Helping someone start on Blockland; Recommendations?

[comr4de]

rape me in the ass

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[Peejster]

I'm a stupid monday kid

This too.

Above all, just tell him to avoid anybody who's been permabanned from the forums.

[Trinity Armory]

GETTING BACK ON TOPIC?

Anyway, my suggestions-

-If you have a lot of add-ons, make sure if you're hosting a specific theme to toggle off any you know you won't be using. It'll save loadtime for both players and also make it easier to find items in your drop-down lists.
-Don't just rely on Tier-Tactical. There's plenty of weapons you can find out there that were created, posted in the forum/RTB and buried, just waiting to be rediscovered. Among the ones on the top of my head include the Old School Rifle/880 Rifle, Flak Cannon, Laser Sighted Rifle, the TF2 Packs, and Bug Mod.
-Events, Events, and more Events. As long as they don't overlap in function too much, more events will always be great for a build. Practicing with simple toggle events can soon lead to stuff like the Music Sync or Pong builds that float around every so often, or even entire minigames such as a 'Defend your Castle' or a dynamic TDM.
-Always try to think of new or original ideas for your builds. It keeps things interesting, and stops everyone going 'This is boring I wanna play fort warz'

[Space Guy]

- Download Return to Blockland. Even if you don't use it for running a server, it can automatically download the needed files for common Add-Ons as a zip file: much faster than single file-by-file.

[canto xe]

• Event Saver will be a usefull client sided add-on.

• Duplicator & Fillcan is a suggested add-on for your server.

• Macros are suggested. Because not all servers have duplicator.

[Celtic Wolf]

I'd say experiment. I never had anyone to teach me how to do stuff, so at first.... I was worse than the original noob. But then, when I figured out "Hey, maybe I should build stairs to the HOLE in the wall, not the roof" in the Tutorial, I learned a lot of stuff. Now, I am better than the people who had me to teach them. Maybe that means I just suck at teaching, but I think there's something to starting a single player server and just seeing what you can do. Not to say having an advisor isn't helpful; it's great because you can ask questions, get some troubleshooting done, and hear about what things you should have and do.

Oh, and turn off strafe steering and just hold Z to aim/shoot when you're driving a vehicle, going on a straight part of the road.

[comr4de]

You guys are awesome. He's going to get it for his next birthday in a week, good job.



This topic should be stickied.

[TheSmart1]

But on topic, don't ask for admin
Don't say please.
If another player tells you to leave them alone, do so
Unless needed, don't flame(it degrates and saddens)
Let happyness flow within your builds :)(not needed)

[Fixer3331]

Well for building you can let them show you what they built then if there are flaws tell them about it.Also tell them about Blockland.com so they can look around a bit