Portboy

Cygnus X-1 Isn't that the best candidate for being a black hole. I seem to remember that from Astronomy 101 about 30 years ago. Hawking recently paid off a bet for staking out some erroneous theoretical position with respect to things being able to escape the event horizon of black holes - He's now working for EA Games as a product manager where he's putting his knowledge of black holes to practical use. On the topic of World deBuilder, I got around to sorting out the crash and have been as busy as a beaver - the rodent - that is, but can anyone tell me the way to quickly move in and out of different map areas. I am using the camera to select and zoom in on areas I want to work on - but is that the way? Inside my CNC jewel case it says that WB "makes building detailed game maps easier than ever". The method I found is a pain. Especially trying to set perimeters. Can anyone defog my aging cortex? Anyone who isn't busy managing too many things to manage them effectively? Hey Chickendippers have you ever been to Bootle? I have but I can't remember why.

i kinda know how to create maps. I set up terrain, start location, and i can do waypoints for trains, etc, and scripts. However, i don't know how to set up stuff like outer, inner perrimeter, and AI waypoints to attack and defend, etc. Take a look at this. It should clear it up conceptually. Not that I know how to deal with world builder - mine shuts down every time I try to start it. But check this and the following thread out - just to see what everybody's up against. http://home.ca.inter.net/~edwin/zerohour/Z...ointDiagram.jpg http://forums.cncden.com/member.php?u=411 Any good tutorials around that link the modding tools functions to the files? Especially how one might "break in" and fix the AI on some existing maps. For example, the ZH map that won't run the specialist Generals - infantry, laser, and the like. I'm an older guy and a former exec. in the board game industry, (retired), and I can't understand why EA management doesn't recruit someone to manage this franchise. If any of their grunts are scanning these forums, I challenge them to post an explanation. I'll go head to head. They are doing the shareholders and more importantly their customers a disservice. Believe me, there is an incompetent individual at the bottom of this - regardless of any pleas about financial constraints or future plans. 2c: