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[Ian Crotty <archangel114@xxxxxxxxx>]

Based on the current font and font size for RR we have only 7-8 characters
for answers in RR.

Ian Crotty
UTS Hardware Technician
Ball State University


On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Zach Elko <zachelko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, there are a few ways to look at this...
>
> From the perspective of the Question Generator, we need to be aware of the
> maximum size that each game can support graphically. Some talk has been made
> about relocating the questions and answers in Rabbit Runner to a new
> location and replacing the answers in the gates with "A, B, C, D" for the
> multiple choice element. I almost feel we *have* to go this route in order
> to make Rabbit Runner useful for more than a few types of questions, because
> the size of those gates is really limiting us at this point.
>
> The same concerns are there for BS, but for different reasons. So in that
> case, just find out how much space we've got and limit the stuff based on
> that.
>
> Also though, we only really need to support reasonable lengths for answers.
>
> For vocab, there is no way they'll need longer than 25 characters for an
> answer.
>
> For math, I'd venture to say that 10 is a safe length.
>
>
> Zach J. Elko
> Ball State University Unified Technology Support
> Certified Hardware & Software Technician
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Doug Shook <dsshook@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Another task that I just thought of to add to the list is determining what
>> the maximum input size should be for the questions/answers in all of the
>> games and adjusting the Question Manager to enforce this.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Zach Elko <zachelko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I've already talked with Ian about the stats screens for Rabbit Runner
>>> and Battleship, so him and I are going to tackle that. Basically, he'll make
>>> the image have the labels we need, and I'll apply the stats text on top of
>>> the image in the appropriate places. This allows us to have a "fancy" image
>>> but still get our data on to it.
>>>
>>> Also, Ian, make sure you either inform Tom, or work with Tom in regards
>>> to the game manuals since you and I had discussed how we wanted to do that.
>>>
>>>
>>> Zach J. Elko
>>> Ball State University Unified Technology Support
>>> Certified Hardware & Software Technician
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Doug Shook <dsshook@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the suggestions Ian.  I, too, have noticed that it can take a
>>>> minute for the sets to load up and there is an item on my list for adding in
>>>> some sort of a notification about this.  On the bright side, however, when I
>>>> use it on campus (as the kids will be) it goes much much faster than when I
>>>> use it at home.  Still, making the ftp UI more friendly can't hurt, and I
>>>> plan on making it happen.
>>>>
>>>> Battleship still isn't equipped to handle vocab sets very well, I've
>>>> been working on that off an on for weeks.  It's on my list of things to fix
>>>> up too.
>>>>
>>>> And while I'm on the subject of listing work that still needs to be
>>>> done, the FTP needs to be tweaked to allow the addition/removal of classes,
>>>> as well as the ability to change the server settings.
>>>>
>>>> The window headings for Battleship and BF are blank right now, minor,
>>>> but they should probably be added in.
>>>>
>>>> I think that the green background for the stats screen in BF should also
>>>> be changed to something graphical.  Nothing complex, maybe just the grass
>>>> graphic or something perhaps?
>>>>
>>>> Hangman also has an issue with the Launcher in that it's only running
>>>> through one word at a time before automatically quitting.  I believe that
>>>> this has to do with how it's interacting with the launcher.
>>>>
>>>> Also, next weekend I'm borrowing an iBook from Burris so that I can get
>>>> an installation ready for the PPC macs.  Hopefully there won't need to be
>>>> many changes made to the software to accomplish this.
>>>>
>>>> These are the only issues that I'm aware of at the moment.  Not really
>>>> directed at anyone in particular, mostly just talking out loud to keep my
>>>> own thoughts straight, but please feel free to add things to this list as
>>>> they come up so that we have a record of what all needs to be done before
>>>> launch, thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Ian Crotty <archangel114@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My apologies for not sending an acknowledgment e-mail sooner, I've been
>>>>> a bit busy this weekend.  Every looks really good and I've very happy
>>>>> everything is tied in now.  I've been testing it off and on all weekend.  BS
>>>>> did have a hiccup when I tried to load Pedro's Journal vocab, but I get the
>>>>> feeling that was more my VM being uppity.
>>>>>
>>>>> The menu is functioning perfectly and I couldn't be happier with it,
>>>>> great job on that Doug.  The only thing I've noticed is when the Launcher
>>>>> pulls the files.  It takes some time, at least for me, to pull each file
>>>>> down from the iLocker account.  The kids won't have the terminal to let them
>>>>> know what its doing.  I think either a progress bar or even just a message
>>>>> box saying something like "Retreiving files, please wait" would be adequate
>>>>> to let them know that the game is doing something and didn't freeze up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise I haven't encountered any problems with the menu system and
>>>>> the games.  Zach, the blood smear is awesome.  It really adds to the game.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm hoping to have the new levels up by Tuesday.  I plan on 10 for now.
>>>>>  If you think there should be more, please let me know.  Doug, thank you for
>>>>> adding those new enemies in, they look great and add some more flavor to the
>>>>> games.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thats about it from me.  I'll keep play testing and get those new
>>>>> levels done.  If I run into any problems I'll post a bug report or let
>>>>> someone know.  Cheerio!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian Crotty
>>>>> UTS Hardware Technician
>>>>> Ball State University
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Doug Shook <dsshook@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just put up a bunch of changes on the repo.  A summary:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The question set ftp stuff is up and kind of working.  The Question
>>>>>> Generator appears to work but some of the features are still missing, and
>>>>>> some of the uploading/downloading functionality is still buggy, especially
>>>>>> in the Question Manager.  I would avoid using the Question Manager for now,
>>>>>> unless you're attempting to fix the bugs.  I uploaded it because it mostly
>>>>>> works and because I was hoping that I could get some help from you guys to
>>>>>> fix some of the bugs.  I'll report all of the ones I'm aware of to the
>>>>>> tracker later tonight, and I hope to have most of the features finished and
>>>>>> the bugs worked out over the weekend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had to make some changes to QuestionSet in order to make this stuff
>>>>>> happen.  Now instead of taking the index of the requested set as an argument
>>>>>> it simply takes the filename and loads it directly.  RR, BS, and hangman
>>>>>> have all been updated to reflect this change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The new menu system is also up and uses the Question FTP stuff.  There
>>>>>> are one or two bugs in there as well, but in general it works great.  I will
>>>>>> post those bugs on the tracker later as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have the time please go through and test some of this stuff and
>>>>>> report any bugs you may find.  Remember that in order to use the Launcher
>>>>>> you will have to update the entire repo and rebuild RR and BS before
>>>>>> rebuilding the Launcher.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think that's about everything, but if you have any questions or
>>>>>> advice feel free to holler at me.
>>>>>>
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