AGS ezine issue two

[Vel]

Techie's corner is not about newbies. You should have an idea how to script if you want to read it.

[Pumaman]

Good content, well laid out - nice job

The only reservations I have are

1) The justified text - especially on the first couple of pages, the text is very hard to read, and would work better left-aligned.
The problem is that Word doesn't space out the letters, it just increases the gaps between the words in order to justify the text, which leads to problems that you don't get in newspapers and so forth, which use better formatting apps.

2) The final paragraph, as Mills says, sounds very unprofessional. Basically, writing in that way puts people off from contributing in future, just in case they don't get their stuff done in time and you write a similar piece about them.

[Scummbuddy]

AGS eZine 2 patch:



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AGS eZine____________________page 14

Noob corner

Question:  How come my character doesn't walk once I've gone to a new room?

Answer:  NewRoomEx(int room_number, int x, int y);
or RTFM

Question:    I want to have a neat little picture underneath my name in my posts on the AGS forums like everyone else! How do I do that?

Answer:  First I want you to go to every forum on AGSForums and write a post asking that very question.   Perferably in BOLD text to really get our attention.  Then you could make your way to the Beginner's FAQ and read about how to do this.  Or just read on....

It is really called an Avatar to begin with.  They must be less than or equal to 40 by 40 in dimensions.  Find a host to keep your picture on the web, your local C: drive will not work.  Find the properties and link to that picture, say on GeoCities or FreeWebs and type in [img ]the pics address[/img ] (You'll have to take out the spaces next to the 'img').  For jerk sites like the ones mentioned above, you will have to put in "http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/" before the first hypertext transfer protocol 'http'.

Question:  How do I use the MakeGame(); function?

Answer:  We'll I'm all out of room for this eZine, perhaps next time I'll be able to answer more questions like using the room I used to write this last answer.  But please don't make me have to write another one... do as I said above and RTFM  

-Scott (Scummbuddy) Nichols
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[Vel]

CJ, Ill fix the text for the next issue.
As for LGM, I know I did something very unprofessional, but if I hadnt realized that he isnt gonna help me a bit with the ezine three days ago, you would be left without an ezine. Again, sorry.
PS And, CJ, would it be OK for you to post a link to the ezine on the main page?

[Vel]

Could A moderator please make this thread sticky? Ill reply to it whenever there is a new ezine.

[m0ds]

Ermmm... I think just creating new posts is the best way, Vel. ^_^

m0ds

[Vel]

M0ds, butposts sink down for a week or so. And anyone who has been away for such period of time wont see the post.

[SSH]

Just make a new issue each week, then and it will stay up.   Seriously, though, thanks for creating this resource: it's good! But I would recommend not using the ezine itself for those complaints about other people: that's best kept to the Gen Gen discussion forum!

[Svetac]

My compliments bro! Heck, when I read all of it I wanted more

So, since I'm new here. can you tell me what is the time gap between two issues of the AGS ezine? Is it coming out monthly? And is there word and pdf version of it? Also, shouldn't the main AGS page also be host page for it? I mean, it would be really easier if among the documents, games, links etc. there an AGS ezine button, and the user simply access it there and dl it. It would be great for new users also(like myself), because that way they'll have quicker access to stuff and can easily get hooked.

And again, thanks Vel, I really enjoyed your work.

[Vel]

Chris and m0ds, read the upper post. Now what were you saying abou the sticky, m0ds?
And Svetac, the ezine is monthly