Where is Cube going?

by isophage on 09/15/2002 22:33, 44 messages, last message: 11/24/2002 23:14, 13955 views, last view: 05/05/2024 17:46

Hello,
I've been watching this engine for a while, and just found someone online to play with. The game plays beautifully, but there seems to be noone playing!!!
The last update was a couple months ago, the last post, about a month ago, and there is no central place for servers to identify themselves (ie: a master server), and the community is so scattered, its almost impossible to get any kind of message out to anyone.
Is this project dead, or is it secretly being worked on by Aardappel, who is sitting on it like a pile of gold?
Has anyone tried to make some kind of server browser (other than the one at CubeWorld, which sucks IMO), master server, or some kind of query system that stores active servers in a list?

   Board Index   

#25: Re: ..

by pushplay on 10/09/2002 07:15, refers to #24

I played jk2 for a while, but the game had balancing problems, and using a random number generator in any aspect of determining damage makes a game kiss goodbye to tournament play.

CTF was fun though, because with the right mix of speed, jump and force push you could blow past any number of people and grab the flag easy. :)

reply to this message

#26: Re: .. server browser

by Bascule on 10/09/2002 09:09, refers to #23

I agree with Aard that in-game browsers are best (quicker and easier, generally), but I would have thought that a simple web-based viewer could sit on top of the same master server database to just provide a window into all the current games. Then you've got the best of both worlds :)

reply to this message

#27: Re: .. server browser

by SleepwalkR on 10/09/2002 10:07, refers to #26

That's already planned =).

reply to this message

#28: ..

by btron on 10/23/2002 04:44

I don't ever use eye or gamespy, but I think it would be REALLY good if you can get Cube on there. I love the game, but I'm lucky to find 1 other person playing.

reply to this message

#29: Re: ..

by Shockie on 10/23/2002 06:10, refers to #28

i think that having it in the eye would be GREAT!

reply to this message

#30: Re: ..

by pushplay on 10/23/2002 07:10, refers to #29

/me punches Shockie in the eye.

reply to this message

#31: Re: ..

by Shockie on 10/23/2002 07:23, refers to #30

/me throws a monitor @ pushplay

reply to this message

#32: Server browser

by Maur_ on 10/23/2002 07:57

It would be interesting to see if Qtracker could be set up to work with Cube. It's like GS Arcade, but with a lighter client.

http://www.qtracker.com/

reply to this message

#33: Server browser

by MaurB on 10/23/2002 07:57

It would be interesting to see if Qtracker could be set up to work with Cube. It's like GS Arcade, but with a lighter client.

http://www.qtracker.com/

reply to this message

#34: Re: Server browser

by Piglet on 10/23/2002 18:28, refers to #33

with the new server browsers i very often find people to play against, which is exceedingly cool :)

reply to this message

#35: having it in the eye

by MercenaryForHire on 10/23/2002 18:57, refers to #29

Well, if you like that sorta thing ...

/me skullfscks Shockie

Looks like a nice engine though, I'll have to hack around with it some more.

- M4H

reply to this message

#36: Re: having it in the eye

by Shockie on 10/24/2002 17:29, refers to #35

/me skullfscks Shockie ???

reply to this message

#37: Re: having it in the eye

by Piglet on 10/24/2002 18:02, refers to #36

You where talking about liking it in the eye, then he skullfscks you, go figure

reply to this message

#38: Re: having it in the eye

by Shockie on 10/26/2002 04:32, refers to #37

what is skullfscks

reply to this message

#39: Re: having it in the eye

by pushplay on 10/26/2002 05:07, refers to #38

That's when someone checks and repairs your skull's file system.

reply to this message

#40: Re: having it in the eye

by Shockie on 10/26/2002 16:53, refers to #39

ok

i like the eye much more than game spy

reply to this message

#41: Re: having it in the eye

by pushplay on 10/26/2002 22:50, refers to #40

I thus my clever unix joke goes entirely unappreciated.

reply to this message

#42: Re: having it in the eye

by Shockie on 10/27/2002 02:43, refers to #41

what post #?

reply to this message

#43: Re: having it in the eye

by Tarin on 10/27/2002 11:12, refers to #41

No it did not.

reply to this message

#44: the mac os x port should help

by pusherman on 11/24/2002 23:14

we mac users are in desperate need of good games. any decent games that do come our way are poorly coded (and require twice the horsepower of the pc equivalents) and arrive about 3 years after their debut. the cube looks very cool, very fun, and the price is definitely right. i heard about the cube because of an insidemacgames.com article which is very good for mac publicity. i'm fairly certain that if mac users hear about this, they will definitely play online (especially people like me, whose computer can't handle the latest and greatest multiplayer games). there is also an os x tool for finding online partners for many games called "onlymortal", which offers an api so that game developers can build in support for the application. once the mac port is done, i'll definitely spread the word on the message boards of which i'm a member.

reply to this message

   Board Index