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Sagittaire
Posted on 05-06-08 01:20 AM Link | Quote | ID: 82811


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For those who know me, It's good ol' Sagittaire from SMWC.

For those who dont: 19 year old computer programming major with intent to make an SMW hack for my college thesis. I also hack Doom WADs on the side, and have recently heard about this main forum where most of the hackers I've met have come from.

Hope to get to know you guys, and perhaps we can move the rom hacking community forward.

Later.

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blackhole89
Posted on 05-06-08 01:54 AM (rev. 2 of 05-06-08 01:55 AM) Link | Quote | ID: 82814


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I remember somebody else saying that he made an SMW hack as a college thesis long ago, but I'm not sure enough as to who it was anymore that I could name anyone... there's no way something like that would work at a European university anyway, unless you went some lengths to implement something that would have enough merit as a project in its own right into SMW ("Efficient traveling salesman problem solving over SMW overworlds!"). What exactly is it you have in mind?

Either way, welcome. (edit: Also, this )

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Sagittaire
Posted on 05-06-08 06:51 PM Link | Quote | ID: 82885


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Last view: 3770 days 		My plan's based around "The possibilites of programming". SMW seems to be the most ideal game to implement Assembly code and programming, in order to turn it into something completely different. I've played a fair share of hacks, and notice the differences between simple level edits and total conversions.

I've set out 4 years for the project, and am currently trying to implement ExGFX without having the graphics look like the aftermath of a horrid hangover. Suprisingly, it's trickier to edit than Doom, but it's simple to grasp the concepts. Hopefully all will come out right.

...and thanks for that intro link. Couldn't find it upon first look.



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blackhole89
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Four years? Bachelor's degrees here take less time than that... either way, good luck with that project.

This so further backs up my theory that there's some kind of mental blockade preventing a first-time poster from reading the stickies that's inherent to human nature.

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Edea
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Last view: 5823 days 		Not sure if this applies or not, but one of the reasons a bachelor's takes so long over here (at least where I'm from) is due to all of the general education requirements (which...are really unnecessary, if you want my opinion on the matter).

blackhole89
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Well... personally, I consider general education an awesome and important thing. People today are too single-track minded/overspecialized/whatever.

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Edea
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blackhole89
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...while I clenched my teeth over every subject I had to abandon when passing from the (dictated-schedule) 10th grade into the (partially selectable schedule) 11th grade in order to suffice the maximal number of lessons a week constraints.

Sure, there were some subjects I would have loved to abandon, but all of those were compulsory.

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Last view: 5823 days 		Was physical education one of them? Cuz it was for me! :x

NightKev
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So THIS is ACMLM's board.
Actually it's not Acmlm's Board, it's Board2 now. Acmlm is simply the original board coder, he isn't involved with coding or administration at all anymore. blackhole89 does the coding and the admins do the administrating.
There's no more Acmlm's Board.

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blackhole89
Posted on 05-07-08 01:23 AM Link | Quote | ID: 82927


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Posted by Edea
Was physical education one of them? Cuz it was for me! :x

Yeah; also German (first language, i.e. mark=rand()%16) and, to a lesser degree, Geography (rote memorization) and History (rote memorization+I already knew all the interesting parts of what was told).

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MathOnNapkins
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THIS IS SPARTAAAAAA



what? they made me do it...

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pieguy1732
Posted on 05-07-08 08:29 AM Link | Quote | ID: 82975


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Last view: 4949 days 		Welcome to board2, Sagittiare. Have fun here.

Also, I never knew you wanted to make a SMW hack as a college thesis. Interesting.

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Flan
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Posted by blackhole89
...while I clenched my teeth over every subject I had to abandon when passing from the (dictated-schedule) 10th grade into the (partially selectable schedule) 11th grade in order to suffice the maximal number of lessons a week constraints.

Sure, there were some subjects I would have loved to abandon, but all of those were compulsory.

Yeah, I sort of felt like this in HS. First two years were pretty annoying, third was fun, but last year was awesome. Especially physics. I had Japanese all four years though.


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Welcome to the board. Also, lucky you got to have your very own, and active welcome thread. :jealous:

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Sagittaire
Posted on 05-07-08 11:10 PM Link | Quote | ID: 83010


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And over in good ol US, my college has me bogged with general education classes. I'm just trying to learn Computer Programming, not about how Mr.So and so donated 20mil to the science building (Freshman seminar class)

...lovely how higher education...isnt.

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blackhole89
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Posted by Sagittaire
I'm just trying to learn Computer Programming

"Learning programming" in college? What's the exact name of the subject you enrolled for?

how Mr.So and so donated 20mil to the science building (Freshman seminar class)

So that's what they call general education over there? Well.. I didn't mean something like that, at least. :X

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Flan
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Last view: 4597 days 		Not really, at public universities you can shave off most general requirements, and take whatever courses or graduate in two years or so; at private universities, you'd probably have most interesting classes anyways.

Another note, although partially a byproduct of my interests, specific classes without buzzwords in their title, eg general equilibrium theory, generally seem to be interesting, although the low requirements imply deadbeats who need credit to graduate and other such people might be taking the course. My safe suggestion is to check out the textbooks and professor as well.


Sagittaire
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Posted by blackhole89

"Learning programming" in college? What's the exact name of the subject you enrolled for?


It's actually a double major: Computer Science and Business. Programming is one of the major classes I need to take, spanning over two semesters, and with the Business, I still have a path to get an MBA as well, securing both finance and my love for computers.

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