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Brad Oliver
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Joined: 30 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 30, 2003 09:06    Post subject: More Dark Forge Discussion (split from another topic) View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
[NOTE: This topic originated in the Lesser Known Dark Forces Facts thread. -Jackson]

Matt H wrote:

12. Whenever you try -0.x in DarkForge it automatically reverts it to 0.x.

22. Brad Oliver’s DarkForge is about a bizillion times more stable when you turn off the cursed "draw sectors as filled" option.



It's been years since I looked at the Dark Forge code, but if you guys want to send me bug reports on it, please note that my e-mail address is now bradman@pobox.com instead of whatever was in the Dark Forge documentation. (I probably won't check this forum with any frequency so e-mail is the best way to get bug reports to me regarding Dark Forge.)

How many people still edit Dark Forces levels on the Mac?

Tom Manning
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Joined: 27 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 30, 2003 16:44    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
Oh, Oh! I do!

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Brad Oliver
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PostPosted: Oct 01, 2003 06:40    Post subject: It's not dead yet View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Alrighty, I did some digging and found the source code for Dark Forge. Only one snag - it's from version 1.0, and it looks like I actually went as high as 1.2. D'oh! It looks like the release notes give me some pretty strong clues as to what I fixed, post-1.0, so it's not that big a loss, I guess.

So anyway, I started work on carbonizing Dark Forge today, and I've made some decent progress. The code is an absolute mess, but I'm getting it cleaned up and putting in comments where I can. Once that's all done, I'll release it and put the source code out there for folks to tinker with. Send me bug reports on the existing 1.2 app (bradman@pobox.com) and I'll try to get those fixed as well.

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PostPosted: Oct 01, 2003 11:10    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
Make it multi-platform! Very Happy j/k

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Tom Manning
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2003 20:32    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
Now I wish I knew how to write code! I would love to mess around with Dark Forge!

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Brad Oliver
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2003 21:12    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Tom Manning wrote:
Now I wish I knew how to write code! I would love to mess around with Dark Forge!



It may be a blessing for you that you don't know how to code. The Dark Forge code is nasty - it's a showcase of how not to write code. I find myself fighting back the urge to totally gut it and do it right, now that I'm much more familiar with Mac programming than I was in 1996.

Casey Neumiller
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Joined: 24 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Oct 02, 2003 21:20    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
Give in to your hate...

Wink

I'm sure the Mac'ers here will appreciate whatever you do.

Tom Manning
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2003 22:45    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
Ohh, Brad, one thing I noticed, is that when levels start getting bigger, when I make a few edits the screen goes grey, no bigt problem as I can save it and restart Dark Forge, but on big levels it takes a while to load and it slows progress down. It is a great program and I enjoy using it, though if you were going to update it this and several other bugs I have noticed would be greatly appreciated if you could fix them.

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Brad Oliver
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2003 23:08    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Tom Manning wrote:
Ohh, Brad, one thing I noticed, is that when levels start getting bigger, when I make a few edits the screen goes grey



Do you have it drawing other levels? They typically show up in the window as large gray polygons. I'm not sure I really understand what the bug is though. Do you edit something, the map goes gray and you can't see anything else unless you quit and restart the app?

Tom Manning
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2003 23:17    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
Correct, the whole window foes light grey and I have to quit and restart the level

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