Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2004-05-23 at 18:40:06
The map was sitting in the folder as Alpha v.83 for about 2 weeks...
until today, i worked on the terrains for 2 hours cuz i never got the priorities right and upon completing the terrains i basically completed the map itself. i've submitted the map to the download section cuz attaching it to posts failed miserably for my computer for some reason.
This topic shall be for bug reports, suggestions, taunts, and the rest, for my first official map submission to staredit.net and my first, real, serious, completed rpg. i did have a completed 128x128 rpg before, but i lost it to hard drive reformatting; i backed it up to a floppy, but floppy got messed, so i guess it just wasn't meant to be...
anyway, when the download section accepts the map, go download it, play it preferably in multiplayer, and tell me what you think.
note: map may be very confusing, probably better if u play it with me on bnet...
until today, i worked on the terrains for 2 hours cuz i never got the priorities right and upon completing the terrains i basically completed the map itself. i've submitted the map to the download section cuz attaching it to posts failed miserably for my computer for some reason.
This topic shall be for bug reports, suggestions, taunts, and the rest, for my first official map submission to staredit.net and my first, real, serious, completed rpg. i did have a completed 128x128 rpg before, but i lost it to hard drive reformatting; i backed it up to a floppy, but floppy got messed, so i guess it just wasn't meant to be...
anyway, when the download section accepts the map, go download it, play it preferably in multiplayer, and tell me what you think.
note: map may be very confusing, probably better if u play it with me on bnet...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Pinecone on 2004-05-23 at 19:34:53
QUOTE(pcfredz @ May 23 2004, 05:40 PM)
map may be very confusing, probably better if u play it with me on bnet...
Bug number 1. Make things clear and easy to use in the game.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2004-05-23 at 19:41:19
maybe i should rephrase it. i wrote lots of instructions, all you have to do is try the functions out. the problem is that you all may not bother to try them out due to the laziness inside of us all, me especially, which is why i'm putting in a Help function only in the final version 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2004-05-23 at 22:12:37
Yeah, experimentation is key to lots of things in life.
Anyway, I would just like to make a suggestion. I wouldn't upload beta maps to the DLDB. Simply because Paladin will have to look at it, and if there are major bugs, decline its entry. I would .zip the map and post, because the DLDB is meant for finished projects. Just my 2ยข.
Anyway, I would just like to make a suggestion. I wouldn't upload beta maps to the DLDB. Simply because Paladin will have to look at it, and if there are major bugs, decline its entry. I would .zip the map and post, because the DLDB is meant for finished projects. Just my 2ยข.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2004-05-24 at 15:13:24
that's what i did before, but for some reason whenever i tried to upload .zip/.rar/.scx with a forum topic it says that i can't upload that kind of file. i will update the download section thing, but i guess i see what you mean. if an admin is reading this please feel free to delete my "world of starcraft alpha" but keep the beta for now, i hope i'm not asking too much.
i updated the beta in the download section just now, last night rushing it i forgot to enable AI, i'm so absent-minded
i updated the beta in the download section just now, last night rushing it i forgot to enable AI, i'm so absent-minded
Report, edit, etc...Posted by .Coko[CK] on 2004-05-24 at 15:29:00
Indeed, remember to test it before entry, else again, it may be ignored.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2004-05-24 at 15:45:30
Certain forums only accept certain files. You can certainly use .ZIPs here.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2004-05-24 at 17:54:54
i tried everything! read: .zip, .rar. scx, there's really no other format!
my map's got so many bugs and is so confusing, i'm just gonna do nothing except wait for YOUR inputs and play maps made by other people. by "your" inputs i mean actually playing it and giving me inputs about the game, i'd appreciate it.
i am very discouraged right now...
my map's got so many bugs and is so confusing, i'm just gonna do nothing except wait for YOUR inputs and play maps made by other people. by "your" inputs i mean actually playing it and giving me inputs about the game, i'd appreciate it.
i am very discouraged right now...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2004-05-24 at 18:43:31
I rest my case.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2004-05-25 at 16:30:21
quoting myself:
let me restate that:
now what i didn't say was this:
"you can try everything"
please, stop reminding me of my computer's incompetence, today's its last day of service.
eh, maybe i can get it to be a dummy firewall for my new computer, ya know, where u put a bad computer in between a good one and an internet connection, so hackers go for the bad computer first.
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i tried everything
let me restate that:
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now what i didn't say was this:
"you can try everything"
please, stop reminding me of my computer's incompetence, today's its last day of service.
eh, maybe i can get it to be a dummy firewall for my new computer, ya know, where u put a bad computer in between a good one and an internet connection, so hackers go for the bad computer first.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Pinecone on 2004-05-25 at 19:02:20
As of now, the map has improved ten-fold. It takes detective work to find bugs. The text coloring is well done, and the base layout isnt that bad. One misconception you had was both mission 1 and 2 [Defend and offence] was a bit too strong. The computer did about 99% of all the defense in the protoss defence, and l quit to write this review. Even though you didnt take my advice for an open ended RPG, the highly scripted; yet simple game play and triggering is decent. The map went from sucks to ok.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by .Coko[CK] on 2004-05-26 at 07:28:53
You mean an ok report from Pinecone! That is worth a lot, well done!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2004-05-26 at 20:51:14
well, considering how the humans get just as much health as the computers, i DID make the computer do all the work on purpose. honestly, if 1 of the players gets a medic, it solves the health problem. in case if you're wondering, i stopped after the second mission cuz i got bored. i hate making missions cuz the texts often don't appear for the rest of the players, though i did strive to fix this. i'm still lazy though, but i did take the time to keep a record of stuff under the Neutral force in the Trigger section, including how i use specific colors for specific texts, which pinecone noticed; i just think it's easier to see, though in multi beta testing the other players didn't bother to read anyway. perhaps it'll just be u and me saturday night pinecone.
my new 3 gig 512 ram computer which came in mail today stoppped working after the first boot. don't expect my lag to get any better by saturday. no school for me on friday, but it still won't help fix the computer. it still looks sweet though, case window, temp display, i'll point to any dell and laugh at its owner in his stupid face.
perhaps it'll just be u and me saturday night pinecone.my new 3 gig 512 ram computer which came in mail today stoppped working after the first boot. don't expect my lag to get any better by saturday. no school for me on friday, but it still won't help fix the computer. it still looks sweet though, case window, temp display, i'll point to any dell and laugh at its owner in his stupid face.