[BlackDove]

Hi. 

My name is Will, I'm from South Carolina, and ever since I first played the  TSM-103C mission, I've been addicted to FreeSpace and the Descent games.

I'm fairly experienced in FRED2 Open, and have other programming experience (2 years of C, 4 years of Java, another 4 years of PHP, and I can't count how many I've done web design with CSS and HTML).

So I guess you could say that I'm the incoming jump signature with a nerdy configuration?  Or perhaps that applies to the whole board? 

All joking aside, I'm glad to be a part of HLP.  You can call me sigtau, Sigma, TMS, or just Will if you prefer.  Whatever works, right?

Yeah, that's all fantastic.

Why is there no SCP avatar under your nickname, and why aren't you slaving away at the Open code?

Someone better change this for Great Justice.

[Spicious]

I hope you're not trying to claim HTML as programming experience.

[Scotty]

What's the blinkin' forum code for the welcome beam again...?

Welcome! Pro tip: suck up to Goober and the mods, they've got God-level clearance to your account and have a habit of sticking people with bizarre custom titles.

Yet thus far I remain unscathed. Woo!

Scathed By Admins

 

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Si vis pacem, para bellum.

I can do everything through him who gives me strength
    - Phillipians 4:13

Rankings:

1) At least until (if) FS3 ever becomes reality.  You never know how long it may or may not take.

Wow, he said the magic words and no one beat him.

Behold!  I can say FS3 with no fear or retribution!  Fear me!

American and Proud to Be!
I will not be denied!! 

[tinfoil]

Scotty, why is your signature longer than your average length post?

[iamzack]

Because of God.

[Scotty]

Most likely .  That, and I feel like being as annoying as possible without actually having to say something.

(Most of it's the quote sequence, and I like that part).

[tinfoil]

Because of God.

I won't respond to that.

EDIT: DAMN!  

[haloboy100]

Careful there, Scotty. Don't wanna get your signature nuked...

[Scotty]

You can get nuked for being annoying? 

[tinfoil]

Beamed actually. ( )

[haloboy100]

You can get nuked for being annoying? 

No, but your sig can be nuked if it gets too long.

* Haloboy  remembers when this happened to him.

[iamzack]

You... could rewrite the quote thinger so it's not so big. It is annoying. XP

Because of God.

I won't respond to that.

EDIT: DAMN!  

I was quoting some movie I've never seen.

[tinfoil]

* tinfoil notices that haloboy has no signature

 

[haloboy100]

Because I learned my lesson.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Mine was nuked once, but that was because I was trying to be obtuse.

[Dilmah G]

Yeah, Kara "trimmed" my sig and got rid of the actual quote boxes but kept the text, it looks so much more aesthetically pleasing now

[karajorma]

Most likely .  That, and I feel like being as annoying as possible without actually having to say something.

So do I.

[Dilmah G]

LOL!

[portej05]

I'm fairly experienced in FRED2 Open, and have other programming experience (2 years of C, 4 years of Java, another 4 years of PHP, and I can't count how many I've done web design with CSS and HTML).

Yeah, that's all fantastic.

Why is there no SCP avatar under your nickname, and why aren't you slaving away at the Open code?

Someone better change this for Great Justice.

To be honest, the code base is a bit intimidating if you're coming at it for the first time.
This is probably going to start a flame war, but I reckon the documentation could use a bit of effort - it's hard to find exactly what you're looking for, and you really need to have an idea of the whole codebase in order to do anything - e.g. the scripting can affect the HUD - I didn't know this when I first started looking at it, and I'm still not entirely sure how it affects the HUD 
There are also some things that aren't really documented at all. Feel free to flame away folks.

[karajorma]

No need for flames, it's a well accepted fact that the documentation for the SCP really needs a lot of work. The problem is that

1) Coders tend to assume too much is common knowledge and write poor documentation as a result.
2) Time spent on documentation is time not spent fixing bugs. Given that the number of active coders never seems to rise above 4 or 5 at any one time that is a big problem.

What might work is if people who can read code but not write it yet familiarise themselves with the code base by writing documentation. Simply pick a branch of the code with lots of under detailed stuff and start adding stuff to the wiki. Looking through the commit log can quickly give you an understanding of what the feature is for. Reading the code will help you understand how it all ties in together with everything else.