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Perhaps.

Have you tried the various settings for memory models and function calling conventions?

It would seem that playerdeck is out of range.

We shouldn't call it pimping  . May be we can say bumping

I've been meaning to respond to this... I did a bit of analysis, and I don't think there's all that strong a correlation between "games being mentioned in the FYC thread" and "games nominated". There were a large amount of games this year that were either not mentioned in FYC at all, but nominated nevertheless, OR discussed at length in FYC and not making the cut for nominations at all. Public opinion may be subjective, but it is apparently not as easily swayed by something as simple as being mentioned in a thread.

Aside from that, it would seem that "best programming" (or, as it was called some years ago, "best scripting") is the hardest category to adjudicate. On the one hand, it is easy to say "I like this game therefore it probably has the best programming", which isn't quite the point. On the other hand, it is also easy to think "it was hard for me to program this game and therefore it has the best programming", which isn't really the point either.

I was wondering... do You game creators play your own games when they're done?

Actually, yes. Not all the time, obviously, and one does get tired of it during testing periods. But in the end, when it's all done, you should be able to look back at it and play it and say "wow, this game is pretty cool". Because if you, as the author, don't like playing your own game, chances are other people don't like it either.

It seems like everybody is under the impression the I'm defending Scientology.  Which I'm certainly not.

Well, you're only attacking the people that don't like scientology - which boils down to pretty much the same, if you think about it. Just saying.

(also I don't see where you're getting the impression that this is a heated argument or an angry discussion, as I've seen worse discussions about D&D rules...)

Don't you have citizen's arrest in the UK, and so forth?

For the sake of putting down a good story, it's not an unreasonable assumption. It's hard unbelievable even if it technically might not happen all that much in real life.

I never suggested that people shouldn't protest ...

Actually you did - you called it hypocritical and selfish.

Some people have experienced nasty things with the COS and wish to protect others. You don't want to take part in that, because it hasn't affected you personally. It is left as an excercise to the reader which of the two is selfish.

Meh ... one's no better or worse than another to me.

Well, you can either rely on your first impression to be absolutely infallible, or you could read into what facts are actually available on the different groups.

In particular, whether actions were the result of small extremist factions where in fact the larger religious group has a completely different opinion, or of authorized doctrine from the global leadership where the entire religious group tends towards the same sentiment.

Or you could stick your head in the sand, if you prefer. It's always easier to stick with set preconceptions, than to do actual research.

What kind of transfer did you make? I haven't received any notice about a PayPal transfer at least.

Hm, checking this, it turns out paypal is withdrawing funds from my bank accounts, and this takes 4 to 6 days.

Which is to say, it takes ten minutes, but they tack on a few days for their interest rates.

You need to work on your reading comprehension before making condescending posts.

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WARNING, please spread the word.

The hosting service known as "EnchantHosting" or "DragonStar Networks" (DSN) has been known to cater towards independent game authors, and people who create adventure games. Essentially, they're a standard hosting service, offering a domain and bandwidth for money. Some of the people involved may be known to this community, such as Johan Botes, aka Gronagor, and a guy named Chagall.

EnchantHosting is a fraud.
DragonStar is a fraud.

The hosting fee is quite reasonable. But when you start using them and your initial registration expires, they will suddenly charge you ludicrous amounts to continue their service. This is extortion: you pay $5 for the first year, and are unexpectedly charged a $100 fee for the next, or have your domain permanently removed. And of course they will prevent you from moving that domain to another host.

Forewarned is forearmed. Don't make the same mistake I did, do not do business with these people.

You are now contradicting your previous post, and completely missing the point of mine.

[Swap space is NOT for storing temporary files. Swap space is FOR virtual memory]

\windows\temp\ is not file system is a simple temporany files directory nothing more

False. \Windows\temp is part of the file system.

anyway i say you can use swap PARTITIONS (if you create it) also for temporaney files and swap area

False. Swap partitions don't have a file system (and aren't used by windows, and are obsolete in linux). Swap partitions are, by definition, solely for swap area.

but pieces of code swapped from ram to swap area CANNOT BE MANAGED by the OS, they are in swap area stored waiting to return to the RAM to be managed from OS

False. Swapping is managed by the OS.

Swap space is NOT for storing temporary files. Swap space is FOR virtual memory.

hoping I understand your question

No, you aren't. The point is that you're telling me that, according to your theoretical test, what I am doing in actual practice with my computer is not possible. And yet here I am, doing it.

I am fully aware of what swap space is. Swap is not for temporary files, as those are stored in the file system (\windows\temp\*.*, for instance; the swap file is \pagefile.sys). They wouldn't be temporary files if they weren't, you know, files. Otoh, swap is precisely for usage as (virtual) memory.

And while it is obviously slower than actual memory, it is by definition a possible substitute. You can't even say how much slower it is until you know the relative latency of hard drive and memory (and primary and secondary cache of both, and look-aheads). "It is slower therefore it cannot work" is not a good argument.

swap area is usefull only for the OS, or for temporany files (like extracting a rar file), but in no way it can be used as RAM

Pop quiz, dude. If theory does not match up with actual practice, which of the two is correct?

I don't see anything [more] wrong with their "religion" than any other organized religion.

Some recommended reading material, then. No, it's not about the money.

I think walking away and throwing stones are two different things. And if you can say that a person is "nasty" for not being able to cope with certain types of people then I think you're pretty judgemental yourself. We don't all have to sing cumbayaa hand in hand to get along. Let people be people and chill with the P.C. stuff.

Just like Emerald, you're putting words in my mouth and not listening to what I'm actually saying. In a wonderful stroke of irony, that makes you judgmental, since because of cognitive laziness you're pigeonholing people based on a hasty first impression, rather than actually trying to comprehend them. In other words, if you think I'm PC by any stretch of the word, you really don't know who I am.

It's a known issue, but thanks for your feedback. I'm in doubt whether I should release a v1.3 at some point; there aren't any big issues but there are a few details that could be improved. But then, there always are

The simple way is counting it yourself, and sticking this in your global script header:

Code: ags

#define RoomCount 15

(or however many rooms you have).

After all, the amount of rooms is hardly going to change mid-game.

The easiest way?

Turn the hand into a character (with appropriate up, down, left and right frames, and possibly diagonals). Then use

Code: ags

function repeatedly_execute () {
  character[HAND].FaceLocation (mouse.x, mouse.y, eNoBlock);
}