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Gallery / Snowy Compound

« on: November 05, 2013, 11:39:14 PM »

I built a compound in the snow. Not sure what it's for. It's really cold though.

Here's a bunch of screenshots with DOF abuse

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Gallery / [VIDEO] Woof 2: The Barkening

« on: October 31, 2013, 12:47:49 AM »

I have no idea what I'm doing

Starring:
Dread as Presidoge
Mr.Noßody as the organ player
Maxwell as guard doge
Trinick as an audience member



two and a half dogs were harmed in the making of this video
mmmeeeennnnnnnn~~~

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Creativity / [What is Gaming Life] - Youtube Shenanigans

« on: June 22, 2013, 12:43:38 PM »

Currently creating this topic on a laptop with no mouse so it'll improve once I'm back on my main computer. ANYWAYS:

What Is Gaming Life - or [WIGL] as we conveniently refer to it - is a Youtube channel shared between Dread, Rhypht and I where we upload gameplay footage and other similar things in no particular orderly or thematic fashion. At least, that's what it is currently. We started the channel not too long ago because we kept saying to ourselves "we should record the stupid stuff we do and put it on Youtube." So, after months of saying this without actually doing anything, we took the step forward and made...whatever the hell it is you see here.

Probably not the best way to present ourselves, agreed. However, we hope that by having more people actually see our videos, we can develop some sort of direction that we'd like to take the channel in, based on what people like and don't like and what everyone wants to see. Of course, as long as it still fits within our own personal style of recording and such.

Currently, we have videos of the following gameplay:
Grand Theft Auto IV
Garry's Mod
Blockland
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Battlefield 3
Minecraft
Phantasy Star Online 2
Sniper Elite: national socialist Zombie Army
Slender
More to come!

Not too much information to start with, but again, I don't have much with me in terms of versatility computer-wise for the next few days so once I'm back at home base I'll flesh this topic out some more to make it nicer to look at. In the meantime, in case you didn't realize the image at the top is a link to the channel:
Here you go.

Feedback is always greatly appreciated, criticism is what can help us shape this into something more interesting.
And of course I'm going to plug the obligatory: like, subscribe, tell ya friends, and whatever else Youtube does nowadays with their stuffty layouts.

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Off Topic / Game Development Ideas

« on: November 04, 2010, 12:30:09 AM »

So me and a friend were discussing our potential futures in the field of game development, here's what we planned out:

The Fantastical Ace: you me and micah
The Fantastical Ace: start a company
The Fantastical Ace: called Faucet
PerfectedPhenomenon: :}
PerfectedPhenomenon: forget, I'd do it
The Fantastical Ace: we'll even loving
The Fantastical Ace: make some sort of
The Fantastical Ace: online content distribution network
The Fantastical Ace: where people can play games and chat
The Fantastical Ace: we'll call it like
PerfectedPhenomenon: Called vapor
The Fantastical Ace: smoke
The Fantastical Ace: VAPOR
The Fantastical Ace: YES
PerfectedPhenomenon: YES
PerfectedPhenomenon: With our Vapor distribution, what will our company be?
The Fantastical Ace: what
The Fantastical Ace: we can make games
PerfectedPhenomenon: What will our company be called
The Fantastical Ace: i already have an idea
PerfectedPhenomenon: Ooh, tell
The Fantastical Ace: the company will be called Faucet
The Fantastical Ace: i told you already
PerfectedPhenomenon: oh
The Fantastical Ace: i have an idea for a game
The Fantastical Ace: it'll be about
The Fantastical Ace: this scientist
The Fantastical Ace: who fights off this invading alien force
The Fantastical Ace: that takes over earth
The Fantastical Ace: we'll call it
The Fantastical Ace: Full Death
PerfectedPhenomenon: Yes
The Fantastical Ace: also
The Fantastical Ace: another idea
The Fantastical Ace: a test subject acquires a device that allows you to create tunnels between two points
The Fantastical Ace: it'll be called
The Fantastical Ace: Wormhole
The Fantastical Ace: you can solve puzzles and stuff
The Fantastical Ace: and in the end
The Fantastical Ace: the computer tries to kill you
The Fantastical Ace: OOH
The Fantastical Ace: ANOTHER IDEA
PerfectedPhenomenon: For real
The Fantastical Ace: this ones more of like
The Fantastical Ace: a team game
The Fantastical Ace: two teams pretty much just
The Fantastical Ace: battle in varying arenas
The Fantastical Ace: different objectives
The Fantastical Ace: like
The Fantastical Ace: CTF
The Fantastical Ace: control points
The Fantastical Ace: whatnot
The Fantastical Ace: we'll call it
The Fantastical Ace: Squad Stronghold
PerfectedPhenomenon: This is why we have nice things
The Fantastical Ace: hmmm
The Fantastical Ace: thinking
The Fantastical Ace: OH
The Fantastical Ace: if we want
The Fantastical Ace: we can make something like
The Fantastical Ace: for free
The Fantastical Ace: to get our name out there
The Fantastical Ace: and to make people happy
PerfectedPhenomenon: I GOT AN IDEA
The Fantastical Ace: im thinking
The Fantastical Ace: a shooter
The Fantastical Ace: go ahead
PerfectedPhenomenon: Yea, a shooter
PerfectedPhenomenon: But a squad of four to appeal to the multiplyer crowds
The Fantastical Ace: right
PerfectedPhenomenon: In space
The Fantastical Ace: i like
PerfectedPhenomenon: Kind of like dead space meets halo
The Fantastical Ace: hmmm
The Fantastical Ace: but
The Fantastical Ace: people have seen that
PerfectedPhenomenon: But the guy they listen to
The Fantastical Ace: what will make ours so different
PerfectedPhenomenon: is a total useless cunt for no reason
The Fantastical Ace: what will make ours stand out from any other plain old space shootemup
The Fantastical Ace: we need a clever angle
The Fantastical Ace: wait...
The Fantastical Ace: angle...
The Fantastical Ace: OP
PerfectedPhenomenon: top down
The Fantastical Ace: OH stuff
The Fantastical Ace: YES
The Fantastical Ace: and the team fights their way through swarms
The Fantastical Ace: of aliens...
The Fantastical Ace: we can call it
PerfectedPhenomenon: Hmm
The Fantastical Ace: Extraterrestrial Horde
The Fantastical Ace: :O
PerfectedPhenomenon: :O
The Fantastical Ace: hmmm
The Fantastical Ace: but
The Fantastical Ace: i feel we need more
The Fantastical Ace: to reach a wider audience
The Fantastical Ace: hmm
The Fantastical Ace: whats popular these days
PerfectedPhenomenon: Zombie game?
The Fantastical Ace: ah yes
The Fantastical Ace: we'd need to make it interesting enough
The Fantastical Ace: i like that team of 4 idea
PerfectedPhenomenon: Yea
PerfectedPhenomenon: not top down here though
The Fantastical Ace: yeah
The Fantastical Ace: cant overuse that
PerfectedPhenomenon: put the player in their shoes
The Fantastical Ace: survivors of an outbreak, perhaps?
PerfectedPhenomenon: I like
The Fantastical Ace: hmm
PerfectedPhenomenon: All different personas
The Fantastical Ace: yes
The Fantastical Ace: diversity
The Fantastical Ace: political correctness
PerfectedPhenomenon: An starfish, a goof, a wise guy, and a bitch
The Fantastical Ace: sounds good
PerfectedPhenomenon: Makes a good team
The Fantastical Ace: yeah
The Fantastical Ace: what would make it interesting though
The Fantastical Ace: ?
PerfectedPhenomenon: Take place in the middle of nowhere
The Fantastical Ace: it cant just be any plain old zombie game
PerfectedPhenomenon: Somewhere you wouldn't expect
The Fantastical Ace: hmmm
The Fantastical Ace: somewhere that hits close to home
The Fantastical Ace: so to speak
PerfectedPhenomenon: Hmm
PerfectedPhenomenon: New Orleans?
The Fantastical Ace: ah yes
PerfectedPhenomenon: Add in some southern flavor
The Fantastical Ace: with the flooding and all
The Fantastical Ace: would make interesting
The Fantastical Ace: settings
PerfectedPhenomenon: And the accents would be fun
The Fantastical Ace: yep
The Fantastical Ace: what would we call it though
The Fantastical Ace: op
The Fantastical Ace: idea
The Fantastical Ace: how about
PerfectedPhenomenon: Shoot
The Fantastical Ace: wait
The Fantastical Ace: so
The Fantastical Ace: we can cleverly stick the team of 4 aspect into the title
The Fantastical Ace: quirky, no?
PerfectedPhenomenon: Go on
The Fantastical Ace: how about
The Fantastical Ace: Right 4 Killed
PerfectedPhenomenon: Nah..
The Fantastical Ace: hmmm
PerfectedPhenomenon: idk about that one
The Fantastical Ace: got a better one?
PerfectedPhenomenon: You've been on a roll so far
PerfectedPhenomenon: Live 4 Tomorrow?
The Fantastical Ace: nah
PerfectedPhenomenon: Uhh
The Fantastical Ace: hmm
PerfectedPhenomenon: Kill 4 Life?
The Fantastical Ace: sounds great
PerfectedPhenomenon: loving yes

guys we need input are these good game ideas
lelo pudding

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Games / Star Ruler - An indie space RTS...in space!

« on: September 20, 2010, 07:00:58 PM »

Clicky.

Warning: the following is directly copied from the steam page...

Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves) is a target of opportunity.

Twist other Empires into submitting to your galaxy-class wit with diplomacy and wheel-and-deal your way to supremacy.

Research new kinds of weapons, engines, shields, and more, all of which retain their unique benefits as the game progresses, with a research web whose contents are shuffled every game at your option.

Exploit interstellar phenomena such as asteroid belts and stars and exploit them for yourself or destroy them to deny your foes. Create and destroy new worlds through advanced technological research.

Match your strategy against up to 10 other opponents (online or LAN-linked). Save the game when dawn breaks and boot it back up at dusk. It isn't over until you say it is! Drop in and drop out at any point; disconnecting players will not disrupt the game!

Your weapons, your ships, your rules: Almost the entire game can be modified through Notepad! Easily add new models and particle effects to the game with “out-of-the-box” developer tools. Create new weapons in seconds; create new AIs through scripts! The Galaxy is yours!

A Masterpiece in Progress: As time wears on, new gameplay features, art, and GUI improvements will be added into the game through patches as time and money allows. Race Creation; Non-Player Factions; Terraforming; more Ship Sets; Deeper Diplomacy; Deep Planetary Invasion; these features and much, much more to come!


There's more information on the steam page for it but I'm seriously considering buying it. It's an indie game, which is interesting. Has anyone else played this?

Oh also it's 20% off for now.

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Modification Help / Collision meshes and Shadows

« on: August 20, 2010, 12:31:17 AM »

I've searched everywhere but I can't find a solution to this problem.

I want to create a shadow on my vehicle that doesn't use the collision mesh, but the actual vehicle itself. I've seen plenty of other vehicles pull this off, and I have no idea how to go about doing it.

I'm using Milkshape. Using the regular DTS exporter does it just fine, but then flat-shading won't work. Using the DTSPlus exporter does flat-shading, but the shadow is of the collision mesh. How do I get both flat-shading and a non-collision mesh shadow?

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Clan Discussion / [BAN] - Blockland Alliance Navy: Later, buddy.

« on: May 28, 2010, 06:21:09 PM »

"A fallen alliance rebuilds..."

The Schrodinger's Cat of Blockland clans.

-Two years ago, Ace and Ghoul decided to put together a clan dedicated to the construction of space-themed builds. After approximately five months of activity, the clan reached an inactive state. In January of 2009, the clan was reactivated. This second wind was rather brief, only a month long to be exact, due to Ghoul taking a break from Blockland. Over a year later, we've come to the decision to give the clan one last run. Effective now, the Blockland Alliance Navy is active again. Of course, we anticipate that the clan will inevitably die out again at some point in the future. But for now, let's give it one more go!
The Blockland Alliance Navy is a clan centered around builds of the space/futuristic variety. It's primary leaders are Ghoul and Ace. We search for the best of the best in regards to building and eventing. The ranking system has been thrown out, as it was useless. In it's place we have divided the membership sorting and application process into two divisions.
This is explained further down the page.

Oh, and the clan tag is simply BAN.

December 5, 2010 - Reactor Worker has been admitted to the Building Division. Welcome! November 24, 2010 - Monkeyboy has been admitted to the Building Division. November 21, 2010 - TheArmyGuy has been removed from the clan becaGUYS UGN IS TOTALLY COOL September 12, 2010 - Xerces is being moved into leadership to replace Ace, Ace is going dormant. September 8, 2010 - Loopyla1/Kohna has been removed from BAN for various reasons. September 8, 2010 - News Cleared

Ghoul (618) (Leader)
Xerces (3270) (Leader)
Dread (210) (Ambassador)
Ace (1139) (Inactive)

Comr4de (11152)
Nimbus (1434)
TruBluRage (1690)
Hugums (2042)
Rediac (13591)
Monkeyboy (14546)
Reactor Worker (1080)

DarkStride (1695)
Gadgethm (9317)
MackTheHunter (3304)
Clockturn (4332)
Jam_Jar (19091)

=On General Asshattery=

We don't tolerate idiocy. Or stuffposting. Keep this topic clean. While in this clan, you are expected to be respectable.

=On Server Etiquette=
EVERY SINGLE CONCEIVABLE SORT OF SPAM IS GROUNDS FOR A PERMANENT BAN FROM THE SERVER.
THIS IS YOUR WARNING.

Any non-member build remaining in the server for over two days will be deleted. You may be banned at any time for any reason. Watch yourself and your behavior. Do not ask for administrative privileges. This is exclusive to clan members. Please stay consistent with the theme of the server

=On Application Etiquette=

In the event that you are not accepted, don't rage. Just try harder. "Try harder" does not mean submit a new application every day. Being blacklisted from the clan bars you from applying.

=General Guidelines for Applications=

Spam applications will not be tolerated. Please take this seriously. Theft is looked down upon, and will result in an immediate blacklisting from the clan. You may not receive any outside help when creating your application. Your application should be a demonstration of your very best ability. You must submit your application to the Gallery or build it in the official server in order for it to be judged. Every member of the clan is allowed to judge an application. However, a contrasting vote by the leaders will override the general vote. Cross-applying is not permitted.

Application requirements for each specific division are as follows:
=Build Division Applications=

You are expected to produce some space-themed or futuristic build. Your build must have a minimum of 2,000 bricks. Remember: Every bit of detail is important. Plain boring tube ships are no longer acceptable. Spam or box ships are and never have been acceptable. Exterior detail is just as important as interior detail.

=Event Division Applications=

You may event anything that is space-related, futuristic, or even technical. Event with a purpose. Practicality, usefulness and aesthetics are important. Anything that our judges see as unique or particularly advanced or creative will be considered. Spamming projectiles to create some massive space cannon is not what we're looking for. Get creative. Do something that we haven't seen before. Please include a save with your application.

Here's a list of clan servers that you may be able to participate in:

1x1 BAN Logo Prints

Senses (7630) - Permitting self into clan on false pretenses. Elphie (14719) - stuffposting, trolling the clan topic. Leon S. Kennedy (20825) - Wearing clan tags without permission. Graystripe 12 (20830) - Wearing clan tags without permission. Ace13 (13469) - Impersonation. Retz (5983) - General clan topic idiocy. AJCW (10206) - Because I said so god dammit. Trekker123 (18013) - Wearing clan tags without permission. Dionysus (21185) - Wearing clan tags without permission. Plant (16842) - Butthurt II: Revenge of the Bawwwwwwwww D3ATHCAT (17825) - Moronic posting.

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Gallery / "A New Voyage"

« on: March 04, 2010, 09:48:10 PM »

"The future is not the end, but merely the beginning."

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Help / Spawn Points

« on: January 10, 2010, 04:38:06 PM »

I've been having some trouble today with player spawns. Usually everyone would spawn just fine where they were supposed to, on their checkpoints or player spawn bricks. When I changed the map, the game started spawning everyone in mid-air off in some random point on the map during a minigame rather than the spawn bricks I had set up. "Use Spawn Bricks" was checked off, and I had not downloaded anything new between the time this was working and the time it was not. I tried this with many other maps and it did the same thing every time.

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Help / Unable to host a server.

« on: December 23, 2009, 07:50:58 PM »

I've forwarded my ports correctly, and everything matches up the way it should, but people are still unable to connect to my server. I've tried rebooting my router numerous times, rebooting my computer, checking the firewall settings, and everything is as it should be but nobody can connect.

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Off Topic / Need some technical support...

« on: November 01, 2009, 04:22:18 PM »

I recently bought the game Red Faction: Guerrilla. Excited to play the game, I put it into my computer last night and began to install it. The installation halted halfway through, and I figured "Oh, well it will probably take a while, it's a big game." I come back 2 hours later, and it's in the same position. I cancel the installer and give it another try. Same thing happens.

I have retried it at least five times and it hangs at some random point in the installation.
Anyone have any idea why this could be happening?

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Off Topic / Belkin n52te

« on: October 28, 2009, 03:05:05 PM »

I saw this thing a long time ago and I've recently been considering buying one.

http://www.n52te.com/

It's basically a game controller. You can customize the keys on it to do whatever and it has a thumbpad and such. Does anyone have one of these, and if so, should I buy one? Is it worth the money?