[ian-reeds-games] Re: TB 1.13 dev 29
- From: Zak Claassen <zak.claassen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 02:39:40 +0200
I use the gmail website and although some emails from the list
occasionally end up in the spam folder it has never happened for Ian's
emails as far as I can remember. When I updated the game it seemed to
update successfully, but after restarting it crashed after a few
seconds (I forgot to copy the error unfortunately). I did have files
with names like "rename me updater.exe" or something in that line; I
thought I should delete the old updater files and change those ones'
names, but they're gone now so I don't know if the game did that
automatically when I launched it again.
On 8/31/13, abigail prescott <abigail.prescott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, it would be cool if the program could be made to know where to put the
>
> right lines. I don't know how easy that is in the language Ian is using,
> which I think is c#. In bgt you can search for specific words or characters
>
> in a file, or skip to a certain position in a file. I'm not sure how easy it
>
> is to count lines. If there is a way to count lines it might not be too
> hard, except some things sometimes go over more than one line. Searching for
>
> particular words might work, but even then, as the old files weren't really
>
> very structured, I don't know how easy that would be either. Writing to
> files isn't hard, but editing some files can be.
>
> Yeah, there's always a downside to progress. In this instance, it's having
> to add |flags and |script_flags. Not much of a downside if you weigh it
> against the benefits.
>
> Abi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Thompson
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 12:06 AM
> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: TB 1.13 dev 29
>
> Well, when you say it that way, I guess it makes sense. It is just that it
> seems different because the program is takeing the info, and rearranging it
> automatically, and there is some things that are very different between
> parser 2 and parser 10, especially in unit files.
>
> I suppose all default files will now start with the | flags thingy come to
> think of it.
>
> al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of abigail prescott
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 5:51 PM
> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: TB 1.13 dev 29
>
> Actually, programs can read and write to files. How do you think TB works?
> It reads all the information it needs about the map from the files, and
> when
> you use the map editor, it writes the lines setting the positions of
> everything to the map file. It might be a bit more complicated to make the
> updater update the files, I don't know how the language it's written in
> works or even much about writing to files at all, for that matter. I
> suppose
> it might be able to find the second line and replace it with a 10 and there
> might be some way to insert the other lines in the appropriate places...
>
> Abi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Thompson
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 9:26 PM
> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: TB 1.13 dev 29
>
> Oh, sorry. I don't know why I fixated on the update doing that, lol.
> Man, that would be something if the program could do that.
>
> al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Reed
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:56 PM
> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: TB 1.13 dev 29
>
> Interesting about the game freezing. I'm glad it loaded proeprly when you
> restarted.
> I think the update worked correctly but the code that updates the updater
> might have a small issue.
>
> The maps do not get converted to version 10 when you update or load the
> game.
> They only get converted if you save them in the map editor.
>
> Regarding auto updating all the files. I'm considering it. It was a
> little
> easier to do for maps since the map editor already had code to save the
> map.
> In the past the game never wrote to any of the other files.
> But maybe I could add a new option to convert the whole map pack.
> I'll think about it more.
>
> Ian Reed
>
>
> On 8/30/2013 10:42 AM, Allan Thompson wrote:
>> Ok, so I did the updater.
>> It seemed to go fine, the dialog box said that the update was done and
>> that it was restarting the program etc.
>>
>> But then the game froze up. I heard the music and nothing else.
>> Upon several button pressings I finally got a window that said
>> something saying windows was looking for the problem and the button
>> below it was cancel. Nothing seemed to be happening so I hit cancel.
>>
>> I restarted the game manulally and the version says it is ver 29, and
>> none of the map files were changed to the 10 parser version. I checked
>> some of mine and the getting started maps.
>>
>> So I suspect that portion is a problem for some reason.
>> Thing is, I don't know how to try to do the update again to test it.
>> Is that possible, to re update to look for errors?
>>
>> al
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Reed
>> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 3:28 AM
>> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] TB 1.13 dev 29
>>
>> I've released dev 29.
>> Getting it through the updater should work fine.
>>
>> It supports parser version 10 for maps, terrain, and regions.
>> If your maps are saved in parser version 3 the map editor will
>> automatically update their format to version 10 when you save them.
>> Feel free to backup your maps before trying this, just in case.
>> It only edits the actual map file, not all the other files.
>>
>> Here's the first portion of the simple fight map after the map editor
>> converted it:
>> Map
>> 10 // parser version
>> |flags
>> intro_text This is a simple map with a couple hills and boulders which
>> gives you one of each type of unit so you can get used to gameplay and
>> test out all the abilities.
>> victory_text You are victorious!
>> defeat_text You have been defeated!
>> width 8
>> height 8
>> victory_conditions
>> defeat_conditions
>> |script_flags
>> |map_editor_marker
>>
>> Note that the |map_editor_marker let's the map editor know where it
>> should start rewriting the file.
>> This is the same as the map editor did with lines 9 and beyond in
>> version
> 3.
>>
>> Now you can add script flags under the |script_flags line.
>>
>> Ian Reed
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