Tom 7 Radar: all comments

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2981. Tom 7 (h-72-244-71-99.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 13 Oct 2005 00:40:49 Space Names! ]
Represent!
 
2980. b dogg (ip68-101-196-73.sd.sd.cox.net) – 12 Oct 2005 19:51:25 Space Names! ]
SCIENCE NERDS ARE H-O-T HOT!!
YEAH LIKE ALL OF YOU GUYS! SCIENCE NERDS! ALRIGHT NERDIES! YA
NERDS UNITE!
 
2979. Anonymous (ip68-101-196-73.sd.sd.cox.net) – 12 Oct 2005 19:50:15 Space Names! ]
these chikcs dont even know th name of my baand, but theyre all on me like they wanna hold haands...
 
2978. b dogg (ip68-101-196-73.sd.sd.cox.net) – 12 Oct 2005 19:49:04 Space Names! ]
this is very interesting.
 
2977. Kirima (252.116.78.83.cust.bluewin.ch) – 12 Oct 2005 13:02:57 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
I knew you did write a computer program to solve this revenge of the computers, that's WHY I don't feel too stupid anymore. ;)

"r" will restore - ok, thank you, I did not get that.

I'm looking forward to the new version - and I'm curious! I'm sure it will be just great and "better" and wonderful! :)
 
2976. Anonymous (212.248.225.138) – 12 Oct 2005 09:25:25 FLAMING TEXT ]
Yo ppl itz flixi wixi n raza ere 2 gojus girlies!
 
2975. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-244.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 12 Oct 2005 09:07:49 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Yeah, revenge of the computers is definitely one of the hardest levels out there. I actually wrote a computer program to solve it, though some people have done it by hand.

's' should work; it silently saves your current position and if you later press 'r' then it will restore it. This only persists while the same level is open, so if you quit back to the load screen, then the checkpoint is lost.

BUT -- the new version which I will release this week (almost done!) has "bookmarks", which are saved in your player file and are much more straightforward. So don't fret that 's' isn't as useful as you might like. ;)
 
2974. Kirima (35.113.78.83.cust.bluewin.ch) – 12 Oct 2005 08:59:53 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Thank you, Tom 7. So I've tried to find help "here", read the comments, and found out that some levels seem to be REALLY HARD - I've had a HUGE problem on level 617... - I realized that I'm not the only one, so I feel less stupid now! :-) And now I know that you are sure, positive, that there does exist a solution for every single level.

While playing, "u" alone does undo, and BTW ctrl-u does it, too! "s" alone does not do anything - or maybe I just can't understand the way it does save or what exactly this saves? I couldn't figure out what to do AFTER "s" - the file might be saved anywhere, but where? Do you know what I'm trying to ask? (Sorry, my english...)

For editing: you were guessing right, I've tried to do it the way you suggest, and it works. "s" works as well, and no problem to find the saved file.
 
2973. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-244.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 11 Oct 2005 22:45:27 Speaking Skillz ]
You think my skills are like socks? HELL NO
 
2972. Max (ce-web3.wesleyan.edu) – 11 Oct 2005 22:24:09 Speaking Skillz ]
Just like my socks.
 
2971. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 11 Oct 2005 14:19:19 Speaking Skillz ]
My skills in combat are unmatched.
 
2970. Max (ce-web3.wesleyan.edu) – 11 Oct 2005 12:05:33 and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon ]
Oh so it's like I'm actually saving time instead of wasting time.
 
2969. Max (ce-web3.wesleyan.edu) – 11 Oct 2005 12:03:41 Speaking Skillz ]
Man I hope you can pass the Numchuck Skill Requirement.
 
2968. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-244.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 11 Oct 2005 00:40:43 and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon ]
I totally did it. Actually, you are watching someone play megaman and another megaman for 48 minutes.
 
2967. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-244.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 11 Oct 2005 00:39:14 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Kirima: I'm workin' on it.. a few more years, I guess.

As for hints, you can ask people for hints (maybe here), or you can read the comments on levels with the spoilers turned on; that will usually give something away. But I find that solving a level with hints is a lot less fun. It is DEFINITELY the case that some of these levels are REALLY HARD. There are several that I've wasted many hours on and not solved!

For editing: I'm not sure what problem you're reporting. What do you mean when you say you want to find out where certain positions "are"? If I'm guessing correcly, then this might help: instead of using the menu at the top to switch between the layers, put your mouse pointer over the place where you want to edit the alternate layer, and then press 'y' on the keyboard to toggle. That way your mouse is already in the right place.

Sorry about the international keyboard issues. I want to sort this out at some point, but I think it's more a problem with the SDL than with my code. (Unfortunately, as I only have US keyboards around, the problem is somewhat distant for me...) BTW, ctrl-s doesn't do anything. While playing, 's' alone saves, and 'u' alone undos. While editing, 's' saves the level, and 'u' doesn't do anything that I recall.
 
2966. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-244.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 11 Oct 2005 00:33:48 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Anon: No, I just fixed a problem where bans weren't actually doing anything on scribble, so a bunch of old bans went into effect. The reason I wrote was "Excessive immaturity on scribble." Your whole ISP is banned, so it's quite possible that you are just getting unfairly banned because of something someone else did, and a long time ago. I don't usually ban people unless they are being unreasonably mean without provocation. I definitely don't ban people for merely posting civil but negative comments!

Anyway, the ban is pretty old so I removed it. Let's hope that whoever was being uncivil is not planning on striking again.
 
2965. Max (ce-web3.wesleyan.edu) – 10 Oct 2005 23:29:14 and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon ]
That sounds amazing, but damned if I'm going to watch someone else play megaman for 48 minutes. Maybe I'm just jealous.
 
2964. Anonymous (dialup-153.214.220.203.acc01-dapi-kat.comindico.com.au) – 10 Oct 2005 21:17:57 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Why am I banned from scribble? Does making a negative comment here get one banned?
 
2963. Tadbot (pcp04043871pcs.walngs01.pa.comcast.net) – 10 Oct 2005 19:17:40 and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon ]
I just downloaded & watched most of the video. Although I didn't watch the whole thing, I believe that I have now witnessed the apex of human achievement.
 
2962. Kirima (235.126.78.83.cust.bluewin.ch) – 10 Oct 2005 18:31:48 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Oops, I thought you did! ;-) So I hope you'll get it very soon!

Question: Can I get help anywhere when I'm stuck on a certain level without having found any solution by myself yet? Or might it be that I'm just too stupid and some levels are made only for extraordinary clever people...?

I've tried to edit a level - OSX 10.3., iMac G5 - it seems rather complicated to find out where exactly certain positions on the hidden (2nd, background) layer are - is this normal, or a Mac specific problem? Is it possible to define a position, for example coordinates x,y? I realize that some problems might be due to my swiss keyboard, so "?" does not work, but ctrl-+ . ctrl-u does undo, ctrl-s would not safe any progress.
 
2961. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 10 Oct 2005 15:35:06 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
I didn't get my PhD yet. ;)
 
2960. Kirima (82.146.76.83.cust.bluewin.ch) – 10 Oct 2005 13:45:42 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Congratulations Tom 7, great game and PhD
 
2959. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 10 Oct 2005 12:44:59 The Quartic Formula ]
If a isn't 1, divide the whole polynomial by a. (If it's 0, use the cubic formula!)
 
2958. Hot Tuna (212.219.204.66) – 10 Oct 2005 11:02:24 The Quartic Formula ]
Damn it! the formula wont show when I go to the site. Refresh doesn't work. I blame it on the trinity system.

Zounds! looks like I must search even more for a ridiculously long formula which can't solve ax^4 + bx^3 + cx^2 + dx + e. What if a<>1 ?
 
2957. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-244.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 08 Oct 2005 19:40:58 NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
Thanks!
 

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