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When I use the WriteInt function it actually writes something extraneous at the beginning of each data portion I write.

So if I do this:

Code: ags

File *output = File.Open("test.txt", eFileWrite);
output.WriteInt(5);
output.Close();

And then load the output file in Hexedit, I see this:

Code: ags

49 05 00 00 00                I . . . .

How can I get rid of it? Why is it there?

I'm working on a project right now that requires to be able to read a file format. So far so good, except in one section of the file format it uses longs.

I actually can't find much about longs in the AGS help documentation.

I have the file format specs, so I know how it works, but it's a little difficult interpreting it into AGS. In the part of the file format I'm working on now, the file has several parameters supposedly stored as longs. Up until then, it's used "chars", and I know how to work those in AGS.

Please any details on how this works would be appreciated. How do you interpret a file format in AGS?

Anybody heard of Guitar Hero?

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/puzzle/guitarhero/news.html?sid=6135607

Looks like a really awesome game, although I'm kinda skeptical about the game controller. They say it'll give real guitarists a headstart in the game because it's based on real guitar technique, but it seems like the feel of it would be so different than that of a guitar that it'd almost be like a completely different concept.

Do you ever get those "balls" (for lack of a better word) in your earlobes?

I have one in my right earlobe and it just recently got bigger. It doesn't really hurt too much, but it's hard to get my mind off of it.

These earlobe balls have always been very mysterious. What are they? What do they do? How did I get them? Will I live? This evening I set out on a journey to seek the truth on the matter.

I did a little research and the common name for them are "earlobe cysts", which is a sebaceous cyst. Supposedly they are very normal to have, although some people never get them. Sometimes they hang on for a month or two, but they eventually go away. However, if you are concerned about your earlobe cyst, you can have a doctor lance it or get a dermatologist to inject it with medication. Or, if you're a "do it yourself" kind of person you can do it at home (though I probably wouldn't recommend this unless you are extremely desperate). If you squeeze it hard enough it will pop, and then you can take a needle and make a small incision in the spot where the earlobe cyst was and drain out all the puss.

Interesting, is it not?

I don't think I'm going to try to operate on it or go to the doctor, so I guess I'll wait this little fellow out. And as long as I'm waiting I may as well name him. Suggestions?

[Write an original song dedicated to the New Orleans victims of the Hurricane Katrina]

Hey people!

This week's rules:

Write an original song dedicated to the New Orleans victims of the Hurricane Katrina

It really could be any genre, though I suggest either an orchestral ballad of some sort or one of those New Orleans Gumbo/Zydeco styles of music. The composition should be inventive, original, and portray emotion well.



I will buy the winner their very own copy of Spectrasonics New Orleans Strut drum loops. This is 100 megs of fantastic downloadable drum loops. Spectrasonics is donating 100% of their sales to the relief effort.

Good luck everyone!

These days there's more and more amazing developments in science/technology. This latest thing I read about is really interesting:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16417002%5E30417,00.html

Anybody know any other amazing developments that are going on now?

Yesterday I learned about something very interesting: a currency called Wara.

Search for "Wara" in this webpage to learn about the 'Miracle of Schwanenkirchen.' Very interesting stuff!

http://www.ic.org/market/money/chp8.html

It was new to me, anyways.

Basically I need a way to rename a file from AGS. I have the AGS File Plugin, and that has a "FileRename" function, but in its parameters, two "chars" are needed, not strings. So I can't figure out how to get that working.

I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult or take too long to make a plugin that could rename files... if I can't get this working, would someone be willing to make me that plugin really fast? I would do it myself if I had C++, but I don't.

[We're going to war!]

We're going to war!

That's the theme of this week's music contest. Interpret it as you want. Creativity will get you extra points. A good composition and skillful sequencing will get you points, too.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them here or PM me.

Hey guys,

I know there are some soundfont users here, so I thought I'd post this:

My big soundfont project is finally complete! It's a electric bass guitar soundfont that pretty much covers anything you can play on a bass. You can read more about it here, and listen to the demos: http://www.manytone.com/ubk.html

The Ultimate Bass Kit is selling for an inexpensive $29.99 for immediate download.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

For those of you who celebrate it, happy 4th of July!

http://www.njagyouth.org/liberty.htm

So I've made this song that I'm going to submit to a monthly contest. I just wanna make sure this song is the best it can be. Here it is:

All I Want To Do Is Dance (is the song title okay?)

Right now I would really appreciate any comments/feedback on the mixing especially.

If I get top 3rd I win a whole bunch of music software loot, so any suggestions you can give me would be extremely welcome.

Okay, so I'm trying to get this working. Basically I have my dialogue options on this GUI, and I'm not using a text box gui, because that puts it in the middle of the screen, and I want the GUI to be at the bottom of the screen, so I just used a "normal" GUI. It automatically places the dialog options on the "normal" GUI for me, so that's nice.

My question is, how can I change the color of the text of the selected/nonselected dialog options?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Okay, so I figured it out, and it looks like I can't get rid of that nasty yellow highlight color, right?

I'm having trouble with these new pointer things in AGS.

Code: ags

if (hotspot[Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.y, mouse.y)].GetProperty("Direction") == 0) cur_mode = 0;

And it won't let me. In the older versions I could do this:

Code: ags

if (hotspot[GetHotspotAt(mouse.y, mouse.y)].GetProperty("Direction") == 0) cur_mode = 0;

Could someone please help me fast. Maybe this thread should be moved to the beginner's technical forum, too.

Well, I didn't feel right to post this in Competitions & Activities since I don't have permission, but this is a fun little game we can play.

It was brought to my attention that there are a lot of good guitarists here, so I thought it'd be cool to have a little competition.  Just for fun, not to say "He's better than he is" or anything.

So guitarists, here's your backing track:

http://herculeaneffort.adventuredevelopers.com/backing%20track.mp3

FYI, the backing track is in A minor and the BPM is 120 just incase you want to sync it or something.

Have fun!

You read right, AGS enthusiast. After taking five or six times longer than anticipated, your favorite dynamic duo is proud to release Apprentice 1: Deluxe!

In addition to minor graphical improvements (color adjustment, background clean-up, etc.), App1d sports a totally redone soundtrack, bug fixes, and full voice! It supports subtitles in German and French! Additional language packs will be released at a later date.



Download it here (25.8 megs)

EDIT: Let's see if this mirror is any faster: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=07NKAXKZ

http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/

Archive of different accents. This is a great tool to build your repetoire of accents. They even have the IPA transcriptions with every accent!

I'm kinda surprised I won that last contest -- I didn't spend very much time on my entry. In fact, all I did was quickly play it into my keyboard.

So the rules this week are:

Write the goofiest possible song ever. No restrictions.

Have fun!

Okay, so I was messing around on my piano and suddenly I started playing this:

http://herculeaneffort.adventuredevelopers.com/mexican.mp3

I think I may have heard this before. A very long time ago. I'm not sure. Anyways, what song is this?

Many thanks in advance!

Perhaps in AGS you could right-click on a sprite, and "edit sprite" would be one of the menu options, which would load the sprite into your favorite editor, be it paint or PSP (you can configure what editor it loads the sprite in). This would save me a lot of time (otherwise I have to export the sprite, edit it, and then reimport it, which takes a lot more extra time).

Just an idea.


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