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So I was flicking through the new issue of Hyper, and I came across this article which was pleasant surprise.

Avast! I almost forgets, I do! Arrr!
This be the day which you shall talk like us pirates of olde. Shiver me timbers and down me some grog I hope ye all will have fun on this important day.

This be a fine thread I say.

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

I just saw the last 5 minutes if the second test and was saddened greatly. Australia lost the second test by 2 runs... After a fightback, they just couldn't make it to the end. It's a shame I didn't get to see the whole game. 

Although I must say that it is nice to see Australia lose for a change.

Ok sorry about the simple question, but I can't sem to work it out. I havn't used AGS for a while and now starting a game, it's all pretty unfamiliar. I've read the manual faq's etc, and can't seem to work it out.

I have a gui at the bottom of the screen. Its one of those always on top type of things with buttons etc. So yeah when the mouse is hovered over that gui, I want the cursor to change to a pointer, and when it is moved back over the game area to go to what it was last.

I've tried:

Code: ags

if (mouse.y > 219)
  {  
      mouse.SaveCursorUntilItLeaves();
      mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
  }
  else
  {
      mouse.Mode = mouse.SaveCursorUntilItLeaves();
  }

in function repeatedly_execute(), but that is quite bad. I need to somehow remember the last cursor option. Any help would be appreciated.

Yup, fresh form the Google labs comes your own personalised Google. I think this really awesome as I don't have to keep going to other pages to get this info that I regularly go to.
Currently it has:
Gmail
Stock Market
New York Times
BBC News
Google News
Weather
Wired News
Slashdot
Movies
Driving Directions
Quote Of The Day
Word of The Day

You can pick and choose which of these and how many links to each story for each one. Very nice work, and much better than all the MSN/Yahoo etc as it's still nice and clean with no ads etc.

Just go to: http://www.google.com/ig

...And it's driving me crazy. I have been trying for the past half hour and still havn't figured it out.

Again it has something to do with the name, and it's not about chess.

Check it out at: http://www.thepetersengraph.com/

Alrighty then... I'm a few days late in this news but I figured that since it hasn't been mentioned here then you guys might be interested.
Well in case you didn't know, Telltale Games is the company that was formed after the demise of Sam & Max 2. They are mostly made up of ex-lucasarts employees who worked on games such as Grim Fandango and Sam & Max. They are still very commited to the point and click adventure game genre, which is a really cool thing.

So yes they were rumoured to be trying to aquire the Sam & Max licence and create their own S&M2, but it seems that didn't happen. They have announced that their first adventure game will be based on the comic books "Bone". I havn't heard of these comics, but it all seems pretty cool.

You can read an interview at http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,492/ about the company and the game. Also the telltale site is: http://www.telltalegames.com/

I'm very excited by this news. I hope that they can do good things with the game, and put some life into the genre. 

See post below for more info.

Well yes I guess I shall create the Christmas Thread of 2004. Merry Christmas to you all, and a Happy New Year.  Remember not to spend that time on the computer, but with family and friends etc. And don't get too caught up with presents and everything, they don't really matter that much in the long run.

So yeah, I guess this is a bit early for most of the people here, but us Aussies usually get to celebrate Christmas before most of you guys.

Have a great day everyone.

Well as you all are probably aware, Firefox 1.0 was released today. If you were didnt know, well now you do, or don't know what Firefox is, it is an alternative browser to Internet Explorer. Other alternatives are available like Opera, and IE shells such as Avant and Maxathon, but I have found Firefox to be the best for me due to its customisation and increased security.

So yeah it is really cool, and is so much better than IE. Really, don't use IE if you can help it. A shell for IE is good, but a whole new browser not built on the IE engine will provide much better security.

Get it here:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/


EDIT: Well now 1.0.1 is out. It fixes security and stability issies. You can get it at the link above.

Well I wrote a new midi song in the last few days while the forums were down. I've had a few of the parts in my head for a while now, so it was about time I put it on paper... or computer or whatever. Anyways, I made it in Guitar Pro, and I intend to write lyrics for it, tho I havn't been able to do that yet. I'm not too happy with the drums towards the start. They are a bit of a rushed job.

Well here it is...
Josh - Untitled

I would like comments about what to make better. Be as harsh as you want, as I want to make this song into something great. One day I might be able to get a band to play it, if I ever decide to make one.

For those who use MSN messenger and also use Messenger Plus! (http://www.msgplus.net/, you can participate in insult messaging just like MI1. Just make sure the other person also has Messenger Plus too or your gonna look pretty dumb.

It's pretty funny to do. Just use /insult in a chat.

Ok so I'm getting something strange ever since I've started using Firefox a little while ago. It doesnt do it in IE As you can see in the pic, when there is a picture in someones sig that scrolls, it only loads the top corner.

If I refresh the page it loads properly, so I must be something wrong with not loading it all or something.

It doesn't bother me very much, but I was wondering if it was happening to others, or if it was just me. And if it is a forums error if it can be fixed somehow.

[Smiley]

Well I was looking at the emoticons on the forum, and thought that the whole roger ones, mixed with the default yellow ones wasn't that great. I thought I might convert them all to the roger type. I also modified the current roger ones to make them slightly larger.

I havn't finished converting them all, and feel free to modify my attempts to make them better. Oh and I wasn't sure if this should be in the Critics Lounge or not, so I just put it here. Maybe if we can all agree on them they could be implemented into the forums. Well they don't have to be, but I think they look cool

(Original :: Updated)
Smiley
::
Wink
::
Cheesy
::
Grin
::
Angry
::
Sad
::
Shocked
:o :: ::  ::  (updated again)
Cool
8) :: :: (updated)
Huh
::
Tongue
::
Embarrassed
::
Undecided
:: :: (updated)
Cry
:'( :: :: (updated)

And now added...
Lips Sealed
::
Roll Eyes
: ::
^_^

@_@

I havn't tried these ones:
::  (j/k)

I'm not sure about the eye rolling one yet. Also I think CJ said that he didn't really want many more smilies, but I figure the ^_^ and @_@ are used a bit.

Well I'm lthinking of getting into some Jazz music. I've always liked the style, but I guess I've not really gotten any of the music. I know there are different styles of the music, and I can't really remember what but I know some types I like better than others.

But hte thing is, I don't know where to start. Is there people here that could reccomend some good Jazz musicians? I'm also thinking of learning the Saxophone. I like the instrument, and yeah I fugure if I do learn that, I would get into some jazz.

So yeah, suggestions anyone?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/biometric_drm/

In an attempt to stop piracy the RIAA have developed a 'super secure' way of preventing us from copying music. Only allow you to use music if oyu have your fingerprint... Heh, why do I think this isnt going to work?   :

Hmm this is weird. I'm using the forums, and i'm thinking that somethings wrong.... and then it occured to me that none of the animations in peoples avatars and sigs were animated. They just stayed on the first frame.

I checked the internet settings and the little check box for play animations was checked, so they should be working. I'm using IE6, and this used to work. Its strange that it doesnt now. I'm not sure if its only these forums yet. If any of you have any suggestions it would be helpful.

Well I'm looking for some midis to some old games. Well the music from stunts (that awesome game) and maniac mansion specifically. Well i've found some from MM but its not the music i had on my C64. Actually i want to get the song that razor plays on the piano (i think thats the one... i love it)

Yeah we also got a new computer, and I decided that I wanted to brighten up my desptop and have some cool wallpapers. Well naturally I want to go for the adventure game sorta ones, but I've had a bit of trouble finding some decent ones.
I've got some space quest ones, but most of thos arn't very good, and i've got some monkey island ones which are low res. The FoY one I got is good. But yeah, is there any place out there that you guys could reccomend  checking out to find some?

Yeah, this is really weird. Yesterday, I booted up the computer and found that there was an iexplore.exe file running as an active process using a heaps of CPU time, and I couldn't close it. From checking Zone Alarm, I found that it was trying to upload stuff, to where I don't know.

Well I connect to the internet, and what do you know. It stops trying to upload. But it still won't let me close it. This is really weird, as it only just started happening, and I havn'e installed any programs really.

I've scanned my computer with Ad Aware, and I have Norton System Works, which should pick up any virus I may have downloaded.

So does anyone here have any suggestions or anything? Thanks.

Well i couldn't find this mentioned anywhere, so i thought i might mention it, going with the theme of AGS related stuff in magazines lately.

Well i was looking in the newsagents and noticed PC World Handbook, sort of a 100 free games kind of thing. Looking through i thought hmm, there could be an AGS game in here. I Check the Adventure gasme section and find Teen Agent, but no AGS game. I then continue flipping through, and get to the Wierd Games section, and what do you know? Calsoon, and Calsoon 2 were in it. So thats pretty cool.

I might go and buy it and get a scan, but i don't have any moneys...

Well, yes, he made another game. 5 Days A Stranger. I havn't downloaded it yet cos i'm at school. Get it at http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days or the AGS Games page.