Re: Help required (any experts out there?)

In article <376...@news.freeserve.net>,
pin...@spammers.will.be.nailed.to.a.tree.mindless.com (Mepacrin)
wrote:
> 
> Having visited www.asciimation.com and seen the Star Wars animation I
> have, prompted by a mass viewing of "Bad Taste" while under the
> influence, undertaken a perhaps over-ambitious project.
>         Put simply I'm creating an ascii art B-movie. I am, however,
> encountering difficulties (this is my first experience with
> Javascript) and any help would be appreciated.
>         How can I repeat a single frame for a set number of ticks? I
> need to do this so that I can have scenes with speech which will
> remain on screen long enough for people to read.
>         Also I need an economical way to repeat that single frame ad
> nauseum with slight variations (like the speech and small areas of
> animation going on in other parts of the screen). The optimisation
> technique at Lizard's site is unsatisfactory as I need to be able to
> change all the lines of the animation at some point (whenever the set
> changes for example).
>         Can anybody help me?

Whoa!!! And I thought I was best at trying to run before walking.
Shimrod knows quite a lot about Javascript. Is he still around? And you
might try The Omega

http://transload.starblvd.net/cgi-bin/forum?name=the_omega. 

He knows a lot about Javascript (not that much about ascii-animation)
and may know a way to repeat the single frame. That would be an amazing
thing to be able to do. If you find out how, please post here. I will
alter my optimization page.

But if you are making a whole movie, then you should probably go the
Java route that whoever made the StarWarsasciianimation used. Alas, I
know nothing of it yet as it isn't viewable in Netscape3 and I am still
refusing to upgrade (I have no reason). I have been able to see the
StarWarsasciianimation though by looking at the Jar File and using the
pagedown technique. (Hilarious!) 

Doing a whole movie makes for a huge huge file. And I don't know if the
Java style can be optimized. Meph, miK? Anyone else?

Why don't you make a little trailer showing exciting scenes from your B
movie to entice us?


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