bobrocks95
02-23-2008, 05:28 PM
It seems that most users that use ZC have never even bothered looking at a 2.5 beta build. People hear stories of how the betas 'constantly crash', or may 'screw up your computer'. These stories are, for the most part, untrue. The latest build such as 738 and 742 are both very stable. Many people stray away from the betas, while the truth is that if they simply used the beta, not even ZQuest, simply playing quests in it, 2.5 would be released MUCH sooner. A suggestion that I like to tell people is to simply play 2.10 quests, preferably ones that you've already beaten(as if there IS a bug, there's a chance that it may require you to restart or may break some feature, such as a previous one that lost me a heart container from a boss) in the latest beta build. Then you simply need to report the bug in this (http://www.armageddongames.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=153)
section of the forums(be sure to check if someone else has reported the same bug before you).
If at least half of the people that used 2.10 would at least give a 2.5 beta a small test run, I'm sure most of them would stay.
In addition to scripting, a feature that makes ZC's boundaries nearly limitless, there are a TON of new features in 2.5. My personal favorite is the 'large' mode, which as features such as... Well... Some pictures would do better, since there's so much:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/zelda003.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/zelda002.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/zelda001.jpg
As you can see, the numbers below the main screen allow you to switch between remembered screens that you choose, for better multi-tasking.
The icons at the very bottom allow you to switch between the different screen options, instead of pressing page down/up.
On the right, you can easily have different screens on your combo sheet open at once.
Along with all the other new features that will come to 2.5, it all makes the program amazing, but without people helping by reporting bugs, 2.5 will not be released until around late '08, '09, and maybe even later. Please help this cause!
As a side note, you can get the 2.5 betas here (http://www.shardstorm.com/).
section of the forums(be sure to check if someone else has reported the same bug before you).
If at least half of the people that used 2.10 would at least give a 2.5 beta a small test run, I'm sure most of them would stay.
In addition to scripting, a feature that makes ZC's boundaries nearly limitless, there are a TON of new features in 2.5. My personal favorite is the 'large' mode, which as features such as... Well... Some pictures would do better, since there's so much:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/zelda003.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/zelda002.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/zelda001.jpg
As you can see, the numbers below the main screen allow you to switch between remembered screens that you choose, for better multi-tasking.
The icons at the very bottom allow you to switch between the different screen options, instead of pressing page down/up.
On the right, you can easily have different screens on your combo sheet open at once.
Along with all the other new features that will come to 2.5, it all makes the program amazing, but without people helping by reporting bugs, 2.5 will not be released until around late '08, '09, and maybe even later. Please help this cause!
As a side note, you can get the 2.5 betas here (http://www.shardstorm.com/).