Anavrins, on 25 April 2016 - 04:56 PM, said:

It's the source code of the program that matters, so moderators could see what the actual program does. An encryption program shouldn't be marked as malicious just because it encrypts your files.

Lego Stax, on 04 August 2016 - 04:45 PM, said:

thecrimulo, on 09 August 2016 - 12:11 PM, said:

The main standard for drawing pixels will already be there, no need to create one yourself. There actually doesn't need to be any standards for any programs by default, since there will still be something similar to the window API and everything will basically work like in CC. The only thing that programs will need to adapt to is the screen size and dynamic size changes (e.g.: window gets resized, a new CCNext-multishell tab is opened). This works with CC and windowed OSes already, if you make your program adapt to display resolution and listen for "term_resize" events. This way people won't need to search for any standard if they want to make their programs compatible with a windowed OS.

Where there should be a standard, is the actual window controls and properties: allow window to be resized/fixed size, change window's title, enable/disable close/maximize/minimize buttons, etc.. Also, for OSes with a desktop a drag'n'drop functionality would be fun (e.g.: dragging a file from your desktop to a messaging app).

Also, looks like the OS is called CraftOS 2.0, but the game is CCNext. Or not.

So I guess I should post this here in case I come up with ideas. I'm in!

GitHub repo

 TheRockettek, on 23 June 2016 - 07:26 AM, said:

UTC+0 actually.

In which timezone does the competition start. Because the live counter says there's 1 day and 22 hours left, but for me after 23 hours it will be Friday. May I suggest the GMT timezone? Since it's the one and only GMT+0 timezone .

Just because it has already been done doesn't mean you cannot redo it better, with more features and what not..

Exerro, on 25 July 2016 - 03:51 PM, said:

You're thinking about compiling to Lua bytecode, which isn't really a good way to obfuscate your Lua source, but EEVV might be making a better obfuscator, that doesn't just use string.dump().

A good way to obfuscate the code would probably be to compile said code into a very primitive language, or a very primitive Lua source code, similar to how, for example, C++ is compiled into a Linux program. One complex language is "converted" into a very primitive language and thus it becomes very hard to read.

Exerro, on 25 July 2016 - 08:08 PM, said:

Like I said, you have to "convert" it into something primitive. For example, converting the Lua code into an assembly-like language and then either converting that into Lua or making a simple interpreter for it.

I myself am using Windows 10 for quite some time now and haven't had many issues with it. I don't care about any privacy issues. I think it looks a lot nicer than any Windows so far and I also like the simple design. It's different for everyone when it comes to design and layout. I'm not using any 'mods' or 3rd party software to replace the default Windows programs or features. I am also not using tiles, too used to the start menu.

If there are ads in the start menu (I haven't noticed them) I doubt it's a core part of the OS. If it's a tile - it's an app, and if it's an app it's not really a part of the actual OS, is it?

Talking about start menu, I'm really used to the search feature, it works super fast and I can open any program I want in just second or two.

The main (maybe the only, for me) problems I have are two: automatic updates and tightened security. The first one bugs me because sometimes I am not connected to an infinite-data internet connection and I like to control when I actually download and install the updates. The second one is annoying when I'm modding games. Most (although not all) games' folders have their security tightened, so that you need to confirm every action you do, like deleting or moving files. It gets annoying with those messages ("You need to provide administrator permission to...") with a simple button to confirm that you're an administrator, which is kinda stupid...

I updated to Windows 10 (from Windows 7) mainly because of:

• the design looks better
  
• windows explorer has a better layout and more features
  
• the command prompt got some little changes
  
• the default windows apps for videos, music and photos (also calculator), they're awesome!

But of course there are issues with Windows 10, I'm not trying to deny it. When it comes to Windows I think you should be using Windows 7, and unless you have a good reason to update, don't really use Windows 10. There are a lot of hate about it (although a bit too much), and it's not just nothing. You should be aware of what your computer is running and what your needs are. I am satisfied with Windows 10.

Automatic Windows updates never bothered me, until now, as I'll be on a metered connection for about two weeks. So I went online to look for a 'hack' to disable them and instead found that the "Ask me to download and install" option is still actually a part of windows updates.

Dog, on 13 July 2016 - 09:03 PM, said:

MKlegoman357, on 08 April 2016 - 07:22 PM, said:

Bomb Bloke, on 08 April 2016 - 11:05 PM, said:

Dog, on 09 April 2016 - 06:03 PM, said:

Disabling automatic updates worked fine for me. When there are updates Windows will pop a notification and wait for you to actually approve you want to download those updates. Though you cannot select which updates to install.

everyOS, on 06 April 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

Windows doesn't convert any files you download with your internet browser, it's the browser itself that creates the file and thus changes the extension. Neither MS Edge, nor IE does such a thing.

Stekeblad, on 09 April 2016 - 08:36 AM, said:

Yes, I'm aware of that setting.

Oh, I see. Well, a euro sign (€) would be useful to have as another very common currency.

bauen1, on 17 June 2016 - 03:32 PM, said:

This is the map those characters.

I see a bunch of duplicate characters, like 20 and 182 or 0 and 9 and 10 and 13 and 128, which could be used to expand the character set even more.

EDIT: 21 and 167.

I'm not really sure about the usefulness of signs such as 180 (´ - Acute accent - spacing acute) and 184 (¸ - Spacing cedilla). Where exactly would you use them? They're quite specific to my mind and maybe could be replaced with some more usable and generic

BTW, I noticed that the characters 238 and 206 look like nice torches.

ChaosNicro, on 17 April 2016 - 08:30 PM, said:

It's the shell program that parses the arguments and gives you a string, not Lua. There's no such thing as 'automatically assign a type to a variable'. Just wanted to put away this misconception you might have had

Cannot test it right now but as I understand the turtle reports all the info to the server which actually stores the map? If so does that mean I can use multple turtles at once to speed up scanning?

PixelFox1, on 18 July 2016 - 11:56 PM, said:

epicidity, on 19 July 2016 - 10:00 AM, said:

Incinirate, on 19 July 2016 - 04:55 PM, said:

False. The computer can render as fast as the server (the actual real-life computer) can process the statements and the computer's screen/monitor will refresh as fast as possible. Probably the only point where tickrate matters are timers (which accepts 0.05 as the lowest possible value). Actually, that's where the "myth" comes from: you cannot make a timer lower than 0.05 thus getting only 20FPS. But you can kind of overcome this issue by constantly yielding and pulling events until the computer waits the amount of time you want. Although, this solution isn't an ideal one anyway.

Incinirate, on 20 July 2016 - 12:31 AM, said:

If this were true writing each pixel individually would take you about 32 seconds, which is not true at all.

Oh, misinterpreted that. Yes, there's a limit to how fast the server can send packets.

Luca_S, on 26 August 2016 - 09:02 PM, said:

That doesn't work, all fs functions (with the exception of fs.find()) don't handle wildcards. But shell.run("rm *") would probably be dangerous.

Are you suggesting a way for the ComputerCraft computer to create an actual internet server? So you could use for things like hosting actual websites? Please rephrase your idea (the whole idea, not just a part of it), because nobody here seems to understand what your suggestion is.

randomdude999, on 07 June 2016 - 06:50 PM, said:

All keyboards have an insert key. It might be hidden as a function key (fn). Or it's name might be shortened to something like "ins".