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2D All the way! / Sorry to all I left hanging. I'm back.

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zenassem
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Posted: 14th Apr 2005 08:09
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First, I would like to appolologize to all those I left hanging. I took a long break from programming and forums altogether. I also hadn't checked my hotmail account for a few months.

I know I don't have to disclose personal infromation, but I am comfortable with it and I think it will help others to understand further.

I began to feel depressed and chronically fatigued a few months back, and I basically dropped off the face of the earth. It has taken me this long to get back to health and feel comfortable in explaining my sudden dissapearance. BTW, I have been feeling much better. As it turns out I was diagnosed with Adult ADD and symptoms of OCD and Chronic Fatigue. Both of which are now under control, after a few "trial-by-error" medications and some counseling on how to deal with my obsessive personality. I think I actually spent more time on the forums then I did in working on my projects. It actually got to the point where I would check for new posts every few minutes, even while at work.

I would like to thank everyone here who expressed their concern and wished me the best. I am just going through some of the emails. So Thankyou. It means alot that people cared enough to inquire. I'm sorry for not responding, but I will go through the emails I have and reply to each one.

It feels good to be back. I've missed the community, and I have some catching up to do, as well as some work on my 2-D articles.


I really started to take on too much a while back, including 2D sprite work, 3D work with Poser & Lightwave, Gmax, Blender, Bryce; Photshop, Paint Shop Pro, Retro computing with the Atari 800/65Xe and Commodore 128, Dark Basic, C++ work, the articles etc...

It just was a recipe for disaster. So I'm going to try to stay focused on a reasonable amount of projects, which has been a difficult concept for me. Usually I just want to do everything all at thew same time. And the final result was complete burnout.

Thanks again to everyone. I look foward to being apart of the community again and repairing some of the relationships that I left so abruptly.

And this time I will try to keep things at a reasonable pace.


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Spaceman Spiff
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Posted: 14th Apr 2005 08:44
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Glad to have you back!

Smile, it confuses people.
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Skeletor
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Posted: 15th Apr 2005 06:11 Edited at: 15th Apr 2005 06:36
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Holy SH!T!!! omg Zenassem I thought you died.... im so glad to have ya back in the forums!!

Zen I recently posted my own tile editor that I have been working on
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=51923&b=8

I know it doesnt meet up with the expectations of Tile Forge but its still a work in progress. Check it out and tell me what you think so far!


http://www.angelfire.com/games5/db_games/
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Cian Rice
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Posted: 16th Apr 2005 10:42
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Great to see you back!

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zenassem
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Posted: 18th Apr 2005 08:29
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Thanks Guys!

Skeletor, your work looks really good. I think I went too far with the Tile-Forge concept. Looking back now, I realize that the tool is much better suited in a Windows GUI either written in C/++/#/.net or Visual Basic. If done in Dark Basic the windows GUI plugin would make things flow easier (sorry I can't remember who authored the plugin at the moment, possibly robk, exeat, Cattlerustler, TCA etc...)
Btw Your looks really good.

I still have to download it, but by looks alone is the concept I was aiming for; Basically building tools to make 2d level creation easier, and showing how one could build there own editor.

Also the idea was to show that if you can write the tile editor, you have much of the "in-game" tile display code in place. I must say you have come a long way since my departure.

I have to catch up on some of the bug fixes and things that have changed in the past few months. But I will begin working on tile-forge again shortly. Perhaps we can collaborate.

BTW, does anyone know if cattlerustler is still around?? I owe him a most sincere appollogy.

Lastly, taking a second look at my first post... it hit me that it looks like a long list of excuses. I just wanted to say that although I was going through some personal issues I should have taken care of things better and informed the people that I was working with. It was a bad "decision" to just turn away, regardless of how I was feeling. I know that now. So while the above is true, I still should have made the effort to be accountable and let my friends/collaborator's know. I believe now that they would have understood.

Thanks,
Zen


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Skeletor
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Posted: 18th Apr 2005 12:54
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Thanks again Zen, and Im really glad your back in the forums.


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JoeB
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Posted: 19th Apr 2005 00:22
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Zen,
I just want you to know, I GREATLY appreciate your work. Believe it or not I found your tutorial last night(how's that for timing) I was thinking to myself this guy is extremely talented! And I believe your teaching abilities rate up there with some of the best I have ever seen. I did notice this project seemed extremely ambitious! So much in fact I was really not surprised when you had stopped posting. But I am extremely pleased to see you back! I'm a fellow New Englander myself BTW... I am very relieved to see that you are doing better, and I look forward to your continuation of the project. I have learned allot already!! So thanks for what you've given to this community!!!
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Jess T
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Posted: 19th Apr 2005 23:00
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Hey Zen,
Good to see you back and around

Don't worry about it, they weren't a list of excuses. Things happen, and if you can't help them, then it's not an 'excuse' it's a 'reason' ( a big difference ).

Cattle seems to have done what you did, unfortunatly... Dunno where he's shot off to!

Will be interesting to see you continue your work ( if you want to of course! ). You should, in no way at all, feel obligated to finish. Go at your own pace, and ( as you can see from Skelator ), there's always people willing to take over if you don't want to go on with it anymore

Glad you're feeling good again, and once more, it's nice to see you return

Jess.


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JoeB
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Posted: 19th Apr 2005 23:53
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Jess makes a great point, by no means should you feel pressured into continuing your project. It should be cause you want to. And if you feel it won't effect your health. Your still and A+ guy in my view either way. And I would also like to second Jess's point and say, I didn't read your first post as a list of excuses they were very legitimate reasons.
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leanep
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Posted: 20th Apr 2005 01:59
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hey, sorry if i sound a bit noob here, but how do i save the coordinate information from your editor so that i can get it into dpro? do i save the map as a .txt file or something? ive made some tiles and im working on putting together some levels, but i cant get the map from your editor to dbpro, thats all

btw your editor works great, i hope you dont mind but i commented out the sounds in the beginning because theyre too loud for me lol

maybe you could add a sleep time after you click one of the buttons? it seems like they get pressed 10x to one click

just my thoughts

yay
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zenassem
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Posted: 20th Apr 2005 02:28
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JoeB. Thanks for the gracious compliments and positive feedback. I plan to continue my work, and make improvements to what I have already posted. There is nothing that can compare to the feeling of hearing someone express appreciation for one's attempts, work, and efforts. It makes everything you go through as a developer or tutorial writer seem worthwhile. I can't thank you enough for sharing your thoughts.

Jessticular, thanks for sharing your words of wisdom. It's feels good to be back. I've always appreciated your leadership skills, and your dedication to striving for greatness in all that you do here. It is because of people in the community like yourself that those who take a leave abscence tend to return.

I really did miss all of you. I missed programming, developing, the sharing of knowledge, and the joy that this product and the people that support it have given to me. I have never owned any other program or application, object, or other possesion, that has com close to the effect on my life as being a member of the DB community has. The community goes far beyond the application itself, as I've come to know many here on a more personal level than many people that I see face to face in the real world on a daily basis.

Although I did need to take care of some personal issues. The community and the vision was never too far from my thoughts. In many ways it was the community here and the goal to return, that helped me get thorugh some really tough times. I mean what I say from the bottom of my heart, and can't begin to find the words to express the gratitude that I have to everyone here.
========

So now I must end this post, before I start professing my love of jessticular....

uh what?????

(And that I have a enlarged picture of lee Bamber over my bed)... (Oh! And the picture of Rich under my matress...)

aghhhh!!! What in the frick????
I'm not typing this, must be some DB virus on my computer!!!

Ending transmission...

Images of Montgomery Burns flying naked around my head....

NOooooo!! NOOoooo!!

STOP IT!!!!!!!



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Posted: 20th Apr 2005 18:52 Edited at: 20th Apr 2005 18:55
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whoa, whoa, calm down there, mate

I mean, I like you too... But, let's not rush into things, yeah? lol.

Anyhoo, thanks for the compliments, much appreciated ( and now I feel just as you described [ but without the un-professed love part! ] )

It's Nice to know that you're passionate about what you're doing. Passion always brings out more in people's work than a higher pay-check ever can!

Again, it's good to see that you're back on your feet and active in the community once again

Jess.


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SpecTre1
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Zenassem!!!

Nice to see you back my m8!
Hope you are feeling better and I guess you getting fed up of having to say the same thing. I myself have not been on this site for a while due to not having much time (just passed my final interview for police constable!!) but don't feel in any way pressurised into anything, you do what you do as a hoby and as such in your own time and at your own pace so go with the flow!
Good to see you back and happy, you was missed by all.

By the way this is nothing to do with the post but I have just had a new tatoo this morning and my arm is killing me!!! Can't complain though as it is a treat off my wife for passing my exam!!

This is all like AMOS on the Amiga!
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Van B
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It's always nice to see an old face return to the forums, welcome back .


Van-B

Quote: "How could I condescend you?, you don't even know what it means!"

Van-B's mom.
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Baggers
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Aye welcome back, though i dont believe i ever got to chat with you ive seen your 'face' all over the forums, wondered what happened to you !
Well anyway back to work...and uh...burns naked? maybe the trial and improve medicine selecting isnt quite perfected yet !

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Bush Baby
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Posted: 24th Apr 2005 10:42
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wow I just came back too.


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Welcome back zenassem.



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zenassem
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Thanks guys. It's good to see so many familiar names.
~zen


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