August 15th, 2004PBCup 2004eR33t is hosting Paintball Cup 2004, a 2v2 double elimination tournament, this September. Visit www.pbcup.er33t.com or #pbcup on irc.enterthegame.com for more information. Build 11...... Not quite, but almost. Here are some screenshots to keep you entertained. :)
August 13th, 2004DPCon2 - Hotel InfoI talked to the manager at the hotel and he's set aside a group of rooms together. When you call to make your reservation, just say you're with the Atlantis Gaming group. The number is (800) 456-4000, or you can reserve a room online here. If you sign up online, let me know, and we'll make sure you get put with the rest of the group. MousepadsThe mousepad design has been completed and sent off for printing. They will be used as prizes for DPCon (plus a couple extras that can be purchased). This is the design (click here for a full-res segment):
August 12th, 2004ShirtsThe back design is complete (click here to view). If you want a shirt in a specific size or color, please let me know immediately, even if you aren't planning to attend DPCon. I'm going to have 40-50 shirts made (unless I get enough interest to make more). DPCon attendees get first pick, then I'll sell whatever's left over online. They'll probably cost $12-$15. August 7th, 2004Two Weeks Until DPCon!That's right, so sign up! Also, for people who were wondering about hotel pricing, I think we have a deal worked out for $60/night. That means just $30 if you room with somebody.
I'm working on a design right now for the shirts, and here's what I have so far:
These are going to be quality screen printed shirts, not some cheap white t-shirts run through the printer. :) We'll also have Atlantis Gaming Center shirts that you might be able to win.
So here's a run down of why you should go to DPCon: - Meet lots of cool people you've been playing the mod with online. - Tournaments with cool prizes (Trophies, T-Shirts, GeforceFX, E3 swag, etc) - Crazy gameplay you won't be able to do outside of a LAN - Live DJ - Premier of new game modes and maps - Real paintball - It's just gonna rock! Build 11 Progress UpdateSorry this is taking so long, but like I mentioned earlier, there's a lot of things that have to be completely done or it won't work at all. One of the nice things about this new build is that combined with the new 1.80 server version, the client will have all the necessary information to interpret things client-side so you can have the client generate event messages and scoreboards meaning less lag and faster response. It will even allow you to pull the scoreboard up at any time while you watch demos. Here's a couple screenshots:
Of course, when things are rendered client-side, you can do fancy things with them, such as draw item pickups in the lower-left corner and when you get killed, pop a message up on the center of the screen saying who killed you. Eventually I'd like to make all that customizable so you can select what happens on certain events - maybe play different sounds, flash icons, etc.
If you're wondering about the new bar below the old CO2 bar - that's something I'm experimenting with to reduce nonstop spray: gun temperature. Each time you fire, the bar increases. When it maxes out, the gun freezes briefly. Of course the bar will always drop slowly, so as long as you don't spray for long periods of time, it won't freeze on you. It's mainly to prevent people from running around the whole map firing nonstop.
Also note the names on the screenshots - well, the first one is just messing around with font colors, but the second shows a nice server-side feature that prevents people from having the same name. If a "bob" is playing, and another "bob" connects, the second will get the name "bob(1)." If a third connects, he'll get "bob(2)," etc.
Release is planned for this week - then we'll work on the special additions for DPCon. ;) July 28th, 2004DPCon2 UpateOk, we have a set date now. DPCon will be held on August 21st and 22nd. Sign-in and setup starts at 2:00PM. That's pretty soon, so hurry up and sign up if you want to go. We also have the DPCon 2.0 Summary Page up. Check that for all the pertinent information.
It also looks like we have a GeForce FX donated for one of the prizes. FourthX is planning to bring his DJ equipment, so we'll have some pretty kickin' music going on as well. Be sure to check out #ApexGameServers on IRC.EnterTheGame.Com -- our sponsors for this cool stuff.