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Why can't you resize bricks like in Roblox?
Lugnut:
er, assuming roblox uses .dts for bricks..
Blocki:
--- Quote from: Alkan on March 24, 2012, 11:08:14 AM ---Is there a reason why Blockland uses bricks that can only be of certain size?
Also why is the position set up XZY? That confused for a long time when I was making my BL to RBLX map converter :P
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What the loving stuff. We don't need a converter ti that rubbish roblox game...
Alkan:
--- Quote from: Lugnut1206 on March 24, 2012, 05:59:57 PM ---It's because blockland simply doesn't support that.
Blockland works by setting datablocks, which are basically definitions of an object, so the client knows what to work with.
The server can tell the client, "Put one red 1x1 at 1,2,2!" and the game will know what it means.
Now, that's the .blb (BlockLandBrick) format. if you were using the .dts format (dirty twisted sickos (just kidding) ) then you could do what you're asking. However, .dts requires more processing power to render, which is why roblox is so lousy.
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I guess I understand now; This doesn't make roblox lousy, they allow you to make more detailed buildings with CFrames and really customizable parts. Yes the brick limit is greatly reduced(BL lags at 20k parts too yk), but you can build some nice things that just can't be done on Blockland without it being several times larger.
Alkan:
--- Quote from: Blocki on March 24, 2012, 06:03:42 PM ---What the loving stuff. We don't need a converter ti that rubbish roblox game...
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Who said YOU needed one? I made it for myself, as a challenge and to satisfy my curiosity.
lordician:
--- Quote from: Blocki on March 24, 2012, 06:03:42 PM ---What the loving stuff. We don't need a converter ti that rubbish roblox game...
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Speak for yourself chap.
I think it is nice to see such things.
Anyhow, there are a lot of good explanations in this topic.
And i would like to add, obviously, Roblox and Blockland are made on totally different engines.
Some engines are better at things while the other engine is better at other things.
There just are a couple of technical differences which makes it like that. :C
Hope that answers your question. :)