I just bought Blockland recently. I know you'll all want to
clap, jump for joy, hoot, holler, etc. that some random Internet stranger has just bought Blockland but I must ask you maintain some modicum of seriousness, because I have a conundrum--and it is serious business:
I have a minor, but fairly irritating, problem.
When I run a dedicated (lan) server, certain packed-in emitter effects don't show up in the list, among these being the laser, fire A, fire B, and fog A-C. Everything else is fine and works satisfactorily.
Curiously, this does not occur when I run a non-dedicated lan server. I don't know why. Maybe it's something obvious, but I'm new, recall, so I wouldn't really know.
I searched a bit and nothing like this came up, so I presume it's not a question/problem that's been answered solved. (The implicit question here: "Why is it behaving like this and how do I make it stop?")
I'm running it under Wine (which works excellently) on Debian Sid GNU/Linux and I've made some minor changes to the preferences (which I produce--sans passwords, etc.--if that's necessary and cogent to the problem).
Basically, I want to be able to run a dedicated server on that machine and have the emitter effects also. But if there's something about running a dedicated server that prevents me from doing that, I'll do without. I want to run a mostly-persistent server on that machine and, since its graphics hardware is, uh, not very capable, dedicated helps on the utilization side. If there is a solution, though, I would very much like to know it. Thank you for any attention and help.
A tangentially related aside:
I figured from the FAQ that this is probably alright, but it is my intention to run a (dedicated) server--on a separate machine, in the same house--while also using another copy, on another machine, as a client. Like I said,
I figured this was okay, but if it isn't, I'll stop immediately, of course.
