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by PTSnoop
18 Jun 2013, 22:30
Forum: Game Releases
Topic: Sleight
Replies: 9
Views: 11846

Re: Sleight

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Neddie - No Spring games, but plenty of other games. I've got all my finished ones at http://alteredtree.co.uk/games/ . Beherith - thanks for the tips. I think I've found equivalent Gimp commands... knorke - yes, I was definitely playing very fast and loose with th...
by PTSnoop
10 Jun 2013, 00:14
Forum: Game Releases
Topic: Sleight
Replies: 9
Views: 11846

Sleight

Hi, it's me, PTSnoop. You may remember me from a few years back, when I put together the Complete Guide To Making A Spring Game . This year I'm taking part in OneGameAMonth , and for this month's Game Prototype Challenge I decided to brush off my old meagre skills and make a Spring game in a week. h...
by PTSnoop
02 Oct 2011, 20:43
Forum: Art & Modelling
Topic: Is there a map/mod that doesn't use DDS textures?
Replies: 16
Views: 3976

Re: Is there a map/mod that doesn't use DDS textures?

That's a good point. I'd forgotten about groundplates too...

Static Friction earlier than 0.5.1 doesn't use dds for anything. Fixed. (The one I linked to is fine, though.)
by PTSnoop
31 Jul 2011, 21:38
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Let's make a Tutorial Game for new modders
Replies: 73
Views: 19893

Re: Let's make a Tutorial Game for new modders

Sounds like the unitdef isn't seeing the unit script. Does it have a line ' script = "whateverthescriptscalled.lua", ' ?

And/or: do you have LuaRules/Gadgets/unit_script.lua in place?
by PTSnoop
31 Jul 2011, 21:06
Forum: Art & Modelling
Topic: TempTationSins
Replies: 6
Views: 2018

Re: TempTationSins

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by PTSnoop
30 Jul 2011, 16:55
Forum: Game Releases
Topic: Static Friction 0.5.2
Replies: 33
Views: 19934

Re: Static Friction 0.5.2

New release: 0.5.2 . http://secretanonymous.com/content.php?158-Static-Friction-0.5.2-Released http://secretanonymous.com/files/MuStesting052sdz.php New features: - More units. Cube Heavy Scout, Cruiser Base, Fire Cruiser, Spike Cruiser. GC Aphid. Kuvalus Cruiser Base, Laser Cruiser. - A few Biomass...
by PTSnoop
27 Apr 2011, 01:46
Forum: Game Development
Topic: RTS Design Theory Thread
Replies: 49
Views: 10161

Re: RTS Design Theory Thread

Erik wrote:What makes games dull is when the goal is always "build base, kil enemy base" and the way to achieve that is always the same "build A build B build another A, factory ..."
Just wondering. What do you guys reckon is the best way to prevent a game from being like this?
by PTSnoop
27 Apr 2011, 01:42
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ideas....
Replies: 72
Views: 8882

Re: ideas....

meh... i said it like 10 times: you cant join to big games unless you paid for registration Good point. I'd forgotten that part of your idea, sorry. i doubt the spring community is made out of anti-commercialism people... I'm one of them. And apparently so is smoth. seriously... you guys are so muc...
by PTSnoop
27 Apr 2011, 01:09
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ideas....
Replies: 72
Views: 8882

Re: ideas....

I don't think stopping people from hosting games is going to solve the 12v12 BADSD problem. You only need one person willing to pay to host a big BA game, so those will still be around. All you'd be doing is cutting down on the number of less-popular-but-interesting maps and games. And once you star...
by PTSnoop
27 Apr 2011, 00:30
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ideas....
Replies: 72
Views: 8882

Re: ideas....

the servers wouldnt be 100% free. code would be free, everything... except servers with their epic features i mentioned above. So you're saying, change the main server from being free and open source to being charging-for-features and closed source? I reckon plenty of people would see that as selli...
by PTSnoop
27 Apr 2011, 00:03
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ideas....
Replies: 72
Views: 8882

Re: ideas....

GNU GPL does allow people to charge money (RHEL does this), as long as you release the code. However, once you've released the code there's nothing stopping other people giving it away for free. I'm pretty sure that if the official server started charging for some features, someone would set up an u...
by PTSnoop
22 Apr 2011, 19:29
Forum: Lua Scripts
Topic: Request: LoS
Replies: 12
Views: 2210

Request: LoS

Yes, I know pressing 'l;' in game gives LoS view. But it doesn't work with shadows (and doesn't update particularly quickly). Would it be possible to reimplement some sort of Fog of War widget that doesn't interfere with shadows? (Or maybe some way of faking shadows by lua, that works with pre-exist...
by PTSnoop
22 Apr 2011, 18:57
Forum: Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Return of the Mad-Guy
Replies: 16
Views: 6656

Re: Return of the Mad-Guy

- The Cursed and Conflict Terra have appeared since you were last on the forums. Both are pretty good. - "Mods" have been pretty much completely renamed "games", throughout. - CA is now TA-IP-free, renamed to Zero-K, and has its own lobby and single-player mission editor. - Lua p...
by PTSnoop
22 Apr 2011, 16:06
Forum: Art & Modelling
Topic: Gimp 2.7.2
Replies: 11
Views: 5430

Re: Gimp 2.7.2

by PTSnoop
22 Apr 2011, 15:11
Forum: Art & Modelling
Topic: Gimp 2.7.2
Replies: 11
Views: 5430

Re: Gimp 2.7.2

I've been using the 2.7.3 daily builds on Linux, since I couldn't find a .deb for 2.7.2. Single window mode is a *huge* improvement. The other big difference is that Ctrl+S and Ctrl+Shift+S only save as xcf, and you need to use Ctrl+E and Ctrl+Shift+E to export to anything else, which is taking some...
by PTSnoop
22 Apr 2011, 11:42
Forum: Game Development
Topic: RTS Design Theory Thread
Replies: 49
Views: 10161

Re: RTS Design Theory Thread

"Epic scale" may be overrated, but I've seen a lot of more recent strategy games go too far in the other direction. Dawn of War 2 is a pretty good RPG, but there's not much room for strategy when you've only got four units. And Command and Conquer 4... enough said.
by PTSnoop
21 Apr 2011, 14:22
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Decline in the number of players
Replies: 389
Views: 46012

Re: Decline in the number of players

http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd "Open Source" has a very specific meaning; it's not just "I can get at the source code if I decompile it and do some other things". To be open source, a program needs to be under a license that encourages modification and redistribution. Minecra...
by PTSnoop
19 Apr 2011, 14:34
Forum: Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Your favorite Cheese?
Replies: 60
Views: 8627

Re: Your favorite Cheese?

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Wensleydale from Wensleydale. And cranberries.

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