ZZTAE problems

Post by **MadTom** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:36 am

I confess to not being able to understand why there are people who have used both external editors, and still prefer the classic one. That's not to imply that KevEdit or ZZTAE result in "better" games, because they don't: Frost 1; Power was made in the classic editor, while there are plenty of games of deplorable quality on the archive made with the external editors.

It's just that I'd say that most of KevEdit's features, for example, are simply faster (or even less buggy) ways of doing something that would just take longer or be more convoluted in ZZT, like the use of STK toolkits, copying a tile or object, or cutting and pasting text. It's not like any of it "artificially enhances" ZZT or anything, like say fonts or ZPallette.

So is it just purist motives, or what?

760 · Post by **760** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:38 am

I just want to ask MADTOM this.

What games have you made and which zzt/zztae/megazeus machines

E.G

Ha game (zzt)
Mothafu&^* (szzt)
Come on madtom. What games have you made.
The reason im asking is that im sure ive played some of your games but cant remember.

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:40 am

you know there's a search button on the main page

and you can type in authors

and get their games.

760 · Post by **760** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:48 am

Yes i know. But they'll all be for zzt most of them (wont they).
I cant remember but im sat at college so i probably dont have time to search.

Post by **MadTom** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 12:56 pm

Look! I'll even make you a link.

http://zzt.org/?p=database&search=MadTom

760 · Post by **760** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:02 pm

Thank you.
Now i know where i know you from.
Mainly:

Burger
ZZTV
Greed 1+2

See that wasn't so hard was it.
Thank you and goodbye!

Post by **MadTom** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:06 pm

That amuses me no end.

760 · Post by **760** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:10 pm

Which means what exactly?

Ryan Ferneau · Post by **Ryan Ferneau** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:31 pm

No sam til the dawn breaker! Pillhip isn't with the booty hop without!

That's what it means.

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:40 pm

madtom makes burgers alright

for the good burghers of sydney

this is madtom at work;

superbowl shuffle · Post by **superbowl shuffle** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:32 pm

I laughed so hard when I saw burger.

To answer your question, Madtom:

1. Purist motives.
2. It would take time to get used to the format of a new editor, and I can't be bothered with that.
3. I am so used to zzt that I can press buttons on instinct. Pure instinct, no less. Like s enter esc y p or k c enter w enter e l* enter l enter b pagedown up enter.

*arbitrary

nuero · Post by **nuero** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:11 pm

Pal88 wrote:Thank you.
Now i know where i know you from.
Mainly:

Burger
ZZTV
Greed 1+2

See that wasn't so hard was it.
Thank you and goodbye!

Post by **Quantum P.** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:22 pm

MadTom wrote:I confess to not being able to understand why there are people who have used both external editors, and still prefer the classic one . . . So is it just purist motives, or what?

A warrior up against a totalitarian society has to be self-reliant.

760 · Post by **760** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:32 am

Has quantom p. read/ate a dictionary again?