April 23rd, 1999Beta 5.5 Released!This evening I gathered all of the files together for the Client Side only release of Beta 5.5. These are files that we had intended to put in the final but figured we might as well release them since they are ready to go.
What's New?
Battle2 - Paintball 1 favorite converted to Digital Paint by Fryth. Originally made by Calrathan
Hellsurvivors - Another Paintball 1 favorite converted by Fryth. Originally made by Calrathan
ArenaBall - New map by Jitspoe created for a tournament
Pyschotic - New map by Jitspoe.
Redone Gun Sounds - Higher quality audio
Retouched Autococker Model - Removes the slight glitch in lower right hand corner
Retouched DP Start Logo - Cleaner Logo for start of the game.
New Texture
New Environments
You can download Beta 5.5 here or in the Files Section April 22nd, 1999DP 1.0 release date?Okay, I've been bugged about this enough. NO, there is no set release date. All I can say is, that I AM working on it with my spare time, which has been cut down this week.Nutiket should be sending out an update pack for DP soon, containing new environment maps, new maps, and a few minor corrections. Burst Fire on TCA?Okay, I've looked at the code, speculated as to the cause, and come up with a valid hypothesis. TCA is a Linux server. I thought that the problem was specific to the linux build, but now I realize that was wrong. There is NOTHING I can do about burst fire, other than talk to the operator of TCA Paintball. It seems to be server specific, so thats that. April 16th, 1999DPFinal TestingAlthough not even halfway done with DP v1.0, I'd like to get some testing out of the way concerning some of the features requiring multiple clients. Heres an excerpt from my todo list.
[Fx006] Grenades dont kill people when landing on top of em [Ax016] Idle check. (Force to observer after 60 seconds of idling) [Fx018] Jail Chasecam bug [Fx019] Extra Point @ Round end [Fx020] Sounds from dead people [Ax021] Standard Log Support [Mx030] Standardized death msgs
As well as these things, just a general sort of mish-mash test will be conducted. This is to flush out any weird bugs that occur as a result of the modifications. If you'd like to help, be on the gamenode irc network (ri.gamenode.net) at around 9:00 pm tomorrow. (Show up in #paintball... i'll direct you where to go). If you show up, I expect you to follow directions when they're given on the server. If the server locks up, be able to tell me EXACTLY what you last did. (it may take a few seconds for you to notice the lockup, so be able to report in detail anything that might have caused the crash). Thats basically the outline. I'll try to have a stable server lined up for this. Thanks. April 10th, 1999Polling - DP changesOkay, basically I want to put forth a few ideas I have, and have people send thier comments. I could just change some of these things, but I figure I might as well ask you guys.
#1: Change all death msgs to a standard format. EXAMPLE Calrathan (PGP) elimininated Fryth (AutoCocker) Fembot (PaintGren) elimininated Jitspoe (Trracer)
#2: I forget #3: If I forgot #2, there is no way i'll remember #3, so stop bugging me already. New 3rd Party Maps!From Pearl's Paint Zone comes word of 3 new DP maps:
Here are the 3 new maps that were released today. Passage and Superball are Grim's new maps, and Bogwood is a conversion that Fryth just finished(remember Bogwood by Bogleg from QI Pball1 days? Well it's back! :).
These and other Digital Paint maps can be found over in the new section to Pearl's Paint Zone, Map Central. Pearl's Paint Zone unveils Map for a Day!Pearl's Paint Zone has just announced its Map for a Day plans. Each day Pearlslam will pick a map and then feature it on one of his servers. The first map featured was Dropzone, and then yesterday Icecap. He has also announced plans to open up a new section to his site entitled Map Central where he will offer 3rd Party map files for download to the community. If you haven't checked out Pearl's Paint Zone yet I suggest yah head on over! April 7th, 1999New Websites!An ultimate sign of activity in a mod is new websites to support it. This week we have seen several new websites pop up for Digital Paint. The first is Pearlslam's Paint Zone which is a site devoted to his servers. The next is the Paint Stop a news site, as well as the return of the Paintball Player News. Also new this week is Digital Demos and the World Paintball League. All of these sites plus many more, including clan webpages can be found in the Links section. Site UpdatesI did some work on the site today, including updating several pages. I added more links to the links section as well as added Smokeya's Digital Paint #1 server back to the server list. I also updated the DPcon list of attendees. If you would like to attend DPcon please head on over to the DPcon page and sign up so I can get an idea of how many people will be able to come.