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Possible Weather/Description Code
Topic Started: Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:41 am (295 Views)
¤Laoura[Adm]
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Im my previous topic I made here at the announcements board ( [Click Here] ), I mentioned possibly creating a weather/forum description system that changes from week to week.

After a little poking around a Javascript site, I found a code that could possibly serve our purposes.

The downside?

It changes daily, not weekly.

I only have to update the code once a month, which is definitely nice. :D

I suppose it could still work out. The one problem is, that most peoples' RPs take days to finish and with the setting/weather changing on a daily basis, people could get confused. I could create notes that things do not absolutely have to change as frequently as the description/weather does.

I think this would be a great addition to Imythess, and I don't think people would get too confused by the daily changes.

So, I am open to any questions/comments/ideas/suggestions/etc. that you guys have. I am off to test this code now, but will still be lurking around here. :)
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Incubo_Mortale
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I suppose when the post starts, they'll go by an RP time. Meaning once they start, that's what the whether will be the whole topic through unless one of the RPer's makes it so a day goes by. If this happens then the current weather that the day was changed is now that weather in the thread.... See what I mean? :/
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I don't know if you know anyone else that has a good handle on javascript, but if you want to PM me the code, I can tear it apart and I should be able to make it once a week instead of once a day.
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¤Laoura[Adm]
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Actually, after playing with it a little, I don't think having it change every that bad.

That's what I sort of figured most people would do, just keep the RP in the same setting that it was when the topic started. I don't think it'll be a big deal.

The only thing I am a little upset with is the fact that I can't use images or other HTML for the daily entries.
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Incubo_Mortale
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Wait.... Images? You lost me their. Do you mean like have a snowy scenery, but still have the same World of Warcraft pic? Or... what? I'm confused on what you mean by that...
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¤Laoura[Adm]
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No, I mean just a little icon to represent snow. :)
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Incubo_Mortale
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Ooooh... Well as you can see the simple things confuse me ¬_¬. lol anyway, is that you can't find any, or the script just won't allow it. Because I can try and search for some weather icons ^_^
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¤Laoura[Adm]
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I actually have some awesome icons. Its the code that won't let me allow them.

And don't worry. Simple things confuse me too. lol.
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Incubo_Mortale
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w00t! I'm not alone! lol =P

I'm sorry but I can't help ya their. I'm to great with javascript. Sowwy :/
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Sounds good o-o

Though...it does go and eat up the artistic liscense a teeny bit...
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Rith
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Wow that is neat. Most people understand the weasther is not likely to change over ther course of a few minutes. I think it won't cause any real problems.
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¤Laoura[Adm]
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Thats what I think, but then it sort of smacked me in the face (Duh!) that I can just set every seven days something different and not have it change every day. I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner... I guess like Incubo my mind wasn't working... lol.

And as for the creative license, no one will be smited for not following the weather, but one thing to think about is how out of everyones control the weather really is. No one I know can choose what kind of weather there is. So I don't think it'll inhibit really anyone creatively. :) If they want it to be raining while its snowing, people won't be warned or anything for it. :D
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Rith
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I beleive you can set it up differently for each forum so there is no snow in the desert. I am very curiious to see how you have it fixed up for the advanced roleplay area since alot of those are weirder than normal. :D
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¤Laoura[Adm]
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I actually might just focus on the normal RP boards for now. :) I might wait a while to get those done. They are a lot weirder than normal.
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Rith
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Glad to see you will be givining it thought. You won't need to fix deep woods in any case given that it is in Norwood. And many of the places have only a small avaiabilty for weather. It would be funny to see rain or snow in the plane of fire. :lol:
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