Re: [xsrcg-devel] Been working away at some stuff here and there...

[Jesse W. <jwa...@sp...>]

>
> On May 9, 2005, at 7:32 PM, Max Noel wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 8, 2005, at 23:50, Jesse Wattenbarger wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I was looking at some of my xsrcg code and notes the other day.
>>> I'm still
>>> really interested in doing this.  Especially now that SR4 is
>>> coming out
>>> =).
>>>
>>> We should try to meet up on IRC sometime soon and discuss some
>>> plans and
>>> the direction of the project.
>>>
>>> -- omie
>>>
>>>
>>
>>     Still interested as well. I'm currently playtesting SR4, and
>> I... Well, I'm not allowed to tell you much about it, actually.
>> However:
>> - The new system has a sane, if WoD-ish, base. It's got bugs and
>> imbalances, though, but that's what we playtesters are for.
>> - The new character generation system looks good so far.
>> - It should be relatively easy to implement (well, much easier than
>> SR3 anyway).
>> - It is, however, very different from SR3. Upgrading a SR3 program
>> to SR4 will probably be as difficult as starting from scratch.
>> - Therefore, if we are to implement a SR4 character generator, we
>> shouldn't bother with creating a SR3 one beforehand.
>>
>>     I, for one, still am interested in creating a Shadowrun
>> character generator. But I must admit that while the new rules
>> system doesn't look bad, the one reason why I've been playing
>> Shadowrun all this time is the setting. I don't care about the   rules
>> as long as the setting is good.
>>
>>     Therefore, whether or not I keep playing SR will be determined
>> by the modifications they to the Shadowrun setting in the 2065-2070
>> gap. Which I currently don't know a single thing about, other than
>> the publicly available info (FAQs and stuff).
>>     I'm a little bit afraid about that (especially since I didn't
>> really like the direction SR3 had been going in lately). On the
>> other hand, I'm always interesting in coding some fun stuff, so at
>> least until SR4 is released and turns out to be shit, you can count
>> me in. ^^
>>
>>     Where, and at what times do you guys usually hang around on IRC
>> nowadays?
>>
>> -- Max
>> maxnoel_fr at yahoo dot fr -- ICQ #85274019
>> "Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone,
>> panting and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you
>> challenge a perfect, immortal machine?"
>>
>>
>
> Hmm, I wonder why I didn't see your emails weeks ago...
>
> Definitely with the announcement of SR4 it changes things. I do think
> going for an SR4 based program is the way to go at this point. I'll
> probably play SR4 regardless of the changes they make, it may just
> take some time to get used to them.
>
> I've been playing around at some stuff, and I actually just got Tiger
> installed (better late than never).
>
> As for irc, I've taken the initiative of idling on irc.dumpshock.com
> in #xsrcg. I haven't been on the computer as much lately due to
> preparations on moving into a new house next week, but during the   work
> day and later in the evenings (US Central time) I'm usually around.
>
> As for the SQLite framework I was playing around with, it has some
> quirks to it that I'm not happy with, so I don't think it's something
> we want to use.
>
> --
> Adam Brown
> co...@di...

Adam,
did we move from freenode to dumpshock?  i didn't even know dumpshock had
an irc server =).  i'll start idling there while at work.  i've been out
of it lately, too.  i'm working now, and half-way looking for another one.
 i'll be moving soon, too.

i'll set up a repository as soon as i move, though.  i'm thinking of using
darcs as a versioning repository over svn, however i'd make that decision
based on binary files.  svn handles binary files well, but darcs is great
for source code and patches.  i really like it.

been hacking a little python here and there when i get a chance.  i'd like
to show you guys the bit of test code i have so far.  i think if we could
get together and discuss stuff, it would bring a lot of ideas together and
solidify some design stuff.

Talk to you guys soon.

--omie