4282. Tom 7 (pool-70-20-80-28.pitt.east.verizon.net) –
16 Mar 2006 23:16:52
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
I'm glad it worked, and sorry about the bug. It seems it has bit almost everyone by now! |
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Ah yes, I am using OSX, and I did just make bookmarks in the level I was editing.
I followed the above instructions, and now things are back to normal. Thanks much. |
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Daedalus: Are you on OSX? If so, you unfortunately don't have the fix for this bug yet. The good news is that your data isn't lost. Search this page for "backup" and read those instructions; you can also edit the file yourself to fix it (you might want to make a copy somewhere first). To fix it, open daedalus.esp, find the line after "-- solutions" (it should start with an asterisk *. Delete that line and the ! line that comes after it. Then escape should start up just fine.
The thing that causes this is making bookmarks while playing a level from the editor. Just don't do that until I can release another version for OSX (sorry, the delay isn't my fault, urgh..). |
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This afternoon, on opening Escape I see:
daedelus.esp **ERROR** (-1)
and on clicking:
Couldn't read played daedelus.esp
These are the potentially disasterous things I have done recently:
I updated the deleted level file last week. I guess you're not supposed to...?
This morning I started playing with changing the text color of my levels.
I've never backed up my player; am I really screwed? |
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4278. Tom 7 (pool-70-17-180-254.pitt.east.verizon.net) –
15 Mar 2006 22:44:01
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
kirima: Yeah, I agree, that would be another good way to sort levels. I think redoing the level selector will be the next major overhaul in the game.
It's nice to credit everyone involved in a level, and the space isn't really limited. I think the current system that people have worked out is pretty good.
I can change your name on the server if you want, but I have to do it manually. It's pretty easy. Let me know if you want me to!
stephan: True, but it is a bit late to change the semantics of bombs now! Brian has been asking for a tile that sends a "push" out in all four directions; maybe some kind of air bomb would be feasible. The next tile I have planned is wire-activated panels, and I don't want to even add that until I feel like bombs are pretty much worn out... |
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4277. Stephan (fl-71-3-7-5.dyn.sprint-hsd.net) –
15 Mar 2006 20:29:07
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
It might be interesting if bombs toggled 1/0 panels in the vicinity of the explosion. (Either that, or another type of time-delay 'logic bomb') Or perhaps bombs could be made to toggle up/down left/right blocks? |
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4276. Kirima/mm (116.147.203.62.cust.bluewin.ch) –
15 Mar 2006 19:01:05
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
Tom, re-rating certain levels let me realize that I have no idea when I had solved them. Sorting levels by the date of the first solution could be interesting!?
The copyright-problem... (-; - original uploaded by X mod by Y via Z versus K... And most of us use at least 2 names? Doom's original mod by Kirima via Henri via mm? I found a level that indicates "pretty much everybody" as author, which is just funny.Is it possible to change the player's name? I guess it should be within the folder, but I think changing the author's name of a level would inplique another moving to the graveyard.When I started the game for the very first time, I just tiped "mm" as usual, all my people know who this is. But this is just a very "private" little indication of a name. We have to decide the name before having any idea that this name will or could appear as an official name. As you can easily guess: all my "name"-problems are secundary, not really important.
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I guess if you are using softclip, limiter shouldn't ever have to be engaged, but what it does is hard-limit the level so that it never goes above 1.0. I would expect the application to also limit it before sending it to the sound card or mp3 encoder, etc., so now that I think about it this is probably just superstition from my analog days. ;) |
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Okay, thanks. I already do a little bit of that, like throwing the softclip on the whole mix (wasn't sure about the limiter though - what exactly is the difference between the two?). I think one of the problems that pops up a lot in my music is that it's usually pretty complex, so that requires a lot more mixing work and tweaking so that the instruments are all clear and don't clash too much. |
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LOL. No particular advice, except that compression sound bad on guitar, and I like to turn the vox up Loud. I generally use the default settings in VSTDynamics (so the thing about release is a bit of hyperbole), but increase the ratio to like 4:1 and makeupgain to 9 or 10 dB. Softclip and limiter on the entire mix, to help with the "failure mode" issue. Also, another piece of simple advice is to eq the various tracks differently, since the ear is best at distinguishing sounds at different frequencies. This will result in a less muddled mix. |
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Yeah, I had a feeling it was just a lot of compression (I was specifically thinking about how the vocals sit nicely on top of the mix). Any specific advice about compression in particular? You do, after all, know how to set the parameters. Especially the 'release'. |
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Jonathan: tee-hee, thanks! I'm glad Japan On Mad is interesting; it was the last song that I recorded, and at the time I actually thought of it as a throwaway song. I kind of like it now.
Adhesion: It is very funny to hear that comment. I usually think of my production as being pretty lo-fi (maybe "sloppy mid-fi" is more accurate; see http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/vanderslice-john-051014.shtml), like nowhere near as careful as when I record with Sophia or how I know people are in studios. I think my basic idea is to set things up so that the failure modes are good; for instance, if I get too loud there should be some nice analog distortion rather than digital clipping. (So I like to put two analog preamps in sequence and only tweak the levels on the first one.) And then just go for it.
Also, it's possible that you're just hearing the dynamic compression (which I apply liberally), something that is ubiquitous in popular recordings and which I cannot get enough of. It makes vocals in particular sound "louder." |
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4270. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-203.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
15 Mar 2006 00:31:09
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
Well, to install a new version, just download the installer from the website and install like you did the first time, just picking a different folder.
To zip up the escape directory, you can right click on the directory in explorer, choose "Send to.." and then say "compressed folder" (I think that works). Or you can use a third party zipping tool like winzip or 7zip. You can then attach that ZIP file to an e-mail message, though that depends on your e-mail application.
Has anybody else ever had this problem? |
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Speaking of that kind of stuff, do you have any specific mixing & mastering tools or techniques? Your music always sounds near-professional in that regard (at least that's how I hear it). |
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4267. Ryan (netnrtco4-216-168-108-133.nrtco.net) –
14 Mar 2006 19:57:01
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
How do I do that? |
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"Spring Break Pittsburgh 2006 wooo!" is now in heavy rotation in my head. (Steel, and railroads made of steel. Wooo... wooo!) Somehow you make General MIDI patches sound inexplicably organic-ish. It is a talent! And "Japan on Mad" has a cool chord progression. Thick and rich and sorta melancholy... |
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4264. ass hole (205.154.150.238) –
14 Mar 2006 16:33:54
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Yeah you definitely should make a best-of! |
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Also, I appreciate hearing favorites, since I want to sometime put together an "AAD sessions" album of the best songs, which people might actually want to listen to. |
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I wonder if "Fresh sparerib in Kyoto" includes travel expenses. |
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4258. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-203.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
14 Mar 2006 11:15:02
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
Can you do two things for me? If so I can probably fix the bug.
1. make a zip of your entire Escape directory and send it to me? My e-mail address is (twm at andrew.cmu.edu).
2. install a new copy of Escape in a different directory and see if it still crashes when you update? Does it crash if you use the keyboard (press 4) to get levels? |
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I know man, I know... we need like a support group. |
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4256. Ryan (netnrtco4-216-168-108-64.nrtco.net) –
14 Mar 2006 10:33:46
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
It crashes when I click the screen on get new levels. I use windows XP home edition. I don't know if it will do that. |
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Truly amazing. I don't remember the last time I laughed so heartily alone. I started to tear up at around the "COCA COCA" point, and by the glorious finale I was an emotional wreck. |
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