Profile for Garrison
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| Displayed name | Garrison |
| Member number | 2820 |
| Title | Agent |
| Postcount | 1415 |
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| Registered | Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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| graphic design contest in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, August 14 2004 11:56
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What's wrong with PNGs? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| graphic design contest in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Saturday, August 14 2004 07:14
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JPGs reduce the file size on normal compression, but are designed to be lossy. Not good for detailed graphic files. GIFs are supposed to be lossless when you only have 256 or less colors. Otherwise it will start to try to make guesses about color. I don't think you'll use that many colors in a single graphic, though. DO NOT use MSPaint for GIF conversion, it only supports the standard 256 colors. PNG can achieve an even higher level of compression and is lossless at up to 24-bit color. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| graphic design contest in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, August 14 2004 07:14
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JPGs reduce the file size on normal compression, but are designed to be lossy. Not good for detailed graphic files. GIFs are supposed to be lossless when you only have 256 or less colors. Otherwise it will start to try to make guesses about color. I don't think you'll use that many colors in a single graphic, though. DO NOT use MSPaint for GIF conversion, it only supports the standard 256 colors. PNG can achieve an even higher level of compression and is lossless at up to 24-bit color. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Good C++ books? in General | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 19:01
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I am currently learning Standard ANSI C, and I find that the best books/manuals for this are: "Using C" by Lee and Mark Atkinson published by the Que Corporation in 1990."The C Programming Language" published by Prentice Hall in 1978.LCC32 PDF documentationANSI references -------------------- What do I put here? -Garrison Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| BoA Editor Suggestions in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 18:06
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char_on_loc checks for party members, doesn't it? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| BoA Editor Suggestions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 18:06
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char_on_loc checks for party members, doesn't it? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Sequal to Averum3 in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 18:03
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Tom Bombadil? I remember that name from somewhere, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Is he that crazy rhyming guardian of the forest in the Fellowship of the Ring. EDIT: You misspelled sequel. [ Friday, August 13, 2004 18:04: Message edited by: Garrison ] -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Inner Sea in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 18:02
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I just thought of something. It must RAIN in the caves! I don't think that it can get cold enough on the cave ceiling to truly condense and freeze and precipitate precipitation, though. Maybe the evaporating water flows through giant holes in the ceilings of the caves back the surface, and surface water drains into caves, and evaporating underground water collects on the cave ceilings and falls back down as the ceiling becomes saturated... -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| BoA Editor Suggestions in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 14:36
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Didn't that guy make a good creature editor with a freaking cluttered stand-alone HTML form page with Javascript? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| BoA Editor Suggestions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 14:36
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Didn't that guy make a good creature editor with a freaking cluttered stand-alone HTML form page with Javascript? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Miscellany Shops in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 14:32
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Not until we can prod Jeff to implement the shopping calls listed in the BoA Suggestions thread. You can only add items with these calls, never remove. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Miscellany Shops in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 14:32
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Not until we can prod Jeff to implement the shopping calls listed in the BoA Suggestions thread. You can only add items with these calls, never remove. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Sequal to Averum3 in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 14:20
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Well, I think he just means an extension to the Avernum 3 plot that ties up a few loose ends. He doesn't need to make a scenario with a hundred towns. I don't even think A3 had that many. I think it was more around 80-90. You can include Rentar-Ihrno, but don't make her the absolute focus of the scenario. Maybe some background on the Vahnatai rebellion for semi-high level parties with some general stuff about what happened to the first surface Avernite settlers to fill the plot. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Ported scenarios! in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 19:29
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Dudes, I am well aware of the difficulty AFTER the porting, but Sam is saying that he can't figure out how to actual port the scenario in the first place. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Ported scenarios! in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:46
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Yes, I believe some of us have heard of BoE scenarios. Dude, it can't be that difficult to port BoE scenarios. It requires a few clicks of the mouse and a BoE scenario file. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Tutorial in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:43
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What do you mean? When you create a new party from the Main Menu, you should automatically go into the Tutorial scenario. Is there some sort of error? Are you just immediately thrown back into the Main Menu and asked to select a scenario to join? Do you have a folder named 'Tutorial' in your scenarios folder with a file named Tutorial.bas? Did you install the game correctly? Do you really need to go to the tutorial? Or is it that you are in the tutorial and there seems to be some bug that disallows you from escaping its clutches? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Tutorial in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:43
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What do you mean? When you create a new party from the Main Menu, you should automatically go into the Tutorial scenario. Is there some sort of error? Are you just immediately thrown back into the Main Menu and asked to select a scenario to join? Do you have a folder named 'Tutorial' in your scenarios folder with a file named Tutorial.bas? Did you install the game correctly? Do you really need to go to the tutorial? Or is it that you are in the tutorial and there seems to be some bug that disallows you from escaping its clutches? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:45
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I think I could personally settle for as much script as you can fit in virtual + physical memory. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:45
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I think I could personally settle for as much script as you can fit in virtual + physical memory. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:49
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How big do you want the limit to be, then? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| BoA Editor Suggestions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:49
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How big do you want the limit to be, then? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| town_status() call in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:46
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UHH, I don't think make_town_hostile() works either... But I don't trust my computer, so if anyone can confirm it, then I'll post it to the suggestions thing. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| town_status() call in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:46
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UHH, I don't think make_town_hostile() works either... But I don't trust my computer, so if anyone can confirm it, then I'll post it to the suggestions thing. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| town_status() call in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 09:44
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Hello? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| town_status() call in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 09:44
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Hello? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |