Over 5 months of work has disappeared. Timeline and stage don't show up - both just blank. List of junk I've done to try and fix this has grown too big to list.
Any of you guys ever encounter this problem where the only way of fixing it is NOT deleting the scene and all the work on it? I really, really, don't want to lose this. If I do lose it I am taking a long break from flash until I cool down.

Screeny of sadness

Spring Break

Spring break is comin' up. It'll be my first spring break as a uni guy so this'll be neat. Hopefully I'll see a few pair of breats and go on a couple crazy adventures around the town with friends. Anyone have actual plans for spring break?

At 2/7/09 03:57 PM, TheCriminalDuder wrote: Spring Break

Spring break is comin' up. It'll be my first spring break as a uni guy so this'll be neat. Hopefully I'll see a few pair of breats and go on a couple crazy adventures around the town with friends. Anyone have actual plans for spring break?

Going to GDC

Spring Break

Not in school, so it'll seem like just another week I guess.

Spring Break
My only holidays are during christmas and the summer break. Then again, I only spent about 6-8 hours on campus each week, so I can't complain.

Denvish

Welcome back! I haven't seen you for quite a while, and hearing that you've finally sorted out the ISP issues was great.

Collaboration Clampdown

I like the idea of cutting down on collabs that obviously won't go anywhere. For example, the 'Randomness Collab' is a pretty terrible idea for one. If this much people hadn't taken their time in producing pieces for it already then I don't think anyone would have missed it; or any other collaborations that are similar. I think the concept is more important than the organizer's BA; seeing as a collab with a great idea behind it will attract a lot of attention, and a lot of good submissions. A collaboration with a bad idea has less chance of working out than one with a good one, even if it is started by a good Flash author.

At 2/7/09 03:49 PM, x-factor11 wrote: here was his sketch..

From now on; I'm going to be basing my life on that innocent bystander. By lying in a cardboard box nothing can harm me!

At 2/7/09 04:00 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Going to GDC

Lucky bastard.

Why are there no good game industry conventions in the north of England.. (or England at all for that matter). One day I'll go to Leipzig..

At 2/7/09 04:28 PM, liaaaam wrote: Why are there no good game industry conventions in the north of England.. (or England at all for that matter). One day I'll go to Leipzig..

Leipzig died, there's a new convention being held in Cologne though.

Anyone care to tell me why I can't copy paste text from Word to Flash? It's kinda frustrating.

At 2/7/09 04:36 PM, Xeptic wrote: Leipzig died, there's a new convention being held in Cologne though.

One day I'll go to.. Liams Festival of Games. You'll see.

Actually I want to see a Newgrounds convention >.> Screw PAX, Newgrounds New Media Expo?

Anyone care to tell me why I can't copy paste text from Word to Flash? It's kinda frustrating.

You should be able to D:

At 2/7/09 04:36 PM, Xeptic wrote:

Congrats on UotD.

At 2/7/09 05:01 PM, Deathcon7 wrote:

At 2/7/09 04:36 PM, Xeptic wrote:

Congrats on UotD.

Cheers for telling me. What are the odds...

@ the copy/paste Word issue
Apparently I'm not the only one who's having this issue. Any other (mac) users here have/had the same problem? It's weird, I can copy paste text from other editors to flash, but not from Word.

Liam you a geordie, cumbrian or further south than that? I'm Cumbrian ;)

Hai Denvish!

Collab clampdown: I'd just raise the limit to 4, solo submission 3.75 and can't be a dreadful 3 frame clock flash submitted on clock-day. Something along those lines anyways.

Flash Gaming Summit
If you're going to GDC you might as well gotoAndPlay() the Flash Gaming Summit as well. I'm speaking on a panel this year for "Marketing and Distributing Flash Games" and so is Edmund for "What Makes Flash Games A HIt?" Site Here, you have to pay to get in but you get discounts for being a kid which you most likely are.

Collab Rules
I think we're good now but yeah, people are opting to make crap at the moment which happens. It'll probably clear out like it usually does. Also Luis needs to stop approving every collab and it's mother :) :) :).

Still waiting for a Collab forum.

Denvish
Come back, I hate voting for "The Most Missed User" every year.

At 2/7/09 04:28 PM, liaaaam wrote: Why are there no good game industry conventions in the north of England.. (or England at all for that matter). One day I'll go to Leipzig..

There's one in london, although i can't remember when, and it's more about the industry than the games :P. I'll probably go after i've done my a levels to see what sort of route i want to take.

FGS

I'd love to go there, shame it's exactly 8499 miles away :P. I'm surprised tom has never spoken there, he'd be a figurehead to show how flash can turn into a buisness, aswell as armor games and edmund. Any chance of any videos/pics etc?

At 2/7/09 05:57 PM, jmtb02 wrote: I hate voting for "The Most Missed User" every year.

yea i hate voting for kevinmeurs777 every year too

At 2/7/09 05:57 PM, jmtb02 wrote: Flash Gaming Summit
If you're going to GDC you might as well gotoAndPlay() the Flash Gaming Summit as well. I'm speaking on a panel this year for "Marketing and Distributing Flash Games" and so is Edmund for "What Makes Flash Games A HIt?" Site Here, you have to pay to get in but you get discounts for being a kid which you most likely are.

I'll try to get you or edmund to sneak me in :p

I only have an expo pass but I'm trying to see if I can get ahold of a better pass without paying anything

Glaiel for some reason I always think your a mod until I see your icon 0.o Bleh not sure why. Probably because your so damn secksay :P

Ok then gayness over does anyone know any decent free browser-based games like tribalwars or cybernations?

At 2/7/09 05:55 PM, tommattox wrote: Liam you a geordie, cumbrian or further south than that? I'm Cumbrian ;)

I'm from Leeds, a leodensian, a loiner.

Bitmap save/load is awesum.

At 2/7/09 06:04 PM, Toast wrote:

At 2/7/09 05:57 PM, jmtb02 wrote: I hate voting for "The Most Missed User" every year.

yea i hate voting for kevinmeurs777 every year too

He quite obviously means BobRicci.

Besides we all know the most missed user is DEADSiM

before... the transformation

At 2/7/09 07:06 PM, Nick wrote: He quite obviously means BobRicci.

yea that's the one, i forgot his name. kevinmeurs777 was almost as awesome as bobricci though.

awesomely retarded

Flash Gaming Summit

Wow, didn't know about that. That's cool. I don't suppose anyone knows if there'll be transcripts or anything of the like of the panel discussions? It'd be interesting to read/watch.

At 2/7/09 10:12 PM, Kanadian-Keith wrote: Tell me what you think, and do you have any problems with it?

I would like it a lot more as a person if
it did not have prosthetic arms.

Other than that, good job.

At 2/7/09 11:28 PM, K-Guare wrote:

At 2/7/09 10:12 PM, Kanadian-Keith wrote: Tell me what you think, and do you have any problems with it?

. . . if it did not have prosthetic arms.

lol i second the arms.
and i'm a real shading FREAK. so not to bring up the realism thing, but your shading (no offense) sucks. Right now it kinda of seems like you trying to get away with easy-to-draw-but-bad-looking realism, and since you want to avoid that anyway, i'd suggest that you either take the shading right off (not including shadows) or exaggerate it to the max! like, he's cheeks look really stretched, why not make them shiny or something?

dub, srry

RIDICULOUS RAGING RANT! (alliteration!)
i was just browsing the flash-forums and came along this o-so common quotable
"anime = animation". people ALWAYS mix these two up, and it always annoys me!

in my opinion, anime is that stuff that comes out of asia where all the characters are either ninja's, magical or naked, and animation is basically everything else.

am i right here?

Welcome back Denvish <3

Travelling Help
This question is mainly to Americans, or people who have travelled.
I am English, and me and a friend are going travelling next year. For one of our trips we want to buy a car and drive from New York to LA and Vegas. We will both have been driving for around 2 years and be 19 years old, but how easy is it going to be to get insurance on the car? Thankyou!

At 2/8/09 07:50 AM, SweetSkater wrote: Welcome back Denvish <3

Travelling Help
This question is mainly to Americans, or people who have travelled.
I am English, and me and a friend are going travelling next year. For one of our trips we want to buy a car and drive from New York to LA and Vegas. We will both have been driving for around 2 years and be 19 years old, but how easy is it going to be to get insurance on the car? Thankyou!

It will be hard. to rent a car you have to be 24 in most places. Its a strange number.
On occasion they will let you get one but they are going to rape you in the ass with 'underage' fees and shit... and you'd have to tell them that you have no intention to go all the way to the west coast.
I think you can go up until the missippi before they charge you more.

At 2/8/09 07:50 AM, SweetSkater wrote: Travelling Help
This question is mainly to Americans, or people who have travelled.
I am English, and me and a friend are going travelling next year. For one of our trips we want to buy a car and drive from New York to LA and Vegas. We will both have been driving for around 2 years and be 19 years old, but how easy is it going to be to get insurance on the car? Thankyou!

Dude, traveling from New York to Florida is a 20 hour drive and that's along the east coast. I can't imagine how long it'd take from New York To LA. You'd probably be better off renting a car in LA and driving to Vegas (which is fucking great btw. If you can stay on the strip I'd recommend the Flamingo. It's a great hotel and very affordable).

Regarding renting a car, I've only ever seen 25. If you do manage to find some place that will rent to you, like Luis said the underage fees are outrageous. I'm pretty sure you can buy a ticket on a Grey Hound bus, which are very comfortable. In New York I can guarantee you won't want a car. It's very uncomfortable driving around, and finding parking is super difficult. You're better off walking. Also, Taxi routes are very extensive, and the drivers always know the best way around town so you can just ask them to take you where you wanna go. It should be the same in LA, but I've never been there so I can't say. In Vegas you can just walk around. If you stay at the Flamingo, you'll be right in the middle of the strip. The Bellagio will be right across from you which has some of the best night clubs and the dancing waters or w/e it's called. You can also walk up the strip to the Vanitian which has a lot of good venues too.

Also keep in mind the drinking age in the US is 21, so you're going to have a very hard time getting liquor so you may want to try bringing your own. Or if you know where you're going to be staying, shipping some ahead of you.

I know about how Americans don't like renting to anyone under 24 (which is weird because you can drive at 16?). That's why i was planning to buy a car (when we leave NY, not in it). And go on a trip, but i don't know about the car insurance. Then when we get to Vegas we'll sell the car.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_does_
it_take_to_drive_from_New_York_to_Los_An geles

Obviously we would take a couple of months though :)
But yeah, the main problem would be insurance on the car.

travelling

At 2/8/09 07:50 AM, SweetSkater wrote: This question is mainly to Americans, or people who have travelled.
I am English, and me and a friend are going travelling next year. For one of our trips we want to buy a car and drive from New York to LA and Vegas. We will both have been driving for around 2 years and be 19 years old, but how easy is it going to be to get insurance on the car? Thankyou!

Heh, that's quite the coincidence. Me and my mates are planning a massive US of Awesome roadtrip for this summer. We have about 5 weeks to spend there so I think we'll be going criss-cross through the country.

When I was backpacking in OZ me and my mate also rented a car. I was 18 and my friend was 19 so we had to pay a little extra on top of the car rent, it wasn't that much though. If I recall correctly the only requirement was that you had your license longer than one year. Different car rental companies have different policies, and maybe Australia is a little more laid back when it comes to those policies, I'm not sure. I think it will be harder to rent a car at say Hertz than Uncle Joe's Backpacker Car Rental. You'll probably find a lot of information about this sort of stuff on backpacker websites, they'll probably also have some handy checklists you might want to follow if you don't want to get ripped off.

At 2/8/09 08:56 AM, SweetSkater wrote: Obviously we would take a couple of months though :)
But yeah, the main problem would be insurance on the car.

Oh. Well, if you buy a car you're gonna have a tough time ensuring it. In fact, I don't think you can. If i'm not mistaken you have to either be a citizen, or have a permanent address. There are a couple of reasons for this, but the most prominent one is that of reliability. If you have a claim, whose to say you won't go back to your home country and not pay.

I mean, that's not to say you can't do it, but I think you'll at least need a green card.