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| 19 JUL 2006 at 6:44pm |
| Deleted User | I think any graphics software for vector graphics should do fine.
You can, for example get Xara Extreme for Linux since this version is free now : http://www.xaraxtreme.org/
(Windows version costs money).
Also originally from Linux but freely available for Windows is Inkscape: http://www.inkscape.org/
If I can think of others I'll post them later on.
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| 20 JUL 2006 at 10:58pm |
bobinator1992Intergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 19 JUL 2006
Status : Online | Any programs especially made for interactive fiction? I was thinking maybe a pen and paper RPG mapping program would work (if any exist). I'm no good at Inkscape, but I really appreciate your help, Ogre.
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| 22 JUL 2006 at 1:00pm |
| Deleted User | Google is your friend ^^
You may try out: http://www.viewing.ltd.uk/viewingdale/index.htm
or even better:
http://autorealm.sourceforge.net/index.php
alternatives:
http://www.profantasy.com/
http://gametable.galactanet.com/
this should be enough for starters... ^^
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| 23 JUL 2006 at 3:45pm |
RonSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | GUEMAP works pretty well, since it's made especially for mapping interactive fiction:
http://home.comcast.net/~chris-madsen/GUEmap/
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| 30 JUL 2006 at 5:26pm |
ggaIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | You can try my IFMapper. Multiplatform, free and good.
For instructions on installation and usage:
http://ifmapper.rubyforge.org/start.html
For downloading:
http://rubyforge.org/projects/ifmapper
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| 31 JUL 2006 at 9:38am |
RonSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | @gga. The mandatory install of the Ruby scripting language and FXRuby was my reason not to choose your program. I appreciate your development of IFMapper, but in my opinion, such a tool should be stand-alone, and not need any additional software to run. Is it a possibility that future versions are usable without Ruby?
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| 1 AUG 2006 at 11:34pm |
ggaIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | ron,
IFMapper was written with ruby/fxruby in mind, so it isn't likely I'll be rewriting it using other languages/gui toolkits.
Technically speaking, IFMapper *is* a stand-alone application, just like a windows application still needs MFC installed and the corresponding windows dll.
Choosing a scripting language to write the code allows for faster coding and easier development (plus, with things such as the recent ruby Ajax Inform interpreter, it could end up being a good bet in the near future so as to run IF directly on the web -- with automapping).
The big question for you is whether what bothers you is:
a) Having ruby/fxruby installed on your machine (say, you are perl/python guy and hate ruby)
or
b) Having to go through 2 or 3 different installers (which you only have to do once, btw, as rubygems should then automate it all). If you are on windows at least, this is really *extremely* simple to install. Other platforms, admitedly, are more tricky.
If the answer is a), there's not much that can be done about it. If the answer is b), on windows at least, this can be improved even more. ruby already has tools to wrap all libraries into a single .exe file (haven't done it myself yet, but others say it is pretty good). In the end you still end up installing ruby/fxruby, but just from a single .exe file (which would probably be several Mbs in size).
Unfortunately, I am unaware of a similar tool for other platforms (osx, linux).
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| 6 AUG 2006 at 10:49am |
RonSorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 26 NOV 2002
Status : Online | @gga,
Having ruby/fxruby on my system isn't a problem. I assume they only take up a small bit of harddisk space and don't need other system resources unless i'm running Ruby-applications. It is the need for the three different installers that bothers me, especially since it's not likely that I ever want to install other ruby-written applications. (Well, not that many anyway...)
It would be fine for me if a wrapped .exe-file installs IFMapper and dumps some necessary ruby files somewhere else on my harddisk, as long as they can be uninstalled at my command, of course.
This reply might sound lazy, but I tried installing IFMapper before, and found installing Ruby to be quite irritating. I will try it again though, giving IFMapper a 'second chance' so to say. I don't want to discourage people from downloading your tool if there is no reason for it, especially not on this forum.
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