Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Hey folks. I'm looking for a Mac user who can beta-test my scenario and convert the image files. Anyone up for it? Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2 Also, is directly posting images blocked in this forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 You'll probably want more than one beta tester (on both Mac and Windows) in case of OS-specific weirdness, disappearing or slow testers, and just because it's good to have lots of eyes on it. It depends on how large your scenario is. If it's short, 3-4 will be plenty. If it's long, you'll probably want another person or two. And yeah, images are disabled. Normally, mods will add them in if you request it, but yours are large enough that I'm going to leave them as links. Oh, and Dikiyoba will gladly test your scenario if you decide you want Windows testers as well. If you just want to go with 1 Mac tester, that's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I use a Mac and will be happy to test for you, and do graphics conversion. Email: niemandcw(at)gmail(dot)com I would second the suggestion of having at least one tester on each platform, particularly as it's just good to have several people out to spot problems. It helps that different people often have different playing styles, and may try out things that otherwise go unnoticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 New scenario? Awesome! I can't guarantee that I'll be able to test it immediately, but feel free to send it along to ephesossh (at) gmail (dot) com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 If you decide to allow more testers in than one (which I advise you to do) then I'll be happy to help you out with the testing. My email address is mastermind-at-toadpud.com and I am using a mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Okay, I'm sending out an e-mail now. Thanks for the fast replies! Also, is a ZIP or a RAR better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 .zip, definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I sent my report in an email. There were just a few things you might want to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Okay, I've made a couple minor changes. Thanks Duck, and everyone who's still testing. Now, I've been having problems getting dialog to display. For example, this character here: Code: begintalknode 49; state = 27; personality = 17; nextstate = 28; condition = 1; question = "Portia"; text1 = "This woman appears to run the local tavern. She waves at you. _I'm Portia, I run the local tavern. If you need anything, just shout._";begintalknode 50; state = 28; personality = 17; nextstate = 28; condition = 1; question = "We'd like a room. (10 coins)"; text1 = "You spend a restful night in a decent bed and wake up feeling refreshed. Time to go kill something."; code = change_coins(-10); revive_party(); //teleport_party(48,45,1); break;begintalknode 51; state = 28; personality = 17; nextstate = 28; condition = 1; question = "We'd like a meal. (5 coins)"; text1 = "After a pleasant meal, you get up again. It's time to keep moving."; code = change_coins(-5); break; After beginning dialog with the character at node 49, node 50 displays but node 51 doesn't. It's the darnedest thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Your problem is, I think, that you have a couple of nodes defined twice, and in the latter definition is overwriting the earlier. Nodes 9, 51, and 57 may be affected, according to alint. EDIT: It may be worth noting that you should be able to entirely omit the condition lines for nodes which you don't want to make conditional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Originally Posted By: Niemand Your problem is, I think, that you have a couple of nodes defined twice, and in the latter definition is overwriting the earlier. Nodes 9, 51, and 57 may be affected, according to alint. Wow. That makes sense. Silly me. Quote: EDIT: It may be worth noting that you should be able to entirely omit the condition lines for nodes which you don't want to make conditional. omg wat. That sounds like the sort of thing that's mentioned in the BoASE documentation... speaking of which, where can I find the BoA Scenario Editor documentation? I remember I had it, but I can't find it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 It's included in the official editor download from Spiderweb. (Bizarrely, the current download includes it in both pdf and MS Word format. I'd have sworn that the latter used to not be there.) In the documentation for the condition property itself Jeff gives the impression that it is mandatory, even though his own earlier examples don't include it. It also looks like he put it in for every node in his scenarios, a style mimicked by some designers, but not others; Kelandon does, but TM doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 My inbox goes straight from beta e-mail 1 to 3, so if there was a 2 that I was supposed to get, it must have been eaten by whatever horrible Internet monster eats e-mails. Also, since you've made some changes and I haven't started making an exhaustive list of bugs/oddities/questions yet, I wouldn't mind having an updated version. It would save us both some work. Dikiyoba just sent you a brief initial report, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 If you need another Windows tester, then you can just PM me and I'll send you my email address. It looks like most of the people testing (aside from Diki) use Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I'm late to the party, but I don't mind testing either. I use windows, and can be emailed at: nikkisjeffery@hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk Either way, I will echo the "yay" for new scenarios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Okay, I'm pleased with the testing and I'm preparing to release the scenario. If I understand correctly, I submit the scenario with the following information? (Thanks Duck!) Name Version number Level recommendation Keywords And I submit everything in this thread? For the "name" section, that would be the scenario's name, right? And then it gets put up on the Spiderweb CSR, which is the central ratings site now? If I want to avoid abusing the web space that I have, is there some other place that I can upload it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 For submission to the CSR: yes, I think that what you describe should be correct. As far as making the scenario itself available goes, you could submit it to Spiderweb, as that is technically the official repository, but that's very slow and few designers bother. You can put it up on the Blades Forge if you don't have your own web space. The Shadow Vale Database and the TrueSite for Blades are two privately/individually operated scenario repositories, where your scenario will almost certainly be mirrored (unless you object strenuously) after you upload it somewhere else, and you could probably contact Jewels or Tyrannicus directly to ask one of them to put it up for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 ...I'd just like to apologize for being the worst tester ever. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks for the tips, Niemand. I don't think Tyranicus checks his e-mail very much; I originally tried to ask for testers at nethergate.net, but the board administrator had to approve my membership... which has not yet happened, as far as I know. I'll figure something out. It's okay, Ephesos. I'm rushing along much faster than any of my testers, I think. Although there is still time to run through the scenario . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I'll talk to Tyranicus when I see him online next to ask him to approve the membership, AND about hosting at Shadowvale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 Any last-minute points or suggestions? If not, I'll submit it later today or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I'm sorry I've utterly failed at beta-testing. I did open the scenario up earlier, and it looks good from what I can see, at any rate. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Originally Posted By: Shatter I'm sorry I've utterly failed at beta-testing. I did open the scenario up earlier, and it looks good from what I can see, at any rate. Sorry! Seconded. My apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Don't worry about it; there seems to be no shortage of helpful people who are willing to volunteer around here. Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ephesos Originally Posted By: Shatter I'm sorry I've utterly failed at beta-testing. I did open the scenario up earlier, and it looks good from what I can see, at any rate. Sorry! Seconded. My apologies. Oops. I finished the scenario yesterday, and was procrastinating sending out my report. Thirded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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