December 2010
8 posts
On a lighter note...
It’s been so long since I actually played NAB…
I recently ran into a problem while doing an engine update that was resolved by a reinstall. I didn’t lose any work because the problem was entirely map based so I just copied all my new stuff to the new directory. But I mention this because I soon after decided to test the new install to make sure all my new features had survived...
Shaddup already... please?
I’ve been getting complaints from beta testers that making the Ballzooka Balls yellow looks bad. Frankly, the yellow color was an old version, so yes, it did look pretty bad, like Nerf ball that has been in your gutter for a week.
But despite criticism I updated the yellow and it looks much better now. Some still hold the idea that they do not like the yellow. Let me offer the following...
Annnnnd... fixed.
-Removed code from the HUD that fixed a typo in PM-Champion’s title field and fixed it manually.
See, their fix caused me twice as much work. Know what the typo was? ‘Champoin PointBlast’.
…
Nice job Sam Kolb!
What...?
-Fixed the default properties of ‘BlockPlayers’ by setting bCollideActors to true. They will now actually block players.
Didn’t they TEST this?
Now then...
-Gave the ‘DDartAmmo’, ‘SHBallGun’, ‘SHBall’, ‘MegaJump’ and ‘MegaSpeed’ an editor visible mesh.
Now that we’ve cleared that up, STOP PUTTING ‘DDartAmmo’s, ‘SHBallGun’s and ‘SHBall’s IN YOUR MAPS!
Also, STOP PUTTING 12 ‘MegaJump’s and ‘MegaSpeed’s IN ONE SPOT BECAUSE...
Guhhhhhhhhh...
Ham hangover… I need a day please… and stop being so loud, I can hear your IP from here.
When something doesn't work...
… you fix it. Unless you’re the main coders for NAB. Rather than correcting typos in a level’s map name field, they added code to the default gametype to override the map name field on the one specific map with the typo. Could they have chosen a more complicated fix?
“Guys! We spelled that one map’s name wrong!”
“It’s okay, I’ll add a...
We've got some spoilers ahead!
I’ll be blunt. The new website really fell apart. It just didn’t have the features I wanted and to be honest some of them broke anyway. The site is on the back-burner for now.
The good news is a while ago I received the source code to the Updater and the CP installer from Jay. Most of you probably already know that. I am currently working on the latter of the two, working to bring you...