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Jim Jones posted 26-12-2002 01:51 GMT
How come quest does not support animations? is it because the window just doesn't understand how to let the picture move or something
MaDbRiT posted 26-12-2002 11:10 GMT
Hi Jim
I think it is because Visual Basic (which Quest is coded in) doesn't offer an included 'control' which supports animations.
You can make and AVI, an MPEG or a Real Media file and 'shell' it from Quest when needed though, so this is hardly a great loss.
I think Alex said somewhere that he plans to add animation in GIF format support to Quest, but I know there are legal issues regarding licencing to use "GIF" technology.
Al
kingcoaster posted 04-01-2002 01:14 GMT
I'm not trying to get at you here, but i beleive the purpose of Quest is to create INTERACTIVE FICTION games which is like choose your own adventure stories, not a graphics game. But other than that, im going with MaDbRiT

Author	Topic: another question sighed by me
Jim Jones	posted 26-12-2002 01:51 GMT How come quest does not support animations? is it because the window just doesn't understand how to let the picture move or something
MaDbRiT	posted 26-12-2002 11:10 GMT Hi Jim I think it is because Visual Basic (which Quest is coded in) doesn't offer an included 'control' which supports animations. You can make and AVI, an MPEG or a Real Media file and 'shell' it from Quest when needed though, so this is hardly a great loss. I think Alex said somewhere that he plans to add animation in GIF format support to Quest, but I know there are legal issues regarding licencing to use "GIF" technology. Al
kingcoaster	posted 04-01-2002 01:14 GMT I'm not trying to get at you here, but i beleive the purpose of Quest is to create INTERACTIVE FICTION games which is like choose your own adventure stories, not a graphics game. But other than that, im going with MaDbRiT