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Displayed name	Andrea
Member number	39
Title	Babelicious
Postcount	1074
Homepage	http://desperance.net
Registered	Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00

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Node Limit in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Monday, May 28 2007 15:32 Profile Homepage #15 I'm with Thuryl. Eliminate the upper limit entirely and implement some basic heuristics to prevent trivial infinite loops. And have a user-editable ceiling after which some variety of 'this may be an infinite loop' dialog is presented. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code Released in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Monday, May 28 2007 15:28 Profile Homepage #57 As for documenting the internals, I'm currently not that interested in digging through looking at game mechanics, although documentation of file formats would help with universalisation and making a more compiler-independent file-loading mechanism. Same thing, really -- the EXS file format is pretty much just the in-memory data structures ejected right onto the disk. Speaking of which, it would probably be a very good idea to change that. One of the first things I'm doing is working on an EXS-to-XML converter -- I'm no great booster of XML, but it makes a very reasonable file format for things like this, especially if you gzip it. EDIT: Hey, Khoth, will you accept documentation patches? [ Monday, May 28, 2007 17:40: Message edited by: Andrea ] -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code Released in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Saturday, May 26 2007 22:06 Profile Homepage #38 Hey, Khoth, any interest in documenting the BoE internals? Or anyone else? I'm in the process, and I see no reason to duplicate efforts. I know there are a lot of unanswered questions about stuff like the Wound spell, darkness breath, etc. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
ReiserFS in Windows? in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Sunday, April 29 2007 22:05 Profile Homepage #4 For what it's worth, ext3 is backwards-compatible with ext2. That is, you can use it like an ext2 partition (no journaling) or like an ext3 partition (journaling). I'd advise doing that so you at least get journaling in Linux. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Sunday, April 29 2007 21:58 Profile Homepage #30 quote: Originally written by Gaara of the Funk: That thing's still not done?! How many freaking years has been under development?! Five years as of around this date. I'm quite sorry that progress on my pet personal project hasn't been quite rapid enough for your taste; I've been unfortunately busy going to school, holding down a job, seeing my girlfriend, having friends, and generally living my life. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Saturday, April 28 2007 17:41 Profile Homepage #27 http://forums.desperance.net/viewtopic.php?id=1244 -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Jeff Vogel's RPG hating rant in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Thursday, April 26 2007 17:48 Profile Homepage #33 Well, I favor categorizing games with overlapping labels regarding mechanics, theme, and plot. So GalCiv2 is a science fiction grand strategy game. Grand strategy usually involves role-playing elements, always includes strategy elements, is broad in scope, but tends to be low on character interaction and character development. However, to be an RPG, I'd say you need a player character, which GalCiv2 doesn't really have. At most, you have an avatar. Final Fantasy is pretty much a character development game, not a role-playing game. [ Thursday, April 26, 2007 17:51: Message edited by: Andrea ] -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Thursday, April 26 2007 17:42 Profile Homepage #18 You know, Ash, your scenarios, along with some of TM's, pretty much serve as a test suite for BoE feature compatibility. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Jeff Vogel's RPG hating rant in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Wednesday, April 25 2007 21:16 Profile Homepage #25 quote: —Alorael, who has argued before and will doubtless argue again that RPGs are not, in fact, based on playing a role. They're defined by system mechanics, and WoW and Final Fantasy both have RPG mechanics. Levels are a good indicator, although not every game with levels is an RPG and not all RPGs use levels. Alorael, defining a genre called "RPG" based on mechanics is a fool's errand. There is no mechanics-based definition of RPG which adequately covers the range from Final Fantasy to Ultima to Oblivion that doesn't also cover, say, Starcraft. Strictly speaking, a CRPG is an attempt on a computer to imitate the style and mechanics of a tabletop role-playing game. However, most modern CRPGs trace their pedigree not to modern role-playing games but to the half-assed, ersatz imitations of part of AD&D crammed onto Apple II-era hardware. The definition of RPG used is pretty much the Supreme Court definition of obscenity -- you know it when you see it. Unfortunately, this attitude results in barely-interactive trash like Final Fantasy being used to demean the genre, and it stifles serious innovation. A definition of RPG based on theme is more meaningful -- a role-playing computer game is one in which you control one or more characters who make significant moral decisions. By this measurement, Deus Ex is more of an RPG than Final Fantasy -- and that's the way I like it, by god. To hell with genre. Only in video games are genres defined by mechanics, not by plot. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Wednesday, April 25 2007 18:11 Profile Homepage #14 Thanks, Jeff. Can't wait until the source is available. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Blades of Exile Source Code in Blades of Exile
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Wednesday, April 25 2007 17:25 Profile Homepage #12 Jeff: What are the conditions going to be for the BoE data files? Specifically, will people be able to redistribute the art and sounds which come with Blades? I am currently considering implementing an EXS translator for Pygmalion, a retro-style game engine inspired in part by Blades. Whether this would be worthwhile would be heavily influenced by whether the graphics and sounds would be available. Thanks for releasing this code. It's a great service to your community. Aran: This doesn't particularly affect Pygmalion, because Pygmalion has greater scope and much more features than BoE. It's primarily interesting to me as documentation for the EXS format. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
I need your help! in Blades of Avernum
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Friday, June 16 2006 12:29 Profile Homepage #22 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: quote: Originally written by Andrea: BoA has such a vanishingly small number of scenarios It has more than Pyg. :P Ha ha. My sides are sure quaking over that one. I don't see you helping. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Slarty Does Spidweb -- Explicit Language in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Friday, June 16 2006 11:48 Profile Homepage #21 I already have a title. The one you chose sucks. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
I need your help! in Blades of Avernum
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Friday, June 16 2006 11:41 Profile Homepage #19 With a community like this, I can't imagine why BoA has such a vanishingly small number of scenarios. Good work, boys. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Thursday, June 8 2006 04:04 Profile Homepage #31 If illithids are out of bounds, then there's a certain very loud member of your community who is in for some retroactive Deep Hurting. But cool people call them mindflayers anyway. On the topic of unique races: The three greatest video game races ever. Hands down. -------------------- Pygmalion \| Desperance \| Djur Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
MMMMM in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Wednesday, September 28 2005 07:30 Profile Homepage #349 quote: Originally written by Thralni, emperor of Riverrod: Thuryl: I didn't manage to quote it, so I'll say it like this. You said a few posts earlier that sulfuric acid is the most important chemical used. The price shows it. for 100ml you pay about 1,20 Euro. If you take an other thing I bought, say, iodine, you pay, for a 100g about 116,00 Euro! That's the only reason I bought only 5g. How much is that in real money? Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Avernum 4? in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Wednesday, September 28 2005 07:27 Profile Homepage #303 Drakey? Old? ^_^ Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
MMMMM in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Tuesday, September 27 2005 11:57 Profile Homepage #334 Hydrochloric acid was first synthesized by the process I outlined in 800 AD or so by the usual suspects (alchemists). Also, about ten times as much sulfuric acid is produced in the US as hydrochloric. (~40 million tons vs. ~4 million tons.) It's much more common. Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
MMMMM in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Tuesday, September 27 2005 09:29 Profile Homepage #331 Aqua regia is beautiful, toxic, and highly corrosive. And you can make it with sulfuric acid, since the combination of sodium chloride and sulfuric acid produces hydrochloric acid. Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
MMMMM in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Monday, September 26 2005 08:23 Profile Homepage #314 Drinking deionized water is a great idea if you hate yourself. It tastes awful and is somewhat corrosive. Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
MMMMM in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Sunday, September 25 2005 23:27 Profile Homepage #306 quote: Originally written by Drakefyre: Only Marathon 2 works for PCs. M1A1 is a conversion of Marathon to Aleph One. My experience is that it's more or less complete. Thuryl: DMPA shots for libido reduction? [ Monday, September 26, 2005 00:03: Message edited by: Andrea ] Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
there is any rewards? in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Sunday, September 25 2005 13:15 Profile Homepage #9 OMG U DBL PSOTED Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
:O in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Sunday, September 25 2005 11:58 Profile Homepage #20 Of course I would. Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
there is any rewards? in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Sunday, September 25 2005 11:31 Profile Homepage #6 quote: Originally written by Student of Trinity: The rewards of a high post count are actually very impressive. Once I passed 1000 I had to get a new mailbox just to hold the Frequent Poster Reward goodies that started pouring in. It's a good thing the next incentive level is still a fair way away for me, because I'm already starting to use iPods as furniture shims. Don't lie. You know the only presents you get are flaming bags of Jeff Vogel's brat's feces. Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
:O in General
Andrea Babelicious Member # 39	written Sunday, September 25 2005 11:25 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Eldibs: I would have to say Thralni's first reaction was appropriate, but that's just my opinion. If I recall correctly, in Germany they have banned anything having to do with Nazis, including sayings and beliefs. I don't think that really counters anything I've said. quote: Saying all Germans are evil Nazis is like saying all white Americans are slave owners, or like saying that all Japanese people are karate masters that can't drive. It's just simply not true. Nah, it's not true. Some white Americans are just rich racist fatasses, and at least 5% of Japanese flunked out of karate school. And they don't have ground cars in Japan. Haven't you seen that documentary "Evangelion"? They all fly around in massive manbots. quote: From the CoC: quote: + I'm menstruating! Posts: 1074 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00

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