My new computer has arrived. I am configuring it but I expect that it will take a week or so before I am back up to speed. The good new was that it was just...
Charles Corrigan
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May 2, 2001 12:11 am
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... new ... disk ... My spelling was even worse than normal last night (and without even the benefit/excuse of alcohol). That should have read "boot disk" not...
Charles Corrigan
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May 2, 2001 9:52 pm
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Apologies for the lack of action at the moment. I finished configuring the new PC over last weekend (development in 512Mb of memory is much smoother). I have...
Charles Corrigan
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May 10, 2001 4:38 pm
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Last night I demoed the HeroWarsProgram to Greg Stafford (I am in California on a business trip - one of the several reasons that there has not been anything...
Charles Corrigan
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May 22, 2001 3:28 pm
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On Tue, 22 May 2001 15:26:38 -0000, "Charles Corrigan" ... I won't even bother to ask... Wulf...
Wulf Corbett
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May 22, 2001 5:14 pm
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... It is stuff implied or alluded to in the 1st edition rules but not explained or fully expanded. regards, Charles...
Charles Corrigan
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May 22, 2001 5:43 pm
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On Tue, 22 May 2001 17:42:42 -0000, "Charles Corrigan" ... I have been privy to some of Greg's original ideas which were dropped or toned down for HW. With a...
Wulf Corbett
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May 22, 2001 6:09 pm
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... Remember, what I am talking about here is the core rules system. Rolls, criticals, consequences - basic low-level stuff like that. High level game system...
Charles Corrigan
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May 22, 2001 6:41 pm
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On Tue, 22 May 2001 18:40:57 -0000, "Charles Corrigan" ... Yup, that's the one I really liked... especially applied to Feats... Wulf...
Wulf Corbett
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May 22, 2001 6:45 pm
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... "Everything not explicitly forbidden is allowed" was the attitude I took when programming the rules from the 1st edition rules. regards, Charles...
Charles Corrigan
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May 22, 2001 6:49 pm
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Greg Stafford suggested that the character sheets would look a lot better if the default folder icons were replaced with something more appropriate. Is there...
Charles Corrigan
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May 25, 2001 1:32 am
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Charles Corrigan wrote: ... I recommend against that. It is, essentially, a pun on the 'key' in 'keyword', and so relies for its meaning on use of English for...
Benedict Adamson
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May 25, 2001 8:25 am
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... more ... I can do images of any shape (so long as it's square-ish) or form (so long as it's a picture...). I have a program called Microangelo which does...
wulfc@...
May 25, 2001 10:04 am
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... (German, ... Whatever people are prepared to deliver. I have no plans to translate the program - that would be two major jobs. One to internationalise it...
Charles Corrigan
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May 25, 2001 3:22 pm
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... Head with lightbulb/thought bubble for mental skill? ... Good sentiment. Mastery rune could be confusing, though. How about a "heirarchy" icon to indicate...
Thom Baguley
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May 25, 2001 3:24 pm
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... much larger, particularly in the vertical dimension would start to disrupt the layout of the character sheet tree. ... This, as mentioned in my earlier...
Charles Corrigan
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May 25, 2001 3:27 pm
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... Try the runes (as Benedict somewhat suggested with his "keyword" comments. As a side benefit, they are A>) Already created, and B>) Available from ...
Roderick and Ellen Ro...
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May 25, 2001 4:13 pm
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... Great ideas! I'll have to make sure I can do it now, alon with locating and fixing all the bugs that I found when demoing to Greg. regards, Charles...
Charles Corrigan
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May 25, 2001 6:17 pm
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New version uploaded: - Fix results text when switching between contest types. - Fix enable/disable of run/confirm/cancel/switch buttons (Greg Stafford). - Fix...
Charles Corrigan
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Jun 3, 2001 9:18 pm
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Found this on comp.sys.netwon.misc: "Washington, D.C.Tuesday, June 5, 2001FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAfter six months in alpha, Sean Luke, Steve Weyer, Paul Guyot,...
Mike Dawson
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Jun 8, 2001 3:09 pm
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... In my opinion the Hero Wars Program will not work in this environment. It appears that the announcement is about a JVM (Java Virtual Machine), which is...
Charles Corrigan
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Jun 8, 2001 3:36 pm
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... Ah, too bad. And me with a MessagePad 2100 as my main game note machine.... Thanks for the answer though. ... Actually, it's letting java stuff written for...
Mike Dawson
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Jun 10, 2001 10:57 pm
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My second son, Conor Corrigan, was born on 14th June and weighed 4.25 Kg (about 9lbs 6oz). Mother and baby are doing well. My older son is a bit disturbed by...
Charles Corrigan
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Jun 17, 2001 6:13 am
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Congratulations! Oliver ... From: Charles Corrigan [mailto:glorantha@...] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 1:13 AM To:...
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Jun 19, 2001 7:47 pm
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... Congratulations to you both. I am sure my No1 son will fell similarly disturbed when our No 2 comes along roundabout September. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...
Graham, Andrew
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Jun 21, 2001 10:38 am
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I have uploaded a new version of the program. New features are - displays Gloranthan icons instead of the default java swing icons on the character sheet. -...
Charles Corrigan
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Jul 4, 2001 4:02 pm
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I have uploaded the latest version which - fix problem where result text was truncated in the contest screen (particularly on low resoultion screens) by...
Charles Corrigan
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Jul 5, 2001 10:17 pm
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I have been playing with the latest version of the Hero wars Program, and I must say I really enjoy it! I think I've finally got the hang of it (though that's...
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Jul 7, 2001 11:29 pm
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... I've done the TR keywords, and have started on ST (too busy lately at work, plus starting - and not finishing - about a dozen different things for our HW...
Wulf Corbett
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Jul 7, 2001 11:35 pm
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... Good! I can't wait to see them. ... They're great, very useful and stylish. Thanks! Guy "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall down an...