Gold Prognosticus older than one year ago

So I bought a dedicated server for a personal event, and now I have just under a month of time left on it so I thought I'd post the link here in case any of you wanted to play. It's currently running TF2 and that will most likely be its default state, but I can switch it to Mann vs Machine, CounterStrike, CounterStrike: Source, Day of Defeat, Condition Zero and a few Source Mods for a bit if need be.

If you have any maps that you want added to the server, post the link in the comments and I'll see about getting them uploaded.

All it needs now is an SFM remake.

The following is my current computer setup.
http://www.game-debate.com/gaming-pc/index.php?r_id=187615&cpu=Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz&gpu=GeForce GTX 275&ram=4GB

Given that I have a bit more money than usual, if I were to buy a new component what should I upgrade and what do you recommend I replace it with?

presents plx

I am Gold Prognosticus, the one true holy script of Digibutter. The rulers of this site govern the land by my divine grace alone, and all blasphemers shall bear witness to my righteous fury. Heed not the false Prognosticii of Light and Dark, for one brings only death and one is not true prophecy. also those guys haven't been online in years, where did they go anyway?

I hereby appoint you as my High Prophet, for you to spread my word to the Dwarven peoples that they may rejoice in my merciful rule. Praise be the Light of Truth!

I am honestly speechless. True effort and dedication right there.

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I (and any other programmers who join up as time goes on) will be using this thread to keep you informed on the progress of coding the system. I am creating this thread now because I have just rigged a basic concept of the thread system this evening:

http://nerr.g33k.org.uk/posts.php

It is exceedingly ugly, doesn't allow for posting yet, and certainly doesn't include any items or battling, but it does have the core, tree-based post code down, and the basics of the database hidden behind it. Click around and see how it functions, and let me know if this is the kind of thing people had in mind for the posting system.

Also, as time goes on I will be adding more pages to that subdomain as the general Nerr 3.0 testing ground. I'll keep you informed of updates as they happen.

Update 21/7/2012:

I've just finished the proof of concept for the battle system. It's a little different to some of the plans in the other thread since I started it before those were laid out, but I can tweak it if necessary.

http://nerr.g33k.org.uk/battle.php

I've populated the database with an initial set of items (including one marked as not a combat weapon, but that's for internal testing and later stuff and can't be used in this test) which you can use to experiment with the battle system. The system doesn't make a difference between attacker and defender - both users attack at the same time and the loser takes damage.

The type of weapon (Attack, Defence or Trap) determines whether or not the attack hits through a rock-paper-scissors system. The power is the base damage of the weapon. The element determines the final damage against the loser in the same way as the type, with a chance to double the base power, halve it, leave it unchanged or do no damage entirely. In a real fight each user wouldn't be able to see the other's weapon until the round completes, making it a game of luck and strategy to win the fight.

Have a play and see what you think. If people want extra items to toy with, let me know the stats and I can add them easily enough.

It was taken down a while back due to bandwidth overloading. Digi is a bit less active now, so would it be possible to get it re-enabled? The google search is fine for general use, but it's a pain for finding specific threads.

Behold the culmination of 4 and a half hours' work. Nerr_ebooks will, either by manual command or on its own over time, pull a random quote from the depths of Old Digi, squish it to fit 140 characters and post it to Twitter like a good little robot. It's completely pointless and certainly unoriginal, but it was a fun way for me to practice some coding and it may produce some amusing results as time goes on.

If I had to pay I would probably just stick with Windows 7, but my Uni has access to a whole bunch of free Microsoft stuff so I can get it for free if I choose to, so I've been putting more thought into it. What are your thoughts - do I bother, or do I stick with what I've got?

I love how there are so many haters in the comments that think a 20% finished game should be absolutely flawless and that every game ever is supposed to have SUPAH DUPAH NEXT-GEN HD GRAPHIX.

PETA never disappoints.

Halo 4 plays quite nicely, Assassin's Creed 3 is very entertaining as well (actually got two single player levels instead of a multiplayer booth this year). Played a bunch of Indie games that were all interesting to try out, and played a round of Dust 514 - the gameplay itself is similar to other FPSes, but I'm interested how it'll link up to EVE Online (not that I can afford a subscription to either at present). Borderlands 2 and Dishonored queues were too long for me to get a shot in. Probably played a bunch of other stuff that I've forgotten about too.

Spent a couple of hours trialing the various games in the WiiU section (excluding ZombiU, which had an independent, 1hr 30min queue). The gamepad is far less clunky than I had expected, and the NintendoLand games (while my reaction upon the original announcement was of skepticism at the gimmicky-ness of it) are actually very entertaining to play, particularly the 4vs1 games. Entered a competition to win a WiiU, given that it took me over an hour to play the required 5 games for entry and that there were fewer NintendoLand demo pods than there were games the odds are slightly higher than a limitation-free raffle (not to say I have any chance of winning though :P).

No pictures, since I forgot to turn my phone off the previous night and I had to keep it off most of the time to save what little power it had left. Sam got a couple of pictures though, he may or may not upload them later. All in all, it was a very entertaining trip and I am most likely going to buy tickets for 2013 as well!

Enjoy.

Each of those circuits would be contained inside a 'block' which can then be linked up to other blocks through the fixed inputs and outputs to make more complex circuits.

Then take this system and set it inside a multiplayer environment in which all the players are building in the same area, and can link their blocks to one another. Would it be chaos? Would a coherent program emerge, built from the various ideas of players working either in tandem or independently?

This has been a gameplay experiment ramble, brought to you by Gold Prognosticus.

• Coop Gamemode
• Large numbers of enemies against a team of 5
• Special enemies designed specifically to kill players
• Giant enemies in addition to the special enemies
• Robots that charge sentries that are too effective
• Stackable, persistent bonuses for the enemy team
• Tanks

This is going to be interesting.

Going down to Dartmouth today, and I'll be back next Friday. I have my mobile with me so I might be able to lurk very occassionally, but don't expect to see me much until then. See you in a week!

Been a while since I touched this thing.

Current totals stand at 12 dead and 50 admitted to hospital. Police have arrested a suspect and the FBI are climbing into his apartment through the window because he told them there were bombs inside.

Terrible MSPaint logos may (will) be subject to change.

Before we can actually make this thing, we need to decide exactly what we want from it and how. This means compiling a list of features people want from the new system, as well as when and where those features should be implemented. This includes:

• What should be conserved from the current system?
• What should not be conserved?
• What new features should be added?
• What should the layout of the system be like (e.g. should it look like the existing layout, or should it be closer to the board-based style of Old Digi)?

Once we've sorted out these questions, then we can move on to actually making something that doesn't completely suck. Additionally, I need people to list what they are able to help with (code, graphics, management etc.) so I know who can do what once we start building the system.

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1. Are there any games a enough of us play regularly to warrant a 24/7 server?
2. Is it worth purchasing a dedicated server running said game/s for this community?
3. If a dedicated server was set up, would people be willing to donate to support the server or would the owner be paying for all of it (I have some money but it won't last for ever, and I'd only pay while there is a consistant demand for the server)?

IP is 70.186.194.171, port is 7777.

The address is pipistrellus.dynalias.net, same schedule as the Terraria server applies.

Is the removal of the cbox permanent or just for E3?

It's a sort of Minecraft/Terraria/Fort Wars game, but they appear to be pushing the boudaries somewhat. Little rough around the edges from the looks of the video, but nothing particularly hard to fix. I'm gonna download their current release and see how well it plays.