I am starting on a coldstone app that I want to be able to act as a sort of a super app. I want it to be able to keep tasks, meetings, things like that, launch web browsers, word process, open CGE games on the computer, etc. It is a monumental task, but I am really bored and need to take a break from my RPG coming out some time next year, "The Fall of Abodon"(yeah, it is a PoG clone, but I can't find a composer for music or a graphic designer). I have most of the details hammered out, but the agenda and word processor are giving me trouble. Is there any way to make coldstone export text, or better yet print text? With the agenda, I plan on having the user follow simple steps to get things working.

1.) Runs the app and it comes up with the splash screen.
2.) The user starts a new account (game) by entering a name they go by.
3.) You are teleported to a main location (there are no maps in this by the way) where you can access all of the features I listed above.
4.) (here is where I have difficulty) If the user wants to add a task, they open the ask entry box (the heart of the operation) and enter in a command like 'music' to change the music playing, 'task' for the task list, etc. But, if you open the task list command, it requests info like "name of task" and "description". I want to use globals to achieve this. How would I get the globals to keep the value of the entry field? (this is similar to the word processor)

BlackLite

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Whose cruel idea was it to put an 'S' in lisp?

do you need a graphic artist or designer? like do you need sketches or interface art or game art? i could help with the 1st two for free if you like.

as for music i had the same problem as you. but i searched on google and found many places offering upbeat faster paced music that i needed for my game. they also had tons of places with classical types of music rpg music types etc, many on loops. the only downside is most of the music i want is 30$ a song and the others are 6-9$ a song.

either way let me know if you need any affore mentioned art or links to music schtuff.

davecave@cox.net

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We (iFire and me) need all the graphics help we can get. Go to (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/ifire")www.evula.org/ifire(/url) to check out the game we are amking, Earth 4014. Then email iFire (he's project coordinator) and ask him if you can join us. We have zero graphics and we are bad at making them. If you can't contact iFire (ifire@evula.org) then email me (cha0s@evula.org). Thanks!

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I meant that I need to find out how to make an ask entry save a string into a global.

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Whose cruel idea was it to put an 'S' in lisp?

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Originally posted by BlackLite:
I meant that I need to find out how to make an ask entry save a string into a global.

Anything typed into an Ask Entry box is saved into the global &&GlobalEntry.;

It is then a simple matter to use a change global event object to set the global of your choice to the value of &&GlobalEntry.;

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if you need music i'd be happy to be your composer. I work for free, and i use a yamaha generalmidi keyboard via audio cable so the sound quality is pretty good.
hope i can help.

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Poor little Johnny, of whom we'll see no more, for what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.

Check out the site (www.evula.org/ifire) and email iFire (ifire@evula.org). He's the boss, so I can't guarantee, but it would be nice to have music, and we don't have any yet. If you know of any one who can help with graphics, that is really important, so ask any one you may know.

My apologies to BlackLite for the hijacking of this thread.

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Originally posted by BlackLite:
I am starting on a coldstone app that I want to be able to act as a sort of a super app. I want it to be able to keep tasks, meetings, things like that, launch web browsers, word process, open CGE games on the computer, etc.

I don't think that Coldstone is able to do that sort of thing. Maybe you should look into AppleScript or learning how to program "for real" instead.

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Is there any way to make coldstone export text, or better yet print text?

I don't think so, but I might be wrong.

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I don't know what I'm talking about.
Oh no, here comes another learning experience.

Sorry, but if you're going to use ready made graphics off the cd and other downloads why don't you use (url="http://"http://www.turbosquid.com/")http://www.turbosquid.com/(/url) ? They have quite a few free assets and I'm sure you will be able to find some just to offer a little variation, otherwise, you can buy em...though you've prolly already checked it out.

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Originally posted by nero:
**if you need music i'd be happy to be your composer. I work for free, and i use a yamaha generalmidi keyboard via audio cable so the sound quality is pretty good.
hope i can help.

**

PLEASE! I have been searching for a music person for some months now (my project started in october). I think that so far, music and graphics wise, my game has been a PoG clone and it SUCKS.

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Whose cruel idea was it to put an 'S' in lisp?

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Originally posted by DJ:
**do you need a graphic artist or designer? like do you need sketches or interface art or game art? i could help with the 1st two for free if you like.
**

Yes DJ, I need some Medievil interfaces for my game. I did have somebody named Scott Girling doing my ground tiles, but I have not heard any progress on it.

Send me some samples of your work!

BlackLite

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Whose cruel idea was it to put an 'S' in lisp?

(This message has been edited by BlackLite (edited 02-08-2003).)

Actually, for the tasks and meetings I am using the task list, and it is a very simple process. For the browser, it is just an ask entry, then a change globals so that gb_webaddress is set to GlobalEntry. Then I run a launch URL and in the text box it is &&gb;_webaddress. The word processing is a problem because of printing and saving the text, Unless I used several globals to keep the text and to show that the variable is used. So, the only thing that I see wrong is the printing and saving.

BlackLite

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Whose cruel idea was it to put an 'S' in lisp?

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Originally posted by BlackLite:
**Actually, for the tasks and meetings I am using the task list, and it is a very simple process. For the browser, it is just an ask entry, then a change globals so that gb_webaddress is set to GlobalEntry. Then I run a launch URL and in the text box it is &&gb;_webaddress. **

Ah, I had forgotten about the Launch URL feature. You're right about that. And that would seem a sensible way to deal with tasks - using the task list and all.

Though personally, if I were to use a computerized task list rather than a simple paper notebook, I'd want it to be tied into the system clock so that it can do reminders of upcoming events at the appropriate times. Are you pulling off some sort of nifty trickery with timers, or is this a feature you don't consider necessary?

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The word processing is a problem because of printing and saving the text, Unless I used several globals to keep the text and to show that the variable is used. So, the only thing that I see wrong is the printing and saving.:)

That, and "open(ing) CGE games on the computer" - or do you just mean having several simple games built in to your application?

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I don't know what I'm talking about.
Oh no, here comes another learning experience.

Actually I want to use the Launch URL function to open the CGE apps. The url would be something like file://localhost/volumes/some-volume/Pillars%20of%20Garendall/Pog. This would launch in the game data folder of Super-App, it would launch the app(I think...)

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Whose cruel idea was it to put an 'S' in lisp?-Wanted: Graphics Designer and Music Composer

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Originally posted by BlackLite:
Actually I want to use the Launch URL function to open the CGE apps.

Now there's an interesting idea! Have you tried it? Does it work?

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I don't know what I'm talking about.
Oh no, here comes another learning experience.

Yes I have done some experimentation, and I think that I know how to do it (I have not tested this, but I think it would work)
1.) When you compile your game for release, make a folder in it (any name will work)(for the sake of this example, it is called "misc_data")
2.) Dump any kind of application into this folder ie, Pillars of Garendall
3.) Make an HTML file that runs (your game MUST be on the desktop or it will not work with other users if you market your app) that runs, file://*localhost/where ever the desktop folder is/your game folder name/misc_data/the file you want to run(note:HTML does not use spaces, instead it uses %20, so Pillars of Garendall would be Pillars%20of%20Garendall)
4.) Make a subfolder inside of misc_data called html
5.) Save this inside of html.
6.) In coldstone, to launch that application, have it set up like so it launches the URL file://localhost.../misc_data/html/your html file
*I do not think file:// is the prefix you should use, because it would download the file instead of launch it, but I could be wrong

Yeah, it is really complex, but it should work
If you think that I left something out, Please tell me.

BlackLite

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Whose cruel idea was it to put an 'S' in lisp?-Wanted: Graphics Designer and Music Composer

(This message has been edited by BlackLite (edited 02-10-2003).)