2756. Anonymous (dialup-21.215.220.203.acc01-dapi-kat.comindico.com.au) –
13 Aug 2005 21:57:33
[ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
"Marc (h00102b024a85.ne.client2.attbi.com) - 02.23.05 09:18:06
Oh Tom, do I need to lecture you about Mac OS X system architecture? You so so so should not be writing user data into an application's bundle! For many reasons. You should write to me describing what you are doing so that I can tell you everything that's wrong about it and why and how you should be doing things..."
I suggest you pay attention to what this guy is saying. This is a disaster for macs.
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2754. Anonymous (dialup-21.215.220.203.acc01-dapi-kat.comindico.com.au) –
13 Aug 2005 20:42:48
[ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
I've had my ibook (mac os X) go very glitchy and I have enormous problems with crashing ever since downloading the latest version of escape. I still haven't solved the crashing problems, it's an ongoing nightmare. I won't be playing or downloading this game again. |
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2753. Anonymous (clinkmdb137.clpl.net) –
13 Aug 2005 20:38:06
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
I have a 4.0 at a Private school with several e.c. activities, but got a 1500 on the new SAT. Goodbye Duke, hello University of Cincinnati.
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If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball! |
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They may make you want to pull your own feeding tube. |
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2749. Tom 7 (h-72-244-68-9.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
12 Aug 2005 18:54:02
[ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
By the way, I realize that I have a tendency to respond to suggestions frequently with what amounts to "I already know that" or "That's a bad idea," which might make it sound like I don't appreciate comments, but I really do. I just (a) have put a lottt of time into thinking about Escape and future directions for it and (b) am very picky. Thanks everyone! |
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2748. Tom 7 (h-72-244-68-9.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
12 Aug 2005 18:52:11
[ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
You know, I tried that DoctorMO, and it didn't work as well as I thought it would. Anyway, the main problem with trying it again is that it would interact very badly with animation, which is the 2nd hardest piece of code in the program... so it is unlikely I'll ever get the courage to do it. ;) |
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I've thought about perhaps if there was some code to do tile merging, this is where a tile is effected by the tiles around it, if done efficiently can be very nice for graphics for instance if you have blue blocks which can't be moved, imagen having them merged so they looked more like walls, or having arrays of wires and switches look flat and imposing like one solid object. |
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Testing that comments still work. |
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About rating levels -- I think it would be cool if there were an option to abstain from rating each of the three aspects of the level. That way, you could just rate the difficulty of a level you haven't yet solved without having decided on a style rating or other such combinations. |
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2744. Anonymous (ip-66-80-61-182.sjc.megapath.net) –
09 Aug 2005 23:10:35
[ Space Names! ]
im looking for alien names but not too.....weird, im starting to write a book of the future about aliens and people in this war over....something i cant really describe. my main character needs a human name and an alien name, it would be cool if they were simular. so if anyone has any ideas please feel free to email them to diamondeyez1990.com. ive tried many websites but still can't seem to find any. thanx |
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Yes, I am going to do that when I rewrite the animation code for wires (which is currently wrong; see those two bug reports in the graveyard). You'll also see electricity travel along wires even if it goes nowhere. |
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2741. Max (pcp0010478666pcs.hamden01.ct.comcast.net) –
09 Aug 2005 17:16:35
[ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
You've probably already considered this, but just in case, I think it might be cool if you animated a blocked transponder beam, making it travel until it hits an obstruction. This could make it clearer to beginners what exactly is going on with them, and there are possibilities for very complex transponder arrangements that would be more immediately understandable (and it would look cool!). |
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"door coat thumping" - an interesting interpretation.
Any way, Thanks Tom for the awesome interview. Wasn't he great?
Barry |
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Holy shit, I always thought that it was "door coat thumping". Now it makes complete sense to me now. |
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Point is, Max, you never know.... |
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What an incredibly in-depth analysis! I've got to hand it to you for holding up to such seltz-o-centric scrutiny. I sure hope I'm never called upon to account for any of my AAD lyrics... |
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2736. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-115.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
07 Aug 2005 21:52:26
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
Mushrooms live in lots of places, not just the bathroom. |
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2735. Anonymous (pool-141-157-198-57.ny325.east.verizon.net) –
07 Aug 2005 21:46:56
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
the mushrooms are a health concern, i found this comment on another site:
"I can't believe you are laughing about mushrooms in your bathroom! Please know that they are dangerous to your health! Your landlord should have it remediated/cleaned. They can cause serious health effects, including asthma, spitting up blood from bleeding lungs, and even death. My husband nearly died of this! He lost a third of his lungs at only 32 years old. I also know two people that died the same year he fell ill. Please look this up on the internet and get some help. Mushrooms are a fungus. Although my husband didn't have AIDS, 80 to 90 percent of AIDS patients die of fungal pneumonia! This is a life and death situation! Please heed my warning."
i am too disgusted to go into my bathroom because it is so nasty to have big, ugly mushrooms on the ceiling!! |
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2732. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-115.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
06 Aug 2005 15:51:20
[ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
(1) Yes, you should never save into triage or any web collection, since it will also move stray levels out of there when updating. (They are sent to the attic, at least, instead of being deleted.) I have a to-do that I should warn against saving into triage.
The reason that it prompted you to rate was that it was in a web collection directory, so it assumes the level is on the server. But, no harm done anyway.
(2) You only see it as "untitled," because that's the name that the solution is stored as in your player file.. like any other solution that you make. It's named "original" on the server, however, and anyone who downloads it will see it under that name. The reason that you don't see that name when you download solutions is that it doesn't overwrite pre-existing identical solutions, so the copy that you have (which is called "Untitled") just stays as is. I suppose when uploading it would be slightly bette behavior if it renamed Untitled solutions to "Original." |
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2731. Stephan (fl-71-3-58-176.dyn.sprint-hsd.net) –
06 Aug 2005 11:54:29
[ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]
I edited the level Seige reloaded from the triage folder and saved a new level into the triage folder with a new title and author. I then played and solved the level. Escape prompted me for ratings, and then tried to upload the rating -- but failed when it found that the level didn't exist on the server yet.
1) Should I have saved the level I was editing into 'my levels', not the triage folder that was set by default?
2) I returned to the level menu and uploaded the level. When I go to manage solutions though, my solution shows as 'untitled' not 'original'. This appears to be the case for all of the levels I've uploaded. Does the 'original' moniker only appear for other players? |
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MUSHROOM NIGHTMARES: Well, we started today--tearing up the basement bathroom that is. So far, since we shut off the water supplies into the bathroom and bleached as much as possible we haven't had any further mushroom growth.
It looks like the growth problem seems to be limited to the bathroom floor area. I sure hope so.
Wish us luck! |
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Play that baby,thats what its for.It wont sound right till it has some dings |
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2726. Anonymous (pool-71-116-181-158.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net) –
04 Aug 2005 21:26:45
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
Sick! I just found the same mushrooms growing in my basement bathroom of our new, and yes, inspected, home (20 yrs old, but only 7 months new to us) We had some water leaking, but I never saw anything like this before!!!!!!! Glad to know I'm not alone.
I did some research. BRW, Bleach definitely does not work, but I read Hydrogen Peroxide does a bit better. I also found this page:
http://alsnetbiz.com/homeimprovement/homemade.html
This seems like the best option.
Sick! |
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