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Archi
Tue Sep 02, 2003 11:40 pm

Need Beta Testing Help
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I need some help with beta testing my current game, Arakaron. I'll post a link to it and try to attach it to my post..Any suggestions can be posted here, or sent to my email @ tjpestill@hotmail.com

Here's the link:

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/assort/Arakaron.zip

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Dan
Wed Sep 03, 2003 4:50 pm


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i dl it and will take a look at it latter and post with my coments  :wink:

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Kingnoz
Wed Sep 03, 2003 6:18 pm


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i dunno if it was supposed to be like this but i wasn't able to start a game...like i went through ur story line and then it asked if i accept the quest and then i put "y" enter and it just sits there waiting for input...if u know how to fix this then plz post it so i can try out ur game

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Dan
Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:24 pm


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i have the same compaltes 1st time i tryed i keeped on geting do you whont to start quest or wahter and i tryed like 10 times then it side some fast and it crashed.

i tried a sceonded time and after try a few times to get it to start. but i got cougth in enter your name loop for about 10 times or i think i fialy got in and hit the m key by mistake and could not get out of a shop thing.

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Archi
Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:58 pm


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I don't get what happened in your post Hacker Dan, but with the screen going blank after the story, for some reason it doesn't move onto the next procedure...All you have to do is press any key and it will continue.

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Dan
Wed Sep 03, 2003 11:39 pm


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basicly it whent in to telling story, then screen when blank. then i hit enter and it side "do you acpted the quest" so i hit y and it whent blank and then back to "do you acpted the quest". so after doing that a few times it then crashed.

the next time i did the same loop of stuff over aboput 5 times and then it asked for my name. i put it in and it side that you got some items. then it aked for name angen and side i got same items. it keeped doing that about 2 to 4 times then i got in to game.

while i was tring to figer out game i hit key and it side i could combined items armour or wepaond. i tryed typing in everyting i could think of but it whould not quite that. so i gave up.

i think there is a problem with your loops  :?

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Archi
Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:17 am


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Hmm...I'm not sure wat could be causing it. I can post the procedure that controls the story and the first bit of everythnig else. Just to see what you people think...So here it is...

procedure story
    open : filestream, "story.txt", get
    loop
        cls
        for decreasing i : 10 .. 1
            exit when eof (filestream)
            get : filestream, line (i) : *
            for j : 16 .. 31
                Font.Draw (line (i), maxx div 2 - Font.Width (line (i), fonta) div 2, maxy div 6 + (i * 35), fonta, j)
                delay (30)
                View.Update
            end for
        end for
        for i : 1 .. 10
            line (i) := ""
        end for
        loop
            exit when hasch
        end loop
        if eof (filestream) then
            Font.Draw ("Do you accept the quest?", maxx div 2 - Font.Width ("Do you accept the quest?", fonta) div 2, maxy div 6, fonta, 31)
            getch (key)
            if key = "y" then
                start
            elsif key = "n" then
                put "I guess I was wrong about you. I'm sorry you're too much of a panzy to help."
                quit
            end if
        end if
        getch (key)
        if key = "y" then
            Font.Draw ("Do you accept the quest?", maxx div 2 - Font.Width ("Do you accept the quest?", fonta) div 2, maxy div 6, fonta, 31)
            getch (key)
            if key = "y" then
                start
                exit
            elsif key = "n" then
                put "I guess I was wrong about you. I'm sorry you're too much of a panzy to help."
                quit
            end if
        end if
    end loop
end story

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Dan
Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:35 pm


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i think part of the problem is this:


if eof (filestream) then
        Font.Draw ("Do you accept the quest?", maxx div 2 - Font.Width ("Do you accept the quest?", fonta) div 2, maxy div 6, fonta, 31)
        getch (key)
        if key = "y" then
            start
        elsif key = "n" then
            put "I guess I was wrong about you. I'm sorry you're too much of a panzy to help."
            quit
        end if
    end if
    getch (key)
    if key = "y" then
        Font.Draw ("Do you accept the quest?", maxx div 2 - Font.Width ("Do you accept the quest?", fonta) div 2, maxy div 6, fonta, 31)
        getch (key)
        if key = "y" then
            start
            exit
        elsif key = "n" then
            put "I guess I was wrong about you. I'm sorry you're too much of a panzy to help."
            quit
        end if


if it is the end  of the file (and i think it whould be) it will ask them two times if they whont to do the quest. if they hit any key but y or n i think it will loop agane b/c it ends with out runing the start function.

try using an else if betwen the if eof thing and the other if's

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Archi
Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:52 pm


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Dammit...that second if statement is supposed to be if key="s" then

Thats to allow the player to skip through the story..I accidently changed it for some reason

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Papageorgeo
Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:50 pm


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Maybe create a saved game and then upload it and we can go from there for bug testing.

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Azzy
Sat Nov 08, 2003 12:02 pm


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well i got through to the actual game but i can't see the character.only a black screen with a blue line and three star things.

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Andy
Sun Nov 09, 2003 5:36 pm


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why does nobody ever take off the button bar? setscreen("nobuttonbar")

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templest
Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:23 pm

Hmm...
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Well I downloaded the original unmodified program and it ran just fine.  :? (Hi, I became a member of this website like... phew... a year ago maybe? I just never really logged in 'till now). I have to say that it's a major kick ass program. It's not Warcraft III. But it's a kool text RPG. I have a phew MAJOR suggestions that would make this game SO much better.

- TOO MUCH TEXT TO READ... Get's Boring Very Quickly.

- Add some backround music. Load some 'wav's. Some midevil style   stuff. Something from zelda. :-)

-Buttons... GUI or your own custom made ones. Better if you made kool pics and did the buttonwait thing though. ;-)

-Pics in general... I understand that it's supposed to be a TEXT RPG. By the look of things... But it won't do you much harm to make a neat/ cool looking menu. Apealing to the user.

The actual game is great. I just thing you need to "spruce" it up a bit. I do take into consideration that it's "BETA" so ergo it's not all complete. Just some suggestions though.

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thoughtful
Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:46 pm

Re: Hmm...
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(Hi, I became a member of this website like... phew... a year ago maybe? I just never really logged in 'till now).
It says u join on 21 may 2003 thats not an year ago...hehe...i jus love to bug people. :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

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DanShadow
Thu Dec 25, 2003 11:47 am


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Archi, when  I ran this game,  I was very interested, and the storyline was very appealing...but I cant get passed the story, lol. The story leads out, and it waits for input over and over...but then does nothing. Can you fix this and repost the zip? I am interested to see your game...
