Twitter Updates Week 1

June 16, 2009 11:27 PM from

Partly as a favor to those who are opposed to twitter , partly because I'm bored, and partly because I want to contribute to the communty, I'm going to post here the developer tweets. Here are all the ones to date:

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Getting in last minute tweaks (colorizing cloth icons, new selection cursor, grid in cloth mode) before making our weekly Internal Build.

I've decided we need to prioritize 'Little Forest' generation. Open fields look so bare without some random groves dotting the landscape.

(re: First beta Build) Working hard to get a 'limited-alpha' out next week, but that depends on how much we get done by tomorrow.

Time for a mini-meeting about organizing large files...World.cpp is up to 6000 lines and getting a bit unruly.

Mental Note: With Jesse back I can request code to dynamically destroy city buildings-the more flying bits and fiery wreckage the better!

Playing Elemental with arrow keys feels like an old-school RPG (think original FF, DQ, or Ultima).

Wow...just now got the units receiving the key messages. Now to get them moving as the player commands.

First two shots from the first set of Intro Storyboards... http://sd.stardock.com/Elemental/Intro_Storyboard1.jpg

Line of GC2 code that never got used...#define STEALTH_CHANCE_OF_HIT 10...looks like stealth was toyed with at some point. Interesting.

is digging through GalCiv2 code to re-learn how to move units via the keyboard.about 9 hours ago from web
comparest that spider Pewter Peice some old unshaded cloth map peices...yuck. http://sd.stardock.com/Elemental/ShinyPewterComparison_Bleh.jpg hours ago from web
A Highly Specular Pewter Spider on the Cloth Map http://sd.stardock.com/Elemental/ShinySpiderOnClothMap.jpg ...Still needs colorized.about 13 hours ago from web
When your Sovereign founds a new Settlement, he will use his remaining moves, enter the new city, and rest his feet.about 13 hours ago from web
More digging to be done...got 24s for Scott, 31s for Brad, and 37s for Jesse. Paul suggests roads and rivers may be at fault...we'll see.about 14 hours ago from web
Wow...huge speed boost, new pewter peices looking great! What a productive day!!!6:46 PM Jun 15th from TwitterFon
Time for the final time of the evening.....(makes drumroll sound).... 38.7!!!!!!! High fives and drinks all around!!!5:18 PM Jun 15th from web
1m40s down to a smooth 51s....now where can we trim another 25 seconds?3:20 PM Jun 15th from web
This week - Speeding up Load Time (was 1:40 from Start to Map on Friday), Fancier Pewter Peices, and New Startup Screens!2:47 PM Jun 15th from web

I will try to keep this as updated as possible.

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Reply #1 June 17, 2009 12:17 AM from

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What luck that it's in my timeline. I hate it when updates appear in alternate timelines. It messes up my sense of dimensional chronology.

Don't even get me started on when updates are accidently posted in the mirror universe. Phew!

Reply #2 June 17, 2009 3:40 AM from

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AWESOME!

...I was afraid I would have to make a twitter there for a little while!

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Reply #3 June 17, 2009 7:36 AM from

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kyogre: Thanks man, this is a good idea...I'll try to keep the posts interesting

Reply #4 June 17, 2009 9:32 AM from

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Quoting BoogieBac, reply 3

kyogre: Thanks man, this is a good idea...I'll try to keep the posts interesting

No problem, anything to help. Anyway, heres another update:

TeamElementalLine of GC2 code that never got used...#define STEALTH_CHANCE_OF_HIT 10...looks like stealth was toyed with at some point. Interesting.

Reply #5 June 17, 2009 9:39 AM from

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Good work guys. Good idea

Reply #6 June 17, 2009 11:12 AM from

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Is there anything 'bout bears in there?

Reply #7 June 17, 2009 11:24 AM from

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Does "ate lunch while sitting on a nice bearskin rug" count?

Reply #8 June 17, 2009 12:10 PM from

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Quoting Luckmann, reply 6

Is there anything 'bout bears in there?

Not yet... What I've posted so far is everything they've posted.

Reply #9 June 17, 2009 1:16 PM from

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Here's another one:

TeamElementalFirst two shots from the first set of Intro Storyboards... http://sd.stardock.com/Elemental/Intro_Storyboard1.jpg

Reply #10 June 17, 2009 1:45 PM from

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Thanks for the effort, kyogre. Any chance of getting the full links out that twitty-thing?

Reply #11 June 17, 2009 1:50 PM from

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GW: http://sd.stardock.com/Elemental/Intro_Storyboard1.jpg

But http://twitter.com/teamelemental has the full link right on top...as well as links to other things.

You know you want to check the site out...don't feel dirty, it's all in good fun

Reply #12 June 17, 2009 2:04 PM from

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Quoting GW, reply 10

Thanks for the effort, kyogre. Any chance of getting the full links out that twitty-thing?

hm... I don't know why that link didn't work... I'll fix that

Reply #13 June 17, 2009 2:26 PM from

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Another one:

TeamElementalWow...just now got the units receiving the key messages. Now to get them moving as the player commands.

Reply #14 June 17, 2009 3:17 PM from

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Just subscribe to the RSS feed. You can read the preview without going back to the original site.

Reply #15 June 17, 2009 3:44 PM from

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Quoting Ynglaur, reply 14

Just subscribe to the RSS feed. You can read the preview without going back to the original site.

No! Don't do that! Then all my hard work would be for nothing

Reply #16 June 17, 2009 4:08 PM from

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Another:

TeamElementalPlaying Elemental with arrow keys feels like an old-school RPG (think original FF, DQ, or Ultima).

Reply #17 June 17, 2009 8:32 PM from

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Guess what? Another!:

TeamElementalMental Note: With Jesse back I can request code to dynamically destroy city buildings-the more flying bits and fiery wreckage the better!

EDIT: Wahoo! I'm getting karma for this! Thanks guys!

Reply #18 June 18, 2009 1:35 AM from

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good work!

Reply #19 June 18, 2009 4:12 AM from

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I know it supposes extra work but you should edit the OP with the new info. Use unordered list btw.

Edit: fixed sillyness usual in me

Reply #20 June 18, 2009 10:14 AM from

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I know it supposes extra work but you should edit the OP with the new info. Use unordered list btw.

Done. Newest ones are at the top, older ones at the bottom.

I was originally thinking about doing that, but I thought that eventually the OP would get ridiculously long. Maybe I'll just delete some of the older ones when that happens.

Reply #21 June 18, 2009 10:44 AM from

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Depending of frequency of updates (Twitter's nature and all), you could clean the OP from time to time in a weekly basis, for example. Maybe keeping the most interesting ones but making room for new content.

Reply #22 June 18, 2009 10:57 AM from

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Quoting Wintersong, reply 21

Since you're doing all this work already, shame to waste the 'unintended archive' aspect of it. How about setting a cap for the number of twits you post in an OP and starting a new one every time you surpass it?

Edits:

Here's hoping that 'arrow keys' really means 'num pad' so we can move in eight directions, not four. (Why is the keyboard such an unloved child in dev-land?)

Yay for looking into stealth functionality!

Reply #23 June 18, 2009 11:02 AM from

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Just added another one.

Quoting GW, reply 22

Quoting Wintersong,
reply 21
Depending of frequency of updates (Twitter's nature and all), you could clean the OP from time to time in a weekly basis, for example. Maybe keeping the most interesting ones but making room for new content.

Since you're doing all this work already, shame to waste the 'unintended archive' aspect of it. How about setting a cap for the number of twits you post in an OP and starting a new one every time you surpass it?

That could work, so long as SD doesn't mind all the threads.

Reply #24 June 18, 2009 11:50 AM from

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Here's hoping that 'arrow keys' really means 'num pad' so we can move in eight directions,

It does.

Yay for looking into stealth functionality!

You misread 'found' as 'looking into', whereas I ment 'accidentally and randomly stumbled upon a dusty peice of unused code'. But yeah, steath in GC3 would be awesome.

And weekly update threads sound good...I'll probably post around 5 updates a day, so by friday there'd be 25 posts worth of text in the OP.

Reply #25 June 18, 2009 12:16 PM from

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Hooray for leaks!!! My question is: will there be some sort of an "auto-pilot" system in place using the mouse? I have a laptopn with no real num pad, and while I can toggle on numpad keys on the regular board, they are not in any intuitive order and it's a general pain t make them go. So, will the num pad be the only fully utilised move system?

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