Airakose

Imagine trying to walk on the day of attraction, and an army of rabbits has surrounded you... o.o FUN!

(I searched the off topic forum, and skimmed through 10 pages to no avail. If this topic already exists, please delete this post and let me know.) As indicated by the title ^ this topic is to ask: What is your favorite game of the moment? (That is not an mmorpg) And why? Personally, I've been obsessing over Garry's Mod lately. It's a Mod of the valve engine (And thus requires a valve game to work) Why? The game provides an amazing amount of freedom. You can do and make ANYTHING easily. Anyone willing to learn its scripting language can make new items, npcs, playable characters, even entire gamemodes with few lines of code. If you're not big into programing, no problem! Just get in-game, put down a few pre-made wall models, select the weld tool, and interactively build a fort. Maybe even take it online and have a fort war with someone! Or you can build something else of your choice. There are many different pre-made tools available when you first download the game, and many more for free from the game's website, along with entire maps, weapons, items, etc, etc.. all from other people in the game community. Its really a game for anyone, just because it has everything. Though, unfortunately, everything in this case also includes the bad eggs of the community. Now, your turn to express away! (Unless a moderator deems this topic inappropriate)

What if you set up a base that both interfaces derive their content from? Like have all of the menus/buttons/dialog/objects predefined then only the textures, colors, positions, and sizes used are changed. So, if the devs want to add a new menu option, ability, effect, etc... they need only add it to the base and the derivatives automatically include it with their custom looks... This method could also enable players to create custom overlays of their own by replacing textures or programming/installing interface "add-ons". I know its possible, but I'm not sure how much of a rework it would be for the entire interface. I've found in some of the things I've coded that total reworks aren't... The most wanted or pleasant... BUT often when you rework something and apply the knowledge from the initial work to a new perspective on your approach, it can come out WAY more efficient or interesting.. And I'm now just wondering... How long ago was the EL interface initially created? Has it been reworked at all since? ^^' Just my thoughts...

Because as far as I know they are still working on texture swapping for facial animation... Even then, I doubt they would be willing to do frame-by-frame textures for each face based on possible charm key levels, nor do I see Ent implementing real-time texture editing. Morphs wouldn't really work out well to the facial "beauty" end in my opinion. That's just my thought, its all up to the game's developers. The idea is great, but due to the game's engine limitations I can only see this idea working for a/d.

I don't see any problem with this, though I can only see it working for a/d.. Using morphs on the player/npc model that take effect based on a percent of their current level over a level limit, or a time scale, or even a random occurrence (Like you tick off a little imp and it becomes extremely bulky [Not really, just a humorous example... To be serious, maybe for fluffies?]). That's how I think it would work. (Oooo, and what if it worked for Lenny too? Then you could tell how tough he is by how bulky he appears.)

I know I'm a bit late, but I have a little input on this... I still haven't seen the video... Can't have audio on at the moment... But just from the responses I will say- If I've learned anything from my computer apps and web design classes (Probably the ONLY thing I've learned from them) is that to keep the attention of the majority of your viewers, you need shorter information displayed in smaller segments. For power point presentations and (For some stupid reason) websites, we call it the 4x6 rule... 4 points of information with around six words- not many more words than that. In games, single points of information with few words is a common practice; EL is one of the few I've seen to not follow this. In the beginning of many games I've played, as you're learning the HUD and controls, eye-catching pop-up boxes come up with a small bit of information on some topic. (Small bit being one short sentence) Then the game either forces you do use the information at least once, or puts you in a situation in which you need it. This forces even illiterate players to learn how to play. I know with EL, you've been avoiding forced tutorials, but in my opinion, at least making them learn the basic controls and HUD features will help in the long-run. Maybe have it so that when they start a new character, for the first few levels, there is a button with a question mark glowing/pulsing in the corner of the screen somewhere, and when clicked it runs them through the controls and interface in small message boxes that pop up one->two at a time (even showing the different menus). The key point is to avoid paragraph-long explanations and tedious tasks to access the information. Even two sentences may be pushing it. You might think its demeaning to have to simplify everything, but I think it takes a smart person to understand something, yet it takes a genius to explain it to an idiot. EL is an awesome game. People who hate it are impatient, illiterate, graphic-conscious, uninterested in rpgs, or just idiots who want something to bash so their popularity grows (To be king/queen of morons) but it would be great to have a few of these people stay...

I think, as a student as well, that the kid had an obligation to attend the school by being enrolled in the school. Its his fault for trying to skip out on an obligation. In my opinion, the person who reported him had the moral sense to do so to show the kid that there are consequences for your actions, which is a life lesson people need to learn. (So many of my peers seem to not realize that.) Who decides Whats right and whats wrong? That question always comes up, and I always say- Whoever has the other's best interests in mind. Honestly. If it will help them in life without harming others, I think its right. In the long-run, not short term. If it helps, it is very likely to hurt short-term Much like teaching the man to fish instead of giving him a fish. He will go on being hungry for a little longer (short term pain) but will come out knowing how to provide for himself even after you leave. (I believe this to an extent.. If it's trying to completely change who they are and how they act, then... no.. There are always exceptions which we must be open to...) I'm a firm believer in "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." While I will say that in the kid's situation, I would HATE the person who reported me short-term, in the long run I would look back and thank them for keeping me on-track (On track meaning teaching or restating a much needed life lesson) (I mentioned life lessons above. By that I mean a way of interacting with people in our world that is widely accepted and requested and will keep you "in good terms" with everyone or bring long-term rewards. For instance, in school if I turn in an assignment late, I get points deducted from my grade. In the real world, if I turn a project in late to my boss, I can have money deducted from my salary or be fired and lose income. That lost money could have gone towards food, clothes, shelter, etc... and I could potentially starve if turning things in late is a constant habit.) That's my word on it...

Wow... How quickly she composed each piece and transitioned between them was amazing... o.o And they were interesting pieces too.

*poke (So I can visibly bother someone! ) *examine (The character leans forward a little with their hand up to their chin. maybe even a head tilt somewhere in there) *swingarms (Just a playful, childish action where you swing both arms in unison by your side) *brandish (Show off your weapon! ) *tiphat (tip your hat or helmet to someone: Slight motion forward or back, not completely taking it off) *theatricalbow (standing, legs crossed, arms out to the sides palm-up [maybe one arm crossed over the chest, your preference], your head tilted up slightly, and you take a bow) *cry (Leans over with closed fists in front of your eyes, rubbing ) *shrug (Eh.... Idk...) *glare *knock The biggest issue I can see with some of the emote ideas is that weapons may get in the way.. Is it possible, for some emotes, to hide weapons currently equipped until the emote finishes?

Maybe his suggestion makes it overpowered, but why not look past that and just generalize.... Wouldn't bone armor be cool? Change the stats from what was suggested... Maybe make it more of a lower-end armor that requires bone powder. And flower armor would be interesting to say the least; again, not with the suggested stats. Maybe they could be twin armor sets? Look similar with texture differences and a few alternating stats. Edit in response to something below: Why does the poster have to edit his or her post? Why can't people just look past the details and just take the general idea into consideration? Or at least post their own ideas for how it should work. That's what I am saying. I can't stand when one little detail is off about a good idea and people completely dismiss its possibilities.

In the new quest, with Novac, when you kill the large spider, he calls it a goblin. Also, when you go to kill the puma, he tells you "god job" and "god luck" (Meant to be "good" I think?)

Instead of forced combat to increase interest in mixing, what about mouse gestures? You set the recipe in the mixture window, click mix (Maybe only works for mix all? Or mix one? But in mix one, it becomes a multi-mixer?), then do some gesture, depending on the object being made, to progress on/make the object. For instance: a zigzag gesture for sewing leather, an alternating vertical motion for hammering metal bars/rings/medallions/armors/weapons, a swirl motion for potions/alchemy, a waving motion for summoning. For every gesture you progress a certain amount on the object depending on a formula based on your skill level and the item's recommended level, with the current chances to fail still taking effect when the object's progress reaches 100% (Maybe tweaked a bit in favor of those who choose to use gestures.)... Whenever you finish mixing, just click the mix button again to stop it from mixing more by mistake. Just an idea..

Why not? The only downside I can see is that weaker players will have less of a chance to fight stronger players, but now they'll have a better chance at catching up. (Which is probably the other reason for "no"s.) I say yes.

Woo! WB HOLY, I hope you can regain your old activity, HOLY used to be so much fun, I advise anyone to join if possible.

I agree completely with this ^. Its not just in mixing, but fighting too... ----It would be nice to have more of a variety in all skills. Something that would be nice is not just a ladder-styled object/combat system, where you take it one specific rung after another (Or you can skip up or down), but something more branched out, into a vine series. (Sorry for the annoying metaphors) Like the rabbits, beavers, skunks, and raccoons, more variety of items/monsters for a similar stat range, and maybe different requirements/stats to match different attribute builds so no matter your build, there is something you can take outside of PK... Just my thoughts... You heard nothing. >.>

Lets say you have 1 fruit in storage, and you harvest a bag full, lets say 600 in the inv, you deposit it all, and suddenly, as you're pulling it out bit by bit for use, a large chunk of it disappears? In the same day you got it because you had one fruit in the storage from a week prior.... Since all of the items in a storage slot have the same ID, it would be impossible to tell the rotting stuff apart from the fresh.... The same goes for anything on that list... New armor and clothes suddenly disappear just as you get them because you wanted to store it for a bit... The idea would be great if EL had the ability to individually ID and time everything....

~60fps typically. Looks Great, Can't Wait. ^^ Video card: GeForce 7300 LE/PCI/SSE2 Vendor ID: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL Version: 2.1.2

Haha! No, I thought the same as Ent. Parents like to blame other people for their troubles, and throw all responsibility away. That is something that I cannot stand about my parents... What annoys me even more is the fact that in discarding their responsibilities onto others, they take away any freedoms kids in general have. We have no right to self-defense: if someone attacks us at school, or someone we care about, and we fight back, we get punished (Because parents can't handle the fact that their kid is a bully and deserves it). We have no right to freedom of speech: Since we're considered so vulnerable, many of our opinions are shrugged off, or assaulted. Discrimination is something we're trying to stop in the U.S... We're doing a poor job of it. We have no right to privacy: probably the most understandable, but annoying... Parents invade our privacy so much, and demand constant supervision of us to the point where now the school monitors all internet logs at OUR HOMES and often report suspicious activities to our parents... We have no trust between parents and kids: I often hear about when people could walk to their friends' homes. They could stay a week of their summer away without worry or paranoia. I cannot because of the ideas that float around about being the "responsible parent". The idea that distrust is safety. Not the case anymore... Some things I can understand, but to the degree of retention childcare has now, I see no reason for it aside from laziness. Ok, I'm done ranting Maybe its rebellious thoughts from 'growing up' , but alot of the things my parents, and others' parents, do irritates me. They need to take more responsibility and stop relying on others to do their work... ------------------------------------------------------- (In case there is any wonder as to how my post is relevant, I tried to point out alot of the crap parents think now, and how things like this post only fuel their poor parenting abilities)

I'm sorry for being so slow... Alot of school projects... We're building a trebuchet for Physics! ^^ w00. Simple lever turned into a castle crushing monster.. Anyways, I'm still working on my video... idk when I'll have a chance to really get something done with it.. But at the end of the school year, every teacher has the same incorrect idea: that no one else will be giving homework or projects... So fun trying to balance trebuchet building, a website, a research paper on Shakespeare, a world history project, homework, and more....

I realize this topic is old, but I find it interesting ^^ I know of two fair 3D programs- Anim8or- Free 3D animation program, has the most interactive, easy-to-learn interface I've yet to find... Blender confuses me tbh.. ^^' And the paid-for programs I've tried have fairly high, unnecessary learning curves. Terranim8or- Free 3D terrain/particle program. It works alot like entropy's height map program, but uses shades to judge height instead of color.(Darker=lower;lighter=higher)

I know there are a few messed up parts... I need to make the text more clear, and add more of the skills at the end (I forgot a few... ) I'll post later when I've fixed it... ^^'

Where did Tokie say anything about your post?... That was bkc I do believe... He MIGHT have been referring to your post, he might not have... Who knows but him.. ^^' Jumping to conclusions in a post about idiocy doesn't help your case I'm sorry to tell you... (Though, in all truth, I shouldn't be talking... Irony ftw... )

o/ I'm going to enter one (The vid earlier was to clarify what can be done in it ^^')... I'm half way through...

So... something along the lines of this type of editing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfjDLUo2yXw (Of course, without my name anywhere in the video )

There is another game that recently added thieving as an ability, and the system has so many flaws... They may take the whole thief system down. Players go offline for a few minutes, and despite their defenses against thievery, there are so many attempts that their defenses are overwhelmed, and they lose hundreds of thousands of dollars (In-game) Thieving spam would be a hugely abusable thing. An entire group picks a target and steals from them until they take everything possible. Even small amounts of gc would turn into ludicrous amounts as a group attempt... Imagine entire thieving guilds, like fury, popping up. Their group projects would be to pick an AFK target clean. ^^'