cube release 2003_12_23 feedback

by Aardappel on 12/24/2003 03:06, 103 messages, last message: 02/03/2004 19:58, 65134 views, last view: 05/18/2024 16:01

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#1: Cube

by HexFex on 12/24/2003 12:42

WooHoo! Great Work!

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#2: cube 2003-12-23 where's the file?

by ManicMac on 12/24/2003 13:24

tried downloading the file but not such file found. has it been removed already?

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#3: Re: cube 2003-12-23 where's the file?

by Aardappel on 12/24/2003 14:25, refers to #2

it may not have been mirrored everywhere yet. pick another download site.

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#4: .

by |apskaus on 12/24/2003 15:53

Awsome! The model lighting makes everything blend together better now, and some of the new maps are pretty good. :)

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#5: Re: .

by MoreThanBen on 12/24/2003 22:34, refers to #4

Ah yes, the new lighting. I like, what are some of the other updates?

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#6: So

by pushplay on 12/25/2003 04:05

Is it time to plaster the news organizations?

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#7: Re: So

by |apskaus on 12/25/2003 14:33, refers to #6

heh, we could certainly use some more action around here.

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#8: Re: So

by Aardappel on 12/25/2003 23:10, refers to #6

yes it is :)
just wanted to make sure there were no serious bugs in the release.

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#9: ..

by >driAn<. on 12/25/2003 23:44

WOW! Really cool! :D

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#10: Re: .. congrats!

by pocorev on 12/26/2003 00:56, refers to #9

congratulations on the new release!

btw - thank you :)

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#11: Re: So

by pushplay on 12/26/2003 01:58, refers to #8

Ok, so we have Shack and Blue's covered, what else is there?

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#12: Mature?

by spentron-postcrash2 on 12/26/2003 02:06

Longer time between releases for less change, must mean this is getting to be a mature project. After a bit of trying it out, though, must say it was worth doing. Was dissappointed to see no more SP maps, but that seems to be the way things are going.

It does break some maps. I went ahead and threw some lights around in mm4, since the main area was unlighted, being only models, "water" and skybox. Update here: http://www.intergate.com/~spentron/cube/mm

I'll probably test sticking the old engine into the current version for Shadowland. I presume that I can distribute the old engine (almost surely legal, just asking if there is any objection). Haven't decided if the 6-24-02 or 10-20-02 version is more appropriate (original looks vs. savegame, tough call).

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#13: linux

by FoPref on 12/26/2003 04:18

the new version works with SDL again (old one was broken with newer SDL version)

it seems to run faster

there are problems:
* in single player (couldn\'t test out multiplayer till now), there appears lag, every 10 seconds or so, for about 2 seconds
* starting a \"multiplayer\" game (voting on client) after a short time I got a segmentation fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)

(this is kinda similiar to the error of the previous release not working:
\"Fatal signal: Floating Point Exception (SDL Parachute Deployed)\")


It\'s nice to see cube is still progressing :)


cu
FoPref

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#14: linux issue

by hungerburg on 12/26/2003 15:34

when unpacking the zip, the archive's files are created with mode 666 - is this a reverence to id's doom? it sure is *bad* on a multiuser setup.

if eiruhl zipped the archive, correct permissions could be stored, and a number of foreseeable support requests from linux newbies were not necessary. just unzip cube[date]zip, click on cube_unix, play the game.

quick fix (type into a terminal):

cd /where/cube/is/unzipped/
chmod 644 $(find . -type f)
chmod 755 cube_unix unix_bin/linux_client

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#15: ..

by ;Sonic-x on 12/26/2003 15:38

Wow the new release is very good!

PS: Aard thx das du meine Map doch noch genommen hast

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#16: ..

by xorZ on 12/26/2003 15:46

The best new feature is to import md2 models!!!
Thats great!

(The new soundtracks are also huge!)

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#17: Re: So

by Aardappel on 12/26/2003 22:55, refers to #11

shack/blues are the only major game sites I send something to. Smaller sites are opengl.org, flipcode, gamedev, doomworld (hah), func_messageboard, happypenguin, linuxgames.

So any sites not in that list, feel free to post, and let us know. A convenient list of new features are on the main page of cubeengine.com

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#18: Re: Mature?

by Aardappel on 12/26/2003 22:56, refers to #12

spentron, what exactly does it break then? I would advise you to make sure the map runs on the new version, there's no point supporting the old version, much less including it with a map :)

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#19: Re: linux

by Aardappel on 12/26/2003 22:58, refers to #13

the lag is typically something on your system. I assure you, there's nothing in my code to cause that kind of behaviour.

The floating point exception I don't know... but first need to see if others have this too.

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#20: Re: linux issue

by Aardappel on 12/26/2003 22:59, refers to #14

yup, this maybe is unfortunate. Luckily linux users all know how to use chmod. they do, right? oh damn...

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