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Dave J
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Posted: 15th May 2003 01:51
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Ditto, I think he's been very busy lately with the new site and the survey, etc.

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Rob K
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Posted: 15th May 2003 01:57
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Rich did mention the site updates in his last interview with InSider (http://www.darkbasicplanet.com). The tutorials were only one part of the whole process.

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 15th May 2003 04:49
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I'm here - fear not. I will be replying to ALL tutorial requests/submissions on Friday.

Cheers,

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Thx a lot, Rich. I was simply worried because people says that they got your response in about 1 day.

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Quote: "I'm here - fear not."


Rich sounds like Superman

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It's because he is Superman, Solidz.

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Solidz Snake
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hmm.. then 'Rich' might be his middle name then..

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Posted: 16th May 2003 09:34
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lmao... i'm sure his woman would be wishin' he was (j|k)
just another few hours to wait until friday though - but i think he'll wake up, have soem breakfast, perhaps what a little JennyJones or whatever on Sky then check the email box

you know i'm actually just curious now to what this writer's guide actually contains - damn this cat like curiosity

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Posted: 16th May 2003 10:02
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You've had your chance, it's too late now! Bwahaha! =D

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Posted: 16th May 2003 15:10
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@Raven

The writers guide consists of about 14 fairly general points, things like how to introduce your piece, how to finish it, how to explain things, when and where to use source, what to assume about the reader and what not to assume, etc.

And of course, it includes a list of suggested tutorial subjects.

The template contains info on the font, and how to do the various hint / source-code / DBV1 to Pro boxes etc.

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Posted: 16th May 2003 22:29
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@Rich

Sorry to bother you, but did the source fix I emailed you work? [If you're already dealing with the emails ignore this]

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I'm guessing the Inbox was a little fuller than expected, never got a response

Thanks in advance.
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Posted: 16th May 2003 22:35
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its still friday ya know

Why the hell'd you ask me for crying out loud!?!

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Posted: 17th May 2003 00:57 Edited at: 17th May 2003 00:58
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Ey rich, I have received an e-mail from my server telling me that the destination computer was not reachable. Here is the full message:

Quote: "This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:

Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was
not reachable within the allowed queue period. The amount of time
a message is queued before it is returned depends on local configura-
tion parameters.

Most likely there is a network problem that prevented delivery, but
it is also possible that the computer is turned off, or does not
have a mail system running right now.

The queue containing messages destined for darkbasic.com
was expired by the Postmaster of (DELETED).
The following recipients did not receive your message:
<[email protected]>"


Do I have to resend the e-mail to you, and wait another week?
If you would send me the mail directly, then send it to [email protected]

Thanks

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Rob K
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Posted: 17th May 2003 01:19
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I haven't received anything back yet of that nature, so Rich presumably received most of the emails sent this week.

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by now Rich would feel like a rock star..
having lots of fan mails to reply! lmao!

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Posted: 17th May 2003 03:55
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Quote: "its still friday ya know"


timecheck

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Dave J
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Posted: 17th May 2003 16:47
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In an hour it's going to be Sunday for me lol

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Rob K
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Posted: 17th May 2003 17:06
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Rich doesn't work weekends, so it'll be Monday at the earliest.

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Dave J
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Posted: 17th May 2003 17:59
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Yes, that was established last week when the same thing happened lol.

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didn't return mine either.

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Listen people, be patient, can you imagine trying to sift through hundreds of miscilanous emails a day. Let Rich do his job, he will reply when he's ready

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Posted: 18th May 2003 13:41
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...not to mention the miscellaneous emails as well

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Yeah alright LOL, mislayd mie dectinairy

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Posted: 20th May 2003 16:29
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is somebody there? Rob, did you read my post? I sent you another email (the third). Hope this time it arrives to you :-s

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@jedive

What is your email address?

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[email protected]

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@rich

Just curious wheather any of my e-mails are actually reaching you.

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Rob K
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He replied to one of mine the other day, so I presume he built up a pretty heft backlog to work through.

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@Rob K: Why do you want my email address?

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You typed "Rob" not rich and confused me. Never mind.

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uh. sorry.

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I got a tutorial already written and on my site, plus I'm thinking of creating a tut for realistic light mapping. As in lightmapping textured plains with a given light in 3D space. Already got the code working perfectly, now just need a tutorial.

So guess what! Rich, you can add me to the email list too! [email protected] incase it's not listed somewhere else.

Current Projects: mini BSP maker 50%, Height Mapper with many features 75%, FPS/RTT Nameless at the moment 15%
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Would it be safe to assume you didn't recieve mine Rich? It's been over a week lol. If so, then I'll resend it.

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I've had a reply (and a good one at that!), but I almost missed it because it got filtered. I can't quite work out why...there were no rude words, adverts for mortgages(!) and it's not on the SpamCop blocked list. Just be aware, check you haven't filtered it out!!!

Thanks in advance.
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Dave J
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I don't have a filter, the only emails I get are ones I'm meant to get. I.e. No adverts because I use a personal domain/email.

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Quote: "No adverts because I use a personal domain/email"


You're doing well!! I have business email addresses that are only used for business purposes. But it only takes a customer to get a virus and have all his contact addresses stolen for you to suffer through no fault of your own.

I hope you can say the same thing in 6 months time! The longest I managed with a particular address was about 18 months.

Thanks in advance.
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I've had mine for 3 years, and only now have I had to start using a filter

A tip to you people: Don't put addresses up like [email protected]. Bots can pick them up and spam them easily. Instead, use Mine (at) address (dot) com. People are smart enough to fill in the At and Dot themselves, but bots aren't.

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Secondly, if you have a normalish name (ie. John Smith), don't use [email protected] as an email address, bots are bound to guess it.

For a test I created:

[email protected]

and my current email

[email protected]

Submitted neither to any boards, and mentioned them nowhere. After two weeks:

[email protected] : 15 pieces of spam
[email protected] : No spam at all.

I now receive only 2 or 3 a week with the second address.

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...except you just posted it on a forum in the correct format....duh!!!!!!!!!

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I have done this before though...

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Ey Rich, still waiting for your reply. I have sent the third (!) email to you.

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Rich doesn't work over the weekends so i guess we will all have to wait till monday.

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hey im interested!!

My english is good too, so ill see what i can do

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I have one important queston, does it count for written tutorials which are DB and DBPro compliant.


When I update to DB pro at end of june, then I will update my star was game, RTS game, and menu system (built form scratch and never before seen on forums) to take advantage of DB pro.


Once done, when it has some nifty features etc. and I learn more of DBPro then I know (I have used other peoples ones before, so I know some already), then i will write a tural for all three things.


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if my 2nd tute passes the grade there will be a dynamic object tutorial for you all.

you will not only be able to create and destroy a series of objects but the program shows you how to save them to a simple text file which can be read back in later.

I have to clean up my first tute about limbs, lots of typos and Im still getting the hang of it but after a few small hiccups it should be easier to write them with the rules in mind.

Im building a 3d input panel as another one in the works and a bardstale esque RPG engine is my largest attempt at a tute so far which will take more time than expected but all moving along well.

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samples of the bardstale tute so far,early early days






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Looks excellent Indi . How far are you planning to take the tutorial?

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mouse its grown so large so i will have to cull it down to make it worthwhile my time and peoples sanity

I think one of my tutes made the grade but it needs some more explination at the start relating to more idea usage.

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Not enough time, GCSEs, trips to Rome, demo expired, can't finish tut (am I ever going to finish anything I start ?)

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