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Suggestions & Requests / Taking requests for new brick doors

« on: January 19, 2015, 12:20:15 PM »

I'm such a rooster tease. I completely forgot about this. I mean damn, it's been two years.

So anyways I've got 11 brick doors already done, 4-5 doors planned, and I'm taking requests. I might release a version with door frames as a separate add-on.

Trapdoor not pictured since the brick is broken at the moment.

Released: http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=274053.0

DOOR COUNTER: 0 bricks + 30 models + 4 planned

Planned

Model done (2014-01-24)

Brick done (2014-01-24)

None yet, I'm redoing all my previously made doors to include coverage to bump up the performance a little bit.

Suggestions & Requests / Request: Can someone fix Client_BrickScroll?

« on: January 19, 2015, 11:12:15 AM »

I love the add-on but it broke some months/years ago.
RTB: http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=212589.0
Download: http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Client_BrickScroll.zip

For example if I select 1x1 and scroll forward trying to reach the 2x2 brick it jumps to end of the 2x category to 2x2 Corner. Trying to scroll back from 2x2 Corner doesn't do anything. Scrolling back from 1x1 goes to 2x2 Corner and then gets stuck. It's supposed to go through all bricks in a tab (and I think even across tabs) as if they were in a single contiguous list.

Modification Help / Getting ID from ItemData name & array length?

« on: January 18, 2015, 10:38:57 AM »

How would get that integer ID thingy from an ItemData datablock name?

How to determine the length of an array?

I'm working on a simple weapon shop GUI system and I'm trying to populate a drop down list with predefined items.

Help / Blockland doesn't start anymore

« on: January 17, 2015, 06:00:15 AM »

I recently reinstalled Windows 7 and now Blockland doesn't even start. (Worked fine before reinstalling the OS.) Nothing pops up, not even an error. I have the latest drivers, I've reinstalled the game, and verified the game cache. I've temporarily disabled all anti-virus software.

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//-------------------------- 1/17/2015 -- 13:58:31 -----
Processor Init:
   AMD (unknown), ~2.85 Ghz
     (timed at roughly 2.84 Ghz)
   FPU detected
   MMX detected
   3DNow detected
   SSE detected
 
Math Init:
   Installing Standard C extensions
   Installing Assembly extensions
   Installing FPU extensions
   Installing MMX extensions
   Installing 3DNow extensions
   Installing SSE extensions
 
Input Init:
   DirectInput enabled.

Blockland v21 build 1958
Module Directory: S:/Games/Steam/steamapps/common/Blockland
Profile Path: S:/Games/Steam/steamapps/common/Blockland
Total Ram: 12286 MB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit

--------- Parsing Arguments ---------
argc = 4
argv[2] = -noconsole
argv[3] = -steam
Parsing command line arguments: -noconsole -steam
setModPaths: invalid mod path directory name: 'config'
--------- Loading Common ---------
setModPaths: invalid mod path directory name: 'config'
Loading compiled script base/main.cs.
Missing file: base/client/defaults.cs!
Loading compiled script base/server/defaults.cs.
Loading compiled script base/server/defaultAddOnList.cs.
Loading compiled script base/server/defaultMusicList.cs.
--------- Loading MODS ---------


--------- Initializing Base ---------
Loading compiled script base/client/init.cs.
Loading compiled script base/server/init.cs.
Loading compiled script base/client/canvas.cs.
Loading compiled script base/client/audio.cs.

--------- Initializing Base: Server ---------------------
Initializing steamAPI...
  SteamAPI initialization successful, allocating steam objects
Steam initialized...
Steam unlock successful, will use Steam authentication
Loading compiled script base/server/mainServer.cs.
Loading compiled script base/server/scripts/game.cs.

--------- Initializing Base: Client ---------------------
Loading compiled script base/client/message.cs.
Loading compiled script base/client/mission.cs.
Loading compiled script base/client/missionDownload.cs.
Loading compiled script base/client/actionMap.cs.
Video Init:
   Accelerated OpenGL display device detected.
"" display device not found!
"D3D" display device not found!
"D3D" display device not found!
"Voodoo2" display device not found!

OpenAL Driver Init:
OpenAL
   Vendor: Creative Labs Inc.
   Version: OpenAL 1.0
   Renderer: Software
   Extensions: EAX 2.0, EAX 3.0, EAX Unified, and EAX-AC3

Loading compiled script base/client/scripts/allClientScripts.cs.
Activating package: CanvasCursor

Faces, Decals, Prints / Demian's Modular Terrain Prints

« on: December 11, 2014, 02:16:34 PM »

Some neat prints for modular terrain prints I made for my Badspot Castle build. (Check the thread for additional screenshots of the prints in use.)

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Print_ModTer_Demian.zip

First row: masonry, slabs (great for 4x tall trims), tiles, planks
Second row: large rivets, shaded roof tiles, duotone tiles, boost

Environment Files / Cortex Castle skybox (aka. weird fluffy swirly purplered)

« on: December 11, 2014, 02:06:36 PM »

A replica of the Crash Team Racing Cortex Castle skybox I made for my Badspot Castle build. I released it some months ago in my dump thread but I don't think too many people will find it there since it requires some digging.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Sky_CortexCastle.zip

Gallery / Racetrack: Badspot Castle (Crash Team Racing: Cortex Castle)

« on: December 11, 2014, 01:54:32 PM »

Like all my projects, this too has been in the making for years and is way, way overdue it's release. (First development thread.)
So here you go:

Crash Team Racing Cortex Castle replica build. (~12000 bricks)
Gamemode for quick add-on selection and custom environment.
2 x Custom CTR themed prints.
Custom modular terrain prints.
Cortex Castle skybox remake.
True-to-the-original environment.

Missing features:

Functional gamemode with laps and/or time-trial.
Character selection.
Working item and apple boxes.
Working boost.
Respawning on track after falling off.
Spiders.
Rain because it would rain indoors as well.

In other words. This is just the build, nothing else. Outside the build is a white box with the character selection room but the events need more work. Not all of the add-ons in the gamemode are required but I have no clue which ones are extra. If you need help hunting down some add-on let me know and I'll upload it.

Recommended gameplay: Maximum of 8 players and not one more. The track is difficult enough to finish alone without falling off.

Required: Click the invisible green cube at the top of the tower immediately to the right of the spawn exit. (Pictured at the center of the second screenshot. Or start a minigame, the events should work.) It enables the zone at the end of the track where the big jump is. It slows down your fall and prevents you from launching to the moon ~90% of the time.

SCREENSHOTS (click for full res)

DOWNLOADS

UPDATE 12th of December 2014: Save updated because some of the ramp bricks have a funny name and the character encoding was wrong in the BLS file. Fixed.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/saves/Badspot%20Castle.jpg
http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/saves/Badspot%20Castle.bls
http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/GameMode_Badspot_Castle.zip
http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Print_2x2f_CTR.zip
http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Print_1x1_CTR.zip
http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Print_ModTer_Demian.zip
http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Sky_CortexCastle.zip

Some other required add-ons can be found here: http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/

Recommended for all you save, add-on & mod resource needs.

Environment Files / Bedroom Skybox

« on: August 29, 2014, 01:38:09 PM »

Rehosting since RTB done died.

Bedroom just got bigger.. by infinity.

This is a skybox of the old Bedroom interior. It essential makes it look you are inside the Bedroom and the Bedroom floor is infinite.

I highly suggest you use the default Bedroom carpet floor with this!

For the skybox to function as I intended I suggest you first select a ground texture, then this sky. This gets rid of the brown fog. Although the fog might work with the dark skybox.

The filesize of the sky is a little large but I felt it was essential to preserve good quality to retain the illusion. This was not made using the original interior. I modeled the Bedroom and textured it myself in a 3D modeling program and rendered the skybox using that. Because of this, this Bedroom does not look 100% identical to the actual one, but it is close enough that you will not really notice any differences.

Until Badspot implements fog alpha, I had to put in brown fog to the day skybox. Otherwise the sky settings such as lighting are exactly the same as with the old Bedroom map.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Sky_BedroomReal.zip

Add-Ons / Bedroom Skybox

« on: August 29, 2014, 12:42:23 PM »

Rehosting since RTB done died.

Bedroom just got bigger.. by infinity.

This is a skybox of the old Bedroom interior. It essential makes it look you are inside the Bedroom and the Bedroom floor is infinite.

I highly suggest you use the default Bedroom carpet floor with this!

For the skybox to function as I intended I suggest you first select a ground texture, then this sky. This gets rid of the brown fog. Although the fog might work with the dark skybox.

The filesize of the sky is a little large but I felt it was essential to preserve good quality to retain the illusion. This was not made using the original interior. I modeled the Bedroom and textured it myself in a 3D modeling program and rendered the skybox using that. Because of this, this Bedroom does not look 100% identical to the actual one, but it is close enough that you will not really notice any differences.

Until Badspot implements fog alpha, I had to put in brown fog to the day skybox. Otherwise the sky settings such as lighting are exactly the same as with the old Bedroom map.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/Sky_BedroomReal.zip

Environment Files / Moon with Terrain

« on: August 06, 2014, 05:51:51 PM »

An update to my DemianSpace skyboxes. A night sky with the moon and some terrain around. It is a very dark environment. Loosely inspired by an RTB 1.045 map called Distant Moon.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/files/blockland/addons/Sky_DemianSpace.zip

Same as above but without the terrain. I put it in my main sky pack because I needed to just add one image instead of duplicating original star skybox to the space pack.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/files/blockland/addons/Sky_Demian.zip

Suggestions & Requests / Freeze event

« on: August 04, 2014, 07:50:47 AM »

I know for a fact that this event exists but I can't find it anywhere in my files. The event froze the player in place (even in mid-air) for a specified time. Anyone have a link to it?

General Discussion / Optimize your PNGs - Speed up loading by up to 80%!

« on: August 04, 2014, 04:06:54 AM »

Of course there's a catch. You can only speed up loading of add-ons you make from now on and only PNG files. With a sample size of 74 I managed to get the average size down to 76% and at best 14% of original size. You could optimize default files but I think you would crash when connecting to servers due to file mismatch.

PNG optimization is awesome. What you do is take out all the extra unnecessary info out of the PNG file and leave the pixels, colors, and transparency untouched. In other words you're reducing the PNG file size losslessly.

I've used PNGCrush, PNGOut, OptiPNG, TinyPNG, PunyPNG, and Smustuff. Some of those (the best ones) are command-line tools, others are websites. I've spent hours reading documentions, experimenting with different settings, doing comparison charts, and lots of trial and error. A few weeks ago I discovered the best software for optimizing PNGs that was by far the easiest to use and on top of that it provided far better results than any of the previously mentioned software. I present to you PNGGauntlet. One button PNG optimization. It's god damn magic.
http://pnggauntlet.com/

I'm sorry if this sounds like an ad for the software but it just blows my mind how good it is, especially since I've tried all those other ones. I did some test with some of the largest print add-ons I have. I extracted them, optimized the PNGs, and recompressed:

Quote Original file	Quote Optimized	Quote % of original size
Quote Print_2x2r_SpaceTechRamps.zip - 4,39 MiB	Quote 3,88 MiB	Quote 88%
Quote Print_ModTer_Default.zip - 3,15 MiB	Quote 1,94 MiB	Quote 62%
Quote Print_1x1f_KeyboardGeneric.zip - 0,13 MiB	Quote 0,07 MiB	Quote 54%

I tested the prints in Blockland afterwards and they looked exactly the same. You'll save a second or two per add-on for the people loading add-ons you've made on servers. Discuss how cool PNG optimization is.

Gallery / Demian's Dump (Saves/Add-Ons/Mod Resources)

« on: July 30, 2014, 05:26:09 PM »

Since I haven't played actively in ages so I might as well share most of my stuff since it's not like I use it anymore. I'll start with saves but I'll add more stuff later.

SAVES

Several cool clan servers including C, NWB, Craftsmen, and ATF
Badspot's Block Parties
cool stuff by Bushido, Barnabas, BAC, and Tophias
Zombies in the BluZone
Tons of ZAPT saves
Some mini builds, including some by Kalphiter
Blockoworld 2011
Coburn's Lounge I mean jesus forget that is amazing

why does this crappy forum soft keep pushing the paragraph below to up here
Things worth checking out in "mine"

Dodgeball saves (The original one was the stuff. The newer versions were not as good. Good times were had in the first one.)
Knife TDMs + Platforms (Nostalgia.)
Pakistan (My Afghanistan remake that I never finished. Feel free to pick up the project.)
cs_office (An accurate replica of a Counter-Strike map I never finished.)
ctf_turbine (I think I released this TF2 map? It's finished but the middle area is not symmetrical because wtf.)
Eqypt Theme (Eqypt themed buildings to go as the exterior set for Tombland Area Parts.)
Tombland Area Parts (Eqypt themed modular dungeon pieces for Spade's Tombland. Never used.)
It's Over 9000! (I'm actually kind of proud of this one.)
Mt. FML (I think I released this but couldn't find the thread. Jeep challenge.)
Basketball court (Because basketball)
Soccer field/minigames (Soccer was fun.)
Random Building/Master Building (A fairly large freebuild with tons of cool ass stuff. Some old versions, just load the newest.)
CTR Cortex Castle (stuff's cool yo. Didn't I release this?)

Stuff in servers builds: Old RPs by McTwist and me, Spade's arcade saves, and Project World/Blockland World (v2?) save which was a super awesome city RP with an all-star development team that never left the drawing board. (I mean dude. We had everyone: McTwist, Port, Nullable, Clockturn, Monty, Striker150, Mr.Doom/Nasa62, Tophius, me and three others. stuff was gonna be cash but alas, like all "hey let's do this!" projects it died in a week or two. I think the entire dev team except me went to form that Scattered Space thing.)

If you use any part of any save from any folder with "mine" in the name I'd appreciate if you gave me credit somewhere in your build/server but you probably won't anyway and to be honest I don't really care. I wouldn't recommend using things from any other folders as the builds aren't mine. If you have questions about any save or build in the save ask away, I remember some of these things frighteningly well. Pardon the lack of better previews, some of them are just me looking at the ground or similar. I really don't feel like taking a new shot of each save.

DOWNLOAD ALL THE NOSTALGIA: http://mirror.dataorb.net/files/blockland/saves/Demians_Dump_Saves.zip (398 MiB decompressed)
Insignificant update on 2014-07-31, removed a couple duplicate saves.

Behold my ImageMagick (ie. Googling) skills! A collage of all the save previews in the archive with the save name overlaid. Sorry it's a 9600x9000 image but you need to see individual previews. Click for full res, please don't hotlink the full res image.

ADD-ONS

Here you go. Almost every add-on I've ever made, including unreleased & commissioned "private" stuff that nobody cares about (E.g. Weapon_SwordFlipped for Fob.) and a couple updated add-ons. Titanic and elm's RPG stuff not included for obvious reasons. Sorry, no descriptions or screenshots in the foreseeable future. I need to learn more PHP before I can add them. I can't guarantee all add-ons work or are even finished, I didn't test them.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/addons/

Potentially interesting unreleased add-ons:

Brick_Doors_Coffins.zip
Brick_Doors_Demian.zip
Item_hatItem.zip
Item_HockeyDemian.zip
Hat_Morion.zip
Light_Environment.zip
Print_ModTer_Demian.zip (For the CTR build, will do separate release later)
Script_SecretVision.zip (I think with this you can see better in the dark or some secrets in the old maps. I forgot how it works but it used to work.)
Sky_CortexCastle.zip (CTR as well)
Tool_GrappleRopeHand.zip

Funny thing about the coffins, I believe I started working on them just before Badspot released the first screenshots of the Halloween update, so that died. I believe you're supposed to turn of the collision from them and build a box of invisible bricks on top of the coffin so you can actually use them as coffins.

NOTES

Notes on things. Text formatting and playertypes aren't written by me but I found them useful.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/text/

And for that sweet sweet SEO:

On_Playertypes.txt
Blockland_Text_Formatting.txt
Demian's_Notes_on_blb_file_format.tx t
Demian's_Notes_on_blockland_alpha_ma ps.txt
Demian's_Notes_on_bls_file_format.tx t
Demian's_Notes_on_dts_collision.txt
Demian's_Notes_on_hammer_editor_unit s_to_blockland_bricks.txt

MOD RESOURCES

A bunch of PSDs, blends and files from that Torque Script Class that someone held years back.

http://mirror.dataorb.net/blockland/resources/

To improve searchability. List all the things!

badspot-torquetech-exploitable.png
BedroomKitchenTutorialDae.zip
Blockland B Icon.psd
Blockland B Logo.psd
Blockland Brick 1x1.blend
Blockland Brick Default Ramps.blend
Blockland Brick Default Rounds.blend
Blockland Bricks Full 3D.blend
Blockland Bricks Ramps.blend
Blockland CTR Arrow Sign.psd
Blockland CTR Bonus Box.psd
Blockland CTR CC Mosaic Window Face.psd
Blockland CTR CC Mosaic Window Orange.psd
Blockland CTR CC Mosaic Window.psd
Blockland CTR Cortex Banner.psd
Blockland CTR Fancy Arrow.psd
Blockland CTR Item Box.psd
Blockland Font.psd
Blockland Forum Inset Box.blend
Blockland Forums Custom Bar.psd
Blockland Forums Custom Buttons.psd
Blockland Forums Custom Logo.blend
Blockland Forums Custom Logo.psd
Blockland Forums Custom Menu Buttons.psd
Blockland Inventory Background Circle.psd
Blockland Lord Tony Propaganda.blend
Blockland Menu Button.psd
Blockland Print Letters.psd
Blockland Save Arch of the Constantine.blend
Blockland Text Styles.asl
Blockland TF2 Signs Round.psd
Blockland TF2 Signs Symbols.psd
Blockland TF2 Signs.psd
Blockland Title Logo Steam.psd
Blockland Title Logo.psd
Blockland v0002 Models.blend
Blockland_Papercraft_Sword.pdo
CTR Cortex Castle Skybox Blockland.psd
CTR Cortex Castle Skysphere Blockland.psd
eric-playing-ds-exploitable.png
IcyGamma Biography of an Eventer.pdf
Lord Tony Propaganda Legion.psd
Lord Tony Propaganda Obey.psd
Lord Tony Propaganda Poster.psd
Lord Tony Propaganda Submit.psd
Menu Adventure Mode button.psd
My Little Blockhead.psd
RTB Brick Logo.psd
sword_staff_shield_dts.zip
Torque Script Class (folder with HTML files for days 1-13)

Games / I made a Happy Wheels pogo challenge course

« on: July 26, 2014, 01:45:07 PM »

I got unexplainable cravings to play Happy Wheels two weeks ago and disappointed by the lack of good quality levels (in general but especially pogo challenges) I decided to make my own. I've been working on this level for two weeks few hours a day every other day or so. It has gone through two major mechanics changes (each of which knocked off a difficulty point in my ratings) and one major design change. I've fine tuned, tested, and polished it to what I consider to be high quality. No "jump ov3r tis walls or ur jbiebs l0l noob RATE 5 IF YOU LIVE OR DIE" here. None of that stuff.

I came up with 12 major challenges and 3 minor challenges with a 4 left over that I couldn't fit in.

It is a difficult level. It used to a lot harder though. Masochist hard. Instakill traps, one chance at the challenges and so forth. I eventually reduced the traps to a fraction of their original amount because it loving sucks having to start over. In the final revision I removed them entirely including two challenges that were instakill trap based. Now your only enemy is the frailty of your own body. I would love to add checkpoints but sadly Happy Wheels does not have them. I'm sorry but your legs are weak and you need to finish the course.

It was supposed to have a Portal-esque laboratory visual style but it was work enough to create the challenges so I decided to keep a simplistic visual style.

I'd like it if you gave it a try and told me what you think about it. I actually put effort into this level. Each challenge is possible to complete without taking any damage. There are 7 coins to collect and 2 pogostick tokens.
http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.tjf?level_id=6776719

Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yl9CViS9Ks

Here's a map of the level.

Here's a map separating the individual challenges.

Edit: Oh motherforgeter. Right as I publish it I notice the wall at the start is a few pixels off. forget me.

Games / Shiritori - Chaining words (Multiplayer!)

« on: July 20, 2014, 11:57:38 AM »

Get yo ass in here people. The multiplayer is dead and I want to play.

Longer words = more points.
Try to get to zero points.
Word must start with the last letter (bonus for last two letters) of your opponents word.
That's the TL;DP version of the tutorial, not that it's even needed.

http://shiritorigame.com/