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These are purdy!!

Do you have any screenies of the character(s) you're going to be using?

These backgrounds are great, but unless the character matches it could really throw it off.

What did you create these in?  They look like water colors.

I like the colors/shading ... very well done.  Is that underwear flying on the flag pole?

looking forward to more.

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Congrats Dragonrose!!

Looking forward to the next one!

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[Timosity]

Timosity - This is such a dumb question, but are 'regions' a newer feature in AGS?  I still use 2.53 (haven't bothered to upload download the newest version 'cause I'm not to a point yet where I actually HAVE to use AGS! (just making the graphics/story etc.)

But somebody suggested regions to me and when I went into AGS I couldn't find them ...

** DM cringes waiting for the obvious answer **

[Esseb]

Esseb - I was wondering if anybody would pick up on that.

10 points for you

But the main point I was trying to make would be that human kind needs a greater 'threat' that would cause them to unite.  How about if the aliens were robots?

Everybody hates robots

** DM you discriminatin' ass-hole!!! **  

As an insomniac I can sympathise with the not sleeping.  It's a miserable feeling.  I have gotten to the point where I no longer try to sleep.  My nights consist of computer, gameboy advance, watchin' Sara sleeping (with envy), and TV.

There are nights when I have just stared at the clock for literally hours on end just watching the minutes tick by ... over ... and over ... and over ... it's quite torturous.

Just imagine when it all clears up and you're all better how good it'll feel.

Last night I had another migraine (something else I'm plagued with!) and it just wouldn't go away.  I finally fell asleep around 6am and when I woke up about 2 hours later it was gone and it was the best feeling!

Well anyway ... I hope you feel better soon.

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Glad to see it moving forward and going 'public'.

The Sprite looks great!

Keep up the good work!!

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I'm dying to play the new Mario Kart : Double Dash.  I have played (and loved) every version of Mario Kart that's been made.  I almost bought a Gamecube yesterday but I don't like buying things like that around Christmas time.

Get this.  My girlfriend owns a Gamecube but her ex-boyfriend never gave it back.  She has two controllers and 6 games.  She doesn't want to communicate with the guy (he's a big time loser).  She doesn't think he'll give it back.  I was like, "let me talk to him ... he'll give it back!"

I'm trying to convince her to call him.  (man am I selfish)!!  But her apartment doesn't have cable or a computer and whenever I'm there I get so bored!!!  (she can sleep at night and I can't ... so once she's asleep there's just nothing for me to do )

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[DG]

I believe that the AGS community, as a whole, doesn't have too much problem with this particular social ill.

I feel the same way about these forums.  Everybody is pretty tolerant and open minded about culture/religion/sexism/etc.  Which is awesome.

DG - somehow I just knew you'd be Dutch  (I'm part Dutch myself)

Haddas - I put it in quotes 'cause I didn't want people thinking I was claiming the line as my own

How's this:
"There's only two things in this world I can't stand. Those who are intolerant of other people and their cultures ... and the Dutch." - Austin Powers' Fazja

I didn't bring up comedy as the main point of arguing racism, I only commented on it to point out my thoughts.

Bill Mahr and Dennis Miller (both commedians) are VERY political.  I'm not saying commedians are politicians, but they do deal with political issues.

You see, people blame insignificant things (be it stand-up comics, language, or double standards) for racist attitudes -- you clearly did so when you said:

A stand up comic can influence attitudes and opinions.  I don't consider that insignificant.

And an alien invasion will not unite whites and blacks in social harmony -- As soon as the alien invasion is over, blacks are still going to be treated the same way before such an invasion.

We agree!!  Like I said earlier, "Then, once the aliens have been defeated and human-kind rejoice in their victory, it'll go back to the way it was in just over a month"

Anyway ... I'm going to stop posting in here because I can see it degenerating into one of those threads that will go on and on and on and never accomplish anything.

I hope nobody got a (more) negative attitude of me.  That wasn't my intention at all.

"There's only two things in this world I can't stand.  Those who are intolerant of other people and their cultures ... and the Dutch."

DGM - You make some (as usual) good points.  But as Yak said:

Comics are hardly an issue of debate when discussing racism

And I agree with that also.

And as far as I can see, there is no racism in stand-up -- just a bunch of people pointing out the craziness of the world.

I wish this were 100% true.  I think it should be like this but I think a lot of commedians use the stage as a political soap-box.  While they might disguise their routine as just commedy there's a little more going on behind the scenes.  (just my opinion)

So, as in a situation where you're given a suspect discription, describing how to get to a house, etc. we use color. It's convenient and one of the easiest ways to narrow down possible persons/locations/vehicles

I have this friend Steve (black).  We always talk about racism/biggotry/society/etc and such and I refer to him as "black".  Then one day his cousin Anthony is around and when I referred to Steve being "black" Anthony got ticked off.  Now this is just re-damn-diculous.  What the hell else am I supposed to call him?  "The Brotha"?  (Steve hates the term African America too)

I think everybody just needs to loosen their sphincters and relax on the whole thing.

Like I said earlier (about the alien invasion) we just need something big to happen that would really open everybody's eyes to the fact that we're all basically the same.

Never thought I'd actually hope for an alien invasion

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I like the original and Far ... er Lance's edit.

The only thing that leaps out at me that I would crit would be the legs.  It looks like the right leg (back) is missing?  Like we should be seeing a little more of it.

Your shading wasn't bad at all!  I would have added a little more (hair, face, legs, etc) but it's a great start!

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[Remixor]

Remixor - I want to clarify that I see your point completely.  After I read my last few posts I realize it sounds very one sided and like I don't consider all sides.  I was just wanting to point out how I see a few things.  So, if I offended anybody I apologize, it wasn't my intention.

I dislike racism in all forms.

I haven't heard of Sara Silverman, but I think it's good that she can make non-white jokes.  That's how it should be.  I mean, it is comedy.  Comedy is supposed to be funny after all!

I think the thing that bugs me most of all about racism is that I can't think of a way to fix the problem.  Because how can you cure ignorance?

Hmm, what is the proper term for "somebody from the North American continent"?

I don't know that there is a term for that exactly.  I mean, I call myself American 'cause I'm from the United States of America ...

Do you consider yourself a Brit or a European (if that came across as offensive I didn't mean it to be, I'm just curious)?  You're from the UK, in Britain, in Europe.  So you could be a Kingdom man, a Brit, or a European.  How do you refer to yourself?

I'm from Florida, in the U.S.A., in North America and I call myself an American.  I don't use the continent in that description or the state of Florida.  Is this the same in other countries about the globe?

[Hotspot 1]

I do it in a different, perhaps more complicated than necessary, way.

I create the door as an object and just position it where I want it.  (I create an animation for it opening and closing.)

I create a HotSpot in front of the door which, when walked on, opens the door.  That hotspot is surrounded by another hotspot that shuts the door.

[color=0000aa]Hotspot 1[/color] is enabled when you enter the room.  Once you step upon that hotspot it animates the door opening, then disables itself (other wise the door would keep opening over and over) and it enables [color=00aa00]Hotspot 2[/color], which, when stepped on, animates the door closing, disables itself, and enables [color=0000aa]Hotspot 1[/color]

There is a walkable area under it all that allows you to walk off the side of the screen and the [color=00ADAD]Hotspot  3[/color]  takes you to the next room.

Like I said, it's a lot of scripting and can be confusing but it works perfectly over and over (if you walk back and forth)

Of course, this only works if the door doesn't require a button being pushed or a key being used to open it.

Hope it wasn't too confusing!

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Remixor - I wasn't trying to offend anybody.

In my opinion: Racism = Ignorance

You have white folk calling themselves Skin Heads or KKK or whatever who so blindly hate blacks/jews/anybody not white and they're made out to look like scum of the earth.

But you get a group of black people who so blindly hate white people (black panthers, etc) and it's okay 'cause black people used to be slaves in this country.

This is sickening.  These blinded, biggoted, racist groups are ALL ignorant pieces of shit!  Regardless of the color of their skin.  And I don't care if I get labeled a racist for insulting non-white people.

A black comedian can get on stage (Bernie Mac, Chris Rock, etc) or an Asian comedian (Margaret Cho) or an Hispanic (George Lopez) and all of them are just full of racist humor against white folk.  Yet it's unacceptable for a white commedian to make racist jokes while on stage about ANY other race.

This is so hipocritical it makes me sick.

I once went for an interview with a big company (who shall remain nameless) I didn't get the job, they hired a black guy instead.  The guy wasn't quite as qualified as I was, but was very qualified for the job.  It didn't bother me until I requested (from the HR manager) the reason why I wasn't hired.  He said his boss didn't want the black guy shouting about racial discrimination and that's why he was hired over me even though I was more qualified.

So who was discriminated against there?

There's a double standard in America (perhaps the world) that simply must go away.

Stop whining about the past and move on to the future.

Nobody is entitled to anything more because of skin color.

I didn't read all the way through this ... but I searched for it (and found it) because I remembered seeing something about this on Tech TV's show "Call For Help" a few weeks back.

A caller called in and said that his home page (no matter what he did) kept going somewhere else.

Call For Help Show Notes

Don't know if there's something useful in there or not, but I hope it helps!!

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Go to Run and type "regedit" to edit your registry.  Then search for that file  ...

Be careful (I'm sure you already know that) editing your registry is dangerous!!

Good luck!

[Prediction:]

I just can't help feeling that today's politically correct world with all this talk about aiming for equality in everything, is actually only serving to emphasise how people are different and should be treated differently.

This has been a theory of mine for some time now.  I hate the term "African American" or "Asian American".  If you live in America you're an American and that should be good enough for you.  I'm not saying you shouldn't be proud of your heritage or that you should forget your ancestry but I'd wager that most "African" Americans have never even been to any country in Africa.  I don't go around calling myself a "European" American.

I think labels and designations such as that only breed seperation.  If you're an American citizen, whether you're black/white/orange/brown/yellow whatever, you're an American.  I don't know if other countries have similar situations as this but it annoys the hell outta me.

I think the foundation of the problem is that Anger/Hate is a far easier emotion to acheive than Happiness/Love.  It's far easier to just get angry and confrontational than it is to accept and work together.  I don't think it's a racial thing, it's just human nature.

Prediction:
When the aliens invade the planet, and all of human-kind must unite to fight off the alien hordes.  I predict that finally we'll realize how petty and insignificant all this bullshit we've fought over truely is and we'll all realize that every man woman and child on this planet is inherantly the same.  Skin color, religious differences, all that doesn't mean shit when you realize that we're all humans ... end of debate.

Then, once the aliens have been defeated and human-kind rejoice in their victory, it'll go back to the way it was in just over a month

These look really good!

Can't wait to see this in action!

Keep it up (and welcome to the forums!!)

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Countries from Tierra Del Fuego to Mexico would be South America and from the U.S. north (until the arctic) would be North America. (at least I think that's where the cut offs are)

U.S.A. stands for United States of America.  We're an American nation.  So calling somebody from the U.S. an American is, technically, accurate.  But you can call me a Yank too if you want ... I don't mind.

I would also guess that folk from Tierra Del Fuego to Mexico wouldn't (probably) like it if you called them Americans.  Nor the Canadians ... they tend to be a touchy lot

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(just to clarify ... I grew up in Michigan and spent a lot of time in Canada. I love ya Canada!!)