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mindw0rk
05-19-2011, 12:59 PM
I recently bought few Gamebook Adventure apps from AppStore and music was a big part of immersion there. Maybe we can get soundtrack for Sryth too? Would be wonderful (has to be an option to turn it on and off too)
scout1idf
05-19-2011, 02:58 PM
Unfortunately, music wouldn't be possible with this game. As far as I know, it (the music) would start over with each page load.
thingirl
05-19-2011, 03:04 PM
Welcome to the Forum, mindwOrk!!!

That's an awesome suggestion. However, I don't think it would work very well because the music would probably have to start over with each new page load. And a page load is every time you click on a link.

Although if it's listening to something that you're after, I know a lot of people (myself included) listen to some of their favorite music on youtube or iTunes or something while playing Sryth.

Again, welcome to the forum!!!

EDIT: Gaah. Majorly ninja'd. That's what I get for trying to look stuff up......
scout1idf
05-19-2011, 03:17 PM
:D :D :D :D :D

Sorry TG, it's so rare that I ninja anyone.

:D :D :D :D :D


I will add this little bit of information.

Before the GM redesigned the page code, it "might" have been possible to have music.

But when he switched from a <frameset> layout to an <iframe> layout, that ended the possibility (as far as I know).

The only time there would have been a problem (as far as I know) is with the combat pages, but there may have been a way to over come that with another redesign.

Myself, I would rather play the music I want to hear while playing.
thingirl
05-19-2011, 04:09 PM
LOL :):D:) It's fine, Scout. I'm usually the one ninja'ing everyone... :):):)

@ Mindw0rk: Ninja'ing is a term we use on here to mean where one person is typing a reply in a thread and another person posts a reply while the other is typing. The person how hit submit first is the ninja and the person who posted second got ninja'd.
Oldschool
05-19-2011, 05:59 PM
I often listen to music in another window or tab while playing usually from YouTube or Jango or some other online radio/listening sites. And like Scout I'd rather choose my music.

Currently playing blaring..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WrTZweHXTI

Why does this song remind me of Rokmokorra? :cool:
Badstench
05-20-2011, 06:42 AM
Music is such a personal thing that I'm against this sort of development. Even now, when I play games online that have a music background, the first thing I do is disable it.

Sound affects are are different matter. They add to the ambience of a game.

But, from a technical point of view, adding music would require more computer stuff. I'd rather have more game content.

Now, from the previous statement, you might gather that I'm not computer savvy. Bits and bytes, I go cold when people talk in terms of that sort of thing.

To me, it's just 'stuff'.

I'm old, you see?
scout1idf
05-20-2011, 07:48 AM
.....Now, from the previous statement, you might gather that I'm not computer savvy. Bits and bytes, I go cold when people talk in terms of that sort of thing.

To me, it's just 'stuff'.

I'm old, you see?
Are you trying to say....
<body>

<div class='formholder'>

<form class='statsform2' id='input' method='post' action='calc_2.php'>

<div class='centerbox'>

<table class='table2'>
<tr><th class='th2'>Sryth XP Calculator</th></tr>
</table>

</div>

<div class='rightbox'>

<table class='table3'>
<tr class='tr'><td class='tdstats'>Agility</td><td class='tdstats'><input class='statsinput' type='hidden' name='agl' value='<?php echo $rows['agl']; ?>' /><?php echo $rows['agl']; ?></td></tr>
<tr class='tr'><td class='tdstats'>Body</td><td class='tdstats'><input class='statsinput' type='hidden' name='bdy' value='<?php echo $rows['bdy']; ?>' /><?php echo $rows['bdy']; ?></td></tr>
<tr class='tr'><td class='tdstats'>Might</td><td class='tdstats'><input class='statsinput' type='hidden' name='mgt' value='<?php echo $rows['mgt']; ?>' /><?php echo $rows['mgt']; ?></td></tr>
<tr class='tr'><td class='tdstats'>Aura</td><td class='tdstats'><input class='statsinput' type='hidden' name='aur' value='<?php echo $rows['aur']; ?>' /><?php echo $rows['aur']; ?></td></tr>
<tr class='tr'><td class='tdstats'>Mind</td><td class='tdstats'><input class='statsinput' type='hidden' name='mnd' value='<?php echo $rows['mnd']; ?>' /><?php echo $rows['mnd']; ?></td></tr>
<tr class='tr'><td class='tdstats'>Spirit</td><td class='tdstats'><input class='statsinput' type='hidden' name='spt' value='<?php echo $rows['spt']; ?>' /><?php echo $rows['spt']; ?></td></tr>
<tr class='tr'><td class='tdstats'>Luck</td><td class='tdstats'><input class='statsinput' type='hidden' name='luc' value='<?php echo $rows['luc']; ?>' /><?php echo $rows['luc']; ?></td></tr>
</table>

.....makes your eyes glaze over????

How about stuff like this....

$arcanalevel=$arcanaspecxp=$arcanatargetlevel='';

$arcanaxpbonus = $arcabon;

if (isset($_POST['arcanaxpbonus'])) $arcanaxpbonus = sanitizeString($_POST['arcanaxpbonus']);
if (isset($_POST['arcanalevel'])) $arcanalevel = sanitizeString($_POST['arcanalevel']);
if (isset($_POST['arcanaspecxp'])) $arcanaspecxp = sanitizeString($_POST['arcanaspecxp']);
if (isset($_POST['arcanatargetlevel'])) $arcanatargetlevel = sanitizeString($_POST['arcanatargetlevel']);

//BEGIN ARCANA NEXT LEVEL

if($arcanalevel == 1 or $arcanalevel == 2 or $arcanalevel == 3)
{
$arcananextlevel = 8;
if($arcanaxpbonus == -400)
{
$arcananextlevel = 40;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == -300)
{
$arcananextlevel = 32;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == -250)
{
$arcananextlevel = 28;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == -200)
{
$arcananextlevel = 24;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == -150)
{
$arcananextlevel = 20;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == -100)
{
$arcananextlevel = 16;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == -50)
{
$arcananextlevel = 12;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == -25)
{
$arcananextlevel = 10;
}
if($arcanaxpbonus == 10)
{
$arcananextlevel = 7;
}
elseif($arcanaxpbonus == 15)
{
$arcananextlevel = 7;
}
elseif($arcanaxpbonus == 20)
{
$arcananextlevel = 6;
}
elseif($arcanaxpbonus == 25)
{
$arcananextlevel = 6;
}
elseif($arcanaxpbonus == 30)
{
$arcananextlevel = 6;
}
}....just a bit of what makes the calculator work. (a very small bit)

Just messing with you Badstench....;)
Badstench
05-20-2011, 10:30 AM
Yep...that's the sort of eye-watering stuff I don't understand.

But I admire the people who do understand it.

When I was a teenager, digital was a new concept. I grew up with analogue. CD's were knew and exciting, but even then, technical gurus were talking about ways of listening to music that would be revolutionary.

I remeber someone telling me that walkmans would give way to credit card sized apparatus. I couldn't imagine it at the time, but now we have Ipods.

We also have downloads, uploads and sharing. It's all part of the techno-computer age, and I've embraced it. I just don't understand it.

And it reminds me of my Mother... she'd just got used to VCR's, then DVD's came along. The very first time she watched a DVD, she ejected the disc and looked perplexed.

"How do I re-wind it?" she asked. :D
thingirl
05-20-2011, 02:18 PM
I remeber someone telling me that walkmans would give way to credit card sized apparatus. I couldn't imagine it at the time, but now we have Ipods.

What's a.... Wait, Mom and Dad (both big tech geeks) made sure I know that one... :):):)

And some iPods are smaller than credit cards. The shuffle series are all smaller. And my Nano 5g is just a tiny bit longer and way less wide. :):):)
Oldschool
05-20-2011, 04:20 PM
But can those itty bitty new wave gizmos play an 8 track (http://www.etsy.com/listing/66086004/sears-solid-state-8-track-player)?

Anyone else ever rock n roll to one of those? :) I recall one having a shoulder strap for ease of portability. ;)
texlaw1992
05-20-2011, 08:33 PM
Badstench's story made me think of a story my constitutional law professor (now deceased) told me about her first attempt to use a fax machine.

She gave her paper to someone, and saw it feed into the machine and come out the other side.

"Try it again," she said, "maybe it will work next time."

(lol - she though it would disintegrate or something)
Tetracapillactomist
05-23-2011, 12:28 PM
(lol - she though it would disintegrate or something)

She was hoping for teleportation, Tex. I'm smiling, but not kidding. :)

But can those itty bitty new wave gizmos play an 8 track (http://www.etsy.com/listing/66086004/sears-solid-state-8-track-player)?

Let me guess: you could play eight tracks at a time? I can see how that would save time - you could get a whole lot of music-listening done in a short time :D - but wouldn't that be a bit cacophonous? Wouldn't it drive you mad? ;)

Let's see... a Beethoven symphony mixed with some Benjamin Britten, some Stravinsky, Mahler... Verdi, Puccini, .... Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd,... Can we add the Sex Pistols on a ninth track, or is that not an option? :D Anybody got some ear tissues?... I think mine are already bleeding... :p

(Kidding... :))
darkrkngl
05-23-2011, 05:17 PM
All I have to say is everyone wait for a bit I still need to align the Magnetic tape reel for my computer as I had to upgrade after the punch cards got clogged in the reader....
Oldschool
05-23-2011, 06:35 PM
What...???? Did you pass the paper tape (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/computer_data_storage_through_ages) altogether? ;)
Tetracapillactomist
05-23-2011, 08:53 PM
[darned weak paper towels...]

So - after cleaning up another piddle - all I have to say is: we might rue this day, having made fun of good old ferromagnetic tech, eh?...

...when next Saturday (I'm told) we'll be invaded by aliens from inner space, whose first order of business will be to EMP-blast our electron-based binary civilisation back into... what, the 1870s? :D;)

(And on a side note: defibrillator's at the ready, my palms are sweating - so I'll have to watch that! - and Big Old Blue is on call, ready to fill in at a moment's notice, Dakrkngl. :) He's... er, too 'close and personal' to go away. ;) Repped with a special thank you. On both counts. :))