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    Code4Food
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    Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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      Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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      I just picked up my copy at Sam Goody ;) The game is good so far (:-D) but I just wish I had a better TV...the text is a bit hard to read unless I sit in a certain position. EBWorld screwed me yet again, this time they claim the address verification failed on my credit/debit card...odd it is my address and it matches perfectly to what is on my statement. James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him

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        I just picked up my copy at Sam Goody ;) The game is good so far (:-D) but I just wish I had a better TV...the text is a bit hard to read unless I sit in a certain position. EBWorld screwed me yet again, this time they claim the address verification failed on my credit/debit card...odd it is my address and it matches perfectly to what is on my statement. James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him

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        Code4Food
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        NICE! :) Did you get a saber yet? Was it long? And how is the combat? Man, I can't wait till I get home to play, oh well another night of programming gone :) and so is another day. Yeah they just opened the egbames in my area I walked in (lunch) and I asked about this game, heard a lot of good things about it. They said they only had one left. So I bought the game, there was a suprised look on the sales clerk face when I then asked how much an XBOX was? :) Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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          Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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          Code4Food wrote: I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. One way (and dubious, yes) of ensuring the quality and committment of the developer is by asking for big bucks for the SDK. Besides, how else are they going to recoup their losses on this thing? Marc Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
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            Code4Food wrote: I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. One way (and dubious, yes) of ensuring the quality and committment of the developer is by asking for big bucks for the SDK. Besides, how else are they going to recoup their losses on this thing? Marc Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
            A doable project is one that is small enough to be done quickly and big enough to be interesting - Ken Orr
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            Marc Clifton wrote: Besides, how else are they going to recoup their losses on this thing? I thought that is what selling the games was about? I always thought the money was in the games not in the console. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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              Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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              Code4Food wrote: I mean why can't garage developers program for it? Control. It's the Microsoft way. The SDK is the reason that MAME for XBox was quickly pulled. It's illegal by default - you're not allowed to write free games for XBox, even if you bought the SDK. It's in the licence agreement. Christian NO MATTER HOW MUCH BIG IS THE WORD SIZE ,THE DATA MUCT BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE CPU. - Vinod Sharma Anonymous wrote: OK. I read a c++ book. Or...a bit of it anyway. I'm sick of that evil looking console window. I think you are a good candidate for Visual Basic. - Nemanja Trifunovic

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                Code4Food wrote: I mean why can't garage developers program for it? Control. It's the Microsoft way. The SDK is the reason that MAME for XBox was quickly pulled. It's illegal by default - you're not allowed to write free games for XBox, even if you bought the SDK. It's in the licence agreement. Christian NO MATTER HOW MUCH BIG IS THE WORD SIZE ,THE DATA MUCT BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE CPU. - Vinod Sharma Anonymous wrote: OK. I read a c++ book. Or...a bit of it anyway. I'm sick of that evil looking console window. I think you are a good candidate for Visual Basic. - Nemanja Trifunovic

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                That stinks :( Oh well. Its hard enough for me to keep remembering how to program for the PC :) Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                  Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                  I am jealous. I'm one of the idiots that pre-ordered which means I'll be the last person to get it. :((

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                    NICE! :) Did you get a saber yet? Was it long? And how is the combat? Man, I can't wait till I get home to play, oh well another night of programming gone :) and so is another day. Yeah they just opened the egbames in my area I walked in (lunch) and I asked about this game, heard a lot of good things about it. They said they only had one left. So I bought the game, there was a suprised look on the sales clerk face when I then asked how much an XBOX was? :) Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                    Code4Food wrote: Did you get a saber yet? I don't have a saber yet, though I am dual-wielding swords (a long sword and a modified vibroblade :)) It looks like this game is going to be similar to Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast where you don't get a lightsaber until somewhere in the middle (I imagine you get it before the middle in this game since it is supposed to be long). Code4Food wrote: And how is the combat? Combat is smooth, it follows the Balder's Gate/Neverwinter Nights style of combat where you tell the character what skills to use, but everything else is taken care of for you. A slight twist is that you can control your movement during combat so that you can get into better spots. Code4Food wrote: So I bought the game, there was a suprised look on the sales clerk face when I then asked how much an XBOX was? :laugh: James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him

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                      I am jealous. I'm one of the idiots that pre-ordered which means I'll be the last person to get it. :((

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                      LOL Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                        Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                        Code4Food wrote: I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. probably to keep a bunch of crappy games from flooding the market. Before you know it people are saying "yeah, it's a good console, but for every ten games out there, only two are good." Way back when, that was something thing that hurt the atari.

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                          Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                          We just got our office copies today. Now if I only had an XBox to play it on. Tim Smith BioWare Corp <--- :):):)

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                            We just got our office copies today. Now if I only had an XBox to play it on. Tim Smith BioWare Corp <--- :):):)

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                            No way you work at Bioware? That must be a great place. I am in awe to be in the precense of someone who works at Bioware. Btw, I have all your games! :) Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                              Code4Food wrote: I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. probably to keep a bunch of crappy games from flooding the market. Before you know it people are saying "yeah, it's a good console, but for every ten games out there, only two are good." Way back when, that was something thing that hurt the atari.

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                              tidge wrote: Way back when, that was something thing that hurt the atari I saw an article on this. What was funny is one of the games they mentioned that was crap was ET for the 2600 I use to love playing that game :) I was only 6-7 at the time. But it can also help the platform. If it is developed by garage developers and they published it themselves how is that to hurt the XBOX only the good ones would rise to the top. This would be like shareware for the PC. No one is complaining about the barriers to writing games on the PC. Anyways look at some of the great games that came out of a garage! *cough* Wolfenstein, Doom */cough* Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                                No way you work at Bioware? That must be a great place. I am in awe to be in the precense of someone who works at Bioware. Btw, I have all your games! :) Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                                Stroke that ego... :laugh: I started there just over a month ago. I will be part of the Star Wars for PC team. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                  Stroke that ego... :laugh: I started there just over a month ago. I will be part of the Star Wars for PC team. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                  :cool: The first thing I did when I got my copy was to check the credits to see if you had been there long enough to make it :) James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him

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                                    :cool: The first thing I did when I got my copy was to check the credits to see if you had been there long enough to make it :) James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him

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                                    Well was he? I am still at work going through some *VB* code :( Another hour and I can go home and hook up the XBOX and play. If he's in the credits that would be nice. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                                      Well was he? I am still at work going through some *VB* code :( Another hour and I can go home and hook up the XBOX and play. If he's in the credits that would be nice. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                                      No, I am not on the credits. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                        Stroke that ego... :laugh: I started there just over a month ago. I will be part of the Star Wars for PC team. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                        Tim Smith wrote: I will be part of the Star Wars for PC team. You need a beta tester?? I'm *more than willing* to help Bioware out! :-D (I'm sure this is something that *everybody* does when they find out where you work). I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene [Roger Wright on VB] Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. [Rich Cook]

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                                          Yeah I didn't even have an Xbox but I saw Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in a store and had to get one :) Now I can't wait to get home and play, I am just at work now *going through the motions*. I hope this game rules! I wish Microsoft would open up the development on the XBOX I mean why can't garage developers program for it? I can't imagine paying $10K for the SDK just to poke around and make a cube on the screen. Code4Food ---- "There is no try; only do or do not" -Yoda

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                                          > I am just at work now *going through the motions*. Why am I suddenly thinking of that fat kid video?

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