| From: | Drea O'Dare <dreaodare@*******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Character Creation-Software (long) |
| Date: | Fri, 25 Sep 1998 12:27:15 PDT |
tried the program.
After I had to download both it, the drivers, and the other program
from microsoft, I opened up the Explorer, and got to work.
I click Setup, after extracting all the files. It starts popping up
windows in German - GERMAN! I don't like that at all. I don't speak
German, and nor do I wish to. Then this German speaking program pops up
another window, and I, not knowing what the heck it's talking about,
thinking "Well, I clicked Set up, that that must be what it's doing..."
and press Okay. Ha! it restarts my computer, losing seven pages of a
story I was writing and three Megs of graphics! What fun!
So finally I get everything back up, and feeling game, try Setup
again, and it goes fine. After three tries of starting the darn thing,
and opening every program that's in it's directory, I remember that
"Doh! I also had to downlad another program for this thing which has
already earned my ire.
So I open that, and lo and behold, I have to restart again. So I do
that. Finally, I open the program, after having to register dlls and a
bunch of other foolish things. Hey! It works! Oh damn! No it
doesn't! Oh well, I have time, restart computer. Okay....does it work
now? Hrm. Now? Nope. Well shoot.
Finally, after seven tries, I get it to work. I make a character,
which takes about 30 minutes total of me figuring out the interface and
what NOT to push in this thing.
I save it, and it saves to an HTML file. Wow, lots of tables. But,
all in all, pretty neat, except I couldn't add skills very easily and it
didn't like me to type things much. And sometimes things that I
could've sworn I'd entered were nowhere to be found.
End result? Is it worth $50? No. Not by a long shot. Maybe $25.
*Maybe* It's a lot of work, and nicely laid out, and fairly simple to
get the hang of. Anf the registry keys are easy to get around, if I
were going to be an ass and kust work around them. With a little work,
I could crack it, but I only use my powers for good. Everyone's gotta
make a living.
I still recommend Paolo's SRCG. It doesn't crash much, there's been
more than one bug fix, and heck, I know him. So there you go. This is
okay, but I can't see paying $50 for all that hassle.
Pink`
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