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Help / Re: new video card

« on: September 23, 2012, 08:22:57 PM »

im gettinz wone for teh holidayz shut up it dont matterz if iz coust a fourchunz     

Actually yes it does because the video cards that cost more tend to be more powerful. ESPECIALLY IF ITS A NEWER GENERATION OF CARDS.

You wont be able to run Blockland with that puny HD4350 you showed us. Make sure you show the post I made earlier to your parents.

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Development / Re: 2012/09/12 - Steam Greenlight

« on: September 23, 2012, 08:14:59 PM »

Notice: Please do not feed the trolls.

                                                  ~Internet Zoo

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Help / Re: new video card

« on: September 21, 2012, 11:04:51 PM »

meh...uhhh WAITZ FOR CRISTMAZ!

Ask for a GT640 or an HD7750 for Christmas. Your choice between ATI or Nvidia.

GT640 = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127686
HD7750 = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Both are close to $100, give or take a few dollars. And you're not just limited to the 2 links above. Both are nearly equivalent to each other in terms of how they run games. Both do not need power connectors to install them; you just slide it into the correct slot after removing the silver backplate. If you don't understand that, ask your dad or someone better to install it.


Personally, I recommend the GT640. However, if you can find one of these inside your computer,



...then go for the GTX650 or HD 7770. $20 more, but nearly 50% better. If you were to go any higher than that, you'd jump the $200 barrier easily. Trust me, its worth it.

On the other hand, if you cant find one of those, dont worry about it.

You just wanna play Blockland with shaders don't you? A GT640 or 7750 is probably more than enough.

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Development / Re: 2012/09/12 - Steam Greenlight

« on: September 20, 2012, 02:57:40 PM »

A question for Badspot: Can the uploaders of a game on Steam Greenlight (you) actually see the approval bar?

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Help / Re: new video card

« on: September 20, 2012, 02:24:53 PM »

It would only be a short time replacement.

Why get an older generation card and not a HD7400 or something? Even a GT640 would suffice for Blockland, though thats $100, and you could pay $20 more and go one step further.


Enough about prices: What kind of money can you actually spend?

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Development / Re: 2012/09/12 - Steam Greenlight

« on: September 19, 2012, 03:07:29 PM »

I think Steam removed the ability to see the percentage of votes because the majority of the Steam community is so complaintly stupid that they will only bandwagon on what other people agree with rather than coming up with their own opinion about it, hurr.

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Development / Re: 2012/09/12 - Steam Greenlight

« on: September 18, 2012, 09:40:40 PM »

I think Steam removed the ability to see the percentage of votes because the majority of the Steam community is so complaintly stupid that they will only bandwagon on what other people agree with rather than coming up with their own opinion about it, hurr.

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Development / Re: 2012/09/12 - Steam Greenlight

« on: September 18, 2012, 07:53:58 PM »

Stop jumping to conclusions, Blockland might take a few months of being on Greenlight to get on.

This.

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Modification Help / Re: Detecting the brick(s) planted below a planted brick

« on: September 17, 2012, 07:16:33 PM »

This doesn't work because it checks every single brick instead of just the bricks that have the

Code: [Select]

isCrop = true;
datablock property. Thus the dirt thats required to plant crop bricks cant be placed itself.


Im guessing I'd need:

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%brick.isCrop = true;

Whats wrong with this now?

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package checkBrick
{
function fxDTSBrick::onPlant(%brick)
{
if(%brick.isCrop)
{
%down = %brick.getNumDownBricks();
for(%i = 0; %i < %down; %i++)
{
%dbrick = %brick.getDownBrick(%i);
if(%dbrick.isPlanted())
{
    if(%dbrick.getDatablock().uiName $= "Dirt")
{
%isAboveCorrectBrick = 1;
break;
}
}
}
if(%isAboveCorrectBrick)
parent::onPlant(%brick);
else
%brick.schedule(0,delete);
}
else
{
parent::onPlant(%brick);
}
}
};

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Modification Help / Re: Detecting the brick(s) planted below a planted brick

« on: September 17, 2012, 07:02:33 PM »

Right but how might I check the below brick's Ui Name to see if its "Dirt"?

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Modification Help / Re: CityRPGX Development

« on: September 17, 2012, 06:25:55 PM »

Shame to say but there's a possibility I might need an extra coder to assist with the rewriting of some of these terrible additions by Moppy. I don't fully understand the harvest code and I don't want to be shooting around in the dark for another month or two before I find the answer.

Also, I could use another artist for making some of the icons.

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Help / Re: new video card

« on: September 17, 2012, 05:56:45 PM »

wut

There are 2 additional settings (5x and 6x rendering) which arent shown by default. Only 4x, which is High.

A common nickname for these hidden settings (which are unlocked with Client_UltraGraphics.zip) is Very High and Ultra.

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Development / Re: 2012/09/12 - Steam Greenlight

« on: September 16, 2012, 04:54:59 PM »

If I dont vote for it on greenlight will badspot kick my dog?

Yes, yes he will. He'll also kick every animal you have and give them a mean look.

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Development / Re: 2012/09/08 - Blockland r1730

« on: September 16, 2012, 12:54:19 PM »

Just going to post this here since the original shader topic is locked. Seems about right.

From what I understand the resolution of shadows for each setting is as follows:

Low	1024*2=2048
Medium	2048*3=6144
High	2048*4=8192
Very High	2048*5=10240
Max	2048*6=12288

But I have a feeling this is wrong. I'm kind of confused about the resolution for shadows being 1024 or 2048, but being rendered twice, or three times, or so on...
What exactly does that mean? What's the specific resolution of shadows for each setting?

Could there be 2 different settings that adjust both values which determine the shader quality?

2048 still seems to be a bit low for me. Or would 4096 be way out of reach for Blockland?


Also kompressor: Shadow Aliasing. Use it.

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Help / Re: new video card

« on: September 16, 2012, 12:44:03 PM »

The bottom line you need to determine is how high you wanna run Blockland.

Do you want Minimum, Low, Medium, High, or "Very High" and "Ultra", options which aren't shown?

Also, what resolution is your monitor? Do you run everything on max?