coppro
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If I want to create a new style in DROD, I open up the console and type:

~Graphics:Style=Aboveground;Fortress;Foundation;City;Deep Spaces;Iceworks;MyStyle

And that works. Then I hit:

~Graphics:MyStyle=MyStyle

And I get "Unrecognized console command." I would expect that I could add a new entry to drod.ini to add things like this.

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Console??? What console???

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vittro wrote:
Console??? What console???

I always thought it's the normal chat, although I can't test it since DROD doesn't recognize my ~ key.

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Macs have a facility called the Console. I can't explain what exactly it is or does (although I have one), but it is something to do with the workings of the computer. I was asked by mrimer to do something in console and produced a page of unreadable . . . "something" - I don't even know what to call it. He understood it though and it helped to cure a bug.

Coppro will be able to tell you more (if you want to know more )

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coppro
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It's the chat window in the editor or when playing.

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Elfstone wrote:
Macs have a facility called the Console. I can't explain what exactly it is or does (although I have one), but it is something to do with the workings of the computer. I was asked by mrimer to do something in console and produced a page of unreadable . . . "something" - I don't even know what to call it. He understood it though and it helped to cure a bug.

Heh... yeah, that console is where you cheat on the operating system...

But nowadays it's become quite the norm to provide something similar in games - a similar facility where one can type commands and alter or inspect some of the game's inner workings that can't be modified otherwise; mostly for testing out things in the game while developing it, and after that oftimes some cheating.

As far as DROD is concerned, that would be the entry box for the built-in chat that doubles as a console - try entering "~help" there...

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Briareos wrote:
Heh... yeah, that console is where you cheat on the operating system...

me!!!? cheat an operating system?! heaven forfend!!!!

. . . As far as DROD is concerned, that would be the entry box for the built-in chat that doubles as a console - try entering "~help" there...

you mean just type"~help" where I would normally type what I'm saying?


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Elfstone wrote:

Briareos wrote:
. . . As far as DROD is concerned, that would be the entry box for the built-in chat that doubles as a console - try entering "~help" there...

you mean just type"~help" where I would normally type what I'm saying?

Exactly. That, and of course hitting enter afterwards.

But all it'll net you will be a bit of explanation what you can do with it, and I'm not sure if it'll be of much use to you...

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coppro wrote:
If I want to create a new style in DROD, I open up the console and type:

~Graphics:Style=Aboveground;Fortress;Foundation;City;Deep Spaces;Iceworks;MyStyle

And that works. Then I hit:

~Graphics:MyStyle=MyStyle

And I get "Unrecognized console command." I would expect that I could add a new entry to drod.ini to add things like this.

Good idea. I've added this functionality to 3.0.2.