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Displayed name | wz. As |
Member number | 3040 |
Title | Infiltrator |
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Registered | Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
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char_on_spot...? in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Saturday, March 27 2004 16:11
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I think you may need parentheses around each condition, but I'm not sure: ((char_on_spot(19,36) == 0) || (char_on_spot(19,36) == 1) || (char_on_spot(19,36) == 2) || (char_on_spot(19,36) == 3)) -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
char_on_spot...? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, March 27 2004 16:11
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I think you may need parentheses around each condition, but I'm not sure: ((char_on_spot(19,36) == 0) || (char_on_spot(19,36) == 1) || (char_on_spot(19,36) == 2) || (char_on_spot(19,36) == 3)) -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Sky Graphics? in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Monday, March 22 2004 12:50
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Um... seeing as how the Avernum engine's viewpoint is isometric looking down... how would you possibly incorporate a stormy sky? -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Sky Graphics? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, March 22 2004 12:50
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Um... seeing as how the Avernum engine's viewpoint is isometric looking down... how would you possibly incorporate a stormy sky? -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Who's Lurking? in General | |
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written Sunday, March 21 2004 07:54
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Who is EdwardWangWhoLooksNotUnlikeSMoE'dImagined? I know an Edward Wang... but it's probably not the same one... Edit: Definitely not the same one. [ Sunday, March 21, 2004 12:24: Message edited by: wizardr6 ] -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 16:05
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What you don't understand is that any half-decent hacker won't be fazed by a hard drive serial number: Anything which requires a simple condition to run can easily be edited so that the condition is no longer necessary. A secure method would be to encrypt a necessary block of code with the hard drive serial number as the key, and then have the program automatically decrypt itself when it was used. That would be very impractical, however, because Jeff would then need to, a) figure out a method of encryption that worked within the program, and b) create a personalized copy of the program for each customer after receiving their individual hard drive serial numbers. Then, people would have to wait for Jeff to send an entire program, as opposed to just a simple registration number, and they would have to do that each time they wanted to use it on a different computer. p.s. A statement can be true but not provable, so your conjecture is false. -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 13:53
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I think I know what you mean. You want the registration info stored in the file itself, rather than in a separate preferences file. That doesn't really solve anything, because there will always be someone who can hack any registration method. There is no way to balance complete security with ease of use for paying customers, and the registration code is a good compromise. The BoE system of not having a complete demo and getting a CD in the mail was probably the most secure, but, as has already been said (I forget where or by who), it is impractical for cost reasons. -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, March 6 2004 10:41
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MiridiMordonis, you can't interchange a NOP with any kind of serial number/key/whatever. ASM commands, at least in PowerPCs, which are what Macs use, are each in the form of a 4-byte block. If you tried to have a serial number in the program's code, it would simply be seen by the processor as an unknown command, and the program would crash: You can't store anything in a program's executable code except code, unless there are commands to always branch past that section — which would render your method useless anyway. -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What Kinds of Girls do you Like? in General | |
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written Monday, March 1 2004 13:49
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One could argue that the "Therefore" in the second sentence deserves a comma. Also, saying someone is below average intelligence isn't really correct subject-subject complement agreement: maybe people have below average intelligence, or their intelligence is below average... but you can't really define someone as being below average intelligence. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What Kinds of Girls do you Like? in General | |
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written Wednesday, February 25 2004 12:30
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Well, now that you've brought it up, we're all dying to know. Please, MSW, what kind of guys do you like? -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What is the best Disney movie? in General | |
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 18:34
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Well, The Lion King is decent. As is Aladdin. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What is the best Disney movie? in General | |
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 13:55
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The Sword in the Stone is not directly based on the legend of King Arthur. It has modern references because it is based on the book The Sword in the Stone written by T. H. White in 1938. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What is the best Disney movie? in General | |
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 10:14
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quote:Except for The Lion King's happy ending... not enough people die for it to be considered Hamlet. The Lion King's body count is something like two, give or take a wildebeest, while Hamlet's is quite a bit higher. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What is the best Disney movie? in General | |
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 08:50
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The Lion King. And for something new to say- 2nd Place: Aladdin. Distant 3rd, possibly Beauty and the Beast. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
The Stealth Tax in General | |
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written Wednesday, February 18 2004 12:42
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My parents make less than Stughalf's, and though my sister got out of college two years ago, in a couple of years they'll have to put me and my twin brother through college. Hopefully we'll get scholarships and good financial aid, or we'll be stuck having to go to some crappy city college. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What Kinds of Girls do you Like? in General | |
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written Monday, February 16 2004 14:38
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quote:Me too!! Except the tea part. I only listen to classical music (well, and Disney soundtracks), and I read math books (Ian Stewart and Raymond Smullyan). I don't really think any of those activities should be considered nerdy, and I don't consider myself a nerd, but I guess that's because I go to one of the top public schools in the city, and everyone there is smart and could be considered a nerd on some level. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Family in General | |
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written Monday, February 16 2004 14:26
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Although my family isn't complicated in the same way as Stughalf's, my father's aunt is a year younger than he is. However, his mother gave birth to him when she was nineteen, so it's not that strange. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Annoying Abbreviations: EDNA in General | |
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written Monday, February 16 2004 14:19
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At least give us a hint: is it abbreviations, rearrangement of letters, or substitutions of letters? -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Player fighting? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, February 16 2004 09:29
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Would it be possible to kill the character, then create a hostile monster with the same graphic, same stats, and same items as that character? -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
It's a small world! in General | |
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written Saturday, February 14 2004 18:29
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Yeah, I was kinda surprised when I first joined the boards that no one else was from New York City... But I guess upstate is pretty close. Where is Motrax from? -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, February 13 2004 17:28
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I was actually believing that up until the pelicans. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
Good laptops, and syndrome diagnosis. in General | |
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written Thursday, February 12 2004 12:22
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I don't know how to conclusively diagnose it, but I met someone a couple of years ago who had it so I'm slightly familiar with it. It's a mild variant of autism, and affects social development. People with Asperger's Syndrome usually have few or no social skills, but have normal or above average intelligence. If you want a diagnosis, however, you should probably see a psychiatrist. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What Kinds of Girls do you Like? in General | |
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written Monday, February 9 2004 12:32
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Asians. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
What do you do when you're bored? :3 in General | |
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written Monday, February 9 2004 12:30
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Is there a way to hide or minimize Geneforge 2 on the Mac? in Tech Support | |
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written Monday, February 9 2004 12:21
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In Mac OS 9: 1) Hit Esc. to pause. (Only when in a game; if you hit Esc. at the main menu, the game will quit) 2) Go to the application menu, (upper right hand corner) and select "Hide Geneforge 2" You're done. In Mac OS X, I'm not sure how to do it. -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |