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Off Topic / Re: what do greek2me/ravencroft's avatars look like?
« on: November 06, 2023, 02:42:44 PM »I think snot has like every single users avatar on file he would knowWhat? Even Mine??
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Off Topic / Re: Weather and Pretty Maps
« on: November 06, 2023, 10:11:04 AM »
Well they did get inside of kyiv but got BTFO'd pretty badly. Have you seen the post-battle pictures of the VDV landing sites? It's just loads of dead paratroopers and charred BMPs.
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Off Topic / Re: what do greek2me/ravencroft's avatars look like?
« on: November 06, 2023, 10:03:12 AM »hmm lets see. here are some I can think of off the top of my headI could never figure out how to use addVelocity correctly, instead I always just used setVelocity for sending people skywards. Does addVelocity only work if people are already moving?
Additive Jump-Velocity
Similarly to jump jetting, any events/script that addVelocity to the player (i.e onPlayerTouch player addVelocity 0 0 10) will have increased effect if you press jump upon touching said brick/object
Crouch Humping
Make sure you have sit function bound to a shortcut key. Hold shift and jump, then while in the air use sit and press S/move backwards at the same time, you will be stuck in the crouchBack sequence.
As for the crouch humping, I'm pretty sure I had to learn that technique when I was playing Badspot in L's blockland researcho.
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Off Topic / Re: what do greek2me/ravencroft's avatars look like?
« on: November 06, 2023, 09:58:51 AM »https://leopard.hosting.pecon.us/dl/cvtfp/Blockland_uOZekmNI8g.mp4Oh wow, this is not at all what I had envisioned. This is even stranger!
moving sideways doesn't work in all directions with 2x2s (works better if you have correctly collided longer inverted ramps)
as for other tricks that aren't *necessarily* movement, you can use crouch-sit to hit something behind you or hit something over a chest-high wall while not letting others hit youI remember this causing some fuss in the trench warfare servers because it made for really small targets that were hard to return fire on.
https://leopard.hosting.pecon.us/dl/edhsw/Blockland_jOvcHEPFJU.mp4
and lastly: *wheeled* vehicles that have good wheel spring values can drive into stacks of decollided but raycasting-on plates to get vertically boostedNever seen this one before either! Seems like it could've been used for a really risky shortcut in Kong's deathraces when that was still a thing. Also is that a new version of the duplorcator? I remember it looking like a turquoise wand before.
https://leopard.hosting.pecon.us/dl/ymskt/Blockland_ePXc4HVgaG.mp4
also you get more air time/can "swim faster" if you don't just bob along the top of water but instead do a little dive/leap/dive/leap (as you move faster in air and get more proportional airtime-to-underwater-time total this way)This is a throwback. I remember dolphin-diving a lot in those pre-shadow ocean freebuild servers. I don't think I ever had much opportunity to do that again post-shadows.
All in all, really cool stuff, thanks for the videos Conan!
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Off Topic / Re: what blockland movement tricks are there?
« on: November 05, 2023, 12:08:28 AM »There's one where a slope with an ledge covering the top with a gap between can be hit at a certain angle to slide along it. I forget the specifics of how to recreate it.This sounds pretty neat, I'd love to see a video of it in action!
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Off Topic / Re: what blockland movement tricks are there?
« on: November 04, 2023, 03:01:05 PM »
Thanks Conan, but I just realized I need more info about something else. What movement tricks exist in blockland due to the glitches and quirks of Torque 3D? I have a list I was able to come up with, but I'm sure I'm missing something, or I'm missing details or just wrong about one of these.
Continuous Jumping
Not very unique, but holding space makes you jump as soon as you touch the ground, which leads to various other techniques.
Slope Boost
Crouch-jumping from a slope adds a lot of velocity. Continuous Jumping preserves a lot (but not all) of the momentum.
Corner Climbing
Players can jump into the inside of a 90 degree corner, and then Continuously Jump off the bricks in the corner if their feet touch the top edge of a brick.
Rocket Jumping
The splash damage of a rocket is pretty low, but the impulse velocity is high. Players can sacrifice a little health to rocket jump very high.
Impact Damage
There’s fall damage, but hitting anything at high speeds can kill the player.
Grapple Rope
This tool lets the player swing from whatever they shoot. However, players cannot climb the rope straight up.
Jet Boots
These jets are attached to the soles of the player’s feet, and propel the player accordingly. If they’re standing still, that’s up. If they’re laying down, then that’s forward.
Vehicular Wall Clipping
Certain vehicles (like the magic carpet) can clip through single-block walls at a high enough speed or weird enough impact angle.
Continuous Jumping
Not very unique, but holding space makes you jump as soon as you touch the ground, which leads to various other techniques.
Slope Boost
Crouch-jumping from a slope adds a lot of velocity. Continuous Jumping preserves a lot (but not all) of the momentum.
Corner Climbing
Players can jump into the inside of a 90 degree corner, and then Continuously Jump off the bricks in the corner if their feet touch the top edge of a brick.
Rocket Jumping
The splash damage of a rocket is pretty low, but the impulse velocity is high. Players can sacrifice a little health to rocket jump very high.
Impact Damage
There’s fall damage, but hitting anything at high speeds can kill the player.
Grapple Rope
This tool lets the player swing from whatever they shoot. However, players cannot climb the rope straight up.
Jet Boots
These jets are attached to the soles of the player’s feet, and propel the player accordingly. If they’re standing still, that’s up. If they’re laying down, then that’s forward.
Vehicular Wall Clipping
Certain vehicles (like the magic carpet) can clip through single-block walls at a high enough speed or weird enough impact angle.
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Off Topic / Re: how have the last 5 years been for you?
« on: November 04, 2023, 01:09:25 PM »being a lost and confused neet ever since i finished school5 years ago was 2018, that's when I graduated high school, so same bro
got a really good job last year and i just bought a house so life is good. 😎acquire spouse(s)
that being said i need a roommate because mortgage is expensive.
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Off Topic / what do greek2me/ravencroft's avatars look like?
« on: November 04, 2023, 10:39:40 AM »
I'm working on a special project that's Blockland related. No details until I have something significant to share.
What fonts does Blockland use for: The Title, Chat Messages, Player Names, and Events?
What movement tricks exist in Blockland?
One last thing: What did Greek2Me and Ravencroft's in-game avatars look like? Probably asking people to dig real deep with this one.
One last thing: What did Greek2Me and Ravencroft's in-game avatars look like? Probably asking people to dig real deep with this one.
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Off Topic / Re: I keep opening the forum to see if there's anything new and interesting on here
« on: November 04, 2023, 10:12:20 AM »Krystal's clan mentioned 💃Should we just keep mentioning people that haven't posted for years? Because that always seems to bring them back to life for some reason.
I don't really talk to anyone from here in my daily life. Foxscotch, you're like some sort of temporal anchor for this place. No matter how dead it is, I can rely on seeing a post from you!
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Off Topic / Re: Israel VS Hamas
« on: October 10, 2023, 03:17:50 PM »
Islamic Extremist Paraglider Infiltration sounds like a plot point for a comedy movie, not the start of another hot war in Israel.
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Off Topic / Re: unity game engine
« on: September 19, 2023, 11:11:59 PM »godot sweepMe and my friends had agreed to start making a game, and decided on Unity. A day after we made the decision to start learning Unity, the news broke, so now we're learning Godot
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Off Topic / Re: general discussion thread i guess (borrowed time edition)
« on: September 05, 2023, 10:30:16 AM »
barbie was a hilarious movie, and it was quite fun talking about all the ken implications afterwards too, like how they're all still pretty much pleasure slaves to the barbies
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Off Topic / Re: wagner in open rebellion against russian army
« on: July 02, 2023, 09:06:04 PM »On the 25th I had someone tell me all 50,000 troops died the night they turned around. How do people even get this kind of garbage information?Did they mean that they just dropped dead immediately, or do they mean it metaphorically? Like, all the traitors are going to be hunted down and prosecuted by the MoD?
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Off Topic / Re: happy pride month everybody
« on: June 06, 2023, 10:30:46 AM »
My trans friend was doing some PDA over discord so I called her gay, then she called me an immigrant. It was pretty funny. She also got married to my other friend, so that's cool too. 