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Mega Tokyo AGI Archive / Re: Saving scripts with AGI Studio

« on: August 19, 2001, 10:56:23 AM »

I am using it under Win2k. Hmmm... Looks like I'm going to the code. Where is it posted these days? The site referenced by Paul Kelly's site seems to be down.

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Mega Tokyo AGI Archive / Re: Saving scripts with AGI Studio

« on: August 15, 2001, 03:23:05 AM »

Good thought, but didn't help. Thanks for the idea. Any others?

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Mega Tokyo AGI Archive / Saving scripts with AGI Studio

« on: August 14, 2001, 03:35:00 AM »

Hi.

I'm new to AGI and SCI, but I've always been a fan of the Sierra brand of fun and am now looking at the monsterous task of game writing. Anyway the scripting looks simple, and the graphics are not too scary so I think I might just give it a go. (Okay SCI looks a little more scary in general).

So I have my first question, which may be more of an issue, but consequently will probably have me looking at source code:

AGI Studio. When I save a logic script as source code in AGI Studio I will get a message to the effect of "Could not save file in "C:\Program Files\..yadda..\My Game\\src"." I've isolated it to be only when the "src" directory already exists. Consequently my game can compile, but my nicely formatted source is gone, and the next time I look at the logic script its from a decompile.

Anyone else encounter this? Classic problem with a work around? Also if necessary was AGI Studio MS VC or Borland?

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Mega Tokyo AGI Archive / Re: windows 2000

« on: August 26, 2001, 06:55:04 PM »

I'm running Win2k and generally AGI Studio seems to work okay. There is one bug that I have discovered with saving logic scripts as source files. Not a show stopper but somewhat a pain.

What problems are you encountering?

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Mega Tokyo AGI Archive / Re: AGI Studio Source

« on: August 24, 2001, 02:01:31 PM »

Okay this weekend I'll be setting up my server stuff for the project. I was planning to setup CVS with an anymous logon to download the source and give out developer logins for those who are involved in active development for the project.

Helen if want to discuss further my email is mpc1@interlog.com. For that matter if anyone else likes to discuss about the project further feel free to email me. Just put "AGI Studio" or something similar in the subject, since I filter this address heavily.

Cheers.
Martin

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Mega Tokyo AGI Archive / Re: AGI Studio Source

« on: August 21, 2001, 06:33:38 AM »

Ya, I had seen this available on Brian's site. Is there much difference between the Win32 version and the Helen's in terms of functionality? I'm not running Linux on any of my computers.

I aggree it would be probably best to keep one central version in C that can be ported to various platforms. Perhaps the code Peter has written is best from a turtorial and learning perspective now.

Incidentally, I've got access for CVS and web space figured out. I should have it setup this weekend. Expect to see the starts of a new site for AGI Studio soon after.

Perhaps Helen would be interested in moving her code base to the CVS I'm setting up. It is definately reliable as my business uses it daily for our own development (for that matter so will the web site).

Anyway, any other thoughts please post. I'm new to the AGI world in general so if I'm treading on water that has alread been passed please let me know.

Cheers.

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Mega Tokyo AGI Archive / AGI Studio Source

« on: August 20, 2001, 06:00:32 PM »

All.

So I took a look at the source for AGI Studio... Delphi Pascal... Pretty simple language with a decent IDE... no problem!

So I a few questions before I get too tangled....

a- I downloaded my copy of the source from Peter Kelly's site 1.31a, but I get the feeling that this isn't the latest source. He mentions "others" with a now dead link (looks like another start-up goes belly-up). Who are these "others"? Is there a later version of the code?

b- Has anyone made changes on their own (or publicly) to the code that can provide me with some background, cavets, or tidbits?

c- Does anyone out there have Delphi Pascal knowledge and would be interested in helping out?

My short term/long term goals are:

1- Fix Win2k bug I found earlier. I suspect after reading the source that this is fixable by just recompiling the source with a later version of Delphi since the file saving is handled by Delphi Foundation Classes.

2- Setup a project web site for the new AGI Studio possibly with CVS access. Maybe also save Peter some grief and move his documentation over to this site, since he seems to be uninterested in AGI now.

3- Improve the AGI studio with new releases

4- Maybe: Rewrite a new major version

5- Maybe: Explorer (purists close your eyes) bastardized AGI concepts to make AGI more advanced (ie. 256, sound, etc)

6- Maybe: Write a game.

Anyway, any feedback on this would be helpful. How many out there really care to have improvments (or fixes) made to AGI Studio? SCI seems close and maybe AGI will die. But then again classics never die. (Too dramatic...even for me!)

Cheers.