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Title: Smiles in game
Post by: Latrobe on August 07, 2006, 04:52:46 PM

this probly would never happen but i would like it if we had smiles to put w/ our messages in the MA and other arenas just type ": lol" or ": rofl" and u get the smiles for those would be fun to see

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: viper215 on August 07, 2006, 05:20:50 PM

This is not aol;)

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: APDrone on August 07, 2006, 06:12:13 PM

Quick overview of graphics and characters.

This is the size of  colon right-parenthesis

Bytes: xxxx   1x char and 1x attribute byte per character. 2 chars = 4 bytes.

This is the size of :)

Bytes:  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx  .gif image, 170 bytes ( give or take.. depending on the graphic loaded ) Animated gif?  multiply x 3

Number crunching nightmare:  :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry


This is assuming AH uses something akin to ansi characters.. and also assuming I remember my old dos programming from 20 years ago.  

Long live turbo pascal 2.0!!!!!

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: LePaul on August 07, 2006, 06:38:11 PM

And its this reason I want to download my own skins versus have the server toss em to me while gaming.

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: APDrone on August 07, 2006, 07:19:02 PM

Well, Le Paul, I doubt the whole graphic would be sent down the path. I would imagine there would be a character capture mechanism in place to translate the "colon lol"  to a laughing graphic. Sorta like recognizing the period as a precursor to a command.  I would think it's probably a performance hit on the FE to convert it... even if you could combine the graphic with the text box ( rememember, I'm assuming there's ansi character mode or similar in place ).

I understand your desire, though.  Not sure the what the steps are to build self-extracting skin files, but with the apparant proliferation of skins, they'd be updating it pretty frequently, I'd imagine.

Title: Re: Smiles in game
Post by: Meatwad on August 07, 2006, 07:37:56 PM

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Originally posted by Latrobe
this probly would never happen but i would like it if we had smiles to put w/ our messages in the MA and other arenas just type ": lol" or ": rofl" and u get the smiles for those would be fun to see

NO

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: bagrat on August 07, 2006, 07:52:59 PM

lol u want to smile at the boys homo.....jk

but we need one that blows kisses, so u can further pizz off the people u vulch

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: SuperDud on August 07, 2006, 08:16:32 PM

I just give them the old clown hat curley hair winking smiley face


<@;}

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: Latrobe on August 07, 2006, 09:30:13 PM

as i said this would probly never happen its just a thought

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: FBplmmr on August 07, 2006, 09:37:19 PM

AND THEN CAN WE ADD UNICORNS AND PIXIE DUST?:huh

:lol :eek: :confused: :(

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: bagrat on August 07, 2006, 09:57:03 PM

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AND THEN CAN WE ADD UNICORNS AND PIXIE DUST?

ho...mo

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: Meatwad on August 07, 2006, 10:25:12 PM

Not unless your superdud :D

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: doogan on August 07, 2006, 10:30:12 PM

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Originally posted by SuperDud
I just give them the old clown hat curley hair winking smiley face


<@;}

pedo-sickie.  no lil' ones here for you.  'bout time u start moving on.

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: SuperDud on August 08, 2006, 05:35:09 PM

:rofl

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: Debonair on August 09, 2006, 01:28:20 AM

i want them to add smells in AH, like cordite or when u pull 5Gs while u have Bougainville dysentary.
:O :O :O
"smell of victory":cry :cry :rofl :rofl
:rofl :t :lol

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: Schatzi on August 09, 2006, 03:51:48 AM

Before we get smilies, id like to have my Umlaute.... ä ö ü :D.

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: BugsBunny on August 09, 2006, 03:38:23 PM

Quote

Originally posted by APDrone
Quick overview of graphics and characters.

This is the size of  colon right-parenthesis

Bytes: xxxx   1x char and 1x attribute byte per character. 2 chars = 4 bytes.

This is the size of :)

Bytes:  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx  .gif image, 170 bytes ( give or take.. depending on the graphic loaded ) Animated gif?  multiply x 3

Number crunching nightmare:  :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry


This is assuming AH uses something akin to ansi characters.. and also assuming I remember my old dos programming from 20 years ago.  

Long live turbo pascal 2.0!!!!!

:noid

 In case you wonder why the programming jobs are going to India, look above.

I hope your tubo pascal class was an elective :rofl

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: APDrone on August 09, 2006, 05:48:49 PM

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Originally posted by BugsBunny
:noid

 In case you wonder why the programming jobs are going to India, look above.

I hope your tubo pascal class was an elective :rofl

Why?  Am I wrong?


BTW.. Back in it's day, Turbo Pascal ( full blown compiler for < $50 ) was THE thing to be involved in.  Fast and easy to use.  Sure, there were concerns about the size of the executable when it was all done, but until you got into the hefty programs, it didn't take long at all to convert your code into something that would run.

Title: Smiles in game
Post by: BugsBunny on August 18, 2006, 10:11:26 AM

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Originally posted by APDrone
Why?  Am I wrong?
 

There is no reason to send the image over the net.  Just the 2 bytes for the two characters.  It will be the front ends job to translate that to an image.  

So,
are you wrong? technicaly not.  You would be right if you actually coaded it that way.
Getting fired and your job sent to India, yes :D