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That's all my news for now. One final thing I'd like to add, is when you upload pictures, I recommend compressing them first. Even if this place happens to have unlimited storage space, compressing them will help the images load much faster.<br>
That's all my news for now. One final thing I'd like to add, is when you upload pictures, I recommend compressing them first. Even if this place happens to have unlimited storage space, compressing them will help the images load much faster.<br>
Even though I have many programs on my PC that can compress images, I find myself using a great compression website called TinyPNG.<br>
Even though I have many programs on my PC that can compress images, I find myself using a great compression website called TinyPNG.<br>
Take the two screenshots on here for example, the first one, MSDP GUI, was originally 387.4 KB. After compressing, it took it down to 131.5 KB without losing any quality. So I highly recommend that place!<br>
Take the two screenshots up above here for example, the first one, MSDP GUI, was originally 387.4 KB. After compressing, it took it down to 131.5 KB without losing any quality. So I highly recommend that place!<br>
[https://tinypng.com/ www.tinypng.com]
[https://tinypng.com/ www.tinypng.com]
 
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Here's another example of one I just compressed.<br>From 257.5KB down to 65.7KB.<center><br>
Here's another example of one I just compressed.<br>From 257.5KB down to 65.7KB.<br>
[[File:Tinypng.png]]</center>
[[File:Tinypng.png]]</center>
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<b>MUSHclient Tip:</b> If you use MUSHclient, and you load up a png image and it shows up all messed up or scrambled, compressing it usually fixes it with no loss in quality.

Revision as of 15:06, 21 July 2016

I'm too lazy to make a page for now.

Fumino is my first character after being gone from this place for a very long time. When I came back, I wanted to use zMud (now cMud), however I had no clue what e-mail I had used way back then when I purchased it so I couldn't recover my license for it to unlock it again.

I saw that MUSHclient was now free, and decided to use that. I didn't like it at first, but then learned how to customize it a bit more to my liking. Slowly I learned more about how the client works and started making many aliases and triggers, then one day decided, why not share what I've made by turning these into plugins.

After that I learned more and more about the Lua programming language, and started becoming more in-depth with my plugins.

The MSDP GUI plugin started one day while playing, I was speaking to Belsambar who asked if I could adapt Msdp into MUSHclient. I had never heard of Msdp before, but was told it could tell you things like when you successfully hide. I was pretty much sold at that point to give it a try.
I was waaaaay over my head with this when I first started, but I dove in head first anyways and just kept trying different things, and when they wouldn't work, I went on a non-stop researching adventure to figure out how to get it to work.

I still consider myself quite a noob when it comes to Lua programming, but hey, the last time I did anything code-wise was back in the late 90s, early 2000s with simple html and javascript making websites out of notepad.

I'm always willing to help anyone with MUSHclient from what I've learned, and am even willing to build you whatever you want for it if you don't feel like learning all of that crap. I wouldn't blame you, it's a huge pain that consumes a lot of time and causes much frustration. lol.

UPDATE: One day, I'll make a proper profile page... Anyways, I am still developing the MSDP GUI, however it is now called MSDP Sidebar. The interface is becoming more customizable, feature rich, and sleeker with each update.

To compare how far along this project has come since I started on it, here's a couple screenshots.

TFC MSDP GUI, v1.0



First picture is the very first release of MSDP GUI, v1.0

TFC MSDP Sidebar, v2.6



This second picture is what it turned into, MSDP Sidebar, v2.6

I may end up adding all my developer notes on here. They show the struggles I've overcame while trying to build it. Plus for anyone who uses it, they will be able to see exactly what has been added or changed, and all the future plans for it.

Keep in mind, this plugin is still a Pre-release! It is nowhere near finished, and although I've polished the code a few times, it has yet to be fully optimized.

I keep a lot of the code long and open to make it easier to continue adding features and fixing any bugs found during development. I must give Humphrey and Darkclaw a shout-out here, as they are eager bug testers who have helped me fix many issues it had in the early stages, and with Darkclaw being an immortal, I've been able to make the plugin work for both mortals, and immortals which was an issue for a long time.

And although a lot of the reasons that got all of this started, have since been removed (ie: ability to see when you hide/seek, wizard marks, god spells, etc..), I will still continue to develop it further as I believe with the amount of features it currently has, and all the ones yet to be added in, it will still be a very useful tool.

Speaking of features yet to be added, the list of things to add is very long! One of the features has me eager to add early, however it is not planned until towards the end of the year. Perhaps I can put a voting poll here of all future plans and get some people to vote for which features they'd like to see sooner, rather than later.
Anyways, the feature I am speaking of is for magic classes. The plugin will detect if you have any magic classes, and will give you an optional HUD (heads-up display) specific for that class.
For example, if you are a Mage, you could click the Wizard Marks & Portals tab to keep track of all the ones you have, and be able to click on one to portal, and maybe even have aliases you could use if you do not like to take your hands off the keyboard.




That's all my news for now. One final thing I'd like to add, is when you upload pictures, I recommend compressing them first. Even if this place happens to have unlimited storage space, compressing them will help the images load much faster.
Even though I have many programs on my PC that can compress images, I find myself using a great compression website called TinyPNG.
Take the two screenshots up above here for example, the first one, MSDP GUI, was originally 387.4 KB. After compressing, it took it down to 131.5 KB without losing any quality. So I highly recommend that place!
www.tinypng.com

Here's another example of one I just compressed.
From 257.5KB down to 65.7KB.

Tinypng.png



MUSHclient Tip: If you use MUSHclient, and you load up a png image and it shows up all messed up or scrambled, compressing it usually fixes it with no loss in quality.