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General Discussion / Re: Blocklander Newb Guide

« on: March 06, 2008, 01:41:54 PM »

You never see newbie guides on any other forum or website, this is why Blockland forums is handicapped, the need for information that should be learnt the hard way.

Um... are you serious? Google "newbie guide" and you'll spend the next 6 months scrolling through the links. If that doesn't convince you, look at the top of this page at the "Help" button between Home and Search. What do you think that is, if not a newbie guide for the forums.

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Suggestions & Requests / Re: Dedicated Server for Linux

« on: March 06, 2008, 01:33:03 PM »

I'm not a fan of thread necromancy, but this one needs to stay on top.

A linux-native BL server would be great - and you can't possibly say "just dual boot" or "run an emulator" unless you really have no concept of what a linux-native server would mean. It would mean more dedicated servers, for starters. Linux is meant to run for months and months at a time without a reboot, it MUCH easier to remotely administer and maintain, is better on system resources, and the list goes on.

Like Zerosan, I have a perfectly good linux box just sitting here that I only use for backups and occasional testing. It could easily run one hell of a BL server, dedicated and running 24/7... if only there were a BL version for linux. Yeah, I could dual-boot, but I couldn't count on a Windows server staying up for months at a time untouched. And every time I'd need to reboot or restart the BL server, I'd have to reconnect my monitor, keyboard and mouse to even touch Windows. Running linux, I just need to SSH or telnet into the box and I can do literally anything with the box living in a closet.


Since BL has an OSX version, and OSX is a certified Unix core (based on FreeBSD) there shouldn't be a lot of legwork involved in making a BL version for linux.
Torque can run on Linux.
From Wikipedia:
"The source code can be compiled on Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Xbox 360 platforms."

So if Torque can run, what's the roadblock for a linux version of BL?

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General Discussion / Re: New to Blockland, have some questions...

« on: March 04, 2008, 12:50:10 AM »

WOW

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General Discussion / Re: New to Blockland, have some questions...

« on: March 03, 2008, 10:51:04 PM »

I asked for an essential mods list and it looks like one was posted on 2/4/08 (sorry I missed it the first time around):

http://www.blockland.us/smf/index.php?topic=29719.0

Even so, it didn't have all the things Bushido posted, so thanks again.
 

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General Discussion / Re: New to Blockland, have some questions...

« on: March 03, 2008, 04:04:37 PM »

Wow, Bushido. Thank you. Checking into those now. The idea of a planet map so large I need a ship to transport people between areas is just... awesome.

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General Discussion / Re: New to Blockland, have some questions...

« on: March 03, 2008, 01:12:53 PM »

Awesome! Thank you!!
 

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General Discussion / New to Blockland, have some questions...

« on: March 03, 2008, 01:06:44 PM »

I just started with Blockland this weekend. So far, it rocks, but I have some newb questions.

1. What's the difference between Blockland and Return to Blockland? I've been all over both forums and still don't really know if RTB is just an expansion, or if it's something else.

2. Is there a newbie guide somewhere? Not the tutorial, but a quick how-to on things like mini games, common mods, building tools (like /duplicate - which I still can't get to work), the wand (still don't really know what that is) etc. I took me a while to figure out what a mini game was and how to join it, and no one on any of the 10 servers I connected to offered any help at all. I think I have a good handle on it now, but it would have been really nice to have some sort of FAQ or how-to to read first.

3. What are the most common add-ons? I'd like to download these ahead of time whenever possible.

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Help / Re: sound goes wacko

« on: March 03, 2008, 12:51:08 PM »

Thanks Radial. Good to know.

Everything else works -perfectly- for me so far. I was already a lego whore, and now this... fun stuff.

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Help / Re: sound goes wacko

« on: March 02, 2008, 03:04:18 PM »

Mine does this too. I'm on a brand new MacBook Pro so the last thing I need is a new sound card. All other sounds are fine, just the custom sounds set on bricks that only play as static.