[quake3] Re: internationally accepted toggleconsole bind

Daniel Lord daniellord at mac.com
Wed Feb 7 10:33:30 EST 2007


On Feb 6, 2007, at 21:23, echon at echon.org wrote:

> I suppose that rcon is a good example, but the other ones were  
> problems with the mods, or things for advanced users. Making  
> regular users learn console commands will just annoy them.

I agree users shouldn't be forced to do it. Ideally the widest  
audience is reached with simplicity and the least intrusion of the  
underlying technology on the game experience--which is why game  
console sales are booming and resulting in overall increased revenues  
in gaming.

But this game is not going to find its way to a game console and part  
of its attraction is its flexibility and 'hackability'. I often saw   
in game advice telling someone new to a map with the hook mod how to  
install it. I am writing a Python remote server controller so I can  
check status and administer my  server via a GUI without the game  
being invoked. When I am happy with it (too many other things  
competing for my time) I'll wrap it in PyObjC with a nice GUI and not  
use the console nearly as often.



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