Topic Subject:Designing AoK with Macs Guide Beta version
Ketch Squire
(id: Swordsworn)
posted 08-07-05 05:47 PM CT (US)
I have noticed while I have been designing that there are sevarel flaws in the scenario editor and other places in the macontosh version of AoK. I have also noticed a few question threads about these problems (most of them being my own). So I figured that I should put together a guide on all the in and outs of designing on a mac.
Please add anything that you know about designing on a mac. Anyone who contributes will be put into an acknowledgements paragraph at the end of the guide.
{|Ketch|} "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin
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zyxomma100 Squire
posted 08-07-05 06:11 PM
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aka thr Pilot already made a nice little list. Nice idea, though.
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Ketch Squire
(id: Swordsworn)
posted 08-07-05 07:56 PM
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Yes I know I saw that but there are sevarel other things too. I'll post an up to date list when I have the time.
{|Ketch|} "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin
AnastasiaKafka Squire
posted 08-07-05 08:21 PM
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3 / 13
Great idea!
For the text field question of 50 characters VS. range (in aka the Pilot topic), it is more of a range because the AoK font is not fixed, and the letters are different sizes and take up a different amounts of space.
"I take it that this is the Anastasia Scud pines for?" - Epic Commander "What Ana said. Use sugar and the whip." - aka the Pilot "I think you will realize the emphasis was on Ana and Cake." - Monk
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Ketch Squire
(id: Swordsworn)
posted 08-07-05 08:41 PM
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4 / 13
Ok thanks. There is also a wierd locking thing that happens after you write instructions.
{|Ketch|} "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin
AnastasiaKafka Squire
posted 08-08-05 03:52 AM
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5 / 13
It would be great too if you use screenshots for the article, so that the rest of us can see exactly what the Mac editor experience is. Maybe even a comparison of the two platforms would add interest and also help Mac designers to find solutions to the limitations?
"I take it that this is the Anastasia Scud pines for?" - Epic Commander "What Ana said. Use sugar and the whip." - aka the Pilot "I think you will realize the emphasis was on Ana and Cake." - Monk
Cross fire Squire
(id: paladin_maker0)
posted 08-08-05 03:59 AM
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6 / 13
What mac version really annoys me,is that they crash quite easily. That's why I moved to Windows. Also, we can't write long file name -- when they are transfared, it always has something like '#6E4A1'. I think you know it,though.
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Ketch Squire
(id: Swordsworn)
posted 08-08-05 10:19 AM
CT (US)
7 / 13
Ok Anastasia I'll try but for some strange reason I cant take screen shots. I'm pretty sure that it is because I have a mac too. So there's another thing that can go in there.
{|Ketch|} "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin
aka the Pilot Squire
posted 08-08-05 04:48 PM
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8 / 13
Swordsworn, you may be right about the screen shots. I've never noticed it since I use an extra utility for that and it works. If you like I can make screen shots of specific things for you, as long as you're not in a big hurry.
Maybe you can try a screen capture program too. Here is a free one I found called Snap and Drag.
aka the Pilot: What program do you use to take screenshots?
You guys could put all this stuff in the guide.
"I take it that this is the Anastasia Scud pines for?" - Epic Commander "What Ana said. Use sugar and the whip." - aka the Pilot "I think you will realize the emphasis was on Ana and Cake." - Monk
Ketch Squire
(id: Swordsworn)
posted 08-08-05 05:51 PM
CT (US)
10 / 13
Yeah. Thanks for the link
@ aka the pilot Could you post a link to that program for me? Thanks.
{|Ketch|} "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin