.dms Files in BYOND Discussion

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Aug 4 2005, 2:52 pm
I had gotten v3.5 of BYOND....
And DreamMaker doesn't allow people to, via File / New, make .dms files anymore.
Why?

And I do realise you can just make one with notepad, but it seems much easier and simpler to make it in DreamMaker.
#1 Aug 4 2005, 3:18 pm
Roara wrote:
I had gotten v3.5 of BYOND....
And DreamMaker doesn't allow people to, via File / New, make .dms files anymore.
Why?

And I do realise you can just make one with notepad, but it seems much easier and simpler to make it in DreamMaker.

Weird, I wonder why they would do that.

You can just type in "blah.dms" in the text box, and it will make a .dms file. A simple workaround (and faster).

~~> Dragon Lord
#2 Aug 4 2005, 4:27 pm
In response to Unknown Person (#1)
They're doing/did it because of the new client/script var, which eliminates the need for .dms files.
#3 Aug 4 2005, 6:34 pm
In response to Ol' Yeller (#2)
Ol' Yeller wrote:
They're doing/did it because of the new client/script var, which eliminates the need for .dms files.

New? It's been there. Unless you mean UPDATED client/script var.

Hiead
#4 Aug 5 2005, 1:06 am
In response to Ol' Yeller (#2)
Ol' Yeller wrote:
They're doing/did it because of the new client/script var, which eliminates the need for .dms files.

Nonsense. client/script is definitely not new. It's been in for AGES.

I suspect that if it does have a purpose, it's paving the way to 4.0, where DMS files will either be redundant or completely revamped. After all, the two uses of DMS files in games are macros and interface control (text colours and such); 4.0 will have a completely new interface designing system, so that part at least will be obsolete. I have no idea about the macros. But that's just a personal educated guess, so don't take this as fact. =)

Or it just could be an odd mistake.
#5 Aug 5 2005, 3:52 am
In response to Crispy (#4)
Crispy wrote:
interface control

Smart man!
#6 Aug 5 2005, 5:44 pm
In response to Mike H (#5)
Why thankyou, Mike. One tries one's best!
#7 Aug 7 2005, 12:57 am
In response to Crispy (#6)
what's a dms file used for? :)
#8 Aug 7 2005, 1:01 am
In response to Cowdude (#7)
Many things! DMS files facilitate Join/Connect/Download links on the website, save certain Dream Seeker settings, allows game authors to change the colours of the text box in Dream Seeker, and allows game authors to set up macros specific to their games.
#9 Aug 7 2005, 1:03 am
In response to Crispy (#8)
oh yeah those files. I knew I had heard that often I just couldn't remember being able to create a .dmb them in Dream Maker so I spaced it x_x
#10 Aug 7 2005, 2:09 am
In response to Cowdude (#7)
Cowdude wrote:
what's a dms file used for? :)

Heh, I had almost forgotten about their existence before this thread, myself. Anyways, there's an answer to this already, so I'm not gonna restate it.

Hiead