That's what I did, hence the drastic reduction in size. :) I imported
them into Audacity, exported MP3 versions of the files, then deleted the
extraneous WAVs. They had the same filenames, but different file types,
so I ended up with doubles of things. It all worked out in the end
On 5/08/2016 3:07 PM, Monkey wrote:
Why not just convert the wav files to mp3 format?
On 8/4/16, Sharni-Lee Ward <sharni-lee.ward@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks, guys. Maybe if I start thinking of it as a quest, it'll still be
fun! "Thou must defeat the procrastination beast before thou canst
proceed." xD This could be a great strategy for all my things that I
struggle with. I like the way you think, Allan.
I also want to thank you for suggesting I compress my music and sounds
to smaller mp3 files to decrease the size of my map pack. I ended up
making compressed versions of every WAV file in my sounds folder as
well, and there were many of them. All the ones I still had from the
copy of the Getting Started maps I used as my base, and quite a few
others I'd acquired from other map packs were wav files, and some were
pretty big for a project like this. Long story short, I cut my map pack
size down from 126 mb to 72mb, and only deleted two things, both music
tracks. One was redundant and the other was too synthetic-sounding for
me to ever use. Thanks again, Al!
On 5/08/2016 2:53 AM, Monkey wrote:
I agree with Allan. Don't let what they said get you down, if you have
the will to learn, then you can do it. Just keep that drive, and use
it to fuel your actions.
On 8/4/16, Allan Thompson <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Sharni,
The story sounds like a lot of fun. I hope you are able to make it real
in
some fashion. I think it would be a good read, because the elements are
all
there for a good fantasy epic. You got a writer’s feel for the story,
I
think.
Especially introducing characters one at a time and letting people get
to
know each character individually before grouping them together. That is
exactly what I am doing on this TB fantasy map…although the idea of
enhancing a character beyond the story if a player chooses that one is
really an excellent idea.
It makes the chosen character stand out, and this makes the whole thing
more
interesting.
I am sorry people told you things counter productive to what you might
not
want to hear. Truth is, we all say and do things that hurts, annoys,
frustrates or insults someone else. Everyone offends everyone else, and
the
only one who has the power to counter this is yourself. It is pointless
to
hold a grudge or blame someone else for your current level of
accomplishment
concerning this vision of yours.
Will creating the game and story be difficult? Absolutely. No quest is
easy,
otherwise it wouldn’t be a quest, lol.
You just have to determine in yourself that it’s you and the Lord
against
the world…and the world doesn’t stand a chance! I know, cliches and
platitudes, but in the end, you are the only one who has the will to see
this thru, or who will let it die.
I think it is what makes LOTR such a epic story. The underdog is a
short,
shoeless, common folk person who has nothing that would make anyone say,
“Now there goes a hero”.
It is what we all are. Just hobbits in a big giant world of super heroes
who
make world saving look easy.
Frodo and Samwise ended up saving middle earth with one single quality.
They were tenacious. Everyone thought they were dead meat, but they kept
on.
I am on my soapbox again, but these are the things that I tell myself
when
it gets too much to handle at times, grin.
al
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Ward
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 11:15 PM
To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Trying to get my units to do things
I have always been pretty good with numbers and liked codes, but when I
first got started I was told that coding wasn't as easy as read the
manual
and follow the instructions, and that I should start with something
simple
like noughts and crosses (BOOOOOORIIIINGGG), and that it usually takes
six
months of solid practice before anyone can make even simple adventure
games
that are actually good.
And I got seriously discouraged. I want this thing in my head to become
a
reality, but I want to have fun doing it, ya'know? With TB I can play in
the
sandbox a little bit, but until I grasp how to make areas in BGT, I
can't
really do that there, and there is the thing with the actual game where
you
choose which character out of eight to start playing as. You all meet up
after the prologue-ish section, but each character has some benefits you
can
only get if you start as them. One doesn't have a set home, so you can
travel through all the cities of the kingdom you start in. Another has
six
siblings you can practice character-jumping with and there are also some
secrets where they are. Others have non-magical skills you get a
head-start
on practicing, and so on. There are other things you get out of each
choice,
of course, but they're either too spoilery to bring up here or I haven't
worked them out yet.
And then there's the bit about me wanting sighted people to enjoy the
game
too, but BGT isn't compatible with graphics apparently, so I'd have to
learn
another programming language to do that. I started learning Python but
got
bored because they were teaching you how to do boring things not related
to
games...
I sound rather petulant, don't I? I sometimes wonder where I'd be in the
process right now if some people hadn't told me I didn't have a clue what
I
was getting into. I really don't like to think about what happened to me
on
that audiogames thread...
On 4/08/2016 12:57 AM, Allan Thompson wrote:
Yeah, I here you on that. A lot of units does crazy things, and it
sounds
like the battle log is a little clunky with extra units then in the
normal
mode.
The story sounds really cool. You know, Victorious and carlos’s demon
war
saga has that dungeon in it, so it isn’t impossible… When I need a map
to
stay open, I just make a evil unit and stick it somewhere. Sometimes
behind
impassable and sight blocked walls etc.
I am wondering if maybe it’s possible to zoom in on events within the
large
battles.
For instance, maybe the edescription could say the battle is raging all
around, but a few main characters struggles are focused on specifically.
While this might hamper the vision you got, it would at least give you
an
outlet as you coalesce the story in other ways.
If you are able, it might be a good idea to change the music soundfiles
to128kbs , if possible.
Changing that makes a big difference in sound file size.
I feel the same way. Sometimes I seriously envy the coders. I still want
to
do things TB just wasn’t designed for, but I the learning programming
thing is just not clicking well in my head. Sigh.
Al
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Ward
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 11:31 PM
To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Trying to get my units to do things
:) I'm glad you like the sound of it!
One of my biggest problems is trying to rework my original ideas for the
separate game into a format TB can handle. There has to be at least one
unit
from two different teams on the map or you automatically win, so there's
not
much scope for adventure. In this case, however, it's just a battle.
I've
given my archers several types of magic arrows depending on whether
they're
that type of mage, and I'd like to do something with catapults just for
added complexity, but then I remember how bloody long each round is with
so
many units on the map and I'm like "WHY AM i DOING THIS TO MYSELF." And
then
there are the evil sorceress and her children, who just sit there if
they're
too far away even though they've got curses a plenty to deal with the
guards
and soldiers. DARN IT AI WHY WON'T U COOPERATE.
One day, I'm gonna have to stop trying to do this with TB, because with
every new map, I want an appropriate atmospheric song and even reusing
some
of the ones I have, the pack's getting kinda big. And I haven't even
gotten
them two Sceptres yet! There are seven and there are things that happen
between each being acquired, and then there's the big battles at the
end,
and theeeeen they've only defeated a prominent servant of the real big
bad,
and there are chunks of that part of the story I haven't planned out
yet...
I need to build the proper game. At least then I can do some decent
worldbuilding and have places purely for exploration and
treasure-gathering.
3/08/2016 1:03 AM, Allan Thompson wrote:
No, the bit you mentioned was neat. When you get the novel written, I
would
certainly love to read it.
Monkey is right, that if the unit or structure cant be damaged, then the
computer won’t do anything but sit there.
This happens to me a lot. Either I mess up the point on the unit, like
forgetting to put Max into the point, or there are protections in place
thru
terrain, on units and structures in the default files, or sometimes a
units random protection is greater then the random damage. I think TB
rolls
all sorts of numbers first and works off that, rather then rolling a
number
at the time it is required. I could be wrong on that account though .
There might be some fixes in moving a lot of units.
Stacking works pretty well, which is in craigs scripts. Also using one
unit
as a transport to move multiple units could work.
The transport unit could be a general, a wagon, or just a unit
representing
the 1st infantry etc and so forth.
The same could be had for a single unit to summon a number of soldiers.
Carlos has that summon script where one can summon several of the same
unit
in a random pattern around the summoner unit.
It’s up to you, but it sounds intrigueing already, and I habve no idea
what
the story is.
al
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Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 2:25 AM
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Trying to get my units to do things
I'm pretty sure I enabled them to damage structures, but regardless, the
gates had health. Lots of health, but health, not structural_integrity
(the
point I usually use for structures. Thinking of changing that.)
I removed the wall and gates from the equation, and it did seem to speed
things up, but it takes me forever to move all the soldier units into
position and I'm starting to wonder if I'm over-doing things because of
the
scale I'm imagining in my head. Should I have large numbers of warriors
on
both sides because that's what I imagine this battle being like in the
history of my setting, or should I just give this map up as a bad job?
For
that matter, are my maps just too big for this engine and should I just
leave this pack unfinished and try for another format? I did decide to
take
another stab at writing up the novels, if for no other reason than to
lay
out the story in a somewhat complete form for the purposes of my
full-scale
game, which I can explore areas of without having to put enemies in the
way
just so the map will run...
I'm rambling again. I just ... my vision is huge and TB can only get me
so
far.
On 2/08/2016 12:18 PM, Monkey wrote:
Hmm.
You don't have the ai wait until enemy in sightflag set, right?
And you're sure that the units can actually damage the gate? Because
if hey can't damage it, they won't move..
On 8/1/16, Sharni-Lee Ward <mailto:sharni-lee.ward@xxxxxxxxxxx>
<sharni-lee.ward@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I've been making various improvements to my personal map pack over the
last couple days, but I've hit a snag. I think this problem has come up
before and I brought it up then as well.
Quite aside from the looooong wait for the battle log to respond on my
bonus pre_story map, which involves a big battle between the army of the
king and the sorceress's army, my enemies aren't doing anything. They're
just sitting there in defensive stances. I have a wall that blocks sight
between them and my units, and three gates they'll have to break down to
get into the palace grounds, but they don't seem remotely interested in
doing this. Is it because of the wall? Should I just get rid of it and
change the plot of the map to what it kind of is in the story? (The
sorceress and her kids bring in the army and it basically drops out of
the sky straight into the palace grounds.) Would that make them fight?
