This week has been a stressful week. Trying to get the new layout has gone down to a stand still. The layout was suppose to be done by today. =_= I have handed off the CSS part to someone else and they aren't getting it done. So it looks like once I get my character simulator done I'll be building the site on my own. I just don't have time and didn't have the artistic nerve to do it. I'll most likely start it some time in the next few weeks.
More bad news, AnthemRO has decided to start back up the loading screen contest. It could not come at a worse time. I'm to busy to make any new loading screens. For AnimaRO players you know that the server had the loading screen contest going and the day it ended the web host went down and never came back. So there was 3 months of flaming and name calling gone to waist. Members got so mean during this contest. Now to go through it again. Maeger had to talk me into posting my old ones again.
Here they are so far. I might put up more later in the weeks.
I'm not too happy for this one even thou it's on my desktop wallpaper. ^^
I like the color changes of this one and the grass was all made by me.
I put the most work into this one and one other one. The background was really a daylight photo that I changed and modified. Even the lights on the bridge were mine, and if you look there is the light reflection in the pond.
I had made this one for Maeger. He like simple, and I really like the idea of doing something like that. Then in this contest two other people redid my idea. I'm kinda sad about it. Do I get the credit for it? I don't mind I still like it.^^
This one was made for my good friend Kaze. Her favorite character is soul linkers. There weren't many soul linker loading screens posted either.
I really like this one. At first I didn't and I didn't post it in the last contest but then I got the chance to redo it and it came out great!
This my own drawing of a kafria in Payon city. Took me the longest to make but well worth it.
I got this idea off of some type of post card. It came out really nice and the colors rock.
This one seems to be every one's favorite. It has the game rules in the back if you can't read them.
More happened this week but I don't have time to write right now, but I can say it's the good news part that I'll be writing about later.^^
- HornGoddess
More bad news, AnthemRO has decided to start back up the loading screen contest. It could not come at a worse time. I'm to busy to make any new loading screens. For AnimaRO players you know that the server had the loading screen contest going and the day it ended the web host went down and never came back. So there was 3 months of flaming and name calling gone to waist. Members got so mean during this contest. Now to go through it again. Maeger had to talk me into posting my old ones again.
Here they are so far. I might put up more later in the weeks.
I'm not too happy for this one even thou it's on my desktop wallpaper. ^^
I like the color changes of this one and the grass was all made by me.
I put the most work into this one and one other one. The background was really a daylight photo that I changed and modified. Even the lights on the bridge were mine, and if you look there is the light reflection in the pond.
I had made this one for Maeger. He like simple, and I really like the idea of doing something like that. Then in this contest two other people redid my idea. I'm kinda sad about it. Do I get the credit for it? I don't mind I still like it.^^
This one was made for my good friend Kaze. Her favorite character is soul linkers. There weren't many soul linker loading screens posted either.
I really like this one. At first I didn't and I didn't post it in the last contest but then I got the chance to redo it and it came out great!
This my own drawing of a kafria in Payon city. Took me the longest to make but well worth it.
I got this idea off of some type of post card. It came out really nice and the colors rock.
This one seems to be every one's favorite. It has the game rules in the back if you can't read them.
More happened this week but I don't have time to write right now, but I can say it's the good news part that I'll be writing about later.^^
- HornGoddess
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For almost 2 months I have been working on character simulator that is current and updated. It was going fairly well when I hit a few major problems in some coding that I can't figure how to design. I have looked up and down the Internet looking for something remotely similar to the problem I'm having. (Found Nothing... Shocker right?)I just started messing with flash about 4 months ago so don't think of me of being a great flash writer. At the same time I'm a fast learner.
Just about that time I started writing up my flash some other Ragnarok site presented to the public their version of the character simulator. Theirs is based in a Java Script coding. Let me list the pros and cons of this character simulator.
Pros:
1. Fully up to date. (Has recent classes and gears.)
2. Easy navigation. (You can find everything on one page very viewable for members.)
3. Selection of carts. (Has an option of different cart displayed.)
4. Background Selector. (You have other backgrounds that displayed instead of the blank background.)
5. Saving area. (You are able to save your characters very easily just by copying and pasting the URL at the bottom.)
Cons:
1. Loading time. (Loading time is very slow even on a fast Internet connection.)
2. Different body sprite positions. (There is no animation of the bodies or different posses that can occur.
3. Poor Layout. (The layout of the simulator area is very unappealing.)
4. Color Changer is broken. (They have a clothes color changer but, when used it changes your class to a gunslinger or just wont work for some classes no matter what class you choose.)
This one is well done over all and I'm jealous. hmmm... I'll get over it and make mine better. ^^ (Go Ego!) Well of course that's not just it. Today I find out there is another character simulator out again... Both of these simulators are in big name Ragnarok websites. Where visitors all over the world visit these site's everyday. This site has it's simulator designed in SPR and ACT files. Let me tell you a little about this new simulator with some pros and cons also.
Pros:
1. Fast loading. (self explanatory.)
2. Up to date. (Does have recent classes and head gear.)
3. Character changing. (Characters can rotate and have different position for their sprites.)
4. Reset. (Has a very nice reset button.)
Cons:
1. Layout is poor. (Need a better display system.)
2. Missing colors. (Does not have any color changing at all. For hair or clothes.)
3. Sprite miss placing. (Head gear and heads are not position correctly.)
4. Bugs. (This certain version has lot of bugs and need to be tended to.)
5. Browser. (You can only view this simulator in FireFox or Opera.)
There is not much else to say about these little set backs besides the fact that while writing this post I got the greatest idea on how to fix about half of my problem's in my character simulator. Hopefully I can get it working before the new year starts.
-HornGoddess
Just about that time I started writing up my flash some other Ragnarok site presented to the public their version of the character simulator. Theirs is based in a Java Script coding. Let me list the pros and cons of this character simulator.
Pros:
1. Fully up to date. (Has recent classes and gears.)
2. Easy navigation. (You can find everything on one page very viewable for members.)
3. Selection of carts. (Has an option of different cart displayed.)
4. Background Selector. (You have other backgrounds that displayed instead of the blank background.)
5. Saving area. (You are able to save your characters very easily just by copying and pasting the URL at the bottom.)
Cons:
1. Loading time. (Loading time is very slow even on a fast Internet connection.)
2. Different body sprite positions. (There is no animation of the bodies or different posses that can occur.
3. Poor Layout. (The layout of the simulator area is very unappealing.)
4. Color Changer is broken. (They have a clothes color changer but, when used it changes your class to a gunslinger or just wont work for some classes no matter what class you choose.)
This one is well done over all and I'm jealous. hmmm... I'll get over it and make mine better. ^^ (Go Ego!) Well of course that's not just it. Today I find out there is another character simulator out again... Both of these simulators are in big name Ragnarok websites. Where visitors all over the world visit these site's everyday. This site has it's simulator designed in SPR and ACT files. Let me tell you a little about this new simulator with some pros and cons also.
Pros:
1. Fast loading. (self explanatory.)
2. Up to date. (Does have recent classes and head gear.)
3. Character changing. (Characters can rotate and have different position for their sprites.)
4. Reset. (Has a very nice reset button.)
Cons:
1. Layout is poor. (Need a better display system.)
2. Missing colors. (Does not have any color changing at all. For hair or clothes.)
3. Sprite miss placing. (Head gear and heads are not position correctly.)
4. Bugs. (This certain version has lot of bugs and need to be tended to.)
5. Browser. (You can only view this simulator in FireFox or Opera.)
There is not much else to say about these little set backs besides the fact that while writing this post I got the greatest idea on how to fix about half of my problem's in my character simulator. Hopefully I can get it working before the new year starts.
-HornGoddess
Here comes another sleepless night. They do come often. It seems I sleep better during the day then night, and it's very easy for me to switch my hours. One good thing is during this time I get look up random stuff that has happened during the day. (A.K.A - Random people forum chats.)
Let me see if there is something to talk about in the aRO forums tonight...
(Some time pass...)
ooo, found something worth talking about. As aRO players know the server just switched over and we got a new forum. That mean post counts start at zero... (What this means it brings out those spammers that want a high post count because it make them feel like high in mighty veteran players.) So to noobs they will look like gods. When in fact it's mostly word spamming. Now there are some posters that are worth to be heard and should be but, these people are being drown out by the others.
The new Gm's have made it that some parts of the forums wont count post, sense those part encourage spamming. I liked this new little change. There are a few problem in there system. Number one is that it seems they have missed a few sections that have a rather high post count and a bit of chat spamming. The area I'm talking about is the guild discussion/guild recruiting forum followed by the bumpping of the seller/buyers section. There are 2 post that people have made ranting about the mishap of increasing post counts in this chat spamming section.
Here's the first one...
I found parts of this forum funny. first we have the rant. (People are getting post counts for bumping.) Second we have the denial. (I don't do that... bump, bump, bump.) Third we have Gm's lack of participation followed by name calling. The big finish is one of the Gm's does look at the post and change it. ^^ Woot, go GM's. (Oh, btw I liked Ressy little rant at the end.)
Now there is another post that surfaced it's little head...
This one is surprisingly positive more then anything. As some forum readers might have noticed the cussing and negative comments have gotten a little out of hand. (But that's for another post. ^^) This one seems rather filled with meaningful people talking about the post count.
Now, I was thinking about it and it seems the only forum sections that you can post and get post count within them are a very few. 13 out of 22 sections exactly. These other forum topics are bots, KS, suggestions, general discussion, and even server updates and, of corse ect. It's kinda funny to see a big time spammer in the Off Topic area with a post count of 0. This member has posted over 1k post and still his count is at zero.
This is where the second problem comes up. I hope in the future of forum development this will occure where, you post in a thread it will count as one single post. So that if you even do bump or chat spam it will round off okay in the post count. So it will still say you made one post for a single thread. Now I know in some parts of the forum that will not help but, to have a setting like that on a few sections would he heavenly. The down fall is that people will make multi posts about the same topic. Either you can set rules to enforce no multi posting or let the posting count battle continue.
We are just gonna have to see what the Gm's do about this problem. Most likely I'll rant about it later in another post. sense I still have only 8 post. =_= But I have to say they are meaningful post and not yet spamming. lol
Let me see if there is something to talk about in the aRO forums tonight...
(Some time pass...)
ooo, found something worth talking about. As aRO players know the server just switched over and we got a new forum. That mean post counts start at zero... (What this means it brings out those spammers that want a high post count because it make them feel like high in mighty veteran players.) So to noobs they will look like gods. When in fact it's mostly word spamming. Now there are some posters that are worth to be heard and should be but, these people are being drown out by the others.
The new Gm's have made it that some parts of the forums wont count post, sense those part encourage spamming. I liked this new little change. There are a few problem in there system. Number one is that it seems they have missed a few sections that have a rather high post count and a bit of chat spamming. The area I'm talking about is the guild discussion/guild recruiting forum followed by the bumpping of the seller/buyers section. There are 2 post that people have made ranting about the mishap of increasing post counts in this chat spamming section.
Here's the first one...
I found parts of this forum funny. first we have the rant. (People are getting post counts for bumping.) Second we have the denial. (I don't do that... bump, bump, bump.) Third we have Gm's lack of participation followed by name calling. The big finish is one of the Gm's does look at the post and change it. ^^ Woot, go GM's. (Oh, btw I liked Ressy little rant at the end.)
Now there is another post that surfaced it's little head...
This one is surprisingly positive more then anything. As some forum readers might have noticed the cussing and negative comments have gotten a little out of hand. (But that's for another post. ^^) This one seems rather filled with meaningful people talking about the post count.
Now, I was thinking about it and it seems the only forum sections that you can post and get post count within them are a very few. 13 out of 22 sections exactly. These other forum topics are bots, KS, suggestions, general discussion, and even server updates and, of corse ect. It's kinda funny to see a big time spammer in the Off Topic area with a post count of 0. This member has posted over 1k post and still his count is at zero.
This is where the second problem comes up. I hope in the future of forum development this will occure where, you post in a thread it will count as one single post. So that if you even do bump or chat spam it will round off okay in the post count. So it will still say you made one post for a single thread. Now I know in some parts of the forum that will not help but, to have a setting like that on a few sections would he heavenly. The down fall is that people will make multi posts about the same topic. Either you can set rules to enforce no multi posting or let the posting count battle continue.
We are just gonna have to see what the Gm's do about this problem. Most likely I'll rant about it later in another post. sense I still have only 8 post. =_= But I have to say they are meaningful post and not yet spamming. lol
As you will find out I am a big Ragnarok fan. I've been playing just over a year now I believe. I have to say I am very addicted to this game. AnthemRO is my current private server I'm working on with a few others in side folder.
Let me tell you a little about this game called Ragnarok. It was originally based off an anime that stared a few noob classes (A.K.A - 1st classes) They were brought together fighting monsters that have been taking over the world slowly. You see a bunch of different personalities come together to make a rather good anime.
Now the game goes off the anime very well. Sense the anime has ended the game still continues strong and still updating. Players all around the world get together in this game. They are fighting monsters, working together in guilds, and level training that will occupy you for hours.
Someone sent me a e-mail yesterday having a video of a costume play act inserted into it. It was posted on youtube and I will be showing it to you down below this paragraph. In this video you will see fellow players act out a rather funny scene of a group of classes trying to fight Baphomet. One of the hardest MVP to kill due to his Level 20 Lord of Vermillion.
I hope you will enjoy it. I rather had a good laugh about it. If you know the game and have played it you will understand a little bit more about it. I say thanks to emailer who sent me this video.
Let me tell you a little about this game called Ragnarok. It was originally based off an anime that stared a few noob classes (A.K.A - 1st classes) They were brought together fighting monsters that have been taking over the world slowly. You see a bunch of different personalities come together to make a rather good anime.
Now the game goes off the anime very well. Sense the anime has ended the game still continues strong and still updating. Players all around the world get together in this game. They are fighting monsters, working together in guilds, and level training that will occupy you for hours.
Someone sent me a e-mail yesterday having a video of a costume play act inserted into it. It was posted on youtube and I will be showing it to you down below this paragraph. In this video you will see fellow players act out a rather funny scene of a group of classes trying to fight Baphomet. One of the hardest MVP to kill due to his Level 20 Lord of Vermillion.
I hope you will enjoy it. I rather had a good laugh about it. If you know the game and have played it you will understand a little bit more about it. I say thanks to emailer who sent me this video.
-HornGoddess
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