I was looking around in the Protox.xmb file and I started to build a new unit based on the "Ajax Older" unit, and I found a very interesting line:
[deathmessage]Greg Wishes he was a 3l33t haxOr[/deathmessage]
Can someone explain exacly what da funk this is supposed to be? And who is "Greg"?
"I am the shadow, the keeper of light. If you want the sun's power, show me your own" Dullahan; Golden Sun: The Lost Age
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Kronos29 Mortal
posted 28 October 2006 08:23 PM
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I think that doesn't affect gameplay. Dude, ease up on the words you use.
With Regards, Kronos29
Some people call me smart, some super smart, I prefer to call myself, GENIUS. Best Game Evar! +=+/-_//Kronos29\\_-\+=+=
Candlemaster Mortal
posted 28 October 2006 08:50 PM
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Dude, ease up on the words you use.
I said "Da Funk", not whatever you thought I said.
Kronos29 Mortal
posted 28 October 2006 09:03 PM
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you said da funk because you know you will be banned if you used what i thought, right?
With Regrds, Kronos 29
Some people call me smart, some super smart, I prefer to call myself, GENIUS. Best Game Evar! +=+/-_//Kronos29\\_-\+=+=
Paperfriend Mortal
posted 28 October 2006 09:06 PM
EDT (US)
4 / 14
But since he didn't use it, there aren't any problems.
Yes, periods and smileys are the same for me No matter what you say
Candlemaster Mortal
posted 28 October 2006 09:14 PM
EDT (US)
5 / 14
Quote:
you said da funk because you know you will be banned if you used what i thought, right?
Yep.
"I am the shadow, the keeper of light. If you want the sun's power, show me your own" Dullahan; Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Magnum Pi Mortal
posted 28 October 2006 10:22 PM
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I've seen "Greg" listed in a few comments hidden deeply in aomxai.xs, IIRC. Greg is one of the developers (don't know hat he does though) and this message appearently is just ES having some fun, as they did when choosing the names of the music, and in all the many unused .dll strings (there are plenty more). All these extra bits of info have no effect on gameplay, but are funny nonetheless.
Also, after finding this, I searched protox.xml for any other [deathmessage] tags, and I found the exact same line in the "Ajax" unit and the "Agamemnon" Unit. They say the exact same thing (Greg Wishes he was a 3l33t haxOr), but those are the only units in the game that have a [deathmessage] tag.
I presume this particular proto function gives the game a message to show when the unit dies, (hence, Death Message) but these are the only units in the game that have this tag, and all 3 have the "herodeath" flag, so none of them can actually die!
Seems like a waste of code to me.
"I am the shadow, the keeper of light. If you want the sun's power, show me your own" Dullahan; Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Kronos29 Mortal
posted 29 October 2006 00:16 AM
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I think it was the thing they say when they die like "oomf!"
With Regards, Kronos 29
Some people call me smart, some super smart, I prefer to call myself, GENIUS. Best Game Evar! +=+/-_//Kronos29\\_-\+=+=
papaya ಠ_ಠ
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posted 29 October 2006 00:30 AM
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Some file has a line in it that mentions unlocking 3 new gods after a certain date. When it was first discovered it was very funny.
oh you can wait for what I can give you know what I am so you know how I live try to look proud but you’re not in the slightest its happening now and it’s always been like this.
PrplPplEater Mortal
posted 29 October 2006 02:37 AM
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10 / 14
Yep. One of our members found a few lines predicting that in October of 2003, three new civilizations would suddenly appear in the game. Babylonians and two others. Guess what? They didn't.
I think the file was game(x).cfg. In it, there were a few commented-out lines about revealing/hidding (can't remember which) the Babylonians and two other civilizations. Needless to say, they never got put back in, but it makes me wonder if we could, even theoretically, add new civilizations to the game by trying to replace these non-existant ones. Or maybe I'm being too hopeful here and there is only room in the executable for the 4 civs because these 3 mystery ones got their places removed from there.
papaya said it would be 3 gods,not 3 civs. it meant major gods and ES made AoM:TT with 3 more major gods.
Magnum Pi Mortal
posted 04 November 2006 06:47 PM
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But it gamex.cfg it says civs, that should have been clear when I said it metioned the "Babylonians" which certainly is not a god. And nope, (checked in exe) it turns out thier places have been removed.