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Re: Train Set Design (Help?)
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004 04:39:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Cary has said he is not going to do a TrackDesigner converter. His
> perogative.
I don't recall saying this -- I probably did though, I just don't remember --
but what I meant to say was "I don't know how to do a Track Designer converter".
I've tried a few times to get in touch with Matthew Bates, the original author,
but have had no success. A five minute conversation about the storage format,
however incomplete, would be very helpful.
If someone has reverse-engineered the format or cares to do so now, I will
happily add to TrackDraw support for a converter.
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> I would love it if some clever person did a converter. Even a partial,
> imperfect, compromise riddled one that only worked 90% of the time. (that's
> the sort of thing Cary would not do, I expect, he's someone that I believe
> wants everything to be perfect if it's associated with him...
Larry, this made me smile. I don't know what I did to deserve this reputation,
but I hope I keep it up!
> Also I am not sure that people think the formats are finalised enough to
> where older layouts that they do now will work next year. Are they? Is all
> the XML now finalised? Or at least going to be forward compatible going
> forward?
The layouts are absolutely 100% guaranteed to be forward compatible. I have no
plans to ever obsolete any parts or layouts that are compatible with the current
version.
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> It needs better PR. It needs people singing its praises and giving clinics
> and making sample layouts available and lots of splash and pizazz. That's
> not Cary's style. He is so self effacing, it's not funny. (some of the best
> programmers are that way, you know). He needs a PR agent to say how
> wonderful he is. (and he is wonderful you know!).
Well, you lost me here. I guess this should go into off-topic debate or
something, but I'm not sure TrackDraw or I need a PR agent. Nor would I want one
who would accept 10 or 20% of nothing as renumeration.
Cary
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| (...) I love TrackDraw. Every time I get a new copy of it, I marvel at how it's gotten even better. I play with it I marvel at how great it is and at the plethora of great features and gadgets it has. It never ceases to amaze me. Yet I still used (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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