Monday, June 2, 2008

Wow, haven't updated in a while!

Well, i've been sick, so too bad.

We did a full run of Milk Run, part 1, and identified a few areas that need to be rectified.

Although stable, still an issue with deleting slot 1.

Need a way to add or subtract from a total rolls result - this i added into the server already.

People need to be able to use hotkeys more efficiently.

So i'm taking the next leap forward, and enabling file i/o.

Won't be hard, i don't think. 1 file for hotbuttons, 1 for characters, 1 for scripted actions - like changing the background image and such, having those as hotbuttons is cumbersome at best. Replacing that with a select box, so you can scroll through for what's needed and fire it off.

So what will become of the existing .ini file? Keeping it as is, minus the button and character info, i'll modify it a little to change colors/styles, like a skin manager in a way.

how long will it take? Not long i suspect, it's not much different that parsing data received from the server for reading a character, for writing, well, pretty much the same. the hotbuttons are a little more challenging, because i'll want to make an interface - eventually - to prevent errors, but i may be able to copy and paste.

if i'm lucky, i can have it by the weekend...if this...flu or whatever lets me.