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Off Topic / Re: Furry Megathread - Furry Things Here

« on: January 03, 2015, 06:47:05 PM »

catpile?

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Off Topic / Re: Furry Megathread - Furry Things Here

« on: January 03, 2015, 04:39:35 PM »

new avatar altho blf's 75x75 limit forgets it up rrgrhrhg

Have a nicer resizing algorithm.

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Drama / Re: Etheria & Aetheria

« on: January 03, 2015, 01:36:27 AM »

Still doesn't explain why it duplicated itself into a renamed .exe and a bat file.

Maybe it was a programming error?
Maybe it was part of the game?

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Drama / Re: Etheria & Aetheria

« on: January 03, 2015, 01:34:44 AM »

Why would the virustotal AV's detect that it is DarkKomet then if its such a big fat false positive?

""Packers detected:
PE_PATCH, UPACK"

Sorry if I can't write this proper but such packers are needed to compile batch files. Its a shame that some scans will call it as malware. It's not unlike those tools we use to scan for Alternate Data Streams or change system password tools. Those can set off the alarms during a scan as well.

In other words a False Positive."

It's a false positive because the detection was made based on the structure of the program. Ipquarx used a tool to track all the activity the program created and confirmed that nothing it did had any malicious effect. I'd also like to point out that out of the 56 different programs virustotal uses, only 4 off-brand names claimed a detection, this makes the detections dubious at best.

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Drama / Re: Etheria & Aetheria

« on: January 03, 2015, 01:29:15 AM »

Have access to a disk drive and discs?The way the program is presented seems suspicious and with that bit of proof too. When I first read this topic, I had suspicions this was a type of malware and Badspot confirmed my suspicions.

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority

Badspot doesn't magically know that the program is malicious. He probably just looked at the circumstances (user spreading .exe file that people are suspicious about), and decided to invoke the rule he made about not distributing executable files through the forums. In my opinion it was kinda a rash move, but on the other hand it would have taken him more time than it was worth to him to actually prove something was dangerous.

Badspot never confirmed that it was dangerous, Ipquarx just showed on the last page that there is nothing harmful about the program and the antivirus detections were false positives.

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Modification Help / Re: ATTENTION: Modders, fix your client add-ons. | First updates released!

« on: January 01, 2015, 10:17:56 PM »

My copy of Client_LOB seems fine. Are you sure?

Looks like mine is about a year out of date. Oops.

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Modification Help / Re: ATTENTION: Modders, fix your client add-ons. | MASTER LIST IN OP

« on: January 01, 2015, 05:55:02 PM »

Here is a download of the raycasting script, I've put the fix on there, I even put it as version 5, which I hope is the newest of all the raycasting mods.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7yn5xmovblk3u7v/Support_RaycastingWeapons.cs?dl=1

You can put this in any file to replace the current raycast file.

If you're going to set it as v5 you really should make sure you're not working off the original one. People have posted various fixes to the raycasting script which fix crashes caused by it. If you're working off the old version then you're undoing that progress.

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Modification Help / Re: ATTENTION: Modders, fix your client add-ons. | MASTER LIST IN OP

« on: January 01, 2015, 05:47:47 PM »

Fixed Client_Dueling
http://pecon.us/storage/Client_Dueling.zip

Add to the list:
Client_LOB
LegendsOfBlockland (Not an actual add-on, it's managed through Blockland Plus, but it contains this problem nevertheless)

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General Discussion / Re: Boss Battles

« on: January 01, 2015, 03:43:38 PM »

Christmas event is now over, we return you to your regularly scheduled Boss Battling.

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General Discussion / Re: New Years 2015 - Crash 4 HOSTED BY BLOCKNET NOW - GET THE forget ON

« on: January 01, 2015, 12:01:14 AM »

And then much spam was had.

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Help / Re: Game will not authenticate; stuck on "Authentication, Validating Key..."

« on: December 31, 2014, 02:40:48 PM »

Honestly I don't know what to expect from the results of one of these, but try this out quickly.

Open a cmd or powershell and run the tracert auth.blockland.us command.
If you use powershell you can just copypaste the result, otherwise post a screenshot of the cmd. This program shows the 'jumps' you take while getting to that address. It may reveal if a VPN or something is obscuring the authentication process.

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General Discussion / Re: Zapkraft's Minigolf [Beta] | New GUI and New Maps!

« on: December 31, 2014, 02:35:45 PM »

asdfasdg

if someone knows how to port the old wedge and rotate it clockwise then that would be great

Did a bit of research.

Open the save file in a text editor, and use the replace function to replace instances of 2x3 Wedge Right" with 2x3 Wedge L"
Not tested, but it looks like that's the most effective solution.

Remember to backup the save file before ever trying to manually change it.

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General Discussion / Re: BlockNet Dedicated Hosting

« on: December 31, 2014, 02:23:31 PM »

I run a high intensive fort wars server that on average uses over 300MB of RAM and usually has around 20-30 people, all using vehicles like F/A-18's and tanks - would the higher performance linux server help with the ghosting issue I get?

Assuming you're still using the same Windows VPS host as before now, you'll definitely see a very significant increase in performance on our servers. I'll be honest and say it's not guaranteed to fix your ghosting issue, since those are not always the fault of the server being too slow. Sometimes it's because the amount of ghost updates the server is producing simply exceeds what Blockland's networking engine can actually handle, this bottleneck means that no difference in server is going to make this issue any different.

On the other hand, it will help in the rather common situations like intensive vehicle physics calculations, which happen a lot on servers that focus on vehicles. (Seriously, I've seen some home-hosted servers hang for over a minute when a particular vehicle collision got too messy)

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Help / Re: Game will not authenticate; stuck on "Authentication, Validating Key..."

« on: December 30, 2014, 06:34:49 PM »

Does http://auth.blockland.us/ load for you?

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General Discussion / Re: Dear Server Hosters.

« on: December 29, 2014, 10:27:10 PM »

Anyone who is serious about hosting something gets a VPS. I suggest NFO, they get their data directly from upstream providers and are all around a very good and reliable option. Cheap for what they provide as well.

https://www.nfoservers.com/

BlockNet provides managed hosting that is not only cheaper, but uses higher quality servers than NFO provides. It also removes the hassle of managing a VPS because we do it for you. Also has the anti crash hack pre-installed, and has faster computational performance than windows VPS's. With all of those considered, I don't see how having a VPS has any advantage unless you're hosting more than just Blockland.