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The return of the poa editor!
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BManx2000
January 23, 2004, 6:12 pm
- Modified can play now with modified animations over network

If this means what I think it means...

[:D][:D][:D]

N1nj@
January 23, 2004, 6:23 pm
woohoo! "Return of the POA" is on theaters near you!

koil
January 23, 2004, 6:38 pm
:/

original objects/animation modified. plz reinstall soldat

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N1nj@
January 23, 2004, 7:07 pm
I lost the link to it? can someone post it here?

Meandor
January 23, 2004, 7:40 pm
http://www.turrino.com/soldat/poaeditor_032.zip
That's the lastest version i have, and it should also be the last one released. Not sure though.

sauron_the_deceiver
January 23, 2004, 7:58 pm
*Gawps*

I didn't see this...wait, it says over NETWORK. Does that mean you still can't play over internet? =(

EDIT: Confirmed by Koils message...(awww)

BManx2000
January 23, 2004, 9:14 pm
Well, I played on the internet with custom /mercy animations...

N1nj@
January 23, 2004, 9:19 pm
hmmm...you tried editing other ones?

BManx2000
January 23, 2004, 10:09 pm
I edited some other ones and I still could play. :?

N1nj@
January 23, 2004, 10:23 pm
koil: which one did you edited?

BManx2000: mind to post them up?

cup_of_squirrels
January 24, 2004, 4:07 pm
Lush so you can make your own animations! Does this mean other people can view them or not...

wormdundee
January 24, 2004, 4:28 pm
think about it dude,how could they see the animation if they dont even have it in their soldat folders

basically the answer is no

cup_of_squirrels
January 25, 2004, 2:10 pm
oh right :$ lol

sauron_the_deceiver
January 25, 2004, 4:25 pm
Lol, Koil, are you sure you editing 1.2 animations and not 1.1.5? [:P]

koil
January 25, 2004, 4:32 pm
hmm.. well, i guess it might has something to do with the flag that i edited via the program.. (altho i clicked on restore all after i saw the error and it still gave me it:/ )

if its not cause of the flag (which is prolly the reason for it), then its cigar, victory and aiming .poa's fault (those were the ones i edited.. altho i'm almost sure its cause of the flag).

sauron_the_deceiver
January 26, 2004, 8:56 pm
Hmm, sorry to drag up old topics, but I edited the victory command and restored it and it wouldn't work. The old system meant that if the file that was installed with soldat was overwritten (even by exactly the same file) the game would know and stop online play. This means when you restore an animation it goes back the way it is, but the game knows the animation was overwritten.

So, if you have the problem it doesn't work online, thats why restoring doesn't work.

Now, why isn't it working for me and Koil?

EDIT: Yay, fixed it! I've worked it out.

You can edit POAs, but you can't edit POs.

I think I fiddled about with the gostek.po file before and restored it, which is why soldat didn't like me.

I've also worked out how to animation cheat with PO files - if you made the flag.po file so the points were really far apart, the flags would be huge, and so easier to grab.

N1nj@
January 26, 2004, 11:07 pm
you mean you can cheat now ?

CardBoardWarrior
January 26, 2004, 11:40 pm
You said you can't edit POs...then you said you edited the flag.po so it was huge...is that gonna work or will it give me error?

sauron_the_deceiver
January 27, 2004, 4:35 pm
I never tried editing the flag. I meant thats a way you COULD do it (I think).

Purely theory, test it in 1.1.4 or something.

N1nj@: No, you can't cheat, because animation cheating was either specifically editing PO files, not POAs, or Michal has introduced animations to be client side instead of server wide. Hope you understand what I mean.

N1nj@
January 27, 2004, 5:33 pm
okay. Just as long as no more cheating, I am happy! Can someone ask the guy who made the program to update it?

szevvy
March 21, 2004, 1:35 am
People, my email was in the readme...why didn't someone email me 'bout this? :D

N1nj@
March 21, 2004, 2:16 am
Lol, good thing you are back.

szevvy
March 21, 2004, 12:27 pm
/me feels loved, happy [:D]

Anything you guys want in the new one?

Stuff that's already in:

- the new animations
- fixed up interface a bit, got rid of those textboxes
- mouse-panning, hold z and drag to pan
- proper help file
- you can rotate your selection round a point, making arm movements and so forth easy

Stuff that might go in:
- keyframing, set start and end frame and it's automatically interpolated

Stuff that won't go in, so don't ask:
- 'preview' window, this one's a [:-censored] and I need more time to get it working.

edit: yeah, it wouldn't work if you restore in 1.1.4 for two reasons: when I create a backup, it's not an exact copy, right? You might lose some precision in like the 10 decimal place, nothing you'll ever see as the changes are too small. Second, Michal *might* be checking timestamps in the files, when you restore the times will be different.

N1nj@
March 21, 2004, 1:12 pm
Preview would be really cool. But ya, if you can't do it, don't stress yourself over it.

and hmm...nice good features, if you need any help, just contact me using the info below.

Souza
March 21, 2004, 4:36 pm
what are PO and POAS???

szevvy
March 21, 2004, 10:42 pm
PO = object file, defines shape of character, flag, boxes, etc
POA = single animation for character, like runs, shoots, whatever.