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06:50 AMHmmm... Well. My unblemished record is no more. I got busted last night scripting for extended periods of time without watching the screen.

The truth? I fell asleep behind the wheel at around 4 this morning. *blush* Dumb way to get a warning but hell, I deserve that one.

In case anyone was out and about in the catacombs, I was the reason for that invasion down there... they decided to test me with pale crabs and giant ants where normally giant rats only live.

Heh... one rat even screamed ouch when I killed it. I wish I had been awake to see that. Other rats were being like inanimate objects, when I tried to attack I couldn't... I lunged forward and attacked the giant rat mercilessly.

Anyhow, today's lesson learned? I need to move my laptop off my bed so this stupid stuff don't happen.

Will I actually heed this? Prolly not. Too lazy and dun wanna change my whole set up in the room just for one incidence.

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Caels Onae'Rae
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MSN : Caels_Onaerae@hotmail.com
ICQ : 91446467
Yahoo!: caels_onaerae reg

11:50 AMYa know...this has been bugging me for a while now. Why do people script hunt the catacombs? I mean, it's so blatantly easy to just walk around and swing, skin, and search. Why make a script? I mean, heck...macro the stuff...but I know no one has that drastic carpal tunnel syndrome to not just walk around by clicking 1 or 2 keys.

I guess I'll just never understand the whole scripting thing.

-Revalos reg

12:31 PMI dunno Revalos. I never understood the attraction to scripting either. But I've heard that if you aren't good at typing it can be very easy to mess up doing it all manually, or hitting the wrong macro key when the screen is scrolling like crazy during a hunt. So maybe that's part of it, at least for some folks.

As for me, it would take me longer to figure out a script than it would be to type it out manually since I type very fast and rarely make a typo error. I'm a dunce when it comes to creating scripts. So I do what I do best - type.

I have no problem with people who want to script hunt. Hunting can be monotonous. As long as they're watching the screen, they can script to their heart's content and it won't make any difference to me.

But Caels - I'm surprised at you! Bad boy, bad! It's great that you just owned up to it and took your lumps though. Proves that some people can accept and work with the system even if the system comes down on them for messing up.

Congrats on finally breaking your perfect record - you're one of the crowd now!

R - who had 3 official warnings in the time she spent regularly in GS, and none during the occasional visit in the past 2 years.
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05:34 PMI scripted it recently so that it would be easier to take my lil wizard hunting. That way I can script hunt with one and play with the other, I just happened to be scripting both last night cuz I was bein lazy and then I fell asleep, like a dumbass.

*shrugs*

I script because the programming aspect gives me more to do. I enjoy programming, even though I am novice at it. I taught myself on BASIC and Q-BASIC. A couple of years ago I started dabbling in C++ and then moved to web design and such, but I haven't been studying up on it like I should.

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Caels Onae'Rae
AIM : Caels OnaeRae
MSN : Caels_Onaerae@hotmail.com
ICQ : 91446467
Yahoo!: caels_onaerae reg

07:33 PMI use scripts for skinng, regestering, and a few other things. But for hunting I just use Macros.

Asmodea Drey'Haus reg

08:53 PM<< I script because the programming aspect gives me more to do. I enjoy programming, even though I am novice at it. I taught myself on BASIC and Q-BASIC. A couple of years ago I started dabbling in C++ and then moved to web design and such, but I haven't been studying up on it like I should. >>

Not to sound like a prick or anything but...

There's a HUGE HUGE difference between scripting in GS and programming software in C++.

I'd put scripting on the same level as perhaps HTML coding or browser scripting.

- Lord Kranar, human Archwizard reg

08:59 PMIn terms of difficulty yes, but the thought process behind is scripting is more like C than it is webpage making.

Sonic reg

11:46 PMEven plain c is much more object oriented than the GS Scripting engine.

GS Scripting is very much like BASIC. reg

05:04 PMActually, I always thought scripting looked alot like specialized batch programs. especially with IF_1 and all the variables being %whatever.

I consider it programming because I am using a pseudo-language to send commands to an engine to do something productive.

Taken from www.dictionary.com

quote:
tr.v. pro·grammed, or pro·gramed pro·gram·ming, or pro·gram·ing pro·grams or pro·grams
To include or schedule in a program: program a new musical composition.
To design a program for; schedule the activities of.
To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.
To train to perform automatically in a desired way, as if programming a machine: programmed the children to use perfect table manners.
To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.

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Caels Onae'Rae
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05:34 PM<< I consider it programming because I am using a pseudo-language to send commands to an engine to do something productive. >>

The definition from dictionary.com is so vague it would suggest that moving a mouse around is programming since technically you're doing everything the definition states is programming.

Programming is assembling instructions for the processor/OS to process. Scripting is assembling instructions for a program to execute.

That's why I say there's a big difference. When programming you really have to know how the operating system works as well as the hardware and how to make use of them. When scripting you don't need any of that.

- Lord Kranar, human Archwizard reg