SRL Archive - News and General

The #SRL-School is now a Registered Channel. Potential Teachers let me know if you'd like to give a Class. I'll Set Op status for you.

Any Members that have some time free and are able to give a quick class let me know what the subject will be and where I'll Post up a schedule on this thread.

For those who have no idea how to get onto IRC here is a very simple Tutorial by Yakman. Remember our server: irc.rizon.net

Student must also have Scar or simba already installed with SRL in working order. This is will not be a class for setting them up. If your need guidance here is the how to for simba

A site to have in your favorites for the class is www.pastebin.com it will be where most code is posted to keep the channel clear for questions.

None Currently Scheduled but the channel is occupied by competent individuals who are willing to lend a helping hand to any that have questions or need help.

SRL and Scripting Basics taught by BraK. //Completed
**Manipulating TPAs taught by Naum// Completed Chat log available

** You really want to try to attend.

Remember any class can raise the general level of skill in our newer members. So even if you wish to give a class on how to fix common error in SIMBA/SCAR/SRL it will still help the community. I'll Take part in any classes that I am available for to help answer questions to the best of my Ability. I also be trying to learn something from you all.

Classes and what they will be covering and going over should be posted on here in a neat and understandable way. If possible something like below. I'll link the post to the first post for accuracy on class information.

~BraK



If you wish to learn about a specific topic post here. We'll see if we can get a teacher for that subject.

Class Name: SRL and Scripting Basics

Time: Moved on Request to Sunday 5PM GMT

Location: IRC Channel #SRL-School - Server: irc.rizon.net

Material Being covered:

• Basic Data types
• Basic Parameters
• Basic Programming Statements
• SRL Scripting Standards
• Using Fail safes

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Class Name: SRL and Scripting Basics

Time: Moved on Request to Sunday 7PM GMT

Location: MSN add me for an invite to the conversation. My User name is [EMAIL="soldier_of_louisiana@hotmail.com"]soldier_of_louisiana@hotmail.com[/EMAIL]

Material Being covered:

• Basic Data types
• Basic Parameters
• Basic Programming Statements
• SRL Scripting Standards
• Using Fail safes

If you cannot make the times and would still like to learn the material. PM me to set up a time for another class.

Completed

Student(s):
Sandstorm

Helper(s):
Dgby714

Mmm, I'm interested in getting back into some basic scripting. I'll probably know what you're teaching, but I want to make sure I still have the basics before moving onto the harder stuff :P. Do you mind if I come?

Also, I'll probably idle 24/7. What's the server address?

Edit: irc.rizon.net - we on Rizon? I assume so, you may want to add a note in there somewhere. Or maybe you did and I'm blind.

Thanks for the feedback. This is mostly targeted towards our generally uneducated that want to be more. I'll most likely host more classes as my confidence as a teacher goes up. That's the right server and I'll add it to the first post. Thought it might have been in the IRC link I added.

~ BraK

E: I encouraged all those with limited to no knowledge of scripting to join me in this class as it is directed towards you. Also In the Future I plan to take a broken script in the class an have the class fix it. Should be fun and will help you learn how to fix some of them instead of just posting that it's broken.

E2: Note Time Changes for the up coming class. Thanks to Method for pointing out the time differences for me totally slipped my mind.

7 GMT… What's that, 1 MST? I think I did it right. If so, I should be able to attend.

Also, it IS in the tutorial link you posted, but I didn't read that tutorial as I already have a pretty good grasp of most of the basics of the IRC (I assumed it was connecting and such, rather than connecting to the SRL server itself. Stupid me :P).

From: Sandstorm
7 GMT… What's that, 1 MST? I think I did it right. If so, I should be able to attend.

Also, it IS in the tutorial link you posted, but I didn't read that tutorial as I already have a pretty good grasp of most of the basics of the IRC (I assumed it was connecting and such, rather than connecting to the SRL server itself. Stupid me :P).

GMT is 0 timezone. Mountain Standard time I believe is -8. I hope this answers your question. Think it will be 11 AM for you.

~BraK

From: BraK
GMT is 0 timezone. Mountain Standard time I believe is -8. I hope this answers your question. Think it will be 11 AM for you.

~BraK

I knew GMT was timezone 0, the online converter I used gave me 1 PM. I'll just check in around 11 and 1.

Mountain time is -7 I believe. PST is -8.

From: i luffs yeww
Mountain time is -7 I believe. PST is -8.

Correct.

Bump Only a few hours to go before my class starts. Looking forward to seeing all participants.

~BraK

From: BraK
Helpers:
Dgby714

=) lol Like the new thread look!

Thanks to Whomever Stikyfied this thread and nice Title Change. Last Class was a success IHMO. Next Topic

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Class Name: Using TPA or TPointArray's for Object Finding.

Time: Saturday 5 PM GMT

Location: IRC Channel #SRL-School - Server: irc.rizon.net

Material Being covered:

• Usage of TPA's in object Finding
• How to Debug TPAs to get the best colors

I'll try Saturday 5PM

From: Naum
I'll try Saturday 5PM

That's a little vague Naum. For those that don't know. He meant He's going to teach a Class on How to Manipulate TPAs IIRC. Why is this a good class to attend? He wrote one of the best Tut's on TPAs. He's also a SRL Developer. That means he has a lot of experience that he can pass on. Ultimately It's the things we learn from Experience that are the best to learn from someone that has been through Most of it. Naum could You Verify the time by posting the GMT so everyone is on the same page.

~BraK

From: BraK
That's a little vague Naum. For those that don't know. He meant He's going to teach a Class on How to Manipulate TPAs IIRC. Why is this a good class to attend? He wrote one of the best Tut's on TPAs. He's also a SRL Developer. That means he has a lot of experience that he can pass on. Ultimately It's the things we learn from Experience that are the best to learn from someone that has been through Most of it. Naum could You Verify the time by posting the GMT so everyone is on the same page.

~BraK

I will be giving a class today at 5GMT on the #srl-school IRC channel, concerning TPA's and how to manipulate them (although if there are a few people in the IRC channel, I'll do any topic). I will also answer any questions.
So, hope to see many of you there :).

Last night class was Super. I learned a good bit and it clarified things a bit more on TPAs.

Teacher: Naum

Students: BraK, Traveler

Everyone should think about getting involved in these classes. At the very least it'll be a refresher if you don't script that often.

~BraK

I'll probably try to attend a few, I've been at srl like forever and want to contribute to the community :)

Could I do saturday 5pm again, if that's okay with you guys?

5pm what time? If it's 5PM GMT I might be able to attend.

From: putnam11
5pm what time? If it's 5PM GMT I might be able to attend.

Yeah 5 gmt, Brak needs to give me permission.

I wanna test something


didn't work…

That's Cool Naum. Your the First one to schedule for that slot next weekend. So it free.

~BraK

E: Dbgy714 awe :(

Dg's Time Counter.

URL - http://www.ionoone.com/time.php

It will take Time and Date in GMT and convert it to show the users own timezone.

Time is formatted like "HH:MM:SS"
Date is formatted like "YYYY-MM-DD"

If you leave out MM or SS it defaults to "00".
if you leave out MM or DD is defaults to "01".

if Time or Date are left out of the URL it defaults to the current Time and Date.

Examples:

No Date or Time:
[noparse][/noparse]

Regular:
[noparse][/noparse]

Format Change:
[noparse][/noparse]

Size Change:
[noparse][/noparse]

Count Down:
[noparse][/noparse]

You'll:

• learn quite a bit about forms, and,
• be amazed at what you can do.

Now, I've never taught via a live text interface before, so I'll give it my best shot. I'll answer any questions through the whole things, but only if they are related to forms!

Requirements:

• Simba (of course :p)

I will assume you have the following knowledge (but not limited to) with scripting:

• Procedures and functions,
• Variables/Constant declaration/assignment, and,
• Bitmaps

Just the basics :)

Join to learn forms! :)

NOTE: My name on IRC is Mayazcherquoi. I will be your teacher. Don't know how to join IRC? Click here. Still don't know? Click here.

From: Daniel

Scripting school on forms! Join if you professionally want to learn forms with Simba!

Requirements:
* Simba
* Some scripting knowledge (you will need to know as I won't explain the basics): e.g (but not limited to): variable declaration, variable assignment, variable types.

Join! :)

Awesome, I'm currently working on my Player form for SIMBA Phamacuetics. Just playing around getting things to look how I want them to. Here have a look.

program new;

var
  PharmForm :Tform;
  PButton :array [0..1] of Tbutton;
  PLabel :array [0..5] of TLABEL;
  PEdit :Array [0..5] of TEDIT;

Procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
Begin
  WriteLn('closing form!');
  PharmForm.ModalResult:= mrOk;
  ShowMessage(PEdit[0].Text);
End;

procedure InitForm;
var
  I :integer;
  LCap, ECap :Tstringarray;
begin
  PharmForm := Tform.Create(nil);
  PharmForm.Left := 100;
  PharmForm.Top := 100;
  PharmForm.Width := 400;
  PharmForm.Height := 300;
  PharmForm.CAPTION := 'Simba Pharmacuetics by BraK';
  PharmForm.COLOR := clBlue;

  Lcap := ['Player Name', 'Player Pass', 'Player Nick', 'Player Pin', 'Player ID', 'Player Pass'];
  for i := 0 to 5 do
  begin
    Plabel[i] := TLABEL.Create(PharmForm);
    Plabel[i].Parent := PharmForm;
    Plabel[i].Height := 20;
    Plabel[i].Width := 50;
    Plabel[i].Left := 40;
    Plabel[i].top := 15 + (i * 30);
    Plabel[i].Caption := Lcap[i];
  end;
  ECap := ['Username', 'Password', 'Nick', 'Pin#', 'ID', 'Pass'];
  for i := 0 to 5 do
  begin
    PEdit[i] := TEDIT.Create(PharmForm);
    PEdit[i].Parent := PharmForm;
    PEdit[i].Height := 20;
    PEdit[i].Width := 100;
    PEdit[i].top := 8 + (i * 30);
    PEdit[i].Left := 110;
    PEdit[i].TEXT := ECap[i];
  end;
  for i := 2 to 4 do
    PEdit[i].MAXLENGTH := 4;
  PEdit[1].PASSWORDCHAR := '*';
  PEdit[3].PASSWORDCHAR := '*';
  PEdit[5].PASSWORDCHAR := '*';

  for i := 0 to 1 do
  begin
    PButton[i] := TBUTTON.Create(PharmForm);
    PButton[i].Parent := PharmForm;
    PButton[i].Height := 20;
    PButton[i].Width := 70;
    PButton[i].Left := 10 + (i * 70);
    PButton[i].Top := 275;
  end;
  PButton[0].CAPTION := 'Start';
  PButton[1].CAPTION := 'Stop';
  PButton[1].ONCLICK := @Button1Click;
end;

procedure SafeInitForm;
var
  v: TVariantArray;
begin
  setarraylength(V, 0);
  ThreadSafeCall('InitForm', v);
end;

procedure ShowFormModal;
begin
  PharmForm.ShowModal;
end;

procedure SafeShowFormModal;
var
  v: TVariantArray;
begin
  setarraylength(V, 0);
  ThreadSafeCall('ShowFormModal', v);
end;

begin
  SafeInitForm;       
  SafeShowFormModal;
end.

~BraK

E: Can't see a Time for this particular class, Can we get a GMT estimate ;)

Ill add "to go" too the countdown =/

I guess I can't attend this weekend. Going on a road trip across state =\

Classes coming up Tomorrow:

@1000 GMT Daniel is giving a class on Form Basics
@1700 GMT Naum is giving a class on TPAs

I hope to see you all there.

~BraK

Sorry guys, have to postpone the lesson for a further 45 minutes.

Reason being, as I forgot that one of my favourite show's (Stargate Universe) is on.

See all of you there! :)

A complete transcript of the lesson will be available after.

I believe Naum is giving a Class on TPAs tonight I'm Hoping to see a few of our Registered users there that I've been keeping an eye on. Anyone is welcome to Attend the current classes.

~BraK

E: I'm Going to be Gone @ School til the 19th. If anyone needs some help or would like to host a class please contact:

NCDS, Naum, Dgby714 or Daniel(Mayazcherquoi)

Thanks

~BraK

Any chance that there will be logs/captures that can be posted somewhere for those of us who can't make those times and dates and may want to learn something?

From: EGM
Any chance that there will be logs/captures that can be posted somewhere for those of us who can't make those times and dates and may want to learn something?

You could always just idle in the channel and save the logs?

Is there any chance that this class is still going on? i would like to learn a little bit of scripting, enough to make a script and become an SRL JR. member.

From: Failpailirl
Is there any chance that this class is still going on? i would like to learn a little bit of scripting, enough to make a script and become an SRL JR. member.

What class are you looking for TPA's, Scripting basics, or Forms. All the teacher are flexible and can sometimes work with you on times.

~BraK

Is this still going on? If not, then I'm free this coming weekend for about a couple of hours, maybe we could arrange something then?

From: Naum
Is this still going on? If not, then I'm free this coming weekend for about a couple of hours, maybe we could arrange something then?

Seems like it would be a good idea to get some activity here again with more (seemingly) new coders coming to SRL.

As long as I'm not working I would definitely try to make whatever class is going on.

From: kitchenrange
As long as I'm not working I would definitely try to make whatever class is going on.

Sounds good, how about sunday?
I might have to talk to BraK about it.

Naum you should know the Channel is always open to you.

@KitchenRange We got plenty of people Idling in the Channel to answer any questions the random Passerby might ask. If you ask you could probably get a class on the spot :p

~BraK

From: BraK
Naum you should know the Channel is always open to you.

Not that.. just wanted to ask about timing, organising people and pinning it up - that's all.

Sunday around 15.00 sound good?

I just want to get this all revitalized and running :)

From: Naum
Not that.. just wanted to ask about timing, organising people and pinning it up - that's all.

Sunday around 15.00 sound good?

I just want to get this all revitalized and running :)

Yep and if you think about it we helped 3 people get members in our short time being around. That a program that means success ;) I'll Post on the Front Page.

~BraK

I'll have to check the timezone differences a little later, but I will probably be able to make it, I usually idle in the regular SRL channel anyway so a switch to this one would be easy. It is hard finding help (sometimes) in the IRC. Depends who is active.

From: kitchenrange
It is hard finding help (sometimes) in the IRC. Depends who is active.

My fault, just been busy IRL, I'll try and idle more :)

Remember Everyone the channel is #SRL-School. Naum your giving a class tonight IIRC. There's a Nice young person Idling in the channel. I'm gonna recommend that he attend your class as it's 3:30 AM here.

~BraK

Could anyone do one on mainloops. I never seem to get mine working :(

I will! 7:00 GMT is 2:00 EST correct?

^Yes i think it is, and so does what i found on google first result :p

From: Troll Man
^Yes i think it is, and so does what i found on google first result :p

sick, thanks troll.
Brak added you on Msn.

If the lessons are still going on could we do a lesson on Tiles? and the current methods of walking/object finding. I'm starting to understand TPA's now, and I understand DDTM's, Radial walk and Symbol finding

From: rjj95
pointless. inactive cumminity and overall shitty bot.

Thanks for sharing your completely senseless opinion, and bumping this post for spam. :duh:

Would anybody be willing to teach a lesson to a absolute beginner? I've read a beginner guide but I still need lessons in the beginner area

oooh thanks for the IRC i'm going to bed now but I will use it tomorrow after work :)

I would like a class please, the most beginer class. I read the guides, but I don't really get them, actually I don't even know what they are talking about. Thanks, please contact me what time the classes are and I'll see if I can make it.

BTW: The IRC link is broken.

From: DeiJaiVui
I would like a class please, the most beginer class. I read the guides, but I don't really get them, actually I don't even know what they are talking about. Thanks, please contact me what time the classes are and I'll see if I can make it.

BTW: The IRC link is broken.

Here is a link to my video tutorial it's as basic as you can get:
http://youtu.be/pMMejhyjGwI

Ah I forgot to change the IRC link when I updated the rest of the forums. I'll do that now.

From: YoHoJo
Here is a link to my video tutorial it's as basic as you can get:
http://youtu.be/pMMejhyjGwI

Ok, thanks will watch tommorrow and tell you how it goes.

From: BraK
Ah I forgot to change the IRC link when I updated the rest of the forums. I'll do that now.

Thank you.

are u guys still doing classes?…

Bump for more classes ^^
Sounds like a great idea, i would definitively attend if i could :)

I wold definitely attend a class ;)

I really wish you guys still did this…

I would also be very interested in a class.
I'm fluent in Java, and C, so I semi-understand the workings of SRL, but not nearly enough to make my own scripts without help.

I would definitely attend this if it were continued.

so i find most tutorials teaching threads are outdated but wondered if anyone still wants to help me learn simba scripting. i'm pretty good with scripting in an old outdated programing language called turing.

This is what am i looking for, what are prices per hour?

From: Xenophis
This is what am i looking for, what are prices per hour?

It's free. Join IRC #SRL if you need any help with scripting.

Hey, I'm new to this community and have barely any/no experience in coding or scripting. I would really like to learn and contribute to the community because I hate leeching… How hard is it to learn from scratch to code… Any advice on anything I should know before I decide to start learning?

Cheers
~AKCORP

There is no1 in #Srl

There are tons of people in #srl, and always are :)

From: AKCORP
Hey, I'm new to this community and have barely any/no experience in coding or scripting. I would really like to learn and contribute to the community because I hate leeching… How hard is it to learn from scratch to code… Any advice on anything I should know before I decide to start learning?

Cheers
~AKCORP

It's not that hard Mate, it'll take probably a week to understand the concept and such.
Here is a great Tut: http://villavu.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69179

Good Luck!

From: Xenophis
There is no1 in #Srl

There is always 40+ users in the IRC.

could i join one class? im open to most times

This is a huge gravedig and I apologize, but is this still a thing? I probably need to hop on the IRC

From: Ampd Up
This is a huge gravedig and I apologize, but is this still a thing? I probably need to hop on the IRC

Don't think so. People just normally hop on irc (#srl) and ask a question