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    Adding transparent windows

    in Computer Desk

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    I have a quick question. On my desktop at home I'm using a 6600GT video card, and it came with a nice feature that allowed me to make certain windows transparent to a certain percent. I *LOVE* that feature (not like, love), it changes what I can do with the computer.

    My question is this: For my computer at work, is there a simple program, that will allow you to add transparency to windows?

  4. Howdy from Kansas

    in Introductions & Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    About the code in your sig, I dunno if whatever language it is does it differently, but shouldn't it be this:

    for(i=0;i>0;i++)

    for(i=0;i++;i>0) drink.beer;p

    It's more of a play on improperly creating a loop, because of my nickname, putting the "drunk" in thedrunkyak. Also why I have the p at the end.

    Good catch. I was going for subtle, yet very, very stupid.

  5. Howdy from Kansas

    in Introductions & Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    My name is Dan. I am an underemployed programmer in Topeka, KS. I am underemployed in that I am a night operator, so I will be lurking around the forums some nights. I am an old-timer when it comes to Games (console, PC, Mac), playing many, many games over countless hours.

    This game sounds interesting. I have applied for a position, and hope to be able to help in any way I can with it. However the outcome of that turns out, I can't wait for the game to come out and try another independent game.

    Currently I'm playing: Battlefield 2, N, Masters of Magic (old, old game, but still great), Katamari damacy (In preperation for the sequal), Metroid Prime, and Nethack. Yes, I have time to devote to that many games.

    I also program some snippets of code in my free time, playing around with opengl, SDL, my experience has been more with database backends and interfaces. I worked on this project for a while: kic.kdhe.state.ks.us/kic/ , I'll let you guess what year I left ;p. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

  6. Is it done yet?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The concept is great, love the time period, but by the time you get this out will it even be relevant anymore?

    With AOEIII and Stainless Steel Studios new game coming out, will your several years old 3d engine even be relevant anymore?

    I think that if/when 0 A.D. comes out, it will still be relevant if for no other reason than being an RTS engine for Linux/*BSD. I know I enjoy games that come out for multiple platforms (Especially something that helps me stay on the Linux side of my box).

  7. 0ad Map Editor Wishlist

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I think I see what you're saying. I'm sorry, before I was on a completely different tangent. I thought you were talking about a certain scenario where you would have to say, move troops from point A to point B with multiple scripted triggers along the way (such as natural disastors or assults from opposing forces), with the map and scripted triggers being randomly placed on the map. Thinking about it, your idea might even work for this, as you would design all the different sections with triggers, and the computer would place the sections in different areas of the map, redesigning a scenario. Of course, I might be living up to my namesake and am completely confused about this right now.

    Any way you look at it, it would take some work to get this implemented. If you think you could bang something out you should definitely try.

    Dan - Still working on my signature.

  9. 0ad Map Editor Wishlist

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    it can't... you could convert a scenario to script code, but you can't make it random.

    Mmmm...I'll bet it could be done if you cheat a little. Say, create a scenario with say, 10 (just a purely random number) different requirements for success or failure, then have 2 or 3 randomly chosen when you start the game. Then a map may stay the same, but the requirements for success or failure could be completely different, possibly changing strategy or gameplay. Maybe that would be a good idea to add randomness into the scenarios.

    Or was the origional poster looking for more of a Diablo approach to adding random factors to scenarios?

  10. Suggestions for 0 A.D.

    in Gameplay Discussion

    Posted

    Any programmers out there that want to join a great team that has made a lot of progress and still has work to be done that one could hone their skills on... that isn't going to be a flake and bug out when finds that great coding and documentation is a lot of WORK to get this thing well made?  If so, please apply.. see the 0ad webpage for where and how.

    I recently applied after finding the project. It seems really interesting, you guys have put in a bunch of work and have great results so far. If you want some examples of what work I have done, shoot me an e-mail.

    I do have a question: Do you plan to implement (or leave the folder open to allow for) user-added AI for computer players, CP? (For more experienced modders to create new strategies for armies). Also, are you going to set it up so you can watch the Computer play against itself (Creating a movie of the game, and watching it instead of interacting)?

    Right now I'm catching up on all of the different forums. I would recommend checking out Bolo as a simple networked game where resources are limited and replenish themselves (trees grow back), you can demolish ground to create rivers, set traps, etc. It is different in that it's only a 2-d, simple game, whereas 3-d scales the complexity exponentially when all of this is required.

    Good job, I can't wait for the game to come out. I also hope to be able to help where I can.

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