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Gallery / [VIDEOURR] Pointless Adventures in Blockland 7 NOW WITH TRAINS

« on: October 13, 2012, 05:43:17 AM »

go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3hA_6rtS4

yeah

I hosted my server for one night and ended up with enough nonsense for 11 minutes of things that made me smile.



look at that custom thumbnail isn't that great?

it is an historical photograph of this event

and then I put the picture inside the thread anyway

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Suggestions & Requests / RTB save file submissions -OR- make more public builds and designs

« on: October 12, 2012, 02:10:18 AM »

I've been convinced that the networking of ideas is the best way to innovate, and I believe a similar result could be seen in Blockland with the sharing of builds. Skilled and unskilled builders alike could reuse buildings, props and other components, lowering the time needed to throw together larger projects, and making the low-effort arrangements much more enjoyable to create and play. This would encourage the creation of many small, high quality builds designed to be shared.

I started the clan Public Domain in an attempt to do this, but the contributions cannot be easily added and sorted, and its expansion is heavily dependent on my free time, which has become scarce.

RTB has proven to be a great platform for the sharing of add-ons. New hosts have a plethora of vehicles and weapons to use, but only a few freely available builds to have fun with.

I suggest a new section to RTB that facilitates the submission, categorizing, requirement-linking, rating, sorting and download of public save files.


Obviously there are some potential problems with integrating this with RTB; the main thing I'm concerned about is the amount of protection and ego there is surrounding the great majority of builds in a building game where making an add-on that disables the save function in a server would get your key revoked.

this is the digital age. information wants to be free. so does builds. give saves for a better future.

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Clan Discussion / [pd] Public Domain

« on: September 16, 2012, 11:30:51 PM »

Public Domain

This is a new clan which aims to discourage Blockland's general attitude of exclusivity by gathering and creating builds made available to the public for open reuse, play, and editing.

We wish to create a pool of useful saves, from props and event mechanisms to complete scenes and courses, which anyone can use for any reason.


News

October 10 - Eksiten Island V1 added to contributions
September 21 - Dezcaban joins [pd]; Dezcaban's Sato Shanty (part of the clan's logo) added to contributions
September 17 - Sleven joins [pd]; Sleven's Medieval Outpost and Eksi's Cities XL 2012 Collection 1 added to contributions
September 16 - Clan created by Eksi and Railyx; First contribution added by Eksi
September 15 - Railyx creates a spiffy logo out of Eksi's screenshot
September 8 - Seed planted by Sleven's Medieval Outpost


How to Join

Offer a build of your own creation to be released for public use.

If it is fairly novel, of good quality, and I can think of a good way to use it in a server or video, you'll be accepted.

Quality over quantity, to the fullest extent. A nice table will be appreciated more than a mediocre room or subpar house. A great bench, more than a boring city block.

All players can download released saves, and can contribute saves without joining. Membership shows your more active support of this clan, and gives you more say in certain decisions which may be made.


Members & Accolades

Eksi [13559] - Founder
Experienced video creator
Affinity for RGB
College student - Please be patient

Railyx [11024] - Co-founder
Electronic music producer
Special effects/graphics designer

Sleven [4540]
Inspiration for clan

Dezcaban [30187]


Recent Contributions

kalphiter's server status .php if you're that kind of guy

http://files.kalphiter.com/server-status.zip

Details inside.

Right-click links with [Download] in front of them to save

Eksiten Island V1 (abandoned)



[Download] Save
[Download] Preview image

Created by: Eksi
Added by: Eksi
Date added: October 10, 2012
Requirements: GSF's Terrain Bricks
Description: Eksi's first attempt at using Terrain Bricks on a large scale, abandoned due to a failure to follow vision.


Dezcaban's Sato Shanty



[Download] Save
[Download] Preview image

Original thread

Created by: Dezcaban
Added by: Dezcaban
Date added: September 21 2012
Requirements: Vertical print bricks, pole bricks, 1 random brick pack, Demian's brick pack
Description: A makeshift walled shelter surrounded by hilly terrain.

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General Discussion / Precipitation and zones: Get rid of interior rain

« on: August 16, 2012, 10:37:50 PM »

PROS:

- Make your roofs block rain at last (the leakiest ceilings and dampest caves in history are no more; stay dry in a downpour)
- Make rain actually make drippy drops on all levels over the top of exterior / terrain builds


CONS:

- Needs zones or zone bricks to block the precipitation. Zones created with events work.
- Since the droplets actually continue for a tiny bit past the splash, a thickness of about 3 or 4 bricks is needed to be completely rid of all traces of rain inside. For example, if your roof is a 64x baseplate, it needs the event

onActivate > Self > setZone > Up [4] [0 0 0]

which, if it is not thickened, causes a layer of droplets a few bricks above the roof.

Great for caves, not so much for umbrellas and small porches.

For the tops of exteriors, replace 4 with 0, and attempt to make sure any interiors underneath it are a few bricks below the top.


LOOKIE HERE

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Environment Files / Environment: Limbo

« on: August 15, 2012, 12:38:28 AM »

Like that game my brother can't can barely play due to spiders.




[ Download Sky_Limbo.zip ]

NOTE: Works best without any lights or glowing emitters of any kind. Effect requires minimal shader quality or higher.

Optional: Add a low-value, highly saturated vignette with multiply.

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Gallery / [vidya] Sun Sets on Bedroom

« on: August 14, 2012, 11:06:26 PM »

beep


made with SECRETS

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Environment Files / Skybox (original): Blue-green overcast

« on: August 10, 2012, 08:29:15 AM »

Originally made by Eksi, using Terragen, for Squideey, in an attempt to emulate the feeling of this picture:



Features bluish-green (teal, I guess, but I named it blue-green to start with so it stuck around) cloud cover, mainly ambient lighting and low-contrast shadows. Looks really bad with the day cycle.

[ Download Sky_BGover.zip ]

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Modification Help / Amended Adjustable Plate skybox not downloading for clients

« on: July 05, 2012, 06:27:03 PM »

I added a skybox to the Adjustable Plate map and edited the GUI to make it available (side help: why's it put "Button" over it?) to quickly switch between.

It works fine in single player and as the host, but clients who do not have the file only see blue (they all selected download textures).

How do I convince it to see this as a thing they need?

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Off Topic / The abhorrent brick wall of stupidity that is the average Minecraft fan

« on: June 28, 2012, 08:03:02 PM »

They're getting to me again.

minecraft was made by single man named notch (markus matthew) on 17th of May 2009 but blockland thing was built by a team of nerds but was built later but still minecraft is a open sand box of adventure and fun and no one can claim it like minecraft can!!!!!!
brifing of games: Blockland= Lego land with different figures.
Roblox=a block world turn round, made in 2005 and copys minecraft
Minecraft=A sandbox in computer and xbox 360 form with lots of hacker free servers and DIAMONDS and creepers

How would you respond to this comment? Why do the main fanbases of Blockland's closest competitors have to be hordes of preachy twits?

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Suggestions & Requests / Plain-faced JVS door

« on: June 15, 2012, 01:00:20 AM »

No wooden pattern, no window of any kind, just a solid door, perhaps with the above shape with the knob so it isn't completely faceless.

I'd figure out some others to suggest but I'd like to make sure anyone's still interested in making more doors.


And if you're inclined to tell me to build such a simple door out of bricks, I say the JVS doors give a certain feeling and interactivity bricks cannot provide. (talking about the animation, I know how to event)

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Gallery / [VIDEO] Blockland Light Show 6

« on: June 05, 2012, 07:40:21 AM »

BL Light Show 6 - Omega Hauzer: Die [3:30]

It's been a while since I did one of these, hasn't it?

This was not evented, like the old ones. That would be incredibly tedious and not entirely possible.

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Drama / Copy - "aha i am fillipe1020"

« on: May 28, 2012, 08:31:07 PM »

Copy's name history

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Off Topic / Hit level 20 yesterday

« on: May 14, 2012, 09:06:11 AM »

Yes, I AM using this joke. It's not like I get to very often.

I'm officially out of the teens.

Bonuses:
- '93 Ford Taurus
- Battlefield 3
- C310 webcam
- Mario Kart DS
- Leather driving gloves (for G27)
- My Neighbor Totoro DVD
- Aperture Science parking permit
- Polka's Greatest Bands cassette tape

I didn't get any unlocks, but next time I'll have legal alcohol usage for all areas.


oh look Skyrim is $20 off for the next 9 hours

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Gallery / Alleged Marcem sighting near Eksi's house, 2-20-12

« on: February 21, 2012, 12:49:18 AM »

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Suggestions & Requests / Request: Host-only 2x, 5x, and 10x scale music bricks

« on: February 20, 2012, 03:27:13 PM »

I want to flood everyone's ears with annoying sounds but not let them do it back to me. I know the scaled music bricks are possible (see: ear rape at Bushido's), and I heard that host-only brick planting was possible, now squish them together. Please?

Placing it in the distance makes it not ear rape, just widely audible. That wording was sarcasm.