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This is something I should have made a long time ago. You know, back when I still made caves and it'd actually be useful to me. Anyway, I posted the link a little below, and I'd appreciate it if you all'd download it, play around with it, and tell me what you think. I don't want you guys to mention any potential new features just yet, I just want to know if you can find any bugs, or anything that doesn't function in the way that you would perhaps expect it to.

http://www.interguild.org/hatpc/cavemaker.zip (EDIT: You cannot trust this link to be remotely up-to-date.)
original link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BNp_r4-qIIZ8QuNE1wRw6Vi9HT526aDL/view

Due to a forum bug, you'll probably have to copy that and paste it into your address bar.

To run that, you'll first have to extract that all into the same folder. If you can't extract zip files, download WinRAR: http://www.win-rar.com/download.html

You'll also need to make sure you have the latest version of Java: http://www.java.com

Inside, there's a file named cavemaker.bat, which you will double-click on the run the program. A cmd window will pop up and hang around with you the whole time as you use the cavemaker. Close it, and you close the cavemaker with it, so, just ignore it for now. If it comes up and then just goes away, then you (probably) have not, either, followed these steps properly, or you do not have the latest version of java on your computer. I'm working on a way to make it stand-alone, but for now this will suffice. Also, you can make a short-cut of the .bat file (right-click create shortcut, probably) and then you can paste that into wherever you'd like to be able to open the cavemaker from. Also note that, since this was coded in java, it should be able to run on systems other than Windows. I haven't seen fungus in a while, but if you see him, direct him here so I can get that straightened out. We might have to jump through a few hoops, but it should be able to run on his mac. Update: The cavemaker program is now in a jar file. You should be able to run it by double clicking but, if not, set java as the default program from opening jar files. The .bat is still there if needed.

If you have Windows 7, check out this short topic for help: http://www.interguild.org/members/forums/topic.php?id=5124

I'm going to attempt to list some of the changes that I've made from the Neopets version. Here's what I could think of, in no particular order:

Spoiler: ''List of Changes from the Neopets Version''

So yeah, try it out, and if there's anything that gets on your nerves, let me know I'll try making changes to it. I'll work on adding new features at an unspecified point in the future. For now, I'd like to ensure that this is working properly and there's nothing about it that people just hate to death.

Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 1''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 2''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 3''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 4''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 5''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 6''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 7''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 8''


Spoiler: ''Changes in Update 9 (Current Version)''
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canadianstickdeath
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Those REALLY small fixes are on the front page. And I record RoDB quite a while ago, but I haven't had a good chance to upload it yet.
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you're a crazy person. upload it, now!!


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I can't. I'm using dial-up. It'll take a week of not being able to use the phone.
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fine with me. start now.


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It'll be up by October, probably in September, probably not sooner.
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say csd, both the cavemaker and the cavebot, do you have any idea bout getting rid of the cmd window and, perhaps, adding an option to minimize to tray?!
I don't like working with 6 open windows. this'll make it 4, as cavebot costs two...


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There might be a way (probably is), but there's no sense in me figuring it out while I'm still working on coding either of them. Without the cmd window, you won't be able to get output from error messages, and if you do get errors, I definitely want you to be able to report to it me.

If I were to make it possible to run without the cmd window, I could still, through a special command, make a .bat file that'd run the same file with a cmd window, but, currently, I'm not giving you that option, since it's really important that you can (and do) report any bugs that you may find. I've included the (crappy-looking) code in this most recent version (and I always have, with rehard to the cavebot), so if you want to figure out how to make it run without the cmd window by yourself, be my guest.

And what's this about minimizing? You can minimize both the cmd window and the actual program independently of each other in both the cavemaker and the cavebot.
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'shos' said:
pfft wow RoDB? this is Madness! *has nightmarez*
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whatfixes are those?


What cave is RoDB?

- I added a new feature called "Load From Username". If you're connected to the internet, you just type in a username, and the level currently uploaded to that account is loaded directly into the cavemaker. Neat! You'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
- In a similar vein, "Load From Gallery". Type in the gallery ID number (check the end of the URL when viewing the cave in the gallery) to have the cave, once again, loaded directly into the cavemaker. WOAH!

Woah!  AWESOME!!


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what? you added it?
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Acce, I added those changes a while ago...
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then I probably skipped that post. It did look like a failed quote, though...

csd why don't you try getting better internet? if there's no service where you live, then invest in a 50-ft Satellite dish
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I cant open the cavemaker suddenly. When i clicked on the Batch File, it opens for about a second then disappears.
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Most probably, you installed something on your computer that makes the file unable to be opened. Try uninstalling some of your more recently downloaded files.
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or, check your java for anyhing wrong.


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'Ckjr' said:
I cant open the cavemaker suddenly. When i clicked on the Batch File, it opens for about a second then disappears.


Obviously, this is a problem on your end. Maybe, if you redownload the cavemaker, it'll fix anything weird that you might have done to those files.
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Fixed a bug that I don't know how I missed where saving a cave with a save-as dialog didn't set the current directory. Hopefully a got it right, but there's some tangled code in saving that I don't particularly like dealing with, so who knows...

Fixed -something- that stopped it from running on anything put pretty much windows.
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Fixed a bug where, if with multiple disallowed, you could set more than one of them simply by trying to set a rectangle's worth of them, rather than just a single tile.
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I've installed java on this computer and the cavemaker still wont work .


Upcoming HatPC level: Sanctuary, coming soon to an internet browser near you...
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Try Guest mode? Whenever you surf the net, you will sure accumulate files that prevents it from working. Guest mode solves everything, i suppose, for me.
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'Harumbai' said:
I've installed java on this computer and the cavemaker still wont work .
is that the most recent java? well, I have no idea what's causing it for you. maybe there's something wrong with the files you downloaded
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I downloaded each twice and it still doesn't work (on my second computer). I'll try ccleaner and see if it helps.


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canadianstickdeath
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What happens when you try to run it?
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How do you run it? I extracted the files but all that happens is a black square appears when I try to run it.
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Got Java downloaded...?

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