I found your secret, Chris Jones!

edmundito · Thu 25/08/2005 01:43:09

Yeah, that's right...

... A BIG SECRET.

...

And you thought no one would ever check the bottom of the changes.txt file included with all copies of the AGS Editor:

REVISION 10.07.97
NOTE: You will need to re-compile any games you made with any versions
before revision 10.07.97.A.
- added StartPos option to INI file, to define where the man starts on
the first screen. Also fixed the jump which happened when he first moved
from the beginning.
- removed the 'please register' nag screen, since I've decided that the
Adventure Creator is now swap-ware (see LICENSE.TXT for info).

VERSION 1.00, FEBRUARY 1997
Original release.

What is the meaning of this?! I thought we were friends... why did you try to sell AC in the beginning?! :'(

Andail · Thu 25/08/2005 02:00:05

Were you and Chris friends 1997?

Gilbert · Thu 25/08/2005 02:08:37

This is nothing secret, I had read thru it already since I was from teh ac era.

As far as I remember, CJ mentioned in one of the articles in his old page, that AC was originally intended to be a hobby project, and it's just common practice to add such kind of nag screen at that time (he had made some other sharewares), but he decided to upload it as freeware so he removed the nag.

Read the article here, this is an archived version, I'm not sure if it's still accessible in the current ags or the dosuser page (lesser known site hosted in S.com now).

edmundito · Thu 25/08/2005 03:17:30

Quote from: Andail on Thu 25/08/2005 02:00:05
Were you and Chris friends 1997?

Yes. Bestest friends.

Quote from: AGS HistoryTime will tell whether this was worth the effort...

Didn't it, Chris? Didn't it?!

Also:
Q: Are you going to do a Windows port?
A: I am working on a Windows port of the main engine, to ensure that AGS games will be playable under Windows 2000. However, the development environment (ie. RoomEdit) will always remain DOS-based, because I like DOS.

Gilbert · Thu 25/08/2005 06:18:37

Well, that Pumaman is an evil evil villian...

* Gilbot V7000a burns Chris Jones with his Gilbot nostril beams!

magintz · Thu 25/08/2005 22:45:06

he deserves to have a good talking to and a slap on the wrists...yes definatley the wrists......yes.

Grundislav · Thu 25/08/2005 22:50:08

Or perhaps in the back of the head. Yes, the back of the head. Scotch can do it.

Pumaman · Fri 26/08/2005 18:11:57

He certainly can, I still have the scar to prove it.

Andail · Fri 26/08/2005 19:09:17

You never suspected that Scotch, serenity incarnated, our own lovely Harry Potter boy, could do something that violent.

Pet Terry · Fri 26/08/2005 19:27:04

Oh, but Grundislav and I found out CJ's horrible secret at Mittens.

...actually, it's better not to talk about it.

Pumaman · Fri 26/08/2005 19:30:01

Quote from: Andail on Fri 26/08/2005 19:09:17
You never suspected that Scotch, serenity incarnated, our own lovely Harry Potter boy, could do something that violent.

The likeness is stunning.

Haddas · Fri 26/08/2005 20:17:11

That's the most reflective human I've seen in my days!

Redwall · Sat 27/08/2005 19:48:54

It's not reflection, it's the DEVIL.