going to make the GUI any cooler. XML is just a markup
language, a container of information. You have to write code to interpret
that information, it won't magically transform itself into a GUI, and even
if you use skins to draw your interface, you could still make a boring
skin.

KAH

Nov 13, 2003, 1:12pm

"ryan" <awng.5.ryanjacob at spamgourmet.com> wrote in news:3fb38c7b$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> It's irrelevant. AW cannot legally collect registration data from anyone
> under the age of 13.

They could if they moved outside the US. I heard Iraq is nice at this time
of year.

KAH

Nov 15, 2003, 1:40pm

"bowen" <ten.sardna at newob> wrote in
news:3fb45df9$2 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> No, the internet has changed all of that. Now since you can order
> games online, there's no way to enforce it. Now, buying the game is a
> different story, most likely the Duty officials will confisicate it.
>
> As for distrubuting the product physically in Germany, I don't believe
> the blood/gore rule applies. I think you're talking about the
> NAZI/Swastika law in games -- which is why Day of Defeat is the way it
> is. Not to mention that Germany has one of the top Counter-Strike
> players in the world, so obviously they got a game with blood/gore in
> it somehow.

The blood/gore stuff is so that you have to either remove gore, make it
green or something, or they put an 18 year age limit or something on it.
They don't completely ban the game.

What I meant earlier was that AWI should move to Iraq, that way they
wouldn't be under any laws.

KAH

Nov 16, 2003, 12:38pm

".vamp." <bluehampster at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
news:3fb688e6$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> OI! were only human

You could still stop and think a bit about how you would solve a problem
before posting it. Substracting or additioning geometry in a completely
dynamic environment like AW would mean unimaginable lag. What you should
wish for, would be the option to load compiled worlds, similar to what you
find in most games. The only problem is that you won't have the freedom to
build on the fly.

KAH

Nov 19, 2003, 1:52pm

"ssl." <gold at midtech.net> wrote in
news:3fbadd05 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I'd like to see politics in aw...o.o........
> that way someone can FINALLY tell us what is going on in the aw
> universe....and calendars and newsletters dont cut it........-__-'
> .....alot of other things can be said..i dont want to list them all.
> Reply if you want.

The Lady lives in that tree over there. You'll like her.

KAH

Nov 20, 2003, 4:13pm

"ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net> wrote in news:3fbc5606
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> there's no way active worlds will have a council to discuss what they are
> doing. why do you think they split off from the shell company, AWLD?

That would be because the stockholders didn't want them anymore.

KAH

Dec 15, 2003, 5:29pm

"python ind." <meowmix65 at hotmail.com> wrote in news:3fdd3044$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> no thats gay

n0!!!!!111!!1! u r d4 gay!!!11!!11!!1!!1!one

If you can't express yourself in a more civilised manner, then please just
shut the hell up.

KAH

Dec 22, 2003, 1:07pm

"zeofatex 4days" <gzanone at optonline.net> wrote in
news:3fe6db4e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Who's got the bot -- I want a copy o.O

I created such a bot. It's available from http://kahnews.cjb.net/bots/

Be warned, it's not quite as stable as you might want it to be. Full VB
source (although of a later and less stable version than the binary) is
available from the same place.

KAH

Dec 23, 2003, 10:49am

"zeofatex 3days" <gzanone at optonline.net> wrote in news:3fe750ec$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> APhoneBot I'm guessing?

That's the one :-) This one was actually written by *me*, not some script
kiddie and won't try to steal your passwords.

KAH

Jan 7, 2004, 3:32pm

"jetta lewis" <rgurkin at earthlink.net> wrote in
news:3ffbe320 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Do you suppose enough complaints to his provider would be helpful in
> slowing him up a bit?
>
> IP address: 65.142.126.246
> Host name: 0-2pool126-246.nas1.pikeville1.ky.us.da.qwest.net"
> where you will see that the message originated from
> a Qwest.net customer in Pikeville, Kentucky, US
>
> I believe this is his providers abuse report email but I wouldn't bet
> my life on it. abuse at qwest.net

A lot of abuse reports would probably help, yes. I doubt he's got the
means of acquiring another connection if we can get QWest to pull the
plug on him, his parents probably wouldn't let him. Remember, this is
just some kid with nothing better to do. The address you mentioned is the
one listed in ARIN Whois, so that would be the place to send reports. I
sent one before Christmas after he tried distributing malware under my
name.

KAH

Jan 7, 2004, 3:36pm

"orb" <sharonclarke at prexar.com> wrote in
news:3ffc291e at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> If we can select part of the terrain and bring up a control box why
> not have that with individual cells?

I'm probably stupid, but I don't understand what you mean. When you click
on the terrain, you do select an individual cell. It's actually not
possible to select more than that at a time.

KAH

Jan 8, 2004, 3:18pm

"orb" <sharonclarke at prexar.com> wrote in
news:3ffc5f57 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> We can adjust terrain one section at a time.. just think a lot can be
> done to have a single cell have it's own properties in AW.

What are you talking about? A cell in the AW sense is a 10x10 m (1x1 coord)
square. Applies to both terraind and property. When you click on the
terrain with CT, you select one cell. There's no smaller unity than what
you can select, and it would require quite some rewriting to make that
possible. If you want to have more detailed terrain, you'll have to go back
to generating RWX ground objects.

KAH

Jan 9, 2004, 4:54pm

"orb" <sharonclarke at prexar.com> wrote in
news:3ffdc4e7 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> LOL it was a vague idea. Some people were discussing about fog and
> steam and trying to get it contained to a specific area for starters..
> so sure I dont' mind suggesting something vague that's where ideas
> usually start then develop or not.

You have to to say that. When you say a cell, it's understood you mean a
property/terrain cell. Your suggestion was actually how terrain works
now...

Jan 10, 2004, 6:21pm

"sharon.." <sharonclarke at prexar.com> wrote in
news:3fff0f3b at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> No that's not what I mean. I know what terrain is. I know what a
> cell is. Two different things here. The initial idea was based on
> cells. You highlight a cell by holding shift and Ctrl and right
> clicking where you will see the highlight of the objects in that
> "cell" in yellow. I'm suggesting giving a cell a properties box.
> Simple no?

What sort of properties would a cell have? It's just an abstract box you
use to divide terrain and property into for easier management.

KAH

Jan 11, 2004, 11:18am

"orb" <sharonclarke at prexar.com> wrote in news:400066b8$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I wish others would address the question. I just thought of a few things
> earlier on such as a way to contain effects to a specific cell.
>
>
> traces of something yet to be.Fragments are

To me, your question looked pretty rethorical. In any case, I did answer
you. It's not my problem if you don't like my opinion. You still haven't
answered mine, which was a non-rethorical question. I'll repeat it: *What*
properties would a cell have?

KAH

Jan 8, 2004, 3:20pm

"scuz" <webmaster at awscape.com> wrote in
news:3ffc6642 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I dont know about you, but I have never seen a game with dynamic
> content that has shadows. All the ones I have seen, the shadows are
> put in before hand.

You probably haven't seen a game for a few years either, then.

KAH

Jan 8, 2004, 3:24pm

"weyoun" <Weyoun at 127.0.0.1> wrote in news:3ffc7131
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> alcol too!!!! beer is nastey!

If you can't even spell it (or anything else for that matter) right, then
you probably haven't ever tasted it either. Don't see why alcohol should be
restricted, won't hurt you unless you drink a lot of it. Strict smoking
laws would be nice, though, as smoking is very harmful and also annoying
for non-smokers. No need to ban it, though.

KAH

Jan 9, 2004, 4:56pm

"tart sugar" <tartsugar at comcast.net> wrote in
news:3ffe0df6$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Ummmmm .... how did Orb's wish turn into a debate?

That's what this group is for. Posting wishes, that then will get
discussed. It's not like AWI actually reads this, if you want to suggest
something, contact them directly.

KAH

Jan 9, 2004, 5:02pm

"jenniloveskevin" <me at privacy.net> wrote in
news:3FFEF12D.2E3BE9CA at privacy.net:

> Smoking and drinking does not just impact the individual who chooses
> to take these substances. It effects all of society. All taxpayers
> are footing the bill for paying for the astronomical costs of medical
> care for all the medical problems caused by use of these things. Your
> money is going towards liver transplants once they drink themselves
> out of a funcitioning liver, you're paying for the hospital visits for
> heart attacks, lung cancer when poeple voluntarily subject their vital
> organs to harmful substances. You're paying for the costs of court
> appointed counsel to defend the drunk drivers who cause accidents that
> kill our children, our family members. It does not just effect the
> indivual, it effects us all.

The point is that in the case of alcohol, you'll only get health problems
if you abuse it. There's no good way to stop alcohol abuse either, besides
trying to help those who are abusing it. If you illegalise it, you're
effectively founding a new branch of organised criminality. People won't
just stop drinking overnight, so they'll have to resort to contraband. Just
look at what happened in the US in the period they forbade it. Trying to
restrict it without banning it doesn't work very well either, people will
just become poorer or go buy their alcohol where's it's cheaper. Will also
boost contraband to some extent. I can tell you this because I live in a
country where only state-ran shops (for anything other than beer) and
approved restaurants/bars/etc are allowed to sell/serve alcohol. Alcohol is
also severely taxated, and it doesn't really change anything.

Smoking is different, it is much more addictive and leads to far serious
problems far quicker. It should still be the induvidual's right to decide
wether he or she wants to kill himself/herself by smoking. I'm against
smoking, but I'm not for illegalising it in general. However I think it
should be made illegal in all public places because of passive smoking and
the general annoyance it creates.

KAH

Jan 11, 2004, 11:22am

"ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net> wrote in
news:40012504$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I saw what orb said in a previous thread, and decided to discuss this,
> is it possible with renderware 3 to have patches of fog and steam? how
> well would it work? would it just lag people out to have particle
> effects? (that's what I'm assuming fog and steam are, particle
> effects, I may be wrong)

Don't know if RW3 supports patchy fog, somehow I don't think it does. I
know NVIDIA GeForce 3, 4 and FX support it, but I don't think ATI cards
have an equivalent. You'd probably have to do it software, which means slow
and/or ugly. Fog is not a particle effect.

Steam, or any other particle effect, should be easy. Roland said RW3
supported particle systems. Unless the RW3 implementation is particularly
bad, they should not lag you (unless you fill your world with large
particle systems, but you can achieve the same with high-poly objects) if
you have a decent hardware accelerator and a fast CPU.

KAH

Jan 12, 2004, 3:34pm

"zeofatex" <gzanone at optonline.net> wrote in
news:400161e2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Download the Rainbow 6 Rogue Spear demo... (Urban Operations and Black
> Thorn are addon packs, youc an download them too) they use Renderware
> and it looks a crapload better than aw, has smoke effects, etc. No lag
> and works on pretty crappy machines... http://redstorm.com somewhere
> on their website. See what AW is missing out on =\

No, that's not true. Last time I checked RS used the Half-Life engine,
which has nothing to do with RW.

KAH

Jan 13, 2004, 2:34pm

"swe" <swe at swe-e.com> wrote in news:40040941 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> pretty sure half-life used the quake 2 engine no?

Half-Life uses the Half-Life engine. The Q2 engine has nothing to do with
RW, for that matter's sake.

KAH

Jan 15, 2004, 12:41pm

"swe" <swe at swe-e.com> wrote in news:40042d87$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> i never said the Q2 engine has anything to do with rw, i said
> half-life use the q2 engine, im on a diffrent subject! :) and im
> pretty sure they use the Q2 engine! sure i saw that somewhere.

Let me assure you, H-L uses it's own engine :-)

KAH

Jan 20, 2004, 1:54pm

"ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net> wrote in
news:400cd25d at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> on 3dmark, my fps go well above 500fps at times, but in AW, a program
> that has much fewer polygons in view, not to mention the lack of
> shadows, pixel shaders, reflections, and particle effects, I never go
> above 100. There should be a way for AW to have more support for the
> current graphics cards. It would be nice to go in AW in a dense area
> at 200 meter visibility, and get high framerates. I'm assuming this
> has already been discussed, but I just want to know why this can't be
> done.

3dmark is the single most known 3D benchmark. The video card manufacturers
work hard to make their cards perform well in it, so don't put so much
trust into the numbers you get it. Anyway, I doubt that an environment
pulling 500fps is completely dynamic like AW. Simple BSP-tree portal
rendering can boost your framerates a lot.

And, as Codewarrior said, there's no point in going above 100fps. It's not
like your eyes will even notice the difference. I don't think any video
cards are capable of that sort of refresh rates, neither are any monitors.

Do you know what framerate a cinema movie plays at? 24. If your framerate
is above 24, shut up and be happy ;-)

KAH

Jan 23, 2004, 3:46pm

"jacob the m hero" <jacob2000caca at yahoo.ca> wrote in
news:4010591f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> http://www.planethalflife.com/nostalgia/halflife/screens/volumetric_lig
> ht.jpg

Just so you know it, that's just a non-solid, transluscent brush. You can
do it in AW too, has been possible for years.

KAH

Jan 24, 2004, 11:19am

"alexthemartian" <alex at virtual-studios.net> wrote in
news:4011f9df$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> yes, this is the reason i dont use them, becuase they always
> disapear... and if the reason is to prevent lagging, then what about
> us people that have computers that can handle it?

Won't lag, it might just look very ugly.

KAH

Jun 23, 2001, 11:14am

you're not.

KAH

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Jun 22, 2001, 7:15pm

any rules at all??

KAH

Jun 23, 2001, 11:45am

reason to have a charter... or at least some kind of rules...

KAH

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Jun 24, 2001, 11:30am

the real reason for having this was to get less flames in the Community NG
because of different opinions on what was on-topic. This NG is **NOT** here
to let ppl post all kinds of crap, I have created an NG to fullfill that
need if anyone needs it... ( news://kahnews.cjb.net/default.crap )

KAH

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