One for you Marvin and other errata

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:36 pm

I have created a very special site for all the mod creators and the excellent writers that we have on this board.

it's an automated archive site, meaning that all you need to do is sign up and add your stories for people to browse. But it's not just for stories as I show with my Comitis entry you can add a 'story/chapter' for anything you like, meaning that you can post about your modifications and more there including your software.

The site is 90% done now, all I really need is for the users of this board to go over there and post your mod's/stories/software up there.

It's dead easy to use and very simple to navigate but if you have any problems please let me know via the contact us link on the site.

I'd really like it if you all used the site, it's much more simple for end users to browse for mods' etc than a forum board and it allows you to upload images of your work etc there.

Please do use the site, I'm hoping it will become the unofficial hub for stories/mods/software to do with the Starwraith 3D games universe.

Here's the link:-
EvoFic (Don't be fooled by the name)

Please sticky me!

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:02 pm

I know, but this site is for just about everything and i know fro experience it's an excellent platform, particularly for end users of the site, like readers of fan fiction, or those looking for mods etc. This site isn't going to have an explorations database, unless someone writes some software and posts it there. It's also one that I don't ever have to personally upload images/files for anyone for the most part it's totally automatic.

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:08 am

Looks great Siege!

Time to upload mods

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:09 am

Nice work Siege.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:19 am

Thanks, hope to see you all there posting stuff

i've been digging around and i even found some of my old stuff for EA! I will probably post that up there for other people like me, on my laptop, who are crippled by more recent version of the game.

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:14 am

Hi Siege

I've just had a look around the site - it has a cool professional look, though obviously a bit sparse at the moment;) I offer these thoughts for people to take, leave, shred or ridicule:P . . .

It obviously has a very different use to SeeJay's download section (which I think was originally for his own map related stuff).

Your site could act as a central point for actual stuff (stories, mods, wallpapers etc) rather than discussions about them. It would be great to be able to find all the stories produced in one place for example.

SeeJay has given an extraordinary amount of time to creating and maintaining the map - it's not really fair to ask him to maintain a central store of community produced stuff as well. His download page is designed to let you download (so you need to know what you want before you can get it) - your website allows anyone to explore and see what is available and look at things before downloading.

Personally, I think that it is an excellent idea. Perhaps, in order to get things rolling, you might ask the story makers and modders if they mind you uploading their stuff to the site - it's asking a lot to leave it to them to do. Once the site is populated with stuff it will gain its own momentum and I think that people will be happy to upload their own material.

Perhaps a link in each "article" to the relevant thread on the forum would help to integrate the two sites - ditto a mention in the thread if something is available on EvoFic

ps: Why Comitis?

[Edited on 26-1-2011 by DaveK]

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:20 am

From post: 100919, Topic: tid=7199, author=DaveK wrote:Hi Siege

Perhaps, in order to get things rolling, you might ask the story makers and modders if they mind you uploading their stuff to the site - it's asking a lot to leave it to them to do. Once the site is populated with stuff it will gain its own momentum and I think that people will be happy to upload their own material.

Good idea, you already got my permission Siege!

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:21 am

I can't upload peoples stuff even if i ask as it's an account based thing, so each contributor has an account and their reviews go to them, not I. But I have contacted a few people to ask them to post. i'm hoping they will shortly.

Comes Comitis - Companion in Latin, well one of the many meanings for that phrase.

Good idea on the linking, I'm hoping people will do that. Spread the word peeps!

I'm contacting a few people every day or so to try to tease them aboard. ironing out any kinks i may come across as I go etc. The thing the site really needs is content. It's based on a fiction engine, in fact it IS a fiction engine, but it's done in such a way that it doesn't just have to be for fan fiction/fiction. Already we have some great wallpapers available and my software is there as well. I'm hoping mods will shortly be available as well, everything has a corresponding category so people browsing the site can get right in there and find what they want, without trawling through millions of posts

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:12 pm

I have added the Map Log program and Fleet 2000 (with a small story because I felt like it)

Hope this is OK!

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:49 pm

That's super fine mate

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:47 pm

I also just added some more content, some old school stuff this time including a load of systems from the old Evochron Systems Registry (Remember that?) for Evochron Alliance. As well as a systems editor for Evochron and Evochron Alliance. Don't say no one plays that anymore because I do, and I am sure I'm not the only one

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:51 pm

Nice layout, Siege ... it reminds me of the old Bridge Commander Central.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:34 am

Nice.....Very cool....

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:32 am

Site's been updated with warsign's mods, and a couple of short tutorials, one of which dates back to evochron the original!

I'm looking for people to write some tutorials for the site and ofc some fan fiction authors. Please contact me via the u2u here if you're interested in contributing and if you wish for your story to be posted just make an account and start posting. I'll quickly validate you and your stories on the site, just post them and they will come

Thanks,

Siege

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:10 am

Looks really good now

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:22 am

Thanks man, don't suppose those who have stuff on the site would link to it via their sig's would they?

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:07 pm

I'm learning a new language which is VERY cool called PureBasic and one of my learning projects might turn out to be useful to others so I've added it to the EvoFic site.

Tiny MP3 - Simple self extracting zip file, not an install file.

It's a very small, less than 50k mp3 player. If you're anything like me you need all the hdd space and memory you can lay your hands on, WinAmp actually lowers my Mercenary fps so I made this to combat that so I can still listen to music while I play.

[Edited on 6-2-2011 by Siege]

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:19 pm

I usually keep my background programs at zilch (except those related directly to the game ... such as the Nav Tracker) ... but that MP3 player I gotta try.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:43 pm

Hope it works out well for you. I won't lie, there is an odd kink or two brought about by my lack of knowledge to do with the language, but it will even minimise to the task tray, (By the clock) so it's out of the way. The only real bug i've come across so far is that when you load the playlist it add's a blank track, but I'm attempting to fix that tomorrow.

btw that does no damage, it just stops playing until you hit play or next/back or something.

[Edited on 5-2-2011 by Siege]

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:45 pm

How long is the blank track?

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:47 pm

It's totally blank, so it doesn't play it at all it just stops, as a temp fix just highlight that blank one, and hit the delete button to remove it. I'll fix it for real tomorrow some time. It's only a blank entry not a playable track at all. It's attempting to play a file that doesn't exist, so it just sits' there and stares at you when it get's to that entry

I only noticed that one a little while ago, I tend to randomise a fairly large list so obviously that didn't rear its head easily.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:57 pm

Have fixed it, keep an eye on this thread will upload as soon as my computer stops acting like a ZX81.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:14 am

Okay redownload if you would like, I have removed the pesky error and all things being equal there should be no other errors in the damn thing. Sorry for that and the delay between last post and this, my pc wanted to be a pain in my bum for a while. But the file is uploaded and is even slightly smaller than it was before!

Post by **Marvin** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 4:55 am

Downloaded to the old computer for a test run ... if it works here, it'll run along side EM no problem. Thanks.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 4:59 am

'k, it should be fine for you as long as your computer is after about 98 I think mp3 support came in on the mci api. Otherwise it will only play wav