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I think having to submit your game to the DB before it can be up for nomination is a good idea. It's nice and neat, not difficult at all and most people do it anyway so it wouldn't be out of the norm.

I have to agree. There are a couple of features I'd like to suggest but holy bajeebers, I really want this version released properly so I can start using it ^_^ It feels like it's been an eternity. I'm one of those people who won't touch the program until it's in it's absolute final release.

Ah, thanks... I'd never noticed that before.

Really cute, I love them ^_^ (Never seen them before though)

In my game, when you save, you're taken to a new room, you choose to save, then are automatically brought back to the previous room (where the actual -saving- takes place). After this happens, I have a GlobalInt changed to make the game run properly.

I've just noticed the problem that when loading a saved game, how can I make sure this GlobalInt gets changed? Is there some way to let the game know it should do something AFTER a save slot has been restored?

I've seen the movie, and I laughed myself silly, seriously I can understand your problems with it, you're coming from the perspective of a fan of the series so you can see how it's worse. I can't, so I don't mind if it's worse. I do want to get the series, but the movie is a good place to start for me and I -know- I found it funny.

Is 12 dollars ok?

o_O Why is that when I searched for it on Amazon, I only found prices 10 times that?? Er, thanks Eric!

EDIT: Oh er, that's VHS. I'm really after the DVD.

Being an Australia, we never got Mystery Science Theatre 3000 over here (it may have been on a cable channel once upon a time, but I'm not sure). Despite this, I got myself hooked after finding a copy of the MST3K movie in my local video store once. I'm aware you can download episodes from various places, and you can buy the DVD sets from places like Amazon, but the DVD of the movie seems to have gone out of print. I've noticed you can still buy it second hand for prices that would make Satan blow milk out of his nose - but I'm just not paying over $100US for it.

It's a fantastic movie, does anyone know anywhere, online or even in a store that you can still buy this? (Not second hand though, I just don't trust that sort of thing).

Well, SOME of us take this seriously I sat there and played at least some of every game I came across that was nominated (that I hadn't previously played). Of course, I didn't play -every- single game up for nomination, and therein lies part of the problem. (eg, I hadn't played Other Worlds at that stage, sorry alkis).  Just about every award has this problem, and it's a hard one to remedy. I do think the committee idea sounds like a good way to solve this though, assuming excellent people who HAVE played every single game are picked.

Babar: The thing that instantly springs to mind is an Osamu Tezuka cartoon (same guy that did Kimba, Astro Boy, etc). I was never aware it was shown outside of Japan personally, so I never knew the English title.

I just did some searching, and here we go: Princess Knight
(1967-1968 by Mushi Productions, aka Ribbon No Kishi.
Based on the Manga publication of 1953-56. 52 episodes)

I've never seen the show but I love the manga. Here's a picture: http://en.tezuka.co.jp/manga/backlist/ri01/images/ri01_00203_l.jpg

She also (along with a lot of characters including my all time favourite - Blackjack) made  cameo appearance in an apisode of Astro Boy where he goes back in time.

Does this sound like it?

Rui: I'm afraid it rings no bells with me.

Scummbuddy: Hehe, I'm glad someone else remembers that show (er, except that you forgot it). I LOVED the Wuzzles when I was a kid.

Never heard of the Snow White thing, but the Last Unicorn is one of my super-special childhood shows. Did you know they're making a live-action movie? I was horrified at first but it actually looks pretty good (at least, it did a few months ago when I last looked into it). They were actually going to get Christopher Lee and Angela Landsbury to play the characters they originally did voices for. Very excellent in my books.

DG: That gave me my great "Laugh of the Day" ^_^ Thankyou ever so much.

Never heard of it, but I'll keep an eye out.

What I'm actually using is:

Code: ags

function TypeLineSay (string say, int xpos, int vpos, int width, int delay, int wait) {
StrCopy (line, say);

SetTextWindowGUI(1);
//declare local vars
  textid = 0;
//initialise vars , overdoing it a bit ;-)
  length = 0;  
  i=0; 
  StrCopy(displayedline,"");
  textid = CreateTextOverlay(xpos, 100, 400, 1, 1, displayedline);

          //get string length, to know how long the loop must run
  length=StrLen(line); //set string length
         //start loop
while((i<length) && (1||(WaitKey(delay)==0))) {
         // pick character at position "i"and stick it at the end of string "displayed line"
    StrFormat(displayedline, "%s%c", displayedline, StrGetCharAt(line,i));
         //set textoverlay as displayedline
    SetTextOverlay(textid,xpos,vpos,width,1,1,displayedline); 

         // if a space is added to the string do not play a sound, else play a 'tick'
    if (StrGetCharAt(line,i) == ' '){
   }
   else{
        PlaySound(1);
    }
           //increase the loop counter
    i++;  
   if (i==length) if (wait>0) WaitKey(wait);
   else if (wait == -1) while (IsKeyPressed(keyx) == 0) Wait(1);
   }
 RemoveOverlay(textid);
 Wait(5);
}

Erm, so an overlay, I guess. I just noticed that when I go to the GUI menu, there's no "Z-order" setting for a text window GUI.

Anyway, thanks for the info ^_^ I was a bit vague in my original post.

I just noticed there's no Z-order for text windows. Is there a workaround for this? Because I'd like to have my text window on top of some other GUIs. Otherwise, I guess the only solution is to remake the text window GUI AFTER all other GUIs...?

Sluggo: I'm gonna do you a favour and let you know that you missed the first thread about this matter. Just trust me on this one.

Learning Okinawan would be even better ^_^

*ahem* Another double post, sorry.

Just an update, there are some sample music tracks available on the first post.

As much as I loved this game, I just gave up a few days ago when I couldn't get any further. These puzzles are damn hard @_@ I VERY much need a walkthrough.

One thing I don't like is how, when you look at an item in your inventory, the robot doesn't tell you what the item is. I honestly have a bunch of items and I have no idea what they are.

Perhaps I'm just dumb and I've lost my adventure gaming instincts, I don't know. Otherwise, maybe a few more hints in-game would be good...

I've also had the problem many times where it seems like I should be able to use one item to get another, but it just says I can't. I think a bit more of an explanation as to why you can't is needed because it's quite frustrating.

All that aside, I was still VERY impressed with the game.

I can solve all your problems right now - DON'T use photoshop! It's an overcomplicated piece of junk designed to get newbies used to it so that they can't use any other paint program ever. It doesn't use any standard keys and well, just look at it. It's a mess.

Paint Shop Pro is like a slice of heaven in comparison. A big chocolatey slice covered in cream.