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Andor’s Trail Project Meeting #19

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Andor’s Trail Project Meeting #19

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Andor’s Trail Project Meeting #19
2013-01-13
Present: Oskar Wiksten(oskarwiksten) Scott Devaney(sdevaney), Stephen Stalnaker(ctnbeh13), Ian Haase(Ian), Brent May(Pyrizzle)

1. Follow-up from last meeting:
Happy New Year! First meeting of 2013!
Go over previous meetings TODO’s.

2. Completed since the last meeting:
Some new maps completed.

Oasis quest dialogue finished. (shared in google docs with dev group)
TODO: Anyone in dev group: Create a task in taskmanager for the oasis quest

Forum spam should be under control.

3. Things that are being worked on:
Updated Japanese translation - http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2042
TODO: Some developer: Create a git commit so we can merge it easily.

Updated Russian translation - see issue tracker
TODO: Some developer: Create a git commit so we can merge it easily.

Forum VIP - 2yr anniversary Jan 28th.
TODO: Oskar: Write a bullet-point list for the VIP announcement - send to Scott.

4. Discussion of some forum threads/posts that people have found interesting, or want clarification on, or maybe a question answered:
pickpocket skill - http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2413
Steal from houses, containers, guards can search you.
Might be done by using the current quest system but might need updated features.
TODO: Someone in dev group: Add as a task in taskfreak.

condition resistant items - http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2458
Seems like an interesting idea, stats have some balance issue but would be an interesting addition.
These types of items could either provide resistances to a whole group of conditions (physical abilities etc), or one particular condition (e.g. poison).
TODO: Someone in dev group: Add as a task in taskfreak.

smoother character movement - http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2515
(Sarumar asks if we can introduce smooth movement instead of the current jerky movement)
One option would be to just introduce animations when moving actors. Another option would be to make it so that you can stand on other places than the center of tiles, for example on the edge between two tiles.
TODO: Someone in dev group: Add as a task in taskfreak.

Crossroad guardhouse bug - http://code.google.com/p/andors-trail/i ... ail?id=329
TODO: Anyone: Redirect the submitter of the issue to the forums.

FC quest screen - http://code.google.com/p/andors-trail/i ... ail?id=308
Can’t reproduce :(

New user overall view - http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2518
TODO: Anyone in dev group: Create task in taskfreak about changing the bonemeal distribution with the introduction of Lodar
TODO: Anyone in dev group: Create task in taskfreak about introducing items that drop at 1% chance (rare?). Potions/weapons, trinkets, books.
TODO: Anyone: Create items in the item editor that we can use as these types of drops.
TODO: Anyone in dev group: Create tasks in taskfreak about the excellent suggestions, one task per suggestion.

TODO: Anyone in dev group: Create task in taskfreak about updating the editor so that you can save/load from your google drive instead of the current export/import stuff.

Health bar bug- http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2294
TODO: Anyone: Create an issue report in the issue tracker.
TODO: Some developer: Investigate and create a fix commit in git. Could be that the edges of the 9-patch png file is too small (some changes were introduced in android4 that requires larger edges).

New AC “terror struck” - http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2523
Or we could introduce conditions that, when active, prohibit you from moving close to monsters.
Or conditions (drunk) that make 20% of all you steps be in the wrong direction.

5. What should we have ready for the next meeting?
TODO: Everyone in dev group: Review and add things to the next meeting minutes document.

6. Open Discussion
Partial translations optional have the ability to switch to english without switching phone state?
Sure, we would like to change the translation format to using a more standardised file format (po files?). By doing that change, we could be more flexible in what options we present to the user.
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sdevaney wrote:Forum spam should be under control.
Yep! Looks like things have gotten waaaaay better. I have had 0 spam posts since the change!
sdevaney wrote:New AC “terror struck” - http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2523
Or we could introduce conditions that, when active, prohibit you from moving close to monsters.
Or conditions (drunk) that make 20% of all you steps be in the wrong direction.
Very cool! Would love to see this added in, This could make some NPCs very annoying later on in game.
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Awesome seeing continual progress. We are all patiently awaiting the next awesome update! Keep up the awesome work, we all appreciate your great efforts!
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Pyrizzle wrote:
sdevaney wrote:Forum spam should be under control.
Yep! Looks like things have gotten waaaaay better. I have had 0 spam posts since the change!
Looks like spammers are doing their best to disprove this point... :shock: I came onto the forums, and saw 7 new pages of pure spam.
Hey guys, I'm back.
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Wyrmspawn wrote:
Pyrizzle wrote:
sdevaney wrote:Forum spam should be under control.
Yep! Looks like things have gotten waaaaay better. I have had 0 spam posts since the change!
Looks like spammers are doing their best to disprove this point... :shock: I came onto the forums, and saw 7 new pages of pure spam.
9 this morning for me.... But I think that I might need to try some of these pills.... :lol:
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Impossible to stop it all, so we soldier on banning and deleting.
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You did a great job cleaning it out so quickly. And as annoying as it is, it can also be seen as a testament to this site's growing popularity.
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Problem: forum spammed

Suggestion: registration sends confirmation to registered email
Require confirmation to create account
1 account per email

Suggestion 2:
Non-administrator can only create 2 new topics per 24 hour period

Combine these 2. Should be very effective
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Xero wrote:Problem: forum spammed

Suggestion 2:
Non-administrator can only create 2 new topics per 24 hour period
I disagree with the topics part. I haven't posted on the forums much (until recently) and now that I have started I am trying to catch up on all the posts. I am sure that there are many others out there in the same position.

It is just one of those things that has to be dealt with.... hence the reason for moderators.
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I disagree with you disagreeing.
Who needs to create more than 2 topics per day? Not reply posts...new topics.
spammers, they want to create multiple topics
And moderators are people too. They have lives and it's not fair to them to expect them to babysit the forums constantly
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