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Faustus
Marshal
Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
|  Posted: 2004-06-02 13:18
Time for another status update.....
I've completed moving the engine and tools over to UniCode, which supports 2 bytes per character allowing all languages to be displayed by the game. I'm now on the game code moving it as well over to unicode, this process is going rather quickly, so this should be done in a day or two..
The localization system is completed, allowing all text from the game assets and code to be exported to a text file, which is loaded at run-time allowing the language to be changed dynamically. We shall be releasing a localzation package with the next update, allowing you to translate the game to your own countries language.... anyone interested in translating the text to their language, please email me at rlyle@palestar.com, you will receive free play time as compensation.
Finally, found a font that has ALL character sets including Korean, Chinese, and all other languages. It's a Arial font, which is slightly different in style from the current Verdana we use in-game at the moment, but it's a nice looking font never the less.
I shall be moving onto the final resourcer changes this week hopefully, giving the devs the ability to edit the game assets. (models, textures, ship configurations, etc...)
-Richard
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McSwindle
Admiral
Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 341
From: England
| Posted: 2004-06-02 13:27
Gd Gd, keep up the good work.
I'll translate it into Cockney Rhyming Slang if you want...
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Juxtapose
Grand Admiral
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: May 11, 2002
Posts: 1308
From: Give me your bullets!
| Posted: 2004-06-02 13:29
An Arial Font!?
NOOO!!
Thats the base font that I have to use for running reports, audits and other work-related, nausea-inducing crap!
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Grimith
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Templar Knights
Joined: August 09, 2003
Posts: 836
From: Your local future farm.
| Posted: 2004-06-02 14:28
~Oh, come on, Jux... it could be worse... It could be Wingdings. 
~Keep up the good work, Faustus.
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JackSwift
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: October 30, 2002
Posts: 1806
From: Where the Sun dont Shine (Seattle-ish)
| Posted: 2004-06-02 14:30
I prefer Curlz myself. 
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Axianda The Royal
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Terra Squadron
Joined: November 20, 2001
Posts: 4273
From: Axianda
| Posted: 2004-06-02 14:31
Sweet get the rescourcer running so DEV can get busy 
great to hear its comming along nicely keep it up
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LittleBig
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Mercenaries of Andosia
Joined: March 08, 2002
Posts: 191
From: Poland
| Posted: 2004-06-02 14:36
I think that localization thing is - NOT SO IMPORTANT- for DS players !(notice that all of us was playing English version so far and there was no problems !) And I think there will be not much more players cuz of localization, BUT THERE WILL BE much more players kuz of 1.482 (including me). point.
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Depthcharge
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Galactic Navy
Joined: December 08, 2002
Posts: 1549
From: DFW, Tx
| Posted: 2004-06-02 14:41
Battlefield Font all the way 
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UnknownWarrior
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Raven Warriors
Joined: July 18, 2002
Posts: 724
From: North Carolina, USA
| Posted: 2004-06-02 14:50
So Faustus, im taking it all the ship models gonnna be getting a huge update then?
-Temjin
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Spaceflower (Swe)
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Joined: December 28, 2002
Posts: 73
From: Sweden
| Posted: 2004-06-02 15:02
I REALLY hope people continues to use English when they talk to eachother in game... I would be soo confused and soo lonly otherwise *g*
S-flower: Hallå är det nån som vet hur man använder den där maskhåls tjossan?
Axi: ???
S-flower: Hur lång räckvid har 1:an?
Rock: Ich verstehe die Frage nicht.
Mr russian: понимать не
Nevertheless, i think you doing a great job. My only regret is that i don't have time to help you translate it to Swedish.
PS. This is NOT a sarcastic post. I never post those. And I do think Fautsus is doing a great job!!!
EDIT: *sigh* What's the fun in writing in russian when the forum can't handle it *g* It really killed the fun out of it. *L*
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Faustus
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Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2004-06-02 15:29
Localization is an obligation we have by contract, it has to be done for DSA...
-Richard
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Shigernafy
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2004-06-02 16:22
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So Faustus, im taking it all the ship models gonnna be getting a huge update then? |
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Not a huge update, as we don't have new models. Its a small business we're running here, after all. We do have a couple new models, though..
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Axianda The Royal
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Terra Squadron
Joined: November 20, 2001
Posts: 4273
From: Axianda
| Posted: 2004-06-02 16:34
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On 2004-06-02 16:22, Shigernafy wrote:
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So Faustus, im taking it all the ship models gonnna be getting a huge update then? |
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Not a huge update, as we don't have new models. Its a small business we're running here, after all. We do have a couple new models, though..
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surely you guys can start on the weapons layouts?
and other stuff lying around
as for spaceflower, ik kan erg goed begrijpen dat mensen het vervelend vinden als er niet in het engels wordt gesproken maar het is/kan ook erg handig zijn om in je moedertaal met een groep te kunnen praten
If ya wanna know what it says get a dutch translator
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Mariano (peace)
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Joined: June 24, 2002
Posts: 1006
From: Rainbow Station
| Posted: 2004-06-02 16:38
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On 2004-06-02 16:22, Shigernafy wrote:
.... as we don't have new models. .... We do have a couple new models, though..
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get some sleep m8
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BackSlash
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2004-06-02 16:42
lol ^
Good to hear its coming along quickly now..
Will this move over to unicode be down by the end of the week...and if so, what are the chances of seeing a DS update within 2 weeks ( im serious )
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