From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29482 invoked by alias); 20 Nov 2003 00:35:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 29475 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2003 00:35:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pulsar.skylands.net) (216.182.32.15) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 20 Nov 2003 00:35:46 -0000 Received: from sx-34-80.skylands.net ([216.182.34.80]) by pulsar.skylands.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with ESMTP id net for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:35:45 -0500 From: Richard Honeycutt Organization: home To: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: non-programmer's opinion...... Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:38:00 -0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311190745.05327.rhoneycutt@skylands.net> X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg00817.txt.bz2 I have been following this discussion with interest and have an opinion or two of my own ( for what its worth )..... I think that Python would be best for a scripting language as its OO and has many libraries for UI buidling and game programming ( for sdl, gtk+, Tkinter, Pygame, etc.) and tools available. It could replace the gdl and by having more capabilities, allow more to be done. By being simple to learn, more people ( like myself ) could be encouraged to help develope things. ( I like FORTH but many do not ) Just my opinion ( a mostly uniformed one at that ) --------------------------- Is it possible to build 'chains of command' between units so that a command to an upper level unit would be carried out by units lower in the chain? Will facing and its effects ever make it to the game? ( for tactical battles, air combat and some naval combat. ) I understand it would impact a lot of other things, but I am just curious. ---------------------------- I love this game and want to contribute in any way I can. I just am lousy at programming. --------------------------- With respect Richard Honeycutt