The Powder Toy

IRC client in TPT.

  • gajbooks     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @cctvdude99
    Its not TOTALY pointless, think about all the people who don't even know IRC exists. You could have it as a chatroom button, and more people would find out that it existed.

    @RedFlash You can't use webchat (its banned fron #powder, remember?) And lots of people have no idea what a client even is.
    And irc clients use no processing power whatsoever ( you can use netcat as one, thats how basic it is)
  • qaddosh     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I think TPT should stay as TPT. I don't think adding an IRC client is necessary. There are enough calculations that the processor has to worry about with all the elements. Downloading an IRC client is a cinch(I recommend IceChat), and if people don't know what IRC is, then why confuse them even further?
  • Cr15py     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @gajbooks (View Post)
    I can write you one that runs in Powder Toy... it wouldn't be too hard.
  • gajbooks     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I just thought this would be a good idea at the time (the time was 12:30 AM). Do with it what you will.
  • qaddosh     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    My main concern is if a client was added to the official build itself, then there would no doubt be a huge influx of "How do I use this?"-type questions. There is a such thing as too broad of a scope for an application.
  • TheTempest     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Yeah, I'm thinking just leave it as it is. It's just better for everyone.
  • gajbooks     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @qaddosh That makes sense, now that i think about it this would not be a great idea.
  • Cr15py     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @qaddosh (View Post)
    @gajbooks (View Post)
    It would be implemented as an Lua script.
  • alecnotalex     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Including it in TPT would get every single n00b on powder toy in the irc room. Think about what that would be like.
  • Cr15py     23rd Aug 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @alecnotalex (View Post)
    I know, it would be horrible. I get nervous everytime I see a name I don't recognize. The irc channel is like the walled garden of intelligent members! While the starving masses of the stupid flop around below us, barely smart enough to breath and keep their hearts beating at the same time, we sit in our walled fortress of bliss! I don't want that tarnished. It would be an Lua script, certainly not a built in feature.
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