Forge 07/16/2010 (unofficial BETA) version

[DennisBergkamp]

Wow. The new interface + bug fixes/changes make this already a extremely awesome version even without the new cards added... but I'm very impressed to see cards like Crucible of Worlds and the new M11 Titans though.

Many many thanks and as always keep em coming!

I actually added those cards, one of the few things I did for this release

I think the most impressive addition in terms of cards is Beached As' "Whenever" keyword: it alone allowed for at least 70 cards to be added just through keyword (and probably more).

[atar]

Excellent work! in every version you tend to amaze us!The new interface feels and appears smoother and the new card additions are awesome!But i have a small complaint,when i press the "enter" button,instead of jumping the the next phase(for example from the 1st main face to precombat)it jumps straight to 2nd main phase,skipping the previous.Of course this can be solved by pressing the ok button with the mouse,but my fingers are starting to bleed.. It's any way i can use the enter button again?Thnx in advance and sorry for my english

[Sloth]

Excellent work! in every version you tend to amaze us!The new interface feels and appears smoother and the new card additions are awesome!But i have a small complaint,when i press the "enter" button,instead of jumping the the next phase(for example from the 1st main face to precombat)it jumps straight to 2nd main phase,skipping the previous.Of course this can be solved by pressing the ok button with the mouse,but my fingers are starting to bleed.. It's any way i can use the enter button again?Thnx in advance and sorry for my english

Use Space instead.

[atar]

Thnx for the tip.I will try it!

[Chris H.]

One thing I noticed though is the large-ish filesize, next time (or who knows, maybe I'll be doing next one again?) I would:
- Delete the lib directory (it's like 10 megs in total, including the .svn folder).
- I also get rid of the .svn subdirectories found in every (sub)directory, these only take up a small amount of space though.

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I have spent some time looking for an easy to use freeware rar archiver that will run on a Mac. I'm cheap and I would rather not spend money or use commands that have to be entered into the Terminal app.

I though that I removed the lib folder. The default setting for exporting a jar file appears to include the code from the lib jars OK.

The .svn subdirectories are invisible on my end.

[friarsol]

I have spent some time looking for an easy to use freeware rar archiver that will run on a Mac. I'm cheap and I would rather not spend money or use commands that have to be entered into the Terminal app.

Isn't 7zip available on the Mac? I've been using it in Windows for years and have been quite happy.

[Chris H.]

I can't run the beta: "The jar file 'run-forge.jar' couldn't be launched."
I think maybe it's unhappy I only have Java 5.

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I rebuilt the run-forge.jar file and it should now be compatible with java 5. Can you download this jar and try it out and let us know if this works? I will place the link here and I will also add the link to the original message.

Thank you.


This run-forge.jar file is compatible with computers running java 5.

Forge_jar_0716_java5.zip

[Chris H.]

Isn't 7zip available on the Mac? I've been using it in Windows for years and have been quite happy.

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Zip and dmg is built into the file system for Macs and tend to be used for most archives. The is an excellent freeware app that will handle rar named The Unarchiver. I just found a 7zip app but it has not been updated since 2007.

I may just break down and buy sArchiver as it appears to be the best shareware app available.

[timmermac]

Is the list of cards added in the first post the complete list? I'm really waiting for more slivers... <grin>

[friarsol]

Isn't 7zip available on the Mac? I've been using it in Windows for years and have been quite happy.

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Zip and dmg is built into the file system for Macs and tend to be used for most archives. The is an excellent freeware app that will handle rar named The Unarchiver. I just found a 7zip app but it has not been updated since 2007.

I may just break down and buy sArchiver as it appears to be the best shareware app available.

Have you tried http://www.kekaosx.com/en/ it looks like it does 7zip and rar.

[timmermac]

Oooh... like the new UI.

[slowe]

I rebuilt the run-forge.jar file and it should now be compatible with java 5. Can you download this jar and try it out and let us know if this works? I will place the link here and I will also add the link to the original message.

Thank you.

Thank you. I'll be repartitioning my hard drive soon and will run Ubuntu, but until then it's nice to have this available.

The new card appearance is weird ... I'll see if I get used to it. Good work, everyone who contributes!

[fsntf]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for whoever coded Horn of Greed! Can't wait to try it out!

[Chris H.]

The new card appearance is weird ... I'll see if I get used to it. Good work, everyone who contributes!

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I am enjoying how the cards are handled now. It took me a couple of days to adjust to the new features. It looks like Snacko has added a menu item which will allow you to turn on/off "Use mana and text card overlay". I do not think that I was able to merge this new code into the 07-16 release so people may have to wait a week or two.

[Chris H.]

Have you tried http://www.kekaosx.com/en/ it looks like it does 7zip and rar.

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Looks interesting. Just grabbed a copy and will check it out.