Merry X-Mas!
(A hilarious and huge image of the evil robot Santa from delightful show, Futurama, may it rest in peace.

Sloth is the word of the day... week... month. However, I hope I can return to the realm of Extemporaneous after tiding some of my other realms. Yet, I do intend to spend sometime working on it this vacation. I will be sure to keep you (points to invisible people who still care) posted. (Hah. Posted. Get it. Posted.) ::goes off to sob::

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(This message has been edited by Emperor Ent (edited 07-14-2002).)

Be amazed... be very amazed. I have accomplished something! ::Launches colorful fireworks display:: Yippee!
I have made Creepth Upon the Earth fully operational. It works beautifully, spinblocks and all. I would even go as far to say that it is my favorite level I have yet to make.

I have but one question and it involves this:
Lightmaps... What's the deal with those things? They screw up water color and sometimes act funny. Are they necessary? Any thoughts? Is there any way to edit the Ligthmap within MASCOT? I would like to use a Lightmap but it seems to awkward in this level, yet also necessary.

L' Enfer Congele - take crudely sketched map and create a work of freezing beauty.
Ketzerverbrennung - Write one stinking conversation
Creepth Upon the Earth - Finalize Lightmap business

This means I may be done with Ket and Creep by Friday. L' Enfer Congele could take much longer. This means that Extemporaneous X will also have one bonus level: Creepth Upon the Earth.

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Yay!!!!! Finally new progress!!! Keep on going Ent!

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Originally posted by Emperor Ent:
**I have but one question and it involves this:
Lightmaps... What's the deal with those things? They screw up water color and sometimes act funny. Are they necessary? Any thoughts? Is there any way to edit the Ligthmap within MASCOT? I would like to use a Lightmap but it seems to awkward in this level, yet also necessary.

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There is no way to edit them in MASCOT, sorry. But, your lightmaps don't have to be complex. You can just make the whole level one color...

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Originally posted by Ice:
There is no way to edit them in MASCOT, sorry. But, your lightmaps don't have to be complex. You can just make the whole level one color...;)

I was just about to say, "OK just one color then." then I noticed the . Damn. Right now the light map is painfully simple, split in half, yet it is still weak. Maybe I will try one color anyway. Thanks.

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Good idea. BTW, I've made one of the most beautiful level in all of OBW, and the lightmap is pretty damn simple. It's all one color except for one part that's pitch black. And, insted of the color changeing bit by bit, it changes right away, but the colors are so simalar, that you can hardly see the change. If you want to see a real change, (that spamguy needs to fix), take for example level two in BN, the dark part where you ment Will Oram. When you are on the platform, look at the top. See how it looks to you.

I hope you understood that.

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Originally posted by Ice:
Good idea. BTW, I've made one of the most beautiful level in all of OBW, and the lightmap is pretty damn simple. It's all one color except for one part that's pitch black. And, insted of the color changeing bit by bit, it changes right away, but the colors are so simalar, that you can hardly see the change. If you want to see a real change, (that spamguy needs to fix), take for example level two in BN, the dark part where you ment Will Oram. When you are on the platform, look at the top. See how it looks to you.
I hope you understood that.

This is a raining level, so could that effect any of this?

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Originally posted by Emperor Ent:
**This is a raining level, so could that effect any of this?

**

Well, Storm Valley doesn't have a lightmap, but trust me, it will look better with a lightmap.

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Originally posted by Ice:
**Well, Storm Valley doesn't have a lightmap, but trust me, it will look better with a lightmap.
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But essentially, half the level is underwater, and half above. Will it still look good? Besides I thought Storm valley was gorgeous. Though, it felt darker, how da do dat?

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Posted by Emperor Ent:
how da do dat?

Dr Tall swoops to the rescue!

Er.....before I go on a rampage, I should be clear. Do you want to know how to make a light map?

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Nope, just how to make them un-ugly, does anyone have experience with water and lightmaps. Thanks again.

Well, I have been demi-working on Extemporaneous lately and I have made some real progress. Extemporaneous X, possibly the last release before the final release, might come out in February. I still have some work to do:
*Create Lightmaps for 7 levels
*Work on Flight and Plight some more, may need outside help on conversations/perm flags
*Beautify MMT - Question: is the background screwed up when you play this level?
*Some Beautifying of Kingdom of Queen Mab
*Check all level connections (node wise)
*Send to beta testers
*Work on web stuff and contest
Now if I had free weekend I could finish all this in one semi-foul swoop. Unfortunately...

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Originally posted by Emperor Ent:
***Beautify MMT - Question: is the background screwed up when you play this level?

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Hmmmmmm..... I think I could help. I'm pretty good a backgrounds and makeing them look good.

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Originally posted by Emperor Ent:
***Work on Flight and Plight some more, may need outside help on conversations/perm flags
**

I could give you some help with those if you want.

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Ice- Have you seen the level? I believe it is screwed up because I removed the foreground bottom stripe. Due to the nature of the level that stripe must remain gone. I will do a run through of that level, and I amy be able to fix it the same way I fixed the Gauntlet. I will try some but if I can't I will come crying to your door.

lizwiz- I will see what I can do with the conversations, what is wrong, and what I can do to fix it. But if I am still having troubles I will be sure to accept your offer.

Thanks for your kindness, both of you.

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Ent- E-mail me just the level alone, with the conv. and everything, and I'll fix it.

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Well I will give it a shot first, but if I fail... wait, isn't that impossible.

I did a lot of work on the Extemporaneous X Website. When I release the new version I will also release the new website. It will be really smashing.

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I just checked out the Addons page and I noticed that Extemporaneous now has 500 downloads. Yippee!
Also, the E:X website is coming along beautifully. The design is completely complete for each and every page. All that remains is to write the text for three of the pages, oh, and make E:X.

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Originally posted by Emperor Ent:
**It will be really smashing.

**

Yeah, but wait 'till you see mine.

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Originally posted by cat99:
**Yeah, but wait 'till you see mine.

**

Oh yeah? Well, just WAIT