I wonder, is there something like Adrift for Mac? I want to create games and yes, even though Inform seems easy, it still feels like programming to me and there's rules to follow that I just can't remember at the moment. I think doing complex things like random events is easier in Adrift than Inform.
Orin [email protected] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112 On Apr 28, 2011, at 5:45 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Florian, > > Well, the problem with text scrolling off the screen is actually to do > with the game itself not with scare or the Adrift runner. There is a > tag developer is suppose to use to prevent this issue called the > <waitkey> tag but some developers, especially those who use the Adrift > runner itself, often fail to do this. They usually assume you can > scroll using the mouse and tend to do that than properly tag the > message to stop before it scrolls off screen. So there isn't much we > can do but contact the developer and let him/her know that the text is > scrolling off screen and nicely ask him/her to update the game using > the <waitkey> tag so only x number of lines are shown at a time. > > As for Jaws scripting that's not something i can explain by e-mail. > Jaws has scripting classes you can take that will give you > professional training how to do that. I myself learned it on my own > just by looking at their scripts and figuring out how it works. Since > I was a computer science student at the time with some computer > programming experience behind me I was able to train myself. You may > or may not be able to do it the way I did it. > > That said maybe you can try a simplar approach by using frames or > something like that. I did something similar in Window-Eyes by using a > user window that announces the text every time it changes on screen. > I'm pretty sure the Jaws frame manager has a similar functionality. > > > Cheers! > > > On 4/27/11, Florian-achtige <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey, >> >> Sorry if this ends up wrong in the thread sorting ...I'm reading the >> group using digests so i can't directly reply to messages. >> ANyway, >> Thanks for that suggestion. I did use this program in the past once, >> but i saw that it sometimes ' scrolled too fast' . Meaning, in my use >> of the program it sometimes happened i missed a big chunk of text if >> the output was longer than a certain number of lines. I don't know if >> that has to do with scare or with the command prompt itself, and if >> you have suggestions on how to fix it, kindly let me know. >> You mentioned having to write jaws scripts to make this behavior >> normal in adrift ...how would one go about that? I've looked at jaws >> scripting briefly in the past but I'm curious. How'd one do it in this >> situation/ >> >> Florian >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
