From senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hub1.nntpserver.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!local-out2.newsfeeds.com!corp.newsgroups.com Thu Mar 21 11:22:23 2002 Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction Subject: Re: [Inform] Map creation utility From: argus@see.the.sig (T Raymond) References: <1007765094.759308@sidehack.sat.gweep.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/4.05.11 NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.212.212.125 Date: 7 Dec 2001 23:31:37 -0600 X-Trace: corp.newsgroups.com 1007789497 64.212.212.125 (7 Dec 2001 23:31:37 -0600) Lines: 41 X-Comments: This message was posted through Newsfeeds.com X-Comments2: IMPORTANT: Newsfeeds.com does not condone, nor support, spam or any illegal or copyrighted postings. X-Comments3: IMPORTANT: Under NO circumstances will postings containing illegal or copyrighted material through this service be tolerated!! X-Report: Please report illegal or inappropriate use to X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers, INCLUDING the body (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 80,000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hub1.nntpserver.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!local-out2.newsfeeds.com!corp.newsgroups.com Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.arts.int-fiction:87688 Brian Payne was overheard typing about: > > Hi. :) Welcome! > What I'm wondering is, would anyone -- once I get it rolling, of > course -- be willing to betatest an Inform map creation utility? Why would it be specific to Inform? Something like this should be reasonably portable to be usable by any interested IF developers. > What it boils down to is, I got REALLY frustrated while working > with Inform and map/room creation. It's actually pretty simple, > but it's also somewhat tedious, and I'm very bad at mentally > picturing how a map is laid out. Graph paper does wonders! ;) > Looking at it, I don't see *too* much difficulty (I know, I know, > FLW) in creating a visual map that generated Inform code -- JUST > for room definitions, and so on. For me, at least, it'd be VERY > useful, since I could then forget the tedium associated with many > of the rooms in a typical map and just let the util generate the > code for them. I guess you can ignore my question above. Mentioning code generation answers that. I was hoping for a graphical map design similar to Informapper, but more updated. *one of thes days* Tom -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tom Raymond af956 AT osfnDOTorg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----