new GUI, when?

gavan · Post by **gavan** » 01 Mar 2006, 16:21

I wanna congratulate the team on the 0.7 branch of spring.
The crossover to multiplatform code is one of the things i as an aspiring developer was waiting on.

The other thing i'm waiting on is the new GUI.

Once that is finished, i'd like to implement a way to load buildqueues for factories from text-files on disk.
And a way to 'pause' a factory, leaving it's buildqueue in tact, but stopping all production (also by guarding nanotowers/con-units) until the resume command is given to it.

This should ease the micromanagement involved in building armies.

So if anyone would give me an idea of when to expect the GUI conversion to be completed, i'd be very happy.

hrmph · Post by **hrmph** » 01 Mar 2006, 18:55

There should definitely be a way to pause a factories production. Loading build queues from a text file seems like it has no purpose though; since every game is so different.

Cyberwal · Post by **Cyberwal** » 01 Mar 2006, 19:22

Well, building too much causes nano-stall- This always was a pretty important thing to manage, don't know how it'll be with being able to pause production

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 01 Mar 2006, 19:46

It would be nice if the w 'wait' command worked with factory buildqueues as well as units. This would be a sort of ghetto way to pause, if you planned the pause in advance...

DeathHawk · Post by **DeathHawk** » 02 Mar 2006, 23:59

The guy guy dissapeared ages lol maybe i should start up another GUI thread to get his attention like i did last time lol

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 03 Mar 2006, 00:44

I didn't realise "lol" had replaced the full stop in online grammar?

Kixxe · Post by **Kixxe** » 03 Mar 2006, 00:51

Warlord Zsinj wrote:I didn't realise "lol" had replaced the full stop in online grammar?

Online grammar have no rules, therefore there are no mistakes

Corncobman · Post by **Corncobman** » 03 Mar 2006, 00:55

Warlord Zsinj wrote:I didn't realise "lol" had replaced the full stop in online grammar?

On that note since when did the question mark replace the full stop?

Only messing with ya.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 03 Mar 2006, 01:10

Corncobman wrote:
Warlord Zsinj wrote:I didn't realise "lol" had replaced the full stop in online grammar?
On that note since when did the question mark replace the full stop?

Only messing with ya.

A long time before online grammar existed...

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 03 Mar 2006, 04:21

Corncobman wrote:
Warlord Zsinj wrote:I didn't realise "lol" had replaced the full stop in online grammar?
On that note since when did the question mark replace the full stop?

Only messing with ya.

Furthermore, since when do transition phrases not require a comma?

Only messing with ya! not.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 03 Mar 2006, 14:15

It was a rhetorical question, and though the answer was implied in my question, it nonetheless requires a question mark.

*further derails thread*

Post by **det** » 03 Mar 2006, 15:15

Warlord Zsinj wrote:It was a rhetorical question, and though the answer was implied in my question, it nonetheless requires a question mark.

*further derails thread*

"I didn't realise "lol" had replaced the full stop in online grammar?"
I'm sorry, but that is definately a statement :)

"When did lol replace the full stop in online grammar?"
Maybe you meant this?

PS. Today is when the smiley replaced the full stop in online grammar :)

Chocapic · Post by **Chocapic** » 03 Mar 2006, 18:53

clap clap.
hmm, when is the grammar quiz again ? i think ive forgot.
(lol guys dont hijack the damn thread like that!)

AF · Post by AF » 03 Mar 2006, 20:47

"hmm"?

"lol" "I dunno where this is going but I havent been mentioned yet" ?

"lol" "Maybe think i should start making an obscene number of posts?"?

"lol"

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 03 Mar 2006, 23:47

Smilies logically should be able to replace a full stop. If you're imposing a graphical into a script then it's odd to punctualize around it, the graphical is supposed to be a punctualization. Lol in a way is a graphical. Although it isn't acctually graphics, it's a representitive full sentance shortened to 3 characters.

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 04 Mar 2006, 00:17

About grammar, there is a funny portuguese sentence comonly used to show the use of ponctuation:
"Deixo os meus bens ├â┬á minha irm├â┬ú n├â┬úo ao meu sobrinho jamais ser├â┬í paga a conta do alfaiate nada aos pobres"
The story (in the best english translation i can make) goes like this:

A rich men, watching his death coming, make his will.
"I leave my assets to my sister not to my nefew never will be paid the bill to the taylor nothing to the poors"

After his death, his nefew comes with a copy of the will ponctuated like this:
"I leave my assets to my sister? Not! To my nefew! Never will be paid the bill to the taylor. Nothing to the poors!"

Then, his sister comes with another copy:
"I leave my assets to my sister. Not to my nefew. Never will be paid the bill to the taylor. Nothing to the poors!"

The, the taylor comes and punctuates the original like this:
"I leave my assets to my sister? Not! To my nefew? Never! Will be paid the bill to the taylor. Nothing to the poors!"

At request of the judge studying the case, one of the poors also punctuates it:
"I leave my assets to my sister? Not! To my nefew? Never! Will be paid the bill to the taylor? Nothing! To the poors!"

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 04 Mar 2006, 16:03

I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.

I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 05 Mar 2006, 01:41

Dragon45 wrote:I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.

I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

Capitalization: It matters!

Kixxe · Post by **Kixxe** » 05 Mar 2006, 01:58

When your talking about horses.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 05 Mar 2006, 02:27

So... I keep coming back in here expecting dicussion about the new GUI... could like... I don't know... someone acctually mention it or something?

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new GUI, when?

new GUI, when?

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