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Title: Who FREDs?
Post by: Black Wolf on February 28, 2002, 03:09:32 am: I'd imagine the number would be quite high, but I'm also interested at how good we consider ourselves :).

So, do you FRED and how good are you?

Personally, I rate myself as High-Intermediate. I understand it, can generally get it to do what I want, and only occasionally have problems. I'm not an expert as I have problems with mission balancing and making it challenging, but not annoyingly so or repetitive.
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Post by: Skippy on February 28, 2002, 03:43:02 am: I wonder who will vote expert :)
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Post by: Cetanu on February 28, 2002, 06:33:14 am: I did :)
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Post by: USS Alexander on February 28, 2002, 06:35:53 am: Me to :)
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Post by: Vortex on February 28, 2002, 06:38:47 am: Intermediate here!! :D:D:D
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Post by: Tar-Palantir on February 28, 2002, 06:59:01 am: Me intermediate!
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Post by: Skippy on February 28, 2002, 07:18:02 am: Intermediate too :p
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Post by: Alikchi on February 28, 2002, 07:39:24 am: Somewhere in between intermediate and high-intermediate.

I hate goals.
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Post by: CP5670 on February 28, 2002, 08:27:25 am: Expert dude here.:D As a trade-off though, I can't model at all.:p
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Post by: Unknown Target on February 28, 2002, 09:54:55 am: I would consider myself an expert, and I can do models. Two for the price of one!:D;):p
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Post by: Reaper on February 28, 2002, 10:14:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Unkown Target
I would consider myself an expert, and I can do models. Two for the price of one!:D;):p

You expert, then i would be ultimate expert.
I woted for intermediate, becouse i don't know what does it mean and it's in middle. =) and i don't know how good are other at that.
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Post by: USS Alexander on February 28, 2002, 10:28:42 am: Ok let's say the guys of V are experts what make us that then:p
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Post by: CP5670 on February 28, 2002, 11:20:25 am: okay, check this (http://wind.prohosting.com/cp5670/PItest.zip) and then tell me whether I'm an expert or not...:D:D:D
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Post by: Corsair on February 28, 2002, 11:42:29 am: newbie!!! :D:D:D
I can't FRED at all, but I'm trying to learn...
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Post by: Unknown Target on February 28, 2002, 12:53:22 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Infested_Larva

You expert, then i would be ultimate expert.

And what, pray tell, does that mean?! :D:p;)

j/k
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Post by: Reaper on February 28, 2002, 01:46:17 pm: Ok, unkow i've played your campaign... No escorts and all mission sucks exept last one. And second one is impossible. And you didn't made repeat triggers in campaign editor(so i'm also more expirienced in camp editor too ;) )
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Post by: phreak on February 28, 2002, 02:07:51 pm: High-Intermediate.. back when I did.
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Post by: Galemp on February 28, 2002, 02:09:30 pm: *sees flicker of a flame*

Ahhh! Nooo! Get thee back to the smoky pits of the VBB whence ye came!

*furiously smothers Larva's post*
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Post by: karajorma on February 28, 2002, 02:33:49 pm: I`d say I`m high-intermediate. Since I haven`t got any feedback on my missions (even if they are technically well crafted) I can`t say I`m an expert.
The secret of fred isn`t just making beautifully scripted missions but mainly in making missions that are fun to play. Until I`ve had some serious playtesting done I can`t call myself an expert.
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Post by: Wildlife on February 28, 2002, 03:13:20 pm: i'd say i'm intermediate,
ok but not great :nod:
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Post by: JR2000Z on February 28, 2002, 10:09:44 pm: Well, I made a couple decent missions.
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Post by: Grey Wolf on February 28, 2002, 10:18:38 pm: I'm good, but I don't use variables. The only differences between the different times you play my missions is how good you and the AI do.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 28, 2002, 10:53:40 pm: Low-intermediate. I can pretty much make a mission but I'd need to spend a lot more time fooling around with it to do anything fancy...
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Post by: LtNarol on February 28, 2002, 10:54:55 pm: intermediate, i can do just about anything i want with missions, but on occasion the missions wont work. Also, there are those like Cetanu who are much better than i.
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Post by: CP5670 on February 28, 2002, 11:12:24 pm: The time it typically takes for me to make a good mission is around two weeks; I spend the first two days actually putting together the mission file (all parts of it) and the other 12 on testing and playbalancing.:D
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Post by: LtNarol on February 28, 2002, 11:24:43 pm: 2 hour fredding, (usually 2 hours testing/balancing) then it goes to my staff for testing and stuff.
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Post by: CP5670 on February 28, 2002, 11:41:04 pm: wow, you can finish one in two hours? It usually takes me around eight hours (split into two days) to finish the mission file, along with 30-40 more hours for balancing the mission.:p
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Post by: Lonestar on March 01, 2002, 12:31:59 am: Expert
Although i havent dabbled in Fred2 for awhile. Im sure i could jump right back in and get back where i left off.
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Post by: Setekh on March 01, 2002, 08:18:17 am: Maybe we should have a rating system for FREDders... ;)

I don't FRED. :D
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Post by: CP5670 on March 01, 2002, 09:15:08 am: yeah, check out my missions on that link if you don't agree that I am an expert...:D:D (hey I have to be good at something:D)
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Post by: Ulundel on March 02, 2002, 08:47:18 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh

I don't FRED. :D

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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Post by: Ulundel on March 02, 2002, 08:49:58 am: I think I'm high-intermediate or expert. I'll let you deside cause soon you will see my minicampaign, a year later my BIG campaign and some TAP missions will be my work to I guess! :D
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Post by: Corsair on March 02, 2002, 11:34:37 am: Quote
Originally posted by Ten of Twelve

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Well, what do you want from the Steak? Mediocre missions or an updated Array? :D
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Post by: Wildlife on March 02, 2002, 11:44:27 am: Array! Array! :cool:
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Post by: LtNarol on March 02, 2002, 12:01:32 pm: [tiny voice] "crappy mediocre Setekh missions" [/tiny voice]

*hides*

:p
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Post by: CP5670 on March 02, 2002, 02:31:05 pm: I guess Setekh missions will have lots of Setekhs in them...:D
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Post by: WMCoolmon on March 02, 2002, 03:11:06 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Corsair

Well, what do you want from the Steak? Mediocre missions or an updated Array? :D

But what if we have neither? :confused:
The big problem is that Steak can't use any software that isn't his to design anything...ever wonder why Spirit only runs on "Linux"?
It's because Steak wrote the OS :D
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Post by: Corsair on March 02, 2002, 05:02:32 pm: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon

But what if we have neither? :confused:
The big problem is that Steak can't use any software that isn't his to design anything...ever wonder why Spirit only runs on "Linux"?
It's because Steak wrote the OS :D

That's true...there will never be a "February 2002" section of the Array, dunno why :confused: Probably because Setekh wrote his own OS and now he's having problems with it. :D
bad programming skills
*Runs and hides*

:p
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Post by: Galemp on March 03, 2002, 11:02:09 am: Quote
Originally posted by Corsair
bad programming skills :p

Could this be why he doesn't FRED?

*runs and hides*
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Post by: Ulala on March 04, 2002, 11:05:39 pm: I've FREDded a few good missions.. I'm intermediate I think. Thing is... I dont have anything to FRED for... no campaigns or anything to work on. Ah, perfect oppurtunity here... if anyone is lookin for a somewhat decent FREDder, I'm available. :nod:
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Post by: Black Wolf on March 05, 2002, 03:07:06 am: Quote
Originally posted by Ulala
I've FREDded a few good missions.. I'm intermediate I think. Thing is... I dont have anything to FRED for... no campaigns or anything to work on. Ah, perfect oppurtunity here... if anyone is lookin for a somewhat decent FREDder, I'm available. :nod:

See Siggy :)

We currently have a team of 3, and need some more good FREDders. A skinner would be nice too! :nod: ;7
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Post by: LtNarol on March 05, 2002, 07:57:08 am: hey, i need a good fredder too, i dunno if you've heard of Into the Night but i need some one to go over the missions and improve them, make them more involving. Interested? (email is [email protected]).
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Post by: Styxx on March 06, 2002, 08:41:22 am: I'm from low-intermediate to intermediate... I've only done a couple of missions, but tweaked a lot of them - specially for bonus objectives and scripted events. Well, I guess you'll see for yourselves when the Machina Terra Dem...

Ops.
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Post by: Skippy on March 06, 2002, 08:44:17 am: Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
I'm from low-intermediate to intermediate... I've only done a couple of missions, but tweaked a lot of them - specially for bonus objectives and scripted events. Well, I guess you'll see for yourselves when the Machina Terra Dem...

Ops.

:lol:
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Post by: Shrike on March 06, 2002, 11:28:31 am: I''d be intermediate, I suppose.
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Post by: Setekh on March 13, 2002, 06:52:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by Corsair
That's true...there will never be a "February 2002" section of the Array, dunno why :confused: Probably because Setekh wrote his own OS and now he's having problems with it. :D
bad programming skills
*Runs and hides*

:p

Unfortunately not. It's seriously quite bad. I spend all the available time I have (which is, admittedly, very little) doing maintenance stuff; art galleries, and fixing up vB stuff, of late. Shrike's in Brazil and the other staffers are AWOL for some reason or another; so I'm stuck holding down the fort. Been doing it for a year and then some, no break. :)
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Post by: 67th GW Leader on March 13, 2002, 09:45:22 am: I'm quite a good FRED'r, i am currently working on my Campaign, and i can usually come up with a solution.