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Modification Help / Raycast question

« on: July 21, 2010, 12:34:02 AM »

Does anyone know how to find where a raycast is "interrupted"?

for example: the new destructo wand spawns an emitter at the point where the raycast is interrupted. Another example: if you shot a raycast 300 units ahead of you, and detected an interiorObject, how would you tell the distance between you and the interiorObject even though the interiorObject is closer than 300 units ahead of you?

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Off Topic / Bo O. Nobor's Birthday.

« on: July 11, 2010, 06:07:03 AM »

He was simply the best at rolling t's in history.

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Drama / OMG DIS GUY SUX

« on: May 31, 2010, 12:10:07 AM »

Has anyone else noticed a rise in drama topics about things that don't matter in the least?

Exhibit a: http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=112060.0

Do we really need to know a host banned you because you told the host what to do? Really? Did you not see it coming?

I kinda hate to say it but: http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=112131.0

Some people are handicaps, that doesn't mean they get a whole topic of rage at them. Can't most people just push it out of their mind and go to another server or just ignore their post?

Discuss.

User was banned for this post

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Off Topic / What happens when game servers go down?

« on: May 23, 2010, 02:15:59 PM »

I've always wondered, in the future, what will happen to all the game servers. For example; in a hundred years, will World of Warcraft realms still exist? Will the game be shut down forever? Old games like pong didn't use servers, so we will have to wait to see what the future holds. It will be one sad, sad day when the blockland master server gets shut down forever.

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Modification Help / Huh. Oggs.

« on: May 08, 2010, 02:57:50 PM »

Just recently I was thinking about ShoutCast, which is an internet radio station software. It exports live streams in .pls form. However, it's brother for Mac, called IceCast exports their live streams in .ogg form. What would happen if you put one of these live stream .oggs into BL?

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Off Topic / What the forget textbook writers..

« on: May 03, 2010, 12:11:09 AM »

I get enough of this on my cellphone, school is the only place I'm safe... Apparently not anymore.




Discuss.

Also; it says: You look at your cellular phone display and read the message
"U wan2 gt pza 2nite?" You reply "No. MaB TPM. CUL8R."
These messages are short for saying "Do you want to get some
pizza tonight?" and "No. Maybe tomorrow afternoon (P.M.)
See you later."

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Help / Screenshots

« on: May 02, 2010, 04:11:38 PM »

So, not only screenshots, but any files created by BL don't show up in windows explorer.

I know they're there because when I scan for them inside BL they show up, but in windows explorer it does not show.

I run windows 7, is there anyone that's fixed this problem? I've heard it does this in vista too.

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Games / Monster Hunter 3/Tri

« on: May 02, 2010, 11:34:23 AM »

I just got this game for the Wii yesterday and I must say it is a delight to play. After you complete the tutorial by talking to some noob in the forest that got hungry, you can play online. Online play is four times as hard no matter how many people are actually playing with you, with a max of four. This means that bosses take atleast 5 minutes to kill, some of the harder ones take 20. And you start attacking them from the start. Anyone else have this game?

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Drama / Tubberbubber -- The guy that calls himself a girl?

« on: May 02, 2010, 01:04:12 AM »

After seeing this topic I immediately thought "guy." I also noticed the name of the picture is "m_25fad2a0854f4070a5ebde9b551 e1849.jpg" which isn't how the iPhone stores pictures name-wise. Later, while reading one of the posts on my topic I noticed that his picture that was clearly taken off google had a similar name, "p_2526573.jpg". I am thinking that they both came from the same website and since the iPhone pic was clearly taken with an iPhone it was uploaded as a mobile pic, and that's why it was given the m_ where as the other one was not mobile, so it was given p_.

Yes/no?

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Off Topic / Me needs a TV.

« on: May 01, 2010, 10:32:00 PM »

Today I brought a TV from about 1993 into my room so I could play Monster Hunter Tri on it. Besides making it awfully hard to read text, it emits a slight buzzing noise when it is on. So, I've decided to invest in a good TV. My budget is <300, and I want some sort of flat screen TV under 28 inches. Does anyone know of any nice ones? Plasma and LED are prefered.

Might be getting this:
http://www.target.com/Haier-Ultra-Slim-LED-22/dp/B002VYCJK2/ref=sc_qi_detailbutton

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Off Topic / Chrome and firefox users only. -- Coolest thing I've ever seen on the Internet.

« on: May 01, 2010, 08:48:36 PM »

If you haven't seen this, you haven't lived. At the bottom drop down box, select "Never Gonna Give You Up", (This does not count as a rick roll) and click play on the video on the left. Prepare to be amazed. The ipod commercial works well too, but I think that the song is MUCH better.

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Off Topic / What in the lord...

« on: April 26, 2010, 10:50:23 PM »

So I was using Kalph's IP map thing that shows where hosters live, and I was going around to peoples servers telling them I live really close to them. One person in specific literally lives three blocks away from me, and we had a class together last year. Am I the first to have met someone I actually know IRL on BL?

EDIT: Go check

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Modification Help / Euler to axis angle

« on: April 21, 2010, 11:15:59 PM »

I'm trying to rotate a model that is generally standing up ( | ) to something that is laying down ( __ ), but EulerToAxis is producing incorrect results as it says in the post, and I can't figure out what the rotational values are.

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Modification Help / Blockland Trading Card Game

« on: April 07, 2010, 08:08:15 PM »

The Idea

Well, I've seen several Suggestions and Requests threads about how people want a blockland trading card game, as well as I've been asked personally to make one. The ones that have been made in the past are all wrong in my opinion, so I've taken it up to try to make one myself.

Basic highlights:
Get several people to install a serverside mod that logs a person's name, BL_ID, avatar shape, and avatar colors.
From this data, I can generate a picture of the person for use in a trading card game.
As people do actions on the forums and servers with this mod, it defines their type of card.

Examples:
Post Whore: Has a post average of over 8 posts per day.
Elder: Has a blockland key lower than 5,000 or registered on the forums before [somedate]
Experienced Player: Plays on at least 3 servers (that have this mod) a day for a week straight (the more you join per day, the more tolerance it has for skipping days, like if you go to 50 servers that have this mod a day for a week, then skip three days, you'll still have this type)
Rare: Plays on two or less servers with this mod a day for a month; or has a post average lower than or equal to 1 a day.

More examples will be added if I work on this.

Clarification on the serverside mod:
This mod will ONLY take data from players that join your server and upload it to a database. It will not give you any special privileges in the future, such as "Beta Tester" or anything of the kind. It will simply help the development of this mod and speed it up. Depending on if I decide to or if Ephi lets me, I may use data from RTB to help out for some of the titles.

ALSO: I am unsure if this will be a "collectable" type trading card game, or if you will actually have battles and such.

Predicaments

• Accents have confuzzled me. The beta will most likely not include hat-attached apparel.
• Some malicious users may try to mess with playing cards of enemies. I have ruled out browser use to edit variables, so it can only be done through Torque. I am trying to think of some kind of authentication system to make sure it's not a human, but I'm at a loss.

Noteworthy People

Anyone that downloads the mod and posts on the topic saying they did will get a slot down here where it will tell their server name, status, ect for anyone that wants to be sure their character will be on a card when it first comes out for beta.


NOTE: my server does not have the mod yet, that's part of the reason it has "Research" in the title.

Newest Update

Previously mentioned "Serverside Addon" finished. Will beta test tomorrow morning.

Post ideas / discuss

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Suggestions & Requests / Drama Forum - Add to Post button

« on: April 07, 2010, 07:18:16 PM »

I'm pretty sure this can/does go here, since it's not under the Add-Ons board and it's description says

The place where you give me your ideas in exchange for nothing.

and not "The place where you give me your add-on ideas in exchange for nothing."

Drama used to have an edit button, but it has been removed to prevent people from editing their posts to hide their ban-able post. I'm sure other people have needed the edit button before for a decent reason, so that's why I thought of the idea of an "Add To Post" button.

Example:
Somename is a real jrek.

jerk*

Or something like that so you don't have to double post to get all your points across, or correct yourself.