Posted by MrG 207.231.75.43 using Mozilla/4.5 [en] (Win98; I) on March 17, 2000 at 21:55:41:
In Reply to: more help posted by T. I. T. T. Y. on March 17, 2000 at 16:43:30:
Oh you measly fools, let the master do the taunting and learn from his
great wisdom (his modesty being only one aspect of his perfection) ;)
: how could i make a standing animation
:and a tile that would push the player,
:to form a flowing river, or is there a simpler way?
Hum-dum.. I can't think of sutiable enough insults and reprimands
when I am not in a completely anger-consumed state.. Perhaps this Indian
headress and Incredibly Pointy Object (TM) will help.. Ow.. Maybe not..
Anyway... A standing animation? Of a character? Have you bothered to read the
friggen manual at all? That's that little button in the corner that says "Help"?
I'm guessing you're stuck in Oklahoma right now with Martin's aunt because you also
refuse to ask for directions, right? Now the first stage of healing is acceptance, say it with me
now:
"I AM A NEWBIE. I WILL READ THE MANUAL, INSTEAD OF EXPECTING ALL THESE GREAT AND POWERFUL RPG GURUS
TO HOLD MY HAND WHILE I LEARN WHAT TILES ARE. I WILL ESPECIALLY NOT BOTHER THE HANDSOME, CHARMING
MrG, WHO IS A GREAT ASSET TO LIFE ON EARTH WHEN HE IS NOT INCREDIBLY DRUNK, WHICH HE PROBABLY IS RIGHT
NOW (err, nevermind). INSTEAD, I WILL LOOK IN THE LITTLE MAUNAL, READ THE DAMN THING, REALIZE I FORGOT MOST OF WHAT
I LEARNED IN SECOND GRADE, PAUSE FROM RPG-CREATING FOR A SUMMER TO RETAKE THESE VALUABLE MISSED COURSES, AND THEN I WILL
START READING THE MANUAL AGAIN, UNTIL I AM ALMOST AS INTELLIGENT AS MrG!"
There we go; you're on the right track now.. It's okay to cry, really, it is!
Now come back when you want to ask us something useful, something other then
"How do I make a isometric based, pixel scrolling engine with 3D battle sequences in the
TK? There's a button for that, right?" Then post
useful things like, "I need art help," or "Chris, there's a bug"
or "Cyrus, my god, you are god," or "MrG, when are you going to stop pretending you're
actually smart?", "Lance, can I join Mystic Software,", "Is that the *real* California cheese
Spyder?" Then, my friend, you shall be accepted into our ranks as a full fledged
member! (Just watch out for Spyder's cheese)
Um, if there is any point to be dirived from all this that is actually serious; look dude,
the only way to get better is to read the manual and learn things for yourself. Rome wasn't
built in a day, and Ceaser didn't go rushing to Yoda (who, btw, actually existed.. seriously..)
for help on pounding a nail. It looks like you're making progress, as this question is a mite more
intelligent then your previous ones, and I'll actually try to help you, if you promise to read the manual.
-Standing animation - Perfect example of not reading the docs. It's easy, just make your graphics for your character
(front, left, right, back, attack, die, defense, special move, did I forget any?) and plug them into the Edit Character,
Graphics section. Read the docs; I cannot stress this enough...
-River - First, make a program (say, "Flownorth.prg") and in it, put in the command for pushing the player one tile to
the north (ha, thought I was gonna give code anyway, didn't ya? Mwhahahahah) In the board editor, set this program for all
your river tiles, and then, whenever you step on the river, it pushes you one up to the north. You might also want to make a custom
posture (say with just the head and shoulders of the guy, to make it seem like he's swimming), and put that in your Flow program too
(Use the #Posture command, see the docs)...
Did I help any, seriously? :) I'm sorry if we sound mean, but it just frustrates us to see a guy come in
demanding us to spoon-feed him when we worked so hard.. :) Hope I helped...
Mike
P.S I am not..hiccup..drunk!