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General Discussion / You know you've played blockland too much when...

« on: May 24, 2008, 09:47:14 PM »

These are always fun 
I'll start you out with five

1. When you think spraycans are multiple colors.
2. When you're amazed that TV screens do not in fact, wave and pulsate.
3. When you think wrenches will give you the power to rule the world.
4. When you try and press ctrl + a when someone is being an idiot.
5. When you go into your school and ask for admin privileges, when you are turned down, mumble something about going to a different server as you walk off.

So the next person start with 6

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Clan Discussion / Re: Clan[MotE]

« on: May 21, 2008, 07:35:10 PM »

correct

I know it's not my place to do this, but can I say that you guys should take your Nintendo trivia game somewhere else?

An excellent suggestion Sirrus.

Sorry but that tower is way too simple. The build you submit should have depth, shapes, corners, even a style that is new to us.

Anything boxy will be turned down. Anything too~ simple will also be turned down.

Thanks for the suggestion.
And this isn't even a final version, I've got some more things planned for the final version, and if you want to keep tabs on it, I'll be updating the gallery thread plenty, so hopefully I can build it into something that's MotE worthy.
Gallery page:http://www.blockland.us/smf/index.php?topic=35622.0
And also, it's worth noting that the gallery page has lots of pictures, including different angles and interior views.

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Gallery / Re: The Crystal Caves-USSR app.

« on: May 21, 2008, 07:11:51 PM »

It has pretty good substance, but the crystals kind of ruin it, they look kind of random and need work.
I would have to play it to really get a feel for what the composition of the tunnels and stuff are, but it looks good from the screen shots.
But my advice would be to either work on the crystals or remove them.

they look loads better when they're flashing and swirling around- you really should visit the server

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and take your word for it.

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Gallery / Re: The Crystal Caves-USSR app.

« on: May 21, 2008, 05:31:27 PM »

It has pretty good substance, but the crystals kind of ruin it, they look kind of random and need work.
I would have to play it to really get a feel for what the composition of the tunnels and stuff are, but it looks good from the screen shots.
But my advice would be to either work on the crystals or remove them.

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Gallery / Re: FLUDD build

« on: May 21, 2008, 05:28:22 PM »

5/10
The nozzle looks great, but the handles and the tank could use some work.

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Gallery / Re: The Sirrus Residence - a WiP

« on: May 21, 2008, 05:27:24 PM »

I am addressing the spam issue, I'm in the process right now of re-walling the entire building.
I'm about 25% done right now, I've cut the brick count down from about 11,300 to 9,000

Edit: I'm like 90% done and I've cut it down from 11,300 to about 4,500-5,000

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Gallery / Re: The Sirrus Residence - a WiP

« on: May 21, 2008, 01:15:07 PM »

It was probably less, that was just an approximation.

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Gallery / Re: The Sirrus Residence - a WiP

« on: May 21, 2008, 06:35:52 AM »

Even if the bricks are used for macros, you could easily make a macro out of bigger bricks!

I know, it's more that if I did it with like 4x1x5s, there would be that one block of overhang that had to be filled with a 1x1x5, and when I'm doing a macro, since I have to stay put, it was just easier to do it with a 1x1x5

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Gallery / Re: The Sirrus Residence - a WiP

« on: May 20, 2008, 08:24:39 PM »

You could use bigger bricks. The constant use of 1x1s and 1x1x5s kills it.

1x1x5 was the main block used, 1x1s was only used because when I built the entire thing, I used macros where the entire thing was pre-built, meaning there was a double 36x36 between floors, and because I added the training rooms non-macro, it was easier to use 1x1s in the macro (one column, not the entire thing pre-fab) instead of measuring out 1x1x5s and and 1x1f to fill in the gaps.

Anyway, I know it is kind of spammy, and I might come back through on some of the floors I haven't furnitured and make the walls out of bigger bricks, It's just when I was building it, I've run into some problems before using bigger bricks, and It was just easier to use 1x1x5s, I really didn't foresee the problem of massive lag.

And once you get inside, it's not that bad.

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Gallery / The Sirrus Residence - a WiP

« on: May 20, 2008, 07:55:18 PM »

Nestled deep inside a canyon in Colony Canyons, The Sirrus Residence is my current masterwork, with a definite 30+ hours logged in making this, in my opinion, my best work. feel free to give an x/10, along with constructive criticism.
And note: I know it's spammy.


The house rising from the depths of the canyon, about 140-150 feet if my calculations are correct


The residence was lit during exterior construction with the Sun, but was eventually changed to small exterior light fixtures for aesthetics and lag reduction



The main tower is 13 floors high, rising about 90' out of the craterous canyon


The observation deck adds a solid 30'-40' to the height of the residence



The complex is comprised of the main tower, four storage rooms on the back, two garages on the side, a training room extending off the fourth floor of the storage tower, and a training complex wrapping around underneath the training room around to the north side of the tower


The four vehicle lower garage consists of a go-kart, jeep, stunt buggy, and a moped with a separate exit.


A bi-plane is also parked above the four cars.


The four story training complex consists of a series of platforms and barriers where bots can be spawned to hone skills


The training room can have barriers placed to one's preferences and bots spawned for CQC training


A robust and abundant weapons room can be found on the fourth floor of the storage tower.


Moving inside the residence tower, a cozy first floor features a fireplace, couch, and a place to set your shoes.


Moving up to the second floor, a small kitchen awaits you.


Moving yourself, and the food, up, a robust dining room featuring seating for ten awaits.


After eating, a small and comfortable library awaits you.


My penthouse bedroom, featuring only a large bed and beautiful views, is located on the top floor.


And finally, the Pièce de résistance, a small observation deck offers stunning views of the surrounding landscape, drawing flush with the canyon.

So that's it as of now. Tell me what you think.

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Clan Discussion / Re: Clan[MotE]

« on: May 20, 2008, 06:43:53 PM »

correct

I know it's not my place to do this, but can I say that you guys should take your Nintendo trivia game somewhere else?

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Clan Discussion / Re: Clan[MotE]

« on: May 20, 2008, 05:11:50 PM »

Okay, I have a box, tower, of sorts, and I would like to know if this is one of the qualifications for getting eaten alive.

Here's a pretty recent picture.

The tower isn't even near completion, but it's pretty close to it's final structural form.

If the outside is less than fantastic; think of it like this:
The inside is amazing.
As soon as I finish the thing, I'm going to be doing a short movie with facts and figures, along with plenty of pictures.

And the build is at about 10,000 bricks right now, I think... It's definitely at about 9,400 but I've done a lot of work since the last count.

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Mapping Help / Re: Please, walk me through getting mission Editor to work.

« on: May 15, 2008, 05:43:50 PM »

Whoops, I'll flame myself, just to save you guys time:

"Search button, douche!"

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Mapping Help / Please, walk me through getting mission Editor to work.

« on: May 15, 2008, 05:39:51 PM »

If someone could give me a step-by-step instruction installing and running the mission editor, or link to one, that would be greatly appreciated.

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Suggestions & Requests / Re: Add-on Request: Destroyable vehicles.

« on: May 09, 2008, 05:29:50 PM »

just play Garrys Mod

i would if i could. My computer is ancient, and i cant play rated M games...yet....but i do anyways when my brothers arretn home. i play their assasins creed and COD4

12? Harsh.

Gary's mod looks great, I wish I could get HL2 just for Gary's mod.