[DGD] List problems

[Felix A. Croes]

The mailing list has had some trouble recently.  I missed several postings,
and so, I gather, did most people.  The list was receiving new emails
but did not send any.  Apart from various tests and "are you there"
emails, there were two ordinary postings that I will quote below for
reference.

Regards,
Dworkin


> From: John Ruiz
> Date: Sun Mar  9 17:25:08 2003
> Subject: [DGD] [Windows] Taking DGD out of taskbar
> Message-ID: <000001c2e13a$f3390bb0$7460b240 at jar349>
>
> All,
>
> Starting up DGD in the background is easy in *nix platforms.  However,
> in Windows I've always got a taskbar entry for DGD when it's running.
> I've made the changes to my registry so that DGD automatically starts
> with my config file on login.
>
> My question is: is it possible to run DGD as an NT Service OR IF NOT, is
> there any way for me to run DGD in Windows so that there is no entry in
> the taskbar when it runs?  I'd like to be able to arbitrarily call up
> the DGD GUI (taskbar entry OK, here) and then send it away when I'm not
> using it.
>
> If none of this functionality currently exists for Windows, does anyone
> have any advice as to how DGD can be extended to include it?
>
> Thanks!
> John Ruiz
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> From: David Jackson
> Date: Sun Mar  9 21:05:02 2003
> Subject: [DGD] Strange Use of DGD  Perhaps
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302262152510.60489 at olmec>
> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302261539120.1451-100000 at hoot.monkeyspeak.com>
>  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302262152510.60489 at olmec>
> Message-ID: <1046518136.7372.5.camel at host148-null.null.bellsouth.net>
>
> So, I'm sitting here in front of my computer, looking around at
> different 3D engines, when I come across Cube.  Very simply designed
> first-person-style 3D engine.  Then it suddenly hit me.
>
> Cube is incredibly easy to modify.  It has networking code in it
> already, but this could easily be supplanted with something different
> (translate: better).  You could easily write it to get it's data from...
>
> ...the binary port on DGD.  And from DGD you could manage all of the
> players, manage the NPC's, and a wealth of other opportunities.  DGD is
> flexible enough to handle all of this data (if you look at DGD as a very
> complex, relatively fast scripting engine).  
>
> Blam!  The birth of a graphical MUD.  Or the first Linux-based MMORPG. 
> The engine is too simplistic for a real first-person shooter (like
> Quake), but it's certainly quite suitable for these purposes.
>
> I must be some sort of genius. ;)
>
> -David Jackson
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