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NeoSyrex™
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*remembers sig*

*laughs out loud*

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"yeah but that parasect dies to 1 fireblast from Mewtwo..."
-Newbie, on PBS chat, when told that Mewtwo isn't cheap and could be beaten by Parasect

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Of course, since nobody has it, I was only able to play myself...

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Yeah, I figured it would take a while until a large amount of people started to use it. But once people do start using it, then our problem of not being able to fight anyone will be solved.

EDIT: I think if you don't meet the max, it glitches up. Look into it. But coming into a glitched game is still possible.

EDIT2: Ok, nvm. I have no idea what's wrong with it. It seems random.

Could you please add an option for a working Focus Energy on RBY settings? It would be nice to use it in that setting?

Any possibility of a central server list that the program would connect to in order to find games? Or a chat room for the same reason?

I haven't been able to play against anyone yet, but it looks great!

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Originally posted by White Cat:
If I hit Enter or Spacebar to select a move/Pokemon while creating a team, the program crashes.

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Thanks, I'll fix that one.

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Originally posted by White Cat:
Could you please add an option for a working Focus Energy on RBY settings? It would be nice to use it in that setting?

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Hey, that's a pretty good idea.

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Originally posted by White Cat:
Any possibility of a central server list that the program would connect to in order to find games? Or a chat room for the same reason?

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Isn't that pretty much what the "Find Host" feature does? Or do you mean something else?

Perhaps anyone who hasn't downloaded NeoBattle yet and want to should wait for me to fix the bug Sifu was talking about, because they'd have to download the new version anyway. Sorry about making you guys download the zip again. And by the way, you'll know when I'm done with it because the program'll (hopefully) tell you when a new version is available when you start it.

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(Re: server list)
Isn't that pretty much what the "Find Host" feature does? Or do you mean something else?

Hmm, where does the Find Host function look for the servers? Nothing ever comes up for me.

*downloads to check it out*

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-NickWhiz1: The Eternal NoA Hater

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Originally posted by White Cat:
Oh, one other thing. Could you add a way to skip the "looking for update" sequence at startup? (Hitting "Stop" exits the program.) It takes quite awhile sometimes...

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Well, the reason it was taking a while yesterday was because the server was down (but you could still connect). Normally it only takes a second or two, if that. In the new version I'm making, instead of waiting, it will tell you if the server is down and then close. You see, the reason I want a mandatory check for update is because I don't want people exploiting a bugged version to their advantage.

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Hmm, where does the Find Host function look for the servers? Nothing ever comes up for me.

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The Find Host asks all servers if a player is hosting a game. The reason you didn't see anything can be:

1. Nobody was hosting (most likely, since not too many people use this program right now).
2. You or the server was lagged, and you couldn't get the list of hosts.
   

For now, since not too many people use NeoBattle, perhaps the best method to play games is to find someone online (through the use of chat, for example), and connect using IPs.

Yeah, but what servers? Does it poll every computer on the Internet? Do you have a central list that is automatically updated whenever someone starts to host one (i.e. the program sends your server a message)?

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Originally posted by White Cat:
Yeah, but what servers? Does it poll every computer on the Internet? Do you have a central list that is automatically updated whenever someone starts to host one (i.e. the program sends your server a message)?

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Ohh, I see what your asking. What it does is whenever somebody loads the "Find Host" form, a request is sent to the server. It is then relayed to everyone who is using NeoBattle, and if they are hosting a game that they want other people to connect to, they return their nick, their opponent's nick, and how many viewers there are.

And by the way, has anybody else experienced the problem the Sifu was talking about? I've yet to test it myself...

It "connects", but I've never even seen the game.

I let it go for an hour once while I went out and ran some errands, but I came back and it was still sitting there...

Sounds nice, tho!

Cause still unknown.

And by the way, Sifu, thanks for the info. If possible, could you tell me exactly what happened? I just hope I can fix that glitch before I go away on vacation this Friday.

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NeoSyrex™
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Max was set to 6
We both picked 3
RBY rules
Pokemon 1a sent in, Pokemon 2a sent in
After a few turns Pokemon 2a kills Pokemon 1a
Pokemon 1b sent in. After a few turns Pokemon 2a kills Pokemon 1a.
Player 1 picks a new Pokemon to switch. He does. Nothing happens. Chat still works.

Sorry I couldn't be more specific.

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ICQ: 84307480

i just discovered and downloaded the prog and had my first battle on it!

it was great! great work! it had a really easy to use interface. i had no problems with it.

i have only two gripes, which are pretty silly considering how great the program is.

1) is there any way to add in the move animations from the game? i kinda missed them. =)

2) i know u know this, and plan to do it in the future, but i was wondering how long you felt adding G/S would take? not just in code time, but also an estimation of how long it'll take for people to deconstruct the necessary formulas and components to recreate the G/S battle system.

and that's it. =) that's all i have to suggest about that, and i'm sure everyone wants #2. =)

again, great job! thanks a lot! =)

-CB

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Originally posted by Cuban B:
it was great! great work! it had a really easy to use interface. i had no problems with it.

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Thanks! Unfortanetly, some people have been having problems with the connection... seems to depend on the computer. I'm still working on it, but I can't really do much if it doesn't happen on my computer since I don't know where the error occurs in the code.

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Originally posted by Cuban B:
is there any way to add in the move animations from the game? i kinda missed them. =)

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Yeah, I've thought about that many times, but it would be much too difficult to do. First, I'd have to get a picture of all the little battle images (like the question mark that appears when Amnesia is used and when a pokémon is confused, for example.) Then I'd have to create a duplicate animation for all 165 attacks and status ailments. Then I'd have to make sure that every animation is shown when it occurs. And since the entire turn is shown at a single time, the animations would have to appear after the turn occurs. This is a problem because I would have to either interrupt the animations after "Begin Turn" is pressed or disable the button until they end. Plus it would look awkward watching the animations without text accompanying it. The other option would be to rewrite the program so that it displays the text one move at a time, but that would require way too much work.

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Originally posted by Cuban B:
i know u know this, and plan to do it in the future, but i was wondering how long you felt adding G/S would take? not just in code time, but also an estimation of how long it'll take for people to deconstruct the necessary formulas and components to recreate the G/S battle system.

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Hmm... well, it depends on the amount of time it takes to research everything about G/S, like you said. In addition to that it would help if there was a single place I could go to to find all the info (like this site was for R/B/Y), since most of the really in-depth information is scattered all over the place (mainly on bulletin boards and newsgroups.) The coding itself could take anywhere from 2 to 6 months, depending if I get into it or not. Also, I would not only have to program the G/S version, but to also make a lot of changes to the R/B/Y and Stadium versions to compensate for the changes I make for the G/S one (which reminds me, I should also make a Stadium G/S version). So I'd estimate that it'd 6 to 12 months to come out with a G/S version, but don't hold me to it :P.

Oh, and by the way, I am still working on the program, so don't think I forgot about it. In fact, the next version will have a server-side chat (like I said), an option to not connect to a server (since some people have difficulty doing so), and best of all, it will have the ability to save and load games.

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NeoSyrex™
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