Assault Andy Administrator
I make other people create vaporware
Registered 29/07/2002
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12th June, 2004 at 20:07:10 -
Hello everyone. Here's an idea - Why don't all of us clickers get together and create our own fileformat. We can then create differant applications and games that use this format. Here are some examples of what I mean:
Webpage format - Create a language then make browsers with moosock.
Music format - Create our own music format, like a mod\it\midi.
Or create a format, then differant applications interperate the file differantly. For instance one program may interpet the file as level data, while another interpretes the file as a music file.
"Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
The phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" springs to mind.
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Assault Andy Administrator
I make other people create vaporware
Registered 29/07/2002
Points 5686
13th June, 2004 at 08:26:06 -
I'm not suggesting we replace any file formats, I just think it would be fun if we could share a file format. Think about it: ..... Wait it is a stupid idea. LoL.
Actually, it's not. Almost all professional games have their own formats. About the only formats they share are the ones used for music, and art.(and maybe 3D models) Many games have their own map formats, save formats, etc.
I've thought about music formats, and discovered they lead to trouble.
The standards in the industry are for Textures, 3d models, and sound formats to be of a standard type. It's usually the publisher who hold developers to these standard format, so should a dev studio close, most of their work was already completed in a standard format, so the publisher can pass those on to another dev team.
Well yes, microsoft's directx has set some standards for this.
Like 3d data and maybe music, i don't know for use.
But you can always create your own engine and formats, many people in the gamebizz create their own tools for map and level design. Well music is getting standardized (not sure if that is a word) to 5.1 streams. And don't forget save files, those a re different for each game, mainly because each game needs to save different data and some are encrypted and others not.
The only custom formats anyone usually makes is the save format of a game or app. Because every game or app needs to save different things, the formats are always different, so it would be silly to try and standardise a save format.
Explain CK4R1??? I don t get you. Implementing it would be easy. if everyone has the same save format, the format for saving this file would have lots and lots of groups but you use the one your game needs. such as theres a group for platformer, application etc. just set group to the game type and away you go.
what do u mean by locking people out who dont have the right apps? its not like we are going to have an application that is the only thing u can use to open the save file and look at it. wait do u mean music or something??????? cause you can open the saving file one in notepad easy
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