Anyone interested in a mission editing mailing list?

[Andrew_McP]

Why a mailing list?

 

1) Because I tend to get very frustrated while editing missions. It would be nice to be able to vent this sometimes without worrying about breaking forum rules or appearing to be unduly negative :-)

 

2) Good mission design (IMO) involves some smoke & mirrors tricks. Discussing this kind of thing in public can spoil the fun.

 

3) I still prefer email lists & newsgroups to forums because you can download all new messages in one go rather than clicking all over the place. I'm probably in a minority these days, so I don't expect it being a big or particularly active group.

 

What would we discuss?

 

a) Making the AI do as they're told!

 

b) Working out why the AI don't do as they're told! :-)

 

c) Trying to breathe life and atmosphere into missions.

 

d) Cheap therapy ;-)

 

Anyway, if anyone's interested in pooling our (lack of) understanding, email me at andrew.mcp@DELETETHISdsl.pipex.com (removing the obvious). Please put LOMAC in the subject to help me filter you out of the spam, and let me know if you want adding to the group with a different email address to the one you email me from.

 

The group has been created as a private group (invite only, for now) on googlegroups. I don't know of any particular problems with this setup (spam etc), but if you know different, let me know.

 

Andrew McP

[pappavis]

hi forum moderators.

 

It would be cool if the moderator could in addtin to the 3d modellers create a few additional subforums for:

* Movie makers

* Missionediting

* ... anything else?

 

 

 

Why a mailing list?

 

1) Because I tend to get very frustrated while editing missions. It would be nice to be able to vent this sometimes without worrying about breaking forum rules or appearing to be unduly negative :-)

 

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Andrew McP

[MBT]

Hey Andrew,

 

Just wanted to say great idea, and if I had more time free I'd be signing up, but I don't so I won't ;) Don't let that detract from the appreciation though!

[Andrew_McP]

if I had more time free I'd be signing up, but I don't so I won't ;) Don't let that detract from the appreciation though!

 

Actually I'm not we can add much to what's already known about mission editing. If we haven't worked out how to get around the AI limitations by now, then I guess we never will. But given that it'll be a few years before ED have the opportunity to radically improve AI behaviour, I have to cling to the hope that we can use what we've got to our advantage *somehow*.

 

Now, you'll have to excuse me. I have to go work out why my trucks won't overtake the burned out wreckage of the armoured car that was protecting their convoy as it makes a dash to take over a town. Maybe they're too scared to go on? ;-)

 

Andrew McP