Treellama wrote:That's what makes GIMP so easy to use too. ::rolls eyes::

Gimp wouldn't be a problem if you didn't have click twice. I stand by my request that the UI elements positions' be customizable.

One of the things I really liked about PiD's interface was that you could move all the little bits around because they were separate windows. I'd try to preserve that if it isn't a ridiculous amount of work.

Here is my first UI design plan (Mockup) Of course, the OS window borders will be removed. Everything is in the game window, it's not all seperate. Any suggestions for modernisations? I might see if I can start getting some actual PiD textures Well, if you're looking for modernization you could add...

Aah. See, there's no disarming in marathon, but what I was thinking of each shot being a whole grenade clip, which netmaps and singleplayer alike are also stingy with. That would work. The thing to remember is that even if only one of the grenades hits, it will put the player on the receiving end a...

Something to keep in mind for balance is that Oni was very stingy with ammo, and that despite the scram cannon having five(?) shots, you would likely only get off one or two before someone ran up and disarmed you.

Treellama wrote:Do you play the lottery?

If lottery tickets were free, you can bet I'd be grabbing them by the cartload.

Crater Creator wrote:The concept is inspiring. I had to immediately doodle some ideas. I don't want to commit to anything, but I'm considering trying some of them out in Weland.

Ditto for me. I'm downloading the newest version of Weland right now.

I've always liked the idea, if for no other reason than my maps are fugly anyway and I have a lot more fun focusing on the design.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I've been having trouble finding a good grass texture that Photoshop'll convert to 8bit BMP. I seem to recall having some trouble there because of the color tables: most of the reasonable looking colors end up getting converted to yellow ones. You should investigate forc...

MoppyPuppy wrote:Try naming a really good sewage level.

I can't, I figure because sewage and waste disposal areas are as a boring in video games as they are in real life.

There was that one level in Marathon:Evil called Mr. Bill Meets Gumby.

Yeah I loved some of the lava levels on M2 actually, Feel the Noise and All Roads Lead to Sol, God Will Sort the Dead are all fantastic fun IMO. For some reason I just wasn't a big fan of the lava set in Infinity, and I guess I wasn't a huge fan of the sewage set in M2 for that matter. I also have ...

I voted for the Lava texture set, because of all those fun times on Lhwon in M2.

That's much better- the anorexic marine we know and love. :) This can be explained away by yelling "Low-G Adaptation" and running away. As for the pistol, the 2nd trigger guard is easy to explain. Basic firearm safety rules dictate that you don't put your finger within the trigger guard u...

Alpha can mean "the first or most significant occurrence of something," and saving the Vylae and ensuring thier vitory in thier war to protect thier homes and freedom. If the Pfhor were to enslave thier 15 planets and each's inhabidants, they would be unstopable. But if they won, Earth wo...

Oh, and the vertical slice at the bottom is part of the 3D model, not done in post-processing. If you look closely you'll notice it's reflected in the bottom of the central sphere. It just looks tacked on because it was made using a boolean difference function with a rectangular prism, and the came...

I feel like a lot of games use Alpha in the title. Is there some significance to 'alpha' or is it just a word that sounds cool? The title should be at least obtusely related to the content of the game.

ReCAPTCHA is a particular flavor of CAPTCHA, the "typing in the letters you see in this box" you refer to. ReCAPTCHA has tha added benefit of helping digitize archived issues of the New York Times. CAPTCHAs get broken from time to time, and the people who make them usually update them fair...

Been lurking, thought I'd drop my $.02:
I think white is a bad ideal, because A) Several scenarios already use white icons, so it would cause confusion, and White isn't very far away from the silver/gray that Infinity uses. I definitely think we should stick with green.

Speaking of netmaps, I've completed my entry and are looking for some people to help me play-test the map. Contact me by PM/Email/AIM or whatever (NOT on this thread), please.

EMR 3.0 is a unique scenario based upon the Aleph One (Marathon) engine. It is a first-person action adventure game, featuring an epic and in-depth story line. As a Federation Marine resting after your last mission, you start aboard the exploration class Starship Kronos where you learn that your rea...

I once volunteered to cut out and modify sprites for the monsters in this. It's alot of work. I have a folder full of the best screenshots possible, from every angle I could get. They have some redundency, so if one dosen't work out you can use the next, but they'll still require editing. You can ha...

So I have obviously not been around for a long time, but now I'm trying to teach myself Lua and feverently hoping that my guide dosen't list this function just because it's outdated. Is there a function like this? That is, similar to player_damaged but for monsters?

Ok then. ELD it is, I guess.

That might be a tad too ambitious.

Well, I'm sure that this has been checked, and my language skills are inadequate, but is their something equivalent to a RND statement in Basic, but no RANDOMIZE?