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Archive - January 2002

Its DOTM Time!!

Posted by redink1 on Wednesday January 2nd, at 06:37 PM

After disappearing for a while due to switching systems, everyone can now vote for the December and November Download of the Month. Because in the past some people have complained (rightly so) that DOTMs should only include one month at a time, you can now vote for the December and November awards seperately. December has quite a few items to choose from, while November doesn't have hardly any.

Also, because the new system is currently being worked on, there isn't a way to easily view the votes.

A small side note... some of you may remember that I promised EOTv2.0 was going to be released 1/1/2002. Well, it didn't happen. It will be released this month though.

New Development Utility: FFCreate 2

Posted by redink1 on Tuesday January 8th, at 08:33 PM

On the day of FIAT's released, I found that Seth's original FFCreate program was severely flawed. Whereas it was common knowledge that ffcreate.exe would include itself in its own dir.ff files, when I tried to use it it would include the dir.ff file it was creating in the dir.ff file it was creating, resulting in an ever-expanding file that threatened to fill up my hard drive. So I found the source code to another version of FFCreate on the internet, and modified it so it only includes bmp files. And so FFCreate 2 was created. Thanks to WC for compiling it.

Updated Development Tutorial: DinkC Reference v2.5

Posted by redink1 on Tuesday January 8th, at 08:34 PM

A follow up to his Annoitated DinkC.txt, Ted Shutes' DinkC Reference v2.5 inserts even more bracketed information into the good ol' dinkc.txt file. Very, very good.

New D-Mod: DOEM

Posted by redink1 on Tuesday January 8th, at 08:37 PM

Jveenhof released DOEM a while ago, but I finally got around to adding it on The Dink Network until just now. I haven't played it, and have absolutely no idea what its about.

New Misc. Add-On: Jukebox v1.1

Posted by redink1 on Tuesday January 8th, at 08:40 PM

IkkeJW sent me an earlier version his Jukebox add-on last month, but I completely forgot about it (good thing he sent this updated version, otherwise it might not've made it here). With this, hitting the letter X prompts you to choose what music to listen to while playing Dink or most D-Mods. Cool.

Updated Translation: Dink Smallwood French v1.31

Posted by redink1 on Tuesday January 8th, at 08:42 PM

Florent CARAYOL has updated the Dink Smallwood French Translation to v1.31. It fixes some bugs and a problem with uninstallation.

New Patch: FIAT v0.99i

Posted by redink1 on Tuesday January 8th, at 09:29 PM

A couple new fixes in Patch I for FIAT (Note, if you downloaded it before it was linked, download it again as it includes a couple new fixes). If I still haven't fixed a bug you know of, post a comment.

Rife Dungeon - Blue Star now brings back to Rife, not Drognu. Thanks Chrispy.
All - Wells used to say $rand when giving gold, now say amount. Thanks Chrispy.
Rai - Tree on Rai could only be cut down with regular sword, now anything can knock it down. Thanks a lot of people.
All - Version is now displayed on title screen for a second or so.
Odvi - The Dance Master might not crash as often.
All - Before, it was impossible to unlock one of the secret mini-games, this has been fixed. Thanks PureEvil.

New D-Mod: As Good As Eternity

Posted by redink1 on Wednesday January 9th, at 12:52 PM

Tyrsis has released As Good As Eternity, a large D-Mod entailing the adventures of Dink while living with his step-mother. This one takes up most of the available map space, and looks to be quite big (estimated 4 hours to beat it).

New D-Mod: Dinky Dimensions 2: End of Time v2.00

Posted by redink1 on Thursday January 10th, at 05:06 PM

Under a month after Dinky Dimensions 1: FIAT was released, I release Dinky Dimensions 2: End of Time v2.00. Not nearly as big as FIAT, it is loosly based on the original End of Time.

Updated D-Mod: End of Time v2.01

Posted by redink1 on Friday January 11th, at 05:23 PM

Yesterday's release of End of Time had a small problem with compiled scripts (causing the apple tree to not say anything, and preventing anyone from getting very far in the game). All of the fixes include:

Windemere - Apple tree now talks, problem with compiled scripts, some other compiled script problems fixed as well.
Intro - No longer flashes loading screen when starting for the first time.
West of Windemere - Bomb guy no longer freezes when give him an invisible apple.

This update is available in both a full-version and a patch. There shouldn't be any other bugs.

New D-Mod: Legend of Pärnu Beta 1

Posted by redink1 on Friday January 11th, at 05:35 PM

Timo Jyrisoo, who released last month's True of Life, has released Legend of Pärnu Beta 1. Apparently, you have to save a something called Pärnu.

New Development File: DinkEdit Skin 1

Posted by redink1 on Saturday January 12th, at 06:59 PM

Paul Pliska has released a DinkEdit skin, which improves the DinkEdit/WinDinkEdit graphics to be more functional and more aesthetic. Cool.

New D-Mod: The Monster House

Posted by redink1 on Saturday January 12th, at 07:02 PM

Timo Jyrisoo, who just released Legend of Pärnu yesterday, released The Monster House today. Wow.

Recondite Three: Static

Posted by redink1 on Saturday January 12th, at 11:33 PM

Nothing really important in this Recondite, just some little things. View the comments to read it.

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New Patch: As Good As Eternity Patch 1

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 13th, at 08:26 AM

Tyrsis has released Patch 1 for As Good As Eternity. It includes the following fixes:

1. Don't attack step-mom until you learned who she really is. - oops... done
2. Live water counter will go to negative if you get 2 potions, use up 1, then start the other. - oops... done. No second bottles.
3. After you get firefist (take up another inventory spot, btw), you can have infinite strength by switching weapons between firefist and other weapons. - oops... done
4. The timing for Healing tree's conversations are not quite right. - OK. done
Also made some map improvements (I hope) and the start menu buttons are easier to hit now.

DOTM Results

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 13th, at 01:06 PM

The Legend of TerraEarth Demo won the November 2001 DOTM. It just squeaked by with the win. With this, Christiaan won 3 DOTMs in a row.

FIAT won the December 2001 DOTM. It had 27 votes... the next (and only) runner-up had 2 votes (Ted Shutes' excellent DinkC Reference).

New Cheat: Ultimate Cheat v2.0

Posted by redink1 on Wednesday January 16th, at 03:55 PM

Ted Shutes (who has released a ton of other high-quality files in the past couple months) has released an updated version of Gary Hertel's legendary Ultimate Cheat. Ultimate Cheat v2.0 includes a ton of bug fixes and improvements, listed in the comments to this news post.

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New Dev File: Damnation Midi Pack

Posted by redink1 on Wednesday January 16th, at 04:08 PM

PureEvil has just released a dangation Midi Pack, which is a collection of midis with the theme of dangation for authors to use in their D-Mods.

New Patch: As Good As Eternity Patch 2

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 20th, at 12:04 AM

Patch 2 for As Good As Eternity fixes a ton of bugs, listed in the comments page.

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New Dev File: 16 Best Midi

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 20th, at 12:14 AM

Timo has just released a 16 midi pack, which includes 16 of his favorite midis (I guess).

New Walkthrough: FIAT

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 20th, at 12:18 AM

PureEvil has written a walkthrough for FIAT. You can download it in Word format here, or you can wait for Dukie to fix the web page version at The Dink Smallwood Solutions (D: that's fixed)

Thanks PureEvil!

Recondite Four: Noise

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 20th, at 01:01 AM

This week's early morning Recondite is nothing noteworthy, but it is recommended that you read it anyway...

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Midi Madness: Ultimate Midi Pack and Japanese Midis

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 20th, at 02:40 PM

Striker has sent me his Ultimate Midi Pack, which includes 141 midis. He even includes a readme file that details the names and origins (if available) of each of them. Cool.

RPGMinerva has sent me a Japanese Midi Pack, which has 110 midis original japanese midis.

New Dev Source: FIAT v0.99i Source

Posted by redink1 on Sunday January 20th, at 02:47 PM

Here is the FIAT v0.99i Source. If you ever wanted to know how I did something special in FIAT, here is your chance.

Midi Madness Returns: Three New Midi Packs.

Posted by redink1 on Monday January 21st, at 09:37 PM

DethLord (aka the guy who has written over 50 reviews), has released three midi packs: Final Fantasy Midi Pack Volume 1, Legend of Tenjin Midi Pack, and Themes Midi Pack Volume 1.

Stone of Balance Updates

Posted by redink1 on Monday January 21st, at 09:44 PM

Simon Klaebe has released Patch 9 for Stone of Balance. Simon says, "Patch nine fixes a few things: the biggy being the bug with having 2 bags of red rocks and neither getting deleted correctly in Story 4, plus some others that Ted Shutes pointed out."

He also released the source to Stone of Balance in a seperate file, which you can get here.

New Patch: As Good As Eternity Patch 3

Posted by redink1 on Tuesday January 22nd, at 08:08 AM

Tyrsis has released Patch 3 for As Good As Eternity, which fixes some problems with displaying the maps. It also includes all previous patches.

Site News: New Official Chat

Posted by redink1 on Friday January 25th, at 09:49 PM

Dethlord (aka the review guy) has created a new Dink Smallwood Chat Room. In fact, it was such an improvement over what I could find I decided to make it the official Dink Network chat room. Visit and chat away.

Updated D-Mod: Monster House v1.1

Posted by redink1 on Saturday January 26th, at 12:19 PM

Timo has updated Monster House to v1.1. Apparently, it fixes some bugs found by mimifish and DethLord.

New Dev File: Lantern v2.0

Posted by redink1 on Saturday January 26th, at 12:21 PM

Jon Petersen has modified my old lantern technique, and made a flickering lantern effect. Cool. It might even be of interest to those who aren't interested in D-Mod authoring, there are plenty of pillbugs and Boncas to kill.

Recondite Five: Nimiety

Posted by redink1 on Saturday January 26th, at 09:33 PM

Tonights Recondite is the same normal drivel as every other Saturday Night. Visit the comments page to view it.

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Discussion One: To cheat or not to cheat, that's the question!

Posted by Kyle on Tuesday January 29th, at 10:37 AM

A few days ago I was thinking about the lack of feedback on controversial topics and I asked Redink1 if it was okay to start a discussion on one of those topics. As you all know, the answer is yes and here it is.

Read the comments of this post for more information.

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Updated D-Mod: Legend of the Duck v2.00

Posted by redink1 on Thursday January 31st, at 08:28 PM

Ted Shutes sent Christopher McNeely the fixes to a ton of bugs he found in the original Legend of the Duck. And so, Legend of the Duck v2.00 was born. From the readme,

The Ted Shutes version of this game has been largely modified by... Ted Shutes. He took the game and, with my permission, modified it to fix the VERY LONG list of bugs he found. This is a better version of the game. Period. However you might be wondering what bugs we're talking about. I only received a total of two bug reports on LOD and they were given to me a long time after I'd released it. I never had half the problems he listed, and Kyle - the first beta tester - didn't either. However if you haven't finished LOD because you ran into problems or thought the game was dumb... You might try it now because it is much better.

New Patch: As Good As Eternity Patch 4

Posted by redink1 on Thursday January 31st, at 08:37 PM

Tyrisis has released Patch 4 for As Good As Eternity (it includes all previous patches). Basically, it removes the screenlock off of several screens of the game, and fixes an odd map bug.

New Dev Tutorial: Midi Tutorial v0.1

Posted by redink1 on Thursday January 31st, at 08:42 PM

Kindanue has released Midi Tutorial v0.1 which is an introduction to midi and sequencing. Cool.