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Hello all, long time no see! I was wondering if an Android port of AGS runtime exists? I remember something JJS made a long time ago that worked, is that still the go to? I would love to play some games again!

I'm almost 21, and so far I:

1) Still work for minimum wage doing two jobs (at the same place; go figure) in a restaurant. And that's not combined wages.
2) Failed my final semester for a Small Business Administration degree at college.
3) Just got kicked to the curb by my fiance of 2 years.

My life is a big laugh. I drive a 95 Saturn SL Series with 228,000+ miles on it. I'm facing suspension or revocation of my driver's license because of two speeding tickets I received last month, not counting the NUMEROUS times I've gotten tickets for speeding already.

I know it's all my fault. Here's my question:

Did anyone else find themselves questioning just what the fuck to do in life? Right now I want to marry this girl if she decides to get back with me, and move on from there. Other than that, I'm finding that I am not interested in my major at college, but I can't just quit; I have one more semester left. I hate it though. I'm excellent at it, sure, but I hate it.

It feels like mid-life crisis or something. I'm stuck on this girl and feel like it's the only thing I have going for me, and now she probably hates me. My job is dishwashing but slowly moving up to cooking, in an Italian/Seafood restaurant with a gigantic asshole for a boss, constantly breathing down my neck. Also, no benefits. Even better, working 4 days a week, sometimes doing both BY MYSELF with no help, on nights where we serve between 50-100 dinners, and I have to cook and keep track of dishes by myself....

With the economy the way it is, I've had no luck finding full time work anywhere, and this has been almost a 3 year search. I'm starting to think this is hopeless and I honestly don't know what to do... Maybe because my heart was broken into pieces recently for this specific reason. It's not that I hate cooking; I love it. I just hate the pace of it and lack of any long term benefits.

And this girl.... been a lot of problems over the years, but I feel like she's been worth it. She's been hard to trust, because of all the things she's done to me in the past, but I managed to forgive her and get over them. I got engaged to her and it was the best thing in my life, or so I thought it was. I know I'm young, and you're going to say how stupid I am, but every day without her is boring, unfulfilling, and pretty damn depressing. Could be because all my friends work, or that I don't have any great habits. Doing anything usually requires money, and pulling in around 130$ paychecks every week isn't enough to go do anything, especially when you have bills. But now she's broken up with me, due to a trust related issue, and now I feel like I have nothing. We have been hanging out, but it's a lot different... She says we will probably be back together, but not being engaged again is so difficult. Not to mention that being with her now is awkward. We kiss each other, lay with each other, but never do we say we love each other... I don't like it. I feel like if she loved me it wouldn't just disappear and that she could still tell me. Maybe violating our trust hurt her a lot. It sure as hell hurt me a lot...

I guess what I'm trying to say is, my life is spiraling downward pretty fast, and I don't know what to do. Has anyone felt the exact way I do now? Hopelessness? No way out? Not to mention my lack of passion in ANYTHING. I've been playing guitar for almost 3 years and I can't even play more than 15 songs, or sing and play at the same time. I have the newest version of AGS, and I haven't opened it since the day I installed it, along with numerous paint programs.

Maybe I asked for this somehow. I have a lot of regrets...

I don't know. Everything just feels wrong. I have no one to vent to, so I came here. Any words of wisdom will be much appreciated, preferably before I go insane.

In all seriousness. I'm an intermediate in kung-fu movies, but lately I haven't been able to find any decent films.

Bruce Lee doesn't count, because I find his movies to be extremely boring. I'm more of a Jackie Chan person any day. His fights are choreographed brilliantly, and all at an extremely fast pace (I'm looking at you Dragon's Forever, Wheels on Meals, Drunken Master...)

I've seen a little Jet-Li... nothing great though. Hero is good though, besides being completely unbelievable with it's fighting scenes. They were still awesome and beautiful though. I'm currently going through some of Issac Florentine's movies, and still nothing too impressive, besides Undisputed II, which was amazing. Ninja is OK. Cheesy as all hell, but the fighting is decent.

If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm more of a Jackie Chan/Sammo Hung fan. Hap-kido is one of my favorite kung-fu movies with Sammo Hung. Mainly for long, fast scenes. I could name a dozen movies I love off the top of my head. However, I CRAVE MOOOOOOORRREEEEEE!!

So, this is mainly a discussion on the topic, and a place to suggest other movies. Would love to hear if anyone else shares the same crazy passion for these movies!  

EDIT: Also, because it's about 7 AM here, and I'm bored.

Hi everyone. I've been doing some searching online, and I can't seem to find a decent and cheap capture card for my laptop. So far I've found this USB one and this other one for cheaper.

I don't know much about these things, so would I be able to capture video on my laptop with this? Or can I capture both my laptop and, say, my Xbox360? Also, would these be good choices of cards to choose? I'm asking because I've been using Fraps and Camstudio to capture games on my laptop, but I'm getting lag spikes.

Any Castlevania fans in here?

If you are, I'm sure you'll agree Simon's Quest isn't the best game in the series. However, someone used Game Maker and re-did it, and it kicks ass now.

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Is there a possible thing? Probably not. I was referred to cyberpowerpc.com and so far I like what I see, particularly The MegaSpecial III for $775. The thing is, it's liquid cooled and I've never had a PC liquid cooled before, and not sure if it's something I would want to monitor over time.

I guess the question is, for $775 is that a good gaming PC? I don't plan on playing Crysis II at extreme settings or anything, but I'm getting sick of playing System Shock 2 and emulators on my laptop that I paid almost $600 for. :p

The website says that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 plays at a great 74 FPS on ultra settings on this machine. While that game is dated, that's still great. If I can play modern games for that price with maxed settings and have no stuttering, that's like godsend to me. The only thing that turns me off is the GPU, but if it will handle modern games, then it's not a huge concern. Just fanboy-ism on my part (go Intel!) because I have AMD now, and I seriously think my 2.1 GHz Dual Core is a lie; it's horrendously slow.

I want a PC because I'm sick of consoles, and I haven't had a great PC ever, so help me out people!  

Hey all. It's been a while since I've done anything on these boards, so I wanted to share this and hopefully get some critique.

I'm working on my coding skills, and I've uploaded a test game for you all to try that has a very simple implementation of Zelda style combat.

I've included the source and everything. I just want to know if it's a good start, and maybe some guidelines on how I can improve it. Right now, the hit detection isn't great, and health decreases too fast because the code that checks for when to remove health is under repeatedly execute. I've tried to limit it a bit by removing health only when Link is in certain frames of his attack animation, but it still decreases health a bit too fast.

I made sure to add comments to the script, so you know what code I've added. The main sections to check are the header, game start, repeatedly execute always, and on key press.

Here's a link to the test game. It's not much, but it's a start I guess. Move with the arrow keys, attack with X.

Thanks!

EDIT: I figured it would be easier to add the code here so no one has to open it up in the editor and search for it.

The Header

Code: ags

// Main header script - this will be included into every script in
// the game (local and global). Do not place functions here; rather,
// place import definitions and #define names here to be used by all
// scripts.

int health; //enemy health
export health;

Game Start

Code: ags

// Called when the game starts, before the first room is loaded
function game_start() {   
  // Put the code all in a function and then just call the function. 
  // It saves cluttering up places like game_start.
  initialize_control_panel(); 
  // Use the KeyboardMovement module to, per default, replicate the standard
  // keyboard movement of most Sierra games. See KeyboardMovement.txt for more info
  KeyboardMovement.SetMode(eKeyboardMovement_Pressing); 

  health = 100; //declared enemy's HP
}

Repeatedly Execute

Code: ags

function repeatedly_execute() {
  
  // Put here anything you want to happen every game cycle, even when
  // the game is paused. This will not run when the game is blocked
  // inside a command like a blocking Walk()
  
  if (IsGamePaused() == 1) return;

  // Put here anything you want to happen every game cycle, but not
  // when the game is paused.
  
//checks enemy's health to make him disappear when it's 0 or below
//doesn't actually do anything; you can still hit the enemy, but it's
//for demo purposes

  if (health <= 0){
    if(cFoe.Transparency > 0){
      return;
    }
    cFoe.Transparency = 100;
  return;
}
}

Rep. Execute Always

Code: ags

function repeatedly_execute_always() {
  
  // Put anything you want to happen every game cycle, even
  // when the game is blocked inside a command like a
  // blocking Walk().
  // You cannot run blocking commands from this function.
  
//this whole next block is for displaying the int health on the statusbar on label3
//and checking when to check for hit detection while Link is in his
//attacking view and apply damage by subtracting from health
  
  Label3.Text = String.Format("%d", health);
  
  if (cLink.Frame == 6){
      cLink.ChangeView(VIEW2);
    }
 
 while (((cLink.View == ATTACK) && (cLink.Animating == true) && (cLink.Frame >= 4))) {
  if (cLink.IsCollidingWithChar(cFoe)){
    health = health-4;
  }
    return;
  }
}

On Key Press

Code: ags

function on_key_press(eKeyCode keycode) {
  // The following is called before "if game is paused keycode=0", so
  // it'll happen even when the game is paused.
  
//for animating Link's attack
  if (keycode == eKeyX){
    cLink.ChangeView(ATTACK);
    cLink.Animate(2, 1, eOnce, eNoBlock, eForwards);
  }
}

OK, so I was dating this girl named Brittany. We only dated for 3 weeks until we decided we should be friends and no hard feelings.

Here's where it gets weird.

We hung out on Saturday, and she kissed me and acted like we were still dating. So I told her again that I don't want to date, and we got into a small argument. I decided to break it off with her, but still be friends and I let her know I wasn't kidding. She was pissed about it, and didn't speak to me much. I had to get her to talk to me, and even then she barely said much...

Well, today she tried to commit suicide, and she was successful for about 5 minutes until doctors brought her back.

I feel like somehow I pushed her to the edge more. I mean she was completely normal when we hung out. Smiled and laughed, had fun... I just can't fathom how she went through with it. I can't help but think I somehow played a small role in her decision. I don't love her, but I do care about her. She says it wasn't anything to do with me, but the timing is just too coincidental.

My question is, how should I deal with this? I'm a wreck right now. Everyone I've talked to about it has said it's not my fault, but the timing is too coincidental for me to believe otherwise...

It seems I always have some kind of drama every time I post here. I'm sorry about that... I just can't deal with this. I've never had this happen before. How would you deal with it?

It's been a wicked long time since I was active here...

The reason I'm actually posting this, is because I want to know if it's normal haha. Has anyone else just taken a break from AGS for a long time? I just started back again, and it's saddening to know that I stopped using it for so long, due to me just not being interested in that point in time.

Plus, I feel like an idiot, because I always end up asking for help on things for my games, and then I never complete them. It's like I've wasted people's time. I've never completed a full game that I can actually look at and feel proud of. I see all these great games being made and all this awesome art going into them and not once over the years did I feel any motivation to start my own. Games are one of my passions, and yet I totally disregarded it...

I'm trying now to work on some stuff, and trying really hard not to get sick of it haha. I was also hoping to become more active on the forums. I'm not really sure why I'm rambling like this, I guess I just feel like I owe something.

So, tl;dr, has anyone just gotten sick of making games for a little while and just stopped?

OK, so I have the concept down of using a button on a GUI as a meter; it's just implementing it I need help with.

In my script header I imported this function:

Code: ags

// Main header script - this will be included into every script in
// the game (local and global). Do not place functions here; rather,
// place import definitions and #define names here to be used by all
// scripts.

import function AddHealth(int amount) {
  player_health += amount;
  btnHealthMeter.Height = player_health;
}

I keep getting a "cannot define body of imported function" at line 6 however. Is it because I have defined things in the function? Or is something else wrong? Any help is appreciated.

R4L

OK, so my friend got a really nasty virus on his laptop, and decided he wanted to erase everything off his HD. So we tried to do a partition of his C drive, using a copy of my Windows XP Pro.

The disc boots from start, and we deleted the C partition, and made a new one, C Partition (RAW) from the Windows Install CD. Now, before installing Windows, we had to format the partition to NTFS, but that's the problem. The program always freezes at a certain percentage, and never finishes. The other option, is to format for NTSC (quick), so we decided to try that second, and it finishes, but gives us a message saying "Setup cannot be completed. The disc may be damaged. Try installing on a different partition."

We can only make one partition, and it isn't working no matter what we do. What is the problem?

Before we did this, we didn't uninstall XP because his virus barely lets him do anything, so I was thinking maybe that would be the problem, but I don't think that matters...

Please help. It would be much appreciated!

Code: ags

function room_AfterFadeIn()
{
  int trans = object[0].Transparency;
Wait(120);
cRobot.Walk(54, 225, eBlock, eAnywhere);
cRobot.FaceLocation(54, 100);
Wait(120);
Switch.SetView(3, 0, 1);
Retro.Visible = true;
while(trans >0){
trans--;
object[0].Transparency=trans;

}

cRobot.Walk(425, 225, eBlock, eAnywhere);


}

OK, after all the edits, I made it work. My object doesn't fade in though. It's instant, like I'm just making the object visible. Anyway to slow it down a bit?

Hey, I've been playing guitar now for almost 6 or 7 months, and I'm getting better at it.

I'm a straight up metal head. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera...

I've been learning Metallica songs for now, but enough of that. I came to ask if maybe you have some techniques that you yourself use that might be able to help me?

I'm working on sweep picking at the moment. I got it a lot better, but only 3 string sweeps. I learned by playing the intro solo to Metallica's Fade to Black. I'm having trouble still though, mainly with my fingering on the frets.

I'm also having a hard time getting harmonics and slides. The first verse of Master of Puppets by Metallica is killing me with the slides. >.<

Also, I can't seem to find any songs that are semi-easy to play, that I can actually learn all of. Maybe it's me, or maybe my tastes, but I find myself always looking up metal songs I can't play yet, or songs with a tempo of 200 or higher...

So what is your take on this?

My relationship just ended today because of who I am. I'm a young man, 17 years old, and I'm admitting I have a problem that I need help with.

The girl I am so in love with, who I've spent a long time with, told me I don't know how to treat people with manners and respect, because I am always an asshole.

I tend to think I know everything sometimes. I lie to get out of things I'm too scared to do, which could be from riding a rollercoaster to meeting someone new. I always try to get out of it. That means I am a pessimist because I always look at the bad things first.

I DO have manners. I do everything I can to make her happy, but something always happens and I end up saying something that makes her think I am an asshole. I realized that this has been happening ever since I was old enough to have an ego.

I feel that if I lose her forever, that I'll never be able to do this again. I put so much into making it work, and in the end, my own fucking personality got in the way and ended something that shouldn't have. It's because of who I am, which has fucked up so much for me and others in my life. I've lost friendships, I've lost everyone's trust, and I'll never gain it back.

I know I haven't posted here very much, which makes this really hard to say. Most of you probably don't remember me, or remember the younger me, who pretended to be black and forever became Rap4Life42o who didn't know how to be an adult. Some of you might think that because of this post I might not act like an adult. My best friend told me to get over this whole thing and stop being a fucking little girl about it. Most of you will say the same. This is the internet after all.

I'm asking if someone will help me. I really, desperately, need to learn how to control myself. It's seriously a problem that I have to get rid of or I'm going to end up throwing a lot of important things away. I need some sort of solution. I need her so much, and it hurts so much to know that I'm in the way of it all. I need some sort of control.

If you ignore this whole thing, I understand. It's not anyone's job to help someone they don't know, and I doubt anyone wants to anyway. If anyone cares though, I really need help. I have to change, because I don't want to be like this... this isn't who I am.

Has anyone seen the film yet? I watched it yesterday and thought it was pretty average. I liked the idea and all, but they didn't push it enough. There isn't much action in it... but what I did see was pretty good.

Discuss please.

I have been for a little while now, but it was today that I actually competed at a nearby college called USC, the Utica School of Commerce.

I placed 3rd in Word Processing II, which is making 7 documents with Microsoft Word with a certain time limit.

I was wondering if anyone else is in the FBLA?

OK, here's what happened:

I got this program called Duplicate File Finder to find, well, duplicated files. Now, the program skips all important folders and files, like the Windows folder, i386 folder, so on...

I scanned my computer, and voila! I now had 19 GB returned to me... at a price I didn't know about.

I restarted my computer after, and after the BIOS loaded up, I got this error:

NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

That's it. I couldn't even get into Windows! So, I had a friend come over and we used a re installation CD provided by Dell () to get it up and going again. Now, I can log in and out and do some stuff, but lots of programs have missing filepaths, and IE cannot go to more than two pages without giving me a runtime error. Firefox shows this:

Picture

Also, in Firefox, if I go to java.com and try to verify my installation, it freezes. Same if I go to Windows Update on Firefox.

I tried this tool that came with this PC called Dell Driver Reset, and it tells me that there is a "problem with the BIOS", so when I hit OK to fix it, it says "problem solved!" but if I try it again, it still tells me that there is a problem with the BIOS!

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking about installing my old floppy drive, and making a Boot Install disk to get back my drivers, if that's the problem. Please help if possible! I can't lose all the stuff on here, I need it for school!

R4L

Well, I do some modding for a game called Frets on Fire. It was made in python, and it's like Guitar Hero for Playstation 2.

I downloaded Python, and all I can say is that it looks very complicated. I would like to get some opinions from anyone who has used it before. It seems like a good alternative to regular C and BASIC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PpMdTmVMpo

My friend sent me this over Myspace, and i'm not sure if he expects me to believe it. I personally don't.

OK, I'm using Bernie's Simple Platform Movement, which is great by the way, but it has something that I don't like very much.

When I move the character, the character doesn't animate. I've looked through the module's script, and I didn't find anything that relates to the character's view.

I think it has to do with this particular code block:

Code: ags

//managing movement values and gravity--

if (gravity < 6) {gravity=gravity+1;}

if ((IsKeyPressed(375)==1)&&(xmove>-3)) {xmove=xmove-1;}
if ((IsKeyPressed(377)==1)&&(xmove<3)) {xmove=xmove+1;}

if ((IsKeyPressed(375)==0)&&(IsKeyPressed(377)==0)&&(xmove>0)) {xmove=xmove-1;}

if ((IsKeyPressed(375)==0)&&(IsKeyPressed(377)==0)&&(xmove<0)) {xmove=xmove+1;}

//jump----------------------------------

if (IsKeyPressed(32)==1){
 player.y=player.y+2;
 if (GetWalkableAreaAt(player.x-GetViewportX(),player.y-GetViewportY())==1) {gravity=-12;}  // jump
 player.y=player.y-2;
}


}

function on_key_press(int keycode){

}

xmove is an int by the way. I don't understand why it doesn't animate the character. Any help is appreciated.

R4L