Quick Note from Sparky

[Sparky]

I figured this would be the best place to post this message, since this is where I'm mostly active.

I apologize for being so inactive lately, but I lost my internet service because the phone company and Verizon are incompetent.

I don't know when I'll have internet access again, whether within days or weeks from now, but I haven't been able to use the net for a month now.

See you soon, and yes, nil and AID can remain admins of HDM henceforth, I need their help with maintaining the site. Nice work, gentlemen.

Zeus is coming along quite well. I simplified the design extremely, so it's full-screen like SwordEdit Starlight, and uses menus instead of windows which could get cluttery. It's really drag-and-drop, where you have resources in a side HUD window and you drag them into the map's scenario level and they appear at that location in the map. Should make modding more fun that way. Almost done learning Objective-C and I've made headway into OpenGL also, so that this can be made as object-oriented and efficient as possible. Sorry for lack of results up to this point, but the plans for design are solidifying and I'm optimistic that I can start writing the code for mapfile reading and various other basic object classes in January. It should be more fun than writing those plugins, anyway, because it means more creativity...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Talk to you sooner or later.

[ßlade]

YAY! Sparky is alive.
That sucks about the internet.

It's really drag-and-drop, where you have resources in a side HUD window and you drag them into the map's scenario level and they appear at that location in the map.

This reminds me of SSB Brawl...


*pant pant* Holy c®@p your posting fast. You just used the entire View New Post page. Trying to catch up with you posting. >.<

[Mgalekgolo]

Thank you sir. Who is that aid guy anyway?

[Nuthead_]

oh yeah AID,
he does Trial mods.

[ßlade]

^ and then he converts. Some people say he is a ripper and nothing more. I have no idea if this is true or not.

[Mgalekgolo]

^ and then he converts. Some people say he is a ripper and nothing more. I have no idea if this is true or not.

trial and demo are the same(cross-compatable).
i tried a few of his mods, and i have to say, RIP AND RIPPER. he is a beuracrap, howd he manage that? also, his mods lag like shit.

[NutHead']

Maybe it's cause of AI or Scenery.

-NutHead

Sent directly from iPod

[ßlade]

And in some like Tier 0 or Databank, you and your clients (mostly clients) CAN'T respawn unless you restart or New Game.

I love how Sparky's update to us has become a topic about AID and his faults.

[Mgalekgolo]

THAT happens.

edit: oops 1 letter post.

[Sparky]

Yay. Internet access again, as of about 1 hour ago! It's much faster this time (2 MB / sec) so I guess I'll be hosting dedicated servers of large games ;D.

I promoted AID and nil as a result of their contributions and dedication to HDM. For example, most of the requests to join the modders group that were left on my user talk page have been handled by AID. Their help has been particularly employed this past month, since I had this issue with the net.

But now I have internet access again, and faster this time. It's with Verizon Fios, and I would recommend it, but Verizon has many issues... so I guess to continue the topic, what type of internet service do you have?

[Mgalekgolo]

lucky, it isn't available here. i have comcast.

[Sparky]

I've been using wireless connections since my iBook G4 back in 2004. Do you guys use the AirPort Extreme cards for wireless networking, or do you use a hardline? I still remember a GameRanger guild I made specifically for developing tactics employed by 56k modem users. Lag presented additional challenges at that time, but it was fun. That was back in the days of Rogue Spear Demo and Ghost Recon Demo.

...hm. It would seem I'm still a demo multiplayer gamer/modder.