[Joystick Doesn't Seem to Work Right]

Toby, you always know where to find the most interesting projects! I've enjoyed everything you've linked us to so far.

[Joystick Doesn't Seem to Work Right]

Stellar, I'm trying to round up the hardware to be able to actually play with it and see what may be wrong. I'll let you know when I've found some joysticks to try out.

[Ubuntu Linux- DropTeam won't start]

Let's run it by hand and see what the actual problem is.

In a shell, go to the DropTeam/bin directory.

</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">cd ~/DropTeam/bin</pre>

[New update]

Can you please send me your DropTeam.log?

[next steps for DT]

First thing would be asymmetrical per scenario inventories. That means that for each scenario every side (blood,water) can have a seperate inventory of vehicles.

That has already been present for some time and I can't wait for someone to make use of it! All you need to do is use the Inventory tag inside of your Game Type in a .scenario and presto - asymmetric inventories any way you want them. For example, here is a silly version of Archipelago where, for CTF, one team has all Thors and the other team has all Paladins. A contrived example, but you get the idea.

I think it would be very cool to setup one team with dropships and all light units. The other team has heavy equipment but only reinforcement zones. This would better portray an attack by drop capable forces on a fixed defensive position.

But that's just one example of the kind of fun we could have with asymmetric scenarios.

[DT 1on1 tournament]

Sign me up! Great idea, jby. I *love* 1 vs 1 games. Who else is going to join the roster?

[1.3.0]

When you use the jets to about 1/2 capacity, you become detectable like any other vehicle. That means you now have the red triangle above you on enemy HUD's, you show up on the minimap, and you're visible on the tac display, to anyone who has LOS to you. As soon as that happens, the bots are almost sure to notice you just as a player would. Even if he has his head down is in his gunsights and isn't paying attention, he still sees the red dot appear on his minimap and knows that you're out there.

However, if you keep those jets off, then you're invisible unless someone looks directly at you and makes a visual ID on you.

So that behavior of the bots "noticing" you when you use the jets is deliberate. Do you think the bots still spot you more frequently in this case than players do? Maybe even in that case they need to be toned down some?

[Demo crashes on launch]

Your log shows:

</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">MAIN: GL VENDOR: Intel Inc.

MAIN: GL VERSION: 1.2 APPLE-1.4.56</pre>

[Game Crashing on Startup Windows XP]

Yes, it's a very old OpenAL driver for your soundcard. This part of your log file shows the problem:

</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">Device SoundBlaster Audigy is version 1.0

Device Generic Hardware is version 1.1

Device Generic Software is version 1.1</pre>

[failed to load 'ControlRoom.wav' after update]

Did the update revert you back to the included libopenal instead of the sym links you had made before?

[Wish List]

Zooming is now on the wheel in 1.2.9 (in addition to the old 'G' key.)

[Crystal landscapes]

Still itching to battle across the crystal wastes!

[all seeing turrets]

Actually, it was intentional but probably a bad idea. In 1.2.9 turrets now spot only as well as anyone else.

[Bought the game but get only the demo]

Email me directly for a workaround, Sivodsi.

[pressing 'P' freezes DT]

Great. We really shouldn't bundle those libs at all. Ah, DLL Hell all over again...

[aircraft controls]

Hold down the X key while in gunner's view. That will make the ship stay level on its own. (It's also a useful key even if you're not shooting at anyone).

[How's the WWII mod going?]

We're moving steadily forward. There's a lot of heavy lifting going on so it's taking quite a while. This means a longer wait, but it also means a better game. As soon as there's something worth showing, we'll show it. Videos of boxes shooting one another aren't very exciting for anyone but us geeks...

[pressing 'P' freezes DT]

You might want to try using your distro's own openal library instead of the one bundled with DropTeam. Just remove all libopenal* in your DropTeam's lib directory and let's see if it works any better.

[Drop Team in Vista]

Everything we need to know is right here in your log:

</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">MAIN: GL VENDOR: Microsoft Corporation

MAIN: GL VERSION: 1.1.0</pre>

[Drop Team in Vista]

Post or email your DropTeam.log from your DropTeam's \bin directory and we may be able to see what's happening.

[How to reinstall]

Email me directly to get setup.

[1st person view instead of 3rd]

You can't play exclusively in a 1st person view, but holding down the E key (unless you remap it) takes you into the gunner's view, which is 1st person.

[Better physics for the Ion Cannon?]

Only seeing the spot where the beam is hitting, getting brighter as heat builds to a final catastrophic level, would be much more interesting than the current beams. And it would fix most of the things that are currently annoying about them.

My guess is that the typical game developer sees a perfect straight line through all these points.

LOL. True, but we didn't do that with penetration falloff did we? So I think we can do it right with this, too.

[Creature Zoo 6]

The crashes in Creature Zoo are fixed in 1.2.8. Will be posted shortly...

[How to reinstall]

I love unexpected new computers.

Did you originally have the download or hard version? Have you lost the original download?