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« on: March 06, 2013, 05:43:47 PM »
I've restored Chatterbox for now... If you can't find a topic that was previously there, be sure to look for it in Off Topic Discussion and Playground.
622
« on: March 06, 2013, 03:03:24 PM »
After looking through most of the chatterbox threads in the trash bin, I'm surprised that we had it to begin with. Many of the topics were posted in the wrong section and the ones that did fit the criteria of the board could have easily been put into the Off Topic Discussion board. I'm in the process of moving the more popular/meaningful threads so if a thread that you want to keep is missing, let me know ASAP.
623
« on: March 06, 2013, 12:10:59 AM »
I accidentally cleared Chatterbox instead of Off-Topic Discussion but I'll restore if if people want get specific topics transfered over (I personally prefer that you start new ones but I'll do it if I have to).
624
« on: March 05, 2013, 11:48:18 PM »
According to posts on the chatbox, some people are still experiencing this issue.
625
« on: March 05, 2013, 10:09:24 AM »
TTYTT, it isn't as much as it sounds. It has been more of a balancing act than anything. Taking care of IRL stuff, webmaster stuff, and admin stuff has kept me pretty busy so fitting this in hasn't been easy. That said, I'm glad to hear that my efforts are being noticed.
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« on: March 05, 2013, 09:53:37 AM »
I'm more or less trying to figure out what can be removed to make room for new features. It is kind of pointless of maintaining things that aren't used and the time is better spent creating new features. I've been aware of the image gallery broken ever since the wiki's update but I was trying to gauge its use by the number of complaints that I got (absolutely none).
As far as other issues go, the profile pictures haven't shown up on the wiki since the update but nobody has said anything about this (although, I plan to fix it when I have time).
Junkyard accounts for a majority of the posts on GTM so I don't plan to remove it entirely. Its just Playground that is causing issues ATM. Just to clarify, I haven't instated any new rules for this section but I have started enforcing the old ones.
627
« on: March 04, 2013, 08:02:26 PM »
Since its been over a week, I think its time for another update.
I made some headway on the bot list interface's appearance and I added a lightbox/overlay for the upload interface. I also created the MySQL database so now the data that is being shown for the list interface is actual bot data.
I manually added one bot to the bot exchange and everything seems to be working so the next functional step will be to get the uploader to do it for me.
628
« on: March 04, 2013, 07:50:09 PM »
Three questions:
1. Are there any links that are dead?
2. Are there any things that you don't use? (like the calendar, radio, arcade, or image gallery)
3. Do people really need playground? People keep getting in trouble for misbehaving on it and it has been corrupted by peoples' boredom, IMO. The actual content is already covered by the chatbox and chatterbox sections so I don't see any value in keeping it (some people like the unmoderated nature of it but it seems to be the source of many problems). I'm not dead set on sending it into the void yet but I would be happy to hear people's opinions on the matter.
629
« on: March 04, 2013, 06:59:53 PM »
I added descriptions to everything and corrected the math error that Venko pointed out.
630
« on: March 04, 2013, 04:02:16 PM »
For the anniversary, I was going to add another tutorial to the wiki explaining how to make arenas. I managed to get all the basic stuff written up for a bare-bones arena but I couldn't settle on a final design. Since I'm running into a bit of a road block for ideas, I think its time for another contest. CAPABILITIESBasically, I'm looking for an arena idea that demonstrates some but not all of the following: - Custom AI Navigation/Targeting: These are hard to do (hopefully not to hard for a beginner's tutorial) and I'm the only one that has released something like this. (like a race track or how the AI won't attack the caged bots in the Robo Zone Arena)
- Identical objects that can shifted or rotated to serve as two objects instead of just one (like one wall that can be rotated to make up the other ones).
- Hinges: These are the things that rotate with or without limits (like spinners, flippers, etc.).
- Prismatics: These are the things that move linearly with or without limits (like pistons or other pneumatic devices).
- Object Spawning: These are objects that get added to the arena after it is created (like the barrels in the practice arena).
- Gravity or some other force that acts on a bot: These are linear forces that act on bots or objects within the arena.
- Fire: The color and dimensions of these can't be changed but they are relatively easy to do.
- Smoke: The color and dimensions of these can't be changed but they are relatively easy to do.
- Lightning: Not the prettiest thing but still fun to do. The color and width of the bolts can not be changed.
- Text Overlays: These are under utilized but some people find them to be distracting so it is best to keep them to a minimum unless there is useful information on them (like the one used by the Epic Showdown Arena when SFTW taunts you but serving a different purpose)
LIMITATIONSThings I do not want to explain quite yet (due to complexity): - Camera Stuff
- Creating Entirely New Objects
- Tracking GMF Objects
RULES- Deadline: April 15, 2013, 11:59:00 PM (Expired...)
- Scoring: A poll of the accepted entries will take place on 4/17/13 and last a week.
- Eligibility
- An image and optional description must be posted in this thread before the deadline. Please put the image in a spoiler tag.
Images may not exceed 800x600 (WIDTHxHEIGHT) and must be less than 100KB (100000 bytes). Using less gradients and more continuous colors will reduce your file size when it is saved as a PNG file. If you keep it simple, you will never hit this limit. This is to prevent people from over beautifying their entries (like BOTM entries). Try to limit yourself when it comes to beautifying your entries. - If an idea is too complicated/difficult/impractical, I will warn you of this and you will have 24 hours after my post to submit a new entry. This only applies to entries posted before the deadline but the 24 hour extension may go past it. If a new entry is not posted, I will use your most recent valid entry.
- There will only be one entry per member but you can replace your entry as many times as you want before the deadline.
- To give yourself adequate time, please get your entries in ASAP. The previous rule will allow you to change your entry later anyways and your ideas may inspire others.
- You may borrow some ideas from other entries but please try to make your entries as different as possible. Your entry will be invalid if it is too close to someone else's entry.
- You may still enter even if you already have one of the prizes.
- Prize
- You will receive my Action Cam.
- It is also likely that your arena will be made and it will become part of a tutorial that others may follow.
Congratulations to Lightning S. for winning with the Ring of Fire arena.
631
« on: March 02, 2013, 09:32:54 PM »
The browser that you use shouldn't make a difference. Also, the forum software has not been updated, yet.
632
« on: March 01, 2013, 12:56:35 PM »
Half of it is done by the GMF object that I put at the bottom of the pit and the other half is done by the four force commands. You would have to turn down the elasticity to remove the first one. To turn off the latter, add a "#" before or delete each line starting with plus.force.
633
« on: February 28, 2013, 07:15:15 PM »
To deliver more damage, replace the following four lines:
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 15, (15,3.8,15))
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 15, (-15,3.8,15))
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 15, (15,3.8,-15))
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 15, (-15,0,-15))
to something like:
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 60, (15,3.8,15))
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 60, (-15,3.8,15))
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 60, (15,3.8,-15))
plus.damage(bot-1, 0, 60, (-15,0,-15))
If you want to eliminate bots, replace the four lines with:
plus.eliminatePlayer(bot-1)
plus.eliminatePlayer(bot-1)
plus.eliminatePlayer(bot-1)
plus.eliminatePlayer(bot-1)
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« on: February 28, 2013, 04:43:04 PM »
| | Low-Level | | Mid-Level | | High-Level | | Score (before poll) | | Votes | | Percentage | | Score (after poll) | | Lightning S. | | 5 | | 1 | | 0 | | 7 | | 3 | | 8.571% | | 7.6 | | MassimoV | | 5 | | 5 | | 0 | | 15 | | 13 | | 37.143% | | 20.571 | | Mr. AwesumSauce | | 5 | | 3 | | 0 | | 11 | | 11 | | 31.428% | | 14.457 | | venko | | 5 | | 0 | | 0 | | 5 | | 8 | | 22.857% | | 6.143 |
Thank you to everyone that participated. Awards will be sent out to the top three tomorrow.
635
« on: February 28, 2013, 04:32:37 PM »
It should be delivering damage. It just doesn't amount to much.
Go ahead and try reskinning it. I'm using the same texture for two major sections so you would need to modify the GMF if you wanted it to be different.
636
« on: February 27, 2013, 11:54:46 PM »
I did... but I was close. It was halfway between the real spelling of awesome and his user name.
637
« on: February 27, 2013, 06:21:44 PM »
Nice catch. It had to do with the board's depth so I made the sub-boards back into top-level boards and that seems to have fixed it.
638
« on: February 27, 2013, 09:01:50 AM »
There is one more day left for people to cast their votes.
639
« on: February 26, 2013, 07:53:17 PM »
I never anticipated something like that happening in my arena. I will admit, however, that it is doubly funny that the brother was the one that got killed.
640
« on: February 26, 2013, 05:17:04 PM »
LOL, I guess I forgot to tell the caged bots to attack when that happens...
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