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Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ficedula on 2003-03-12 20:41:05

Long time no see ;)

Well, I'm back now. Long story, but essentially I've been absolutely snowed under with work at university for the past month or so - combination of normal uni work, third year project (more or less like a programming dissertation) and job applications/interviews conspired to kill pretty much most of my free time, and society work at uni took up the rest.
Not to suggest that I don't have work *now* or anything - I have this nice little 15,000 word report I have to write on the project - but at least now I have 5 weeks more-or-less off to actually do it in.

I know some of you have been wanting to get hold of my programs ( ;) ) so my site is now up at:

http://www.warwickcompsoc.co.uk/~ficedula/f2k3/

That's the Computing Society server (well, one of them) at uni, so it should be pretty reliable, fast, and so on. I don't however have much disk space on it, so only the most recent version of every program is available for download. That should be enough for most people, of course. (more on this in the appropriate thread elsewhere...)

If anybody's posted stuff needing my attention, I *have* read most of the backlog over the past month, although not all, so I'll try and reply to anything still relevant. Get in touch if I've missed something though ;)  Same applies to email - if you've sent me something and I've not replied, try again (perhaps with a different email; my spamfilters can be a bit enthusiastic).

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ShinRa Inc on 2003-03-12 20:53:07

Quick question;  Where's the new "Zangan" program I've been hearing about?

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ficedula on 2003-03-12 21:29:50

Must've got left out (I think I probably never uploaded it to the old site 'officially'). It's up there now.

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ShinRa Inc on 2003-03-13 02:45:20

Word.

Suggestions;  If it's possible to make the Mouse the method of moving the perspective around?  Also, the ability to move backwards, as well as forwards?

Also, I've compliled a pretty accurate list of which file is what battleground, if that'd be helpful at all.

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: Cyberman on 2003-03-13 04:51:34

Hey.. cool!
Thanks Fice!

I've been lurking err.. looking forward to this for a bit :)

Cyb.

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ficedula on 2003-03-13 14:01:44

OK, Zangan v1.11 uploaded with the ability to rotate the camera around using the mouse.

Obviously I can give the ability to move backwards, but I'm unsure about how to 'bind' it - the left button is move forwards, the right is rotate/look around, so I've kind of run out of buttons there ;)  Next version can have it in if people agree on a suggestion of how to do it.

ShinRa Inc: Yes, I could put that list into the program easily; send it to me and I'll do so. Cheers.

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: Alhexx on 2003-03-13 14:01:51

What should I say?!

WELCOME BACK !!
I'm happy to see you posting again, fice!

 - Alhexx

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ShinRa Inc on 2003-03-13 14:25:17

Quote from: ficedula

ShinRa Inc: Yes, I could put that list into the program easily; send it to me and I'll do so. Cheers.

It is done.

Title: About that new Zangand
Post by: Contra on 2003-03-13 19:42:54

Um... Now that you've got it mouse contorlled, which is much better, btw, nice thought Shinra... but... Before, holding the Left mouse button moved you forward in the direction you were facing... now, it seems it fails to move you on one axis. It won't go up or down. I'm guessing this is an error... I just figured I'd make sure it became apparent soon.
~Contra~

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ficedula on 2003-03-13 19:49:58

Well, the mouse control doesn't do anything that couldn't be done before - it just lets you access the facing using a mouse-dragging interface (in fact, you can even see the sliders moving as you drag the mouse around). You couldn't move up or down in the older versions, and you still can't.

It was kind of a design decision; the levels are really only meant to be viewed from one location - the centre. From other places, they can look really silly. However, moving about around the floor doesn't make *too* much difference ... moving up-and-down tended to make it really obvious where things go wrong ;)

I could add it in, of course, I just didn't for that reason. If people *want* it of course, I'll put it in.

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: Contra on 2003-03-13 20:06:08

Ah, I guess I'm wrong. *shrugs* Personally, I'd like to be able to move up and down, but that's just me. I can see why you wouldn't have that quite easily. I guess we'll see what "the people" want, eh?

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: ficedula on 2003-03-14 16:51:49

OK, new version uploaded. Main change is the incorporation of Shinra Inc's list of names into the program.

You can also move up/down using the A/Z keys; as I mentioned, don't be surprised if Things Look Wrong from other places, tho ;)

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: Skillster/RedSarg99 on 2003-03-14 21:05:06

Mwahaha,
The Man Is Back!!
Nice to see you Fice :p

Title: Gomen everybody
Post by: Darkness on 2003-03-15 14:28:28

fice: program is nice. how about those field files now? ^^