Rodney, It looks like you missed Kevin's follow up post entitled: "Re: Script limit - clarify please" yesterday; he clarified all of this and everything's OK... :-)
Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rodney Somerstein > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Kevin Miller > Subject: Re: Script Limits > > > At 12:55 PM +0100 8/5/03, Kevin Miller wrote: > >Hi, > > > >As part of the transition process in the MetaCard acquisition, we're > >working out what to with the scriptLimits property when not > developing > >with a licensed IDE or the 30 day trial. We plan to reduce > the first > >value in the property, the one that lets you set scripts of > 10 lines, > >to 0. So you'll still be able to use "do" but otherwise > this loophole > >will be closed. > > > >If anyone has any objections to this, please contact me off > list. The > >main objection I can see that someone might have is that > they use this > >in their existing standalone. If that is the case, we'll work > >something out with you before making this change. > > > >Kind regards, > > > >Kevin > > > Kevin, > > As someone who already doesn't like the 10 line limit for my pet > project, I implore you not to limit this even more. I'm trying to > develop an engine that lets users create board games to play online. > This requires my loading in modules that players have designed and > setting the scripts of game component objects. While I understand > that you won't let unlicensed users enter scripts of any length, > limiting this prevents me from easily setting the actions of playing > pieces, spaces on the board, card capabilities, etc. This is a > freeware project, so asking users to license Rev is not even a remote > possibility. > > As others have mentioned, environments such as Director allow for > this kind of adaptive programming. Please don't tighten this > restriction even more than it already is. > > Thanks, > > Rodney Somerstein _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-> revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
