Iceball Project

[Sonarpulse]

I wonder if SDL 2 has any improvements in this area. SDL 2 is about to become the norm, (should already be available in most distro's repos). We should probably think about switching to it regardless.

Yes, I'm almost sure SDL 2 fixes those issues. Heck, maybe even 1.3. But I didn't know it was stable already...

AFIAK 1.3 became 2.0 because the difference between 1.2 and 1.3 had become so big.

[rakiru]

The actual content does look a bit sloppy, sadly. I think we need a documentation team. Perhaps it'd be good to actually use the wiki?

proto_main.txt defines the C-side network protocol, followed by the Lua-side protocol for the base game.

I started work on the wiki yesterday. I'd definitely recommend using a wiki, even if it is the github one.

[Turner]

I would be happy to help with the docs. If you dont have anybody yet.

[HoboHob]

I would be happy to help with the docs. If you dont have anybody yet.

Rakiru is working on the wiki.

[rakiru]

I would be happy to help with the docs. If you dont have anybody yet.

Rakiru is working on the wiki.

rakiru*
And I'm doing it because no-one else is. No reason there can't be multiple people doing it either.

[CommunistBlock]

You should handle mods of iceball in a way that allows you to join a server running a modded copy of the game and you just have to have a copy of the mod in a folder or something and then you play without having to install it. Also I'm half programming retarded, don't go too hard on me.

Player downloads mod, puts into addons/mods folder. Player joins server running said mod, the game detects if the player has said in his mods folder and if he does then the game installs the mod itself and player plays. Then when he exits the server the game unmods itself.

Also it'd be nice to see what feature you plan to add in the distant future, when you release the game.

[HoboHob]

You should handle mods of iceball in a way that allows you to join a server running a modded copy of the game and you just have to have a copy of the mod in a folder or something and then you play without having to install it. Also I'm half programming retarded, don't go too hard on me.

Player downloads mod, puts into addons/mods folder. Player joins server running said mod, the game detects if the player has said in his mods folder and if he does then the game installs the mod itself and player plays. Then when he exits the server the game unmods itself.

Also it'd be nice to see what feature you plan to add in the distant future, when you release the game.

Right now, the game auto installs mods.

It downloads the client from the server.

[GreaseMonkey]

You should handle mods of iceball in a way that allows you to join a server running a modded copy of the game and you just have to have a copy of the mod in a folder or something and then you play without having to install it. Also I'm half programming retarded, don't go too hard on me.

Player downloads mod, puts into addons/mods folder. Player joins server running said mod, the game detects if the player has said in his mods folder and if he does then the game installs the mod itself and player plays. Then when he exits the server the game unmods itself.

Also it'd be nice to see what feature you plan to add in the distant future, when you release the game.

This is what actually happens:

• Player connects to server.
• Server tells client what the pathname of the mod is.
• Client requests pkg/$(MOD_PATH)/main_client.lua.
• Server compresses / sends main_client.lua to client.
• Client decompresses / runs main_client.lua, which usually pulls in a bunch of other crap from the server, typically Lua code + a whole bunch of assets.
• User enjoys game*.

* Enjoyment not guaranteed.

Files can, if the code permits it, be read from a happy safe spot on the client's hard disk, and can also be written to even happier and safer spots, so modding can actually be permitted.

I now have versioning set up (currently up to 0.0-2, which starts on sound support but is functionally identical to 0.0-1), and I've added a feature to the Lua code which tells you what issues there are with your particular version of the client.

By the way, who did this? I noticed this just as I was checking the server program before I updated/restarted it:

[l582110521]

All Right~~~~So Cool！！！

[Sample]

Time to work on the graphics.

[Razor]

I could probably get you guys some non-copyrighted original sounds :)
Tell me what main sounds you want to focus on (rifle fire, scope, break block, place block ect) and Ill make them from scratch.

[MrHaaax]

Is the rifle model definitive or just a placeholder?

There is a newer, better-looking model somewhere in this thread. Otherwise, it's prob'ly placeholder.

[gamax92]

http://buildandshoot.com/viewtopic.php? ... =125#p2813

Made a rifle model, it's basically a mix of the Springfield 1903, Lee Enfield, and M1A. It's about 720 parts from what I remember.



To view it download it below and place the file in the cslave folder and rename it editor.pmf (make sure you have nothing important in the original editor folder!) or replace the rifle.pmf file in \pkg\base\pmf to use it in game.

http://www.mediafire.com/?yn4ndisuvgc3edl

Also GreaseMonkey, to get the stderr.txt and stdout.txt files not to show up, you have to compile SDL and on the configure step, apply --enable-stdio-redirect=no
Setting up MSYS/MinGW build system for compiling SDL/OpenGL applications

[rakiru]

I've created a page for people who want to help, but can't code.

[10se1ucgo]

can u pls add da ub3r 1337 es em geee?????