Resources for the Verge Community

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Whether you are the newest of Neophytes, or vecna himself, you will find that making games is easier with the help of various media. </div> <div> The first and most vital resource at your disposal is the Documentation. I still, to this day, even after a year of vergeing, consult my copys of the Documentation. There are two major documents that tell you how to make a verge game. VERGEDOC.TXT is the first, and most important to a beginner. This file explains, in detail, exactly how you make a verge game. Every step, every process, every basic question you would have starting into Verge is covered within this 'Instruction Manual'. The second major text file is VERGEC.TXT, which becomes the most important thing you own once you start programming the code to your game. It details every implemented VC command, detail what each does, how to use it, and what not to do with it. I highly recommend printing both documents out and reading them offline. Not only are they easier to read on paper, but things on paper usually sink in better than words on a screen. </div> <div> The most attention-drawing resource to help a verger is the one most abused. I speak of the Message Boards, hosted at the verge Repository. The boards are meant to help you through difficulties. If something is stumping you while you make your game, you can post a question to the Help board. If you have some development questions, or requests for features, you can post to the Development board. Anything not falling into these two categorys can be routed to the General Discussion board, as long as it pertains to VERGE. Please note that flaming is frowned upon, as is general lameness. Also note that promotion of non-VERGE RPG makers is not VERGE-related, and has no place on these boards. Any inappropriate posts may result in the banning of the poster from the board. Locke, the maintainer of the Repo, has taken the board down twice in the past due to general immaturity, and will do so again if it happens again, perhaps permanently. If someone does not respond to your post right away, don't panic. Just post your message, and check it again in a day or so. Also, do not feel compelled to post a response to every and all messages on the board. Use some discresion before posting non-relevant or frivolous posts, for it makes it harder to find any posts that may be important. Usually, if something can be said with one line of text, it's not worth posting, and NT (no text) posts are severly frowned upon by most. Please avoid the habit of using this type of post at all, as they are annoying, and mostly unneccesary. Properly used, the message boards are a great boon to the Verge Community. Improperly used, they can be the source of great strife. </div> <div> Another resource open to Vergers is the Chat Room on mercurynet. #verge is open to all Vergers, and people intrested in VERGE. People familiar with IRC can find it by logging into Moria.Vivid.Com on port 5555. If you are new to IRC, I suggest you go to a search engine and run a search on "MIRC". Mirc is the easiest IRC client out there, and after downloading a copy, you should find it easy to run. Note that most denizens of #verge are there to have fun, but you can ask people questions related to verge. The key to getting useful information is knowing who to ask, for there are some people who enjoy helping others in trouble. Unfortunatly, other people like to cause more trouble for others. Generally, most ops can help you, but still there are some that will not. Do not go into #verge with a demanding attitude; if you desire help, you are more likly to get it by asking and acting nicly. Also keep in mind that IRC can be very addicting, so if you are very serious about finishing a game, which is a very time-consuming project, keeping IRC use to a minimum can only help you. </div> <div> Finally, if you have tried everything else, but are still plauged with questions and problems, you can always email an established member of the VERGE community. Some people will answer you questions, some will ignore you. The Verge Repository has an archive of different peoples email if you wish to ask someone in particular. I, for one, try to answer any reasonable question asked me. It's my personal policy that if someone needs help with verge, and I can help them, that I should. Not everyone shares these ideals, but there are others that will help. Do remember, though, that this should be your last option when seeking help, as you are making a personal inquiry to someone else, potentially taking their time. And please do not send mail to a member of the development team. It is a fact that any rave, demand, or request for source is promptly deleted from their mailboxes. And if you do choose to ask someone directly, usually a non-programmer will be more likly to help you, just for the fact that vecna and company receive so much mail that it's a burden to answer most of it. </div> <div> These are the main resources open to the Verging Community. If you wish to seek out more specific things, feel free to search the Verge Repository, maintained by Locke, Extended Play, Maintained by Ric, or vecna's homepage, located on the same server as the Verge Repository. In addition, there is a large number of personal pages to find things at, most of which are liked from Extended Play. There is a rich and thick community out there. Lets see some completed games, shall we? ;)</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>