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Start HERECheck
this list. If your problem is not there, then read on.
How do I host a game?Simple! First off, you must forward your ports. To do so, follow
this Walkthrough, or visit
PortForward if you have trouble. If you are still experiencing trouble, go to
this topic.
Then, enter blockland, Click "start a game", press Online, and start.
Why is my game crashing "Invalade packet (mounted images)"?Sadly, you have too many Add-ons. I understand that you
really need that banana boat, but disable some that you are not using. Besides, it takes people longer to get on your server if you have a lot of add-ons, so give them a break.
How do I make a movie?Lets ask Spation, A respected community member (the guy with the gear)
So lets get the movie subject straight, recordings are not movies. Movies are shot by an outsider program and recordings are in game. Please take note that this tutorial is for making movies, not awesome recordings.
Right, onwards to the actual movie making. You will need to know what you are doing and a total control. If things go funky the movie is gonna flunk and the whole thing is just a waste of time. You need to have leaders designated for different things. Such as,
Director of Shooting (The recorder, the cameraman)
Director of Actors (Casting, sorting everyone out)
Director of Set (Props, maps, builds, etc)
Once we've got the direction triangle set up we need our equipment.
Blockland (How will you make a blockland movie without Blockland?)
A recording tool (Fraps is the most common, www.fraps.com)
An editing tool (Most people use windows movie maker although advanced film makers use an assortment)
An uploading site (Can be a friends site, can be YouTube, can be Google video, can be Bjwaymods.. whatever you can get your hands on)
Now we've still got our GUIs up, this wont look great on screen at all! So go onto your Blockland options and set them to look like this:
Only the recorder needs to do this, and the recorder should have his copy of fraps running by now. Another "trade secret" is that shooting always makes you go twice as fast on screen, to solve this an admin should type in '/timescale 0.5' without the apostrophes.
You should shoot your film from different angles, stopping and starting from mixed locations. Try to make sure everything runs smoothly and actors know what they are doing because Fraps video files take up lots of space.
Now then, the hard bit... editing *Shudders*. Open your editor and import your videos in, you may need effects, you'll probably want to use transitions and opening and closing credits are a must. Once you've finished compile your film and put it to your uploading site. Don't forget to engage public interest or your hard work will have no purpose.
Stick to this tutorial and you'll have a smooth running film.
Much hope that this will stop the questions flooding in and we'll see an influx of new films coming in!
Blocks look odd, they're streaching into each other!There is currently some kind of compatibility problem with ATI cards that causes large stretched out polygons to fill the screen in some cases.
To fix this problem:
- Make sure Blockland is not running.
- Open "My Computer"
- Navigate to your Blockland folder (default is C:\Program Files\Blockland )
- Navigate to the base\config\client folder
- There should be a prefs.cs file in this folder (it may appear as just "prefs") if you have file extensions turned off.
- Open this file in notepad. Double click the file, choose "Select the program from a list", then choose notepad.
- Scroll to the end of the file and paste the following lines of code:
$pref::OpenGL::disableEXTCompiledVertexArray = "1";
$pref::TS::UseTriangles = "1";
- Save the file and close notepad.
Note that this does adversely effect shadow rendering, but it's better than nothing. A more effective solution is being investigated.
I see these people building really fast. They're using something called "Macros," How do I use them?Personal Message (Offline)
« June 28, 2007, 11:20:25 am » Reply with quote
First off, go to you controls.
Ctrl O > At the top click Controls.
Scroll down on the left until you see the following, or something like that:
- Start macro recording
- Playback macro
Set a button for each one of them.
Let's say I use:
- Start macro recording = W
- Playback macro = R
I would lay down a ghost brick.
Press W to start recording.
At this point, you may move the brick and build, and Blockland will record it.
Here is what you should NOT do when recording a macro.
- Change your view
- place or move a brick when not in the original view started
- Hammer a brick
- Use the spray can to directly color a brick
Use Undo to delete the brick instead of hammering it, and switch paint can colors before placing a brick in order to color it.
After your done placing your bricks, Press W again.
At this point the recording stops.
Lay down the ghost brick the same way you did when you started, and where you want the built to be.
press R, and the build will be built, don't rotate your view while the build is building.
If you are Admin macros work faster.
Good luck!
I have problems, but they aren't covered here! How do I get help?First off, it may be a driver issue. Read
this walkthrough.
If this does not work, p[ost in the help section. be careful to avoid
ambiguous topics, PLEASE! Look at this following lsit, made by Badspot, and see if your topic name looks like it:
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- help!
- problem PLEASE HELP
- question...
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- Invalid key on MAC?
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