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Off Topic / Tech Question: New Graphics Card

« on: August 31, 2016, 12:33:50 PM »

I'll get a new graphics card this weekend after an issue I've had with my previous one, it's a Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti, I'm just curious if there is anyone here who have one or knows about it to tell about it's perfomance with Blockland, other games and programs, I believe i've seen someone on the forums who said it has that same card.

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Off Topic / Older devices you still use frequently

« on: August 28, 2016, 08:05:04 PM »

Devices that could be considered outdated but you still use in on your regular basis, I still use my green iPod Nano 3rd gen that I got back in 2008, which I transfer my musics so I can keep my phone with more storage space.

It's a cute little thing and it's the best iPod imo

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Games / Forza Horizon 3 - The land of driving fun

« on: August 25, 2016, 09:36:35 AM »

This is the third installment in the Forza Horizon series, which will be set in Australia, and because of that it gives the game a lot more variety of locations to drive, for example the outback, forest, a long beach and several cities had been confirmed so far, there will be more customization options for the cars now, allowing you to add license plates, body kits and more, it will be released in September 27th.

Screenshots








Anyone here excited for it?

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Games / I got *unbanned* from a game that I backed (E-Mail from the Dev Pg.2)

« on: August 09, 2016, 06:33:56 AM »

There is this game called Drift Stage, it's a game that is in development and I backed it a few months ago, but lately I've noticed something kinda fishy about it.

When you back a game on Kickstarter or Pre-Order to play the beta earlier you'd expect that the developers will focus on it and let people informed with new information about it's development in atleast sort of a frequent matter right? Well not in here, I've noticed that the people involved in it are way more busy with merchandising and selling products themed about the game than the game itself, Vinyls containing only two or three musics of the game, T-Shirts, posters, stickers and other things, you can see that on their twitter and facebook pages frequently.

https://mobile.twitter.com/driftstagegame

https://m.facebook.com/driftstagegame/

And when they decide to post something new about the game, it's screenshots of the same map and often same vehicles as usual, I tried the backer demo, did I mention that it's almost two years that they're working on this and the alpha still have one map?

So I decided to post about it on their forums

http://discuss.driftstagegame.com/t/more-focus-on-the-game-itself-please/3054/1
some people agreed and others don't, and the developer came in and banned me up to April 22, 2017 for "abusing against the dev team" since when anything on my topic attacked anyone involved specifically or even the game itself?

Anyway, I'm just curious what do you guys think about this issue, am I wrong for pointing that out or that developer got out of hand? Also I'm completely fine about the creators of a game selling products to help financing it further, but when that takes more focus than the game itself is the real issue.

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Games / What would you like to see in a racing game?

« on: August 02, 2016, 08:49:46 AM »

Once I get my computer fixed, I want to focus on a project of mine which is a racing game, I've already talked about it a couple of times on this forum but I won't give much detail this time because I want to know what would you guys like to see in a racing game that is supposed to pack a lot of content and replayability (just avoid things like mario kart and cars with guns pls)

The only things I want to point out about it that, it might be open world, and it's planned to be a MMORPG kind of game, you level up, unlock new races to do and new parts, and in-game currency to buy parts and cars, sorta like forza horizon works which also allows you to play singleplayer.

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Off Topic / Computer issue : Monitor Out of Range (Still forgeted Pg.2)

« on: July 24, 2016, 12:18:05 PM »

I've stumbled across a really weird and specific issue yesterday, I opened up a game to try it out, but then my screen turned white and I had to turn it off, once I turned it back again, my monitor pops up a message saying that my Refresh Rate was wrong and it gave me it's number (53hz, I believe the original default was 60hz) and after the Windows logo, the screen turned black and I coudn't even reach the user selection screen, neither desktop after that (I use Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit by the way, and my graphics card is the AMD Radeon HD7700)

I did a lot of research to find a solution, turns out it's a software issue, the game somehow changed my refresh rate values and the monitor can't handle it so it turns in to black whenever I go into Normal Mode, but I am able to use the computer just fine in Safe Mode OR when I disable the Video Driver in the Devices Manager screen, but the screen is filled with some strange jaggered lines and colors, but when I boot it into Normal Mode again the screen turns black like I mentioned above, here is a link showing that similar issue up and how they solved it which is not working for me.
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/what-to-do-with-a-blank-screen-after-changing-your-computers-display-settings/

The solution a lot of people had with this issue is by going into VGA Mode (Or Low Resolution Mode) When you press F8 to open up the advanced boot options, the screen can show up again and the video driver can be detected on the Monitor Settings (to reach there press right click, resolution, advanced settings) In there, there is an option to change the refresh rate, but since I only can reach windows into safe mode or disabling the video driver in the normal mode, it won't detect my driver there to change it back to normal, neither I can open up my AMD Radeon Control Panel to change it since it says that it requires the video driver to be enabled to work, here are a couple of methods that I was hoping it could be possible.

If there is a CMD command that allows me to change the refresh rate, or a program that changes any values on the monitor/resolution which could allow me to change it back to 60hz like it was, or a way for me to use the computer with the video driver enabled without the screen being black entirely, yes I tried unninstalling my video driver completely and installing a new one, but no luck, the refresh rate is still the same and I coudn't find a fix, right now I'm typing on Normal Mode with it disabled so I can use the computer.

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General Discussion / Next year the Shaders Update will be 5 years old

« on: July 15, 2016, 06:21:20 AM »

Yup, released on August 2012 the Shaders update will be 5 years old next year, I still remember all the hype for it's release back then like it was yesterday, how come time can pass so fast like that? I'm not sure if I should be concerned or worried or both.

What's your thoughts on the matter?

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Games / Anyone interested to develop a game with me?

« on: July 11, 2016, 07:36:41 AM »

It has been years that I have this game project in mind called Autoworld, it's planned to be a racing game with open worlds and lot's of different types of races to do (Street racing, Rally, Circuit and others) allowing players to customize their cars into whatever they want, for example getting a ferrari-like car to turn into a rally car and other fun things like this, I can get into more detail later, it was originally being developed by me and a friend, I was in charge of the models and he with the programming.

Basicaly a Racing RPG game, you level up, unlock more parts and races to do, you can get to have a big collection of cars and make friends, and plenty of other things, I made a prototype on Unity before that can be an example of the art style of the game.

https://youtu.be/mjWnehSOEjg

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Suggestions & Requests / Track Creation Brick Pack

« on: July 07, 2016, 03:24:48 PM »

We have ModTer which helps with creating terrain, and several Road packs, but I believe it would be pretty cool to see a Track Pack, which has several styles of paths for tracks, and other extra details for it, which could benefit track creation and make it way easier to work with.

A good example of this would be the game called Trackmania, which has a Track Creation mode that has a big list of blocks to use, varied from terrain, buildings, roads, checkpoints, start and finish line.


Here are some of the blocks I have in mind:
- Roads, curves, ramps, straight lines, intersections, anything that can be possible, there can be pillars too to turn the road into a bridge.


- Boost Blocks, roads that has a boost pattern, it gives a boost of speed on your car, great for jumps.


- Loops, proper loops that are smooth enough for the car to drive on without a problem.


- Wall Rides, by using the boost before hand, it could probably give the car enough speed to drive on the wall without falling, or maybe by not making it a perfect 90º sideways road


- Start and Finish Lines, Checkpoint and a Starting line that allows laps.

This one is more complicated but I believe it's possible, by adding a Start and finish line (or a circuit starting line for laps) the server detects it and it will only allow one of each to be placed by the same player, by having them placed in the server, it will automaticly detect that a race is there, to play it, the player can start a Minigame, and the starting line will work as a Spawn Brick, but also giving the player a vehicle, which can be selected by eventing that brick, the checkpoints can serve if the player falls off the track so he can get back to the action without having to go all the way back, The starting line could have the countdown lights built in.


Here's some extra ideas that I think it could make the track more alive.

- Billboards, a big rectangular brick that allows bigger prints to be added in, a pack of prints that can tell the player which direction to go or basicly just random adverts could come with the pack.


- Lap Counter Screen, a big screen that shows how many laps were made in the race

- Racetrack Walls, they could also fit the shape of the road.


- Random Props.

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Modification Help / -wrong section-

« on: July 07, 2016, 02:20:00 PM »

stuff sorry

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Help / Blockland often freezes after I tab to another program

« on: July 02, 2016, 05:46:03 PM »

I often play Blockland and keep websites open and I change between then, but sometimes when I click anything else and then go back to Blockland the game freezes for a while and then it goes back to normal, sometimes it will freeze and I can't go back to play unless I close the game and re-open it, not sure why this is happening.

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Off Topic / Adding more RAM, tips?

« on: July 01, 2016, 10:41:09 AM »

I want to upgrade my computer, I use a lot of programs and it's been getting kinda slow, I have 8GB of ram but I want to double that ammount to make it faster, are there any possible downsides doing that or anything that I should know? The motherboard have slots for three or two more memory chips, or should I replace the ones I have? I'll add my specs in later today.

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Games / Does anyone knows the name of this game?

« on: June 28, 2016, 11:12:59 AM »

When I was younger I found a flash 2D game of a colorful ball that floats or bounces around platforms, the background is trippy and there are other metal balls that you have to avoid (not sure) but this game got several sequels, I believe it was on newgrounds or something I can't tell anymore, it also had some cool techno musics.

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Gallery / [VIDEO] Freebuild in a Nutshell Remake

« on: June 28, 2016, 04:48:29 AM »

5 years ago I made a simple video to represent a bit about freebuild servers, so I wanted to do a remake with new details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSjBD_jVBM

Original video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zy-z4AsBXE

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Gallery / New Collab Map Project - Server Online

« on: June 26, 2016, 11:20:05 AM »

I'm hosting a server for a while that is a map where players can join and help by building more aspects in the map, it will be a big area with different locations, a valley town, long roads, airport, docks, city, a circuit, beach, and more possible areas.





Feel free to join if you want to contribute in the map, we're using Modter mainly, the server is hosted 24/7.

There is also a Discord group for it, feel free to join: https://discord.gg/PS9PcCj