Looking forward to beta

[hector]

There are also ctrl-alt-character sequences that add accents the the like, depending on your input language (on windows at least; on linux you can just go ahead and use them). Unfortunately, I have yet to find a list of these sequences anywhere on the internet, but they do exist (I have used them for Welsh and French).

[higgins]

Sure, and on many touch screen devices you can just hold a key down to get more options... but I think the ban was less technical in its nature and more based on the game design principles.

[Marras]

That first one is the only difficult one for me Although ü is not in use around here, it is basically pronounced like y (we call that letter as German 'y'), right? Can you give any tips about that weird one?

BTW, I visited Tallinn couple of weeks ago. It was otherwise a great trip but it was raining practically the whole day we were there...

[higgins]

Although ü is not in use around here, it is basically pronounced like y (we call that letter as German 'y'), right?

That's correct. Finnish vowels are the same as in Estonian, whereas Swedes use essentially the same markings that you and I do, but pronounce many vowels differently, which is totally messed up.

Can you give any tips about that weird one?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruKpLwMeXDc[/youtube]

Ignore the pronunciation when the kid says the letter individually. Looks like the editor inserted Ö audio clip by mistake or something. The rest of it is spot on.

BTW, I visited Tallinn couple of weeks ago. It was otherwise a great trip but it was raining practically the whole day we were there...

Reminds me when we came back from our Polish-Czech trip. BEAUTIFUL warm weather the whole way back. Then in the mid-Latvia at 5AM there's cold wind and fog with a dribble of rain. Yup... soon home.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgCsv-y-mc[/youtube]

[Agamemnon]

Also, Agamemnon banned umlauts, so, I'm avoiding them as I generate things.

Me: but umlauts are meaningful in real life
Agamemnon: I'm sure they are. For an American/English audience though, they are very foreign. To even use them, I'd need to memorize alt-codes
Me: õäöü
Agamemnon: showoff

[higgins]

Okay, I'm still waiting on chapters 3 & 4, but chapter 5 is proofread.

[PsiPhire]

Does that mean the beta will be out soon?

[Agamemnon]

Does that mean the beta will be out soon?

Shhh. Top secret.

[higgins]

Me: the Book 1 is still in Arabic
Agamemnon: huh?
Me: I mean in the header
Me: in text, it's always Book I

Clearly, we're working too late into the night.

[EinBein]

I would even learn Arabic to read this book, but am hoping that you guys know no more Arabic than me: 1 to 9 and ... Yalla yalla!

[higgins]

Insallah, we do. If not, we don't.

[Agamemnon]

I will admit, that comment wasn't my finest.

We've developed a bad habit of working weird hours to get this done. I wonder if it's not beginning to take a toll on my brain. I may be quite mad before this is over. Quite mad.

[hector]

You say that likes it's a bad thing.

Flibble.

[EinBein]

That comes with being a genius, doesn't it?

[higgins]

We only have to hope that the association works both ways.