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DAL 9000 · 06-17-2006, 03:01 AM

Thanks to the amazing, incredible, and miraculous OOTP text editor (which I, uh, kinda like. Y'know... carnally.), I can finally do something I've wanted to for a long, long time: go through all the in-game text and make it more lifelike-- more like you're dealing with an actual person or reading an actual news story, as the case may be; and, in the process, replace the text objects that, well, kinda look like they were written by a German programmer who lives and works in England.

This is a ginormous undertaking, and the truth is that I don't know if I'll complete it, but I do know two things are on my side. First, I'll be posting updates in this thread with samples of my better work, and that should keep me honest; and second, you have no idea just how much spare time I have on my hands this summer. No. Idea. It's ridiculous.

I grow weary of this endless talking, gentlemen. Let's do this thing.

06-17-2006, 03:01 AM	#1
DAL 9000 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 294	Tilting at Windmills: the diary of an XML tinkerer Thanks to the amazing, incredible, and miraculous OOTP text editor (which I, uh, kinda like. Y'know... carnally.), I can finally do something I've wanted to for a long, long time: go through all the in-game text and make it more lifelike-- more like you're dealing with an actual person or reading an actual news story, as the case may be; and, in the process, replace the text objects that, well, kinda look like they were written by a German programmer who lives and works in England. This is a ginormous undertaking, and the truth is that I don't know if I'll complete it, but I do know two things are on my side. First, I'll be posting updates in this thread with samples of my better work, and that should keep me honest; and second, you have no idea just how much spare time I have on my hands this summer. No. Idea. It's ridiculous. I grow weary of this endless talking, gentlemen. Let's do this thing. __________________ Llama farmers of Wisconsin! "Welcome, and enjoy our llamas." Last edited by DAL 9000; 06-17-2006 at 05:47 AM.