Martimus

Reply to My daughter in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Yeah, it is too bad that her mother decided that she didn't want to stay with me to raise her.

Reply to My week in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Now she is really mad at me for not watching the kids, so she won't talk to me. I often wish that I never met her, because my life was so much better before I started seeing her. I don't have a clue if she will ever come back, and if she does want to, if I will take her by then. I am willing to work with all the crap she has pulled now, but the further away from her I get, the more I see how horrible she can be. Whatever, I still want my daughter t

Reply to My daughter in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thank you. I love her more than anything. I probably spoil her too much though.

My daughter in Blogging JoeUser Forums

For anyone that would like to see my beautiful daughter, here is a link to some pictures of her: http://martimus28.livejournal.com/65706.html Link The pictures are from her first birthday party. <BR

Bored in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I finished all of the work that I had stacked up today. There really wasn't much, since I had come in early each day this week and got most of it done already. Since I am bored, I figured that I would write something. I am not sure what I want to happen with Melisa now. She left me, and did a lot of very hurtful things, but I still love her and I would l

My week in Blogging JoeUser Forums

This week has been difficult, to say the least. Last Friday, I brought my car to the dealership to have the bumper repaired after I got out of work (I was rearended a few weeks prior). They siad that they wouldn't be able to look at it until Monday (even though I had called earlier in the week to make sure that they could check it on Friday), so I took it back to my

My life so far in Welcome JoeUser Forums

Well, I am wirting here to get things off my mind. I used to write stuff over at LiveJournal.com, but circumstances have forced me to find a new place ot do it. I will probably explain later. First off, my name is Marty. I had a girlfriend and three kids (Although only one was really mine, but I raised them all as my own) until recently. Missy, my ex-girlfrie

Reply to IGN: Developer Diary #1 in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

What ever happened to the Terran overview at IGN? They stopped after they got to the Dread Lords, but said that they were going to do one about the Terrans. (Part VI)

Reply to Gameplay Example: The ironic defeat in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

The biggest problem was that you acted too late. Like you said you waited too long before making your move, and even if you had taken Akilia, The drengin had already grown more powerful than you.

Reply to Christmas Game Dev. Journal - Week 7 in Game Journals JoeUser Forums

That's cool. I just wanted to make sure that you were aware of it. As for the double jump, I think it would be a little more intuitive if you couldn't charge the second jump. Of course, that is just my oppinion, and if you keep the "charged" second jump, that's cool too. The game looks like it is going ot be pretty fun. I messed around with it a little bit to try and get it to crash, and I managed to do it a couple of times. If you want t

Reply to Christmas Game Dev. Journal - Week 5 in Game Journals JoeUser Forums

Looks like you are getting most of the basic functions done. One problem I noticed was that you have to jump to get off of a ladder. You can not just climb all the way down and walk off.

Reply to Christmas Game Dev Journal - Week 3 in Game Journals JoeUser Forums

Thanks, I will take a look at them.

Reply to Christmas Game Dev Journal - Week 3 in Game Journals JoeUser Forums

Flash seems like as good a place to start as any. I would like to see some samples to start me off though. First, I would like to ask how much ActionScript costs, so I can save up for it. (It sucks being poor sometimes.) Thank you for your offer for help. I really appreciate it. If you can send some simple sample code to [email protected], I would appreciate it. Hopefully I can get started on something soon. -Marty

Reply to Christmas Game Dev Journal - Week 3 in Game Journals JoeUser Forums

I am sure that you will do just fine putting the game together. Since you have it all planned out, if you fall behind you can intellegently cut certain aspects of the game if you need to. I don't have an XBOX 360, nor do I think I will get one. They are really way too expensive for me to justify buying, and I don't have much time to play games anyway (I have three small kids that take up all my free time - at least until they go to bed.) Bu

Reply to Christmas Game Dev Journal - Week 3 in Game Journals JoeUser Forums

Yeah, I know what that is like. I had gotten tired of that, so now I spend more time documenting my code that I do writing it. I have gotten into the habit of documenting at least the stack contents after every line I write, and after I finish the function I will usually go back and explain each line more thoroughly after that. You would think that this makes coding take longer, but I find that I am able to write much more complicated programs quick

Reply to Christmas Game Dev Journal - Week 3 in Game Journals JoeUser Forums

Reading your game journals is very interesting. It makes me want to go back and write another game myself. It has been a long time for me, but you have a pretty good process documented in your journals, so I might as well follow your lead in how to do it. Anyway, it looks cool, and I would love to see the end product!

Reply to Epic Generator Journal in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I have to say that I am very impressed with the work that you have done on this project.

Reply to silly AI thing #2484 in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

well sometimes what i do is i give one of the warring nation enough ships to destroy the starbase and if they are out of range, even build him a starbase... sometimes it works, and sometimes they just ship the ships back home and they leave the mining starbase alone. I have used this strategy as well. Of course, you need a backup plan for whe

Reply to Flame out to all Anti-Tac nerds in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Flame out to all Anti-Tac nerds The fact that you wrote that in your title pretty well qualifies you as a nerd. No need to throw stones if you are a glass house. On a side note, tactical battles might be cool in the sequel. I have gotten bored of this game and haven't played it for a while, but I will probably come back and play ag

Reply to Drengin subterfuge? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I had that happen to me on multiple occasions with the Torians. They continued to trade me the same technology, and I would never actually obtain it, but they would get the technology that I gave them. This hasn't happened since 1.0X though.

Reply to Stopping when you break the AI in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I've never seen the AI come back from a losing position either.

Reply to I don't have what it takes anymore in Real-Time JoeUser Forums

That is why we had a rule that Harvesters were off limits in C&C. (I didn't really play Warcraft or Warcraft 2 much, but Peons were off-limits in those games as well.) The games lasted longer and were rather fun. The original C&C had many ways to win, where as Red Alert really toned down on all of the unconventional methods of victory. (I pretty much quit playing RTS's after Red Alert.)

Reply to Autopilot bug in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Debug Message: Version v1.11 last updated on: Mon May 8 11:15:04 2006 Debug Message: Could not find a TGN Serial No. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 6/3/2006, 22:11:09 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: MARTIMUS Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Languages: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer

Reply to AM2 AMD socket. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Here is an exerp from firing squad: AMD’s relied on DDR400 to carry them for three years now. DDR400 has served AMD well over this time, but it’s definitely beginning to show signs of age. DDR memory consumes more power than DDR2, and just flat out doesn’t have the frequency headroom that DDR2 has. When DDR2 was initially released, AMD stuck with DDR400 as

Reply to Do I need your views shoved down my throat? in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Why is it that the group that claims tolerance and open-mindedness as its mantra so intolerant and close minded in practice? What I speak of is the political left's tendency to interject their political beliefs into every venue that they can while at the same time, actively working to prevent those who disagree with them from hav