Iceball Project

[Space Inspader]

If you can't work something simple out, then what hope do you have.

[Handles]

None thats the problem...

[Vucgy]

I just looked at some games and I must say I would like that Iceball goes such a way like this game

Spoiler:

http://www.thetrench1916.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=52

Its called "The Trench" a WW1 game
I found some intresting things about it like
1. They have dynamic terrain , that means a no man's land that is under fire by Artillery and Mortars or at Fire
That's something very interesting making such "dead zones" that are under heavy fire would add a tactical aspect and also it would slow down enemy movement and would force the enemies to make shelters or to dig under the "zone"
All in all: Artillery or better compact mortars are something that are simply a must have in a WW1 game

2.Also a knife fight/duel is something connected to WW1 cause much soldiers fought in raided trenches at close combat ( But to have close combat like in WW1 we cant have Automatic rifles or The this Semi like now cause it shoots to fast so it doesn't even matter if you miss few shoots
All in all : a close knife combat game cant be made without ww1 weapons , the semi now fires too fast.

3.The game has "blind fire" that's when you take cover and you just fire blind with your weapon from cover. All in all that isn't something for Iceball but a weapon that can be deployed at walls and bunker walls would be awesome.

4.Dynamic Environment , That is a great thing for a "open world game" like Iceball Changing weather/time just as the changing battleground with day/night and snow/sun/rain, What wouldnt be hard to implant just as the snow mod demonstrated

This Post isnt meant to make Iceball like this game but its meant to show some great things it has.

[gamax92]

I cannot use the connect-rakiru.bat file: It just opens, makes glitchy noises, then closes.
I believe I've edited my user.json correctly?

stdout.txt

Spoiler:

Connecting to "aoswiki.rakiru.com" port 20737
lookup: 178.33.40.146
base dir = "pkg/base"
boot mode flag 8!
Now loading client; please wait! [pkg/base/main_client.lua]
Client loaded! Initialising...
pkg/base/main_client.lua starting
nil pkg/base/wav/buld.wav
userdata: 0536AB50
nil pkg/base/gfx/font-numbers.tga
userdata: 053BD738
nil pkg/base/gfx/font-mini.tga
userdata: 053CF758
nil pkg/base/gfx/font-large.tga
userdata: 053D3F78
nil pkg/base/gfx/loading_default-64c.tga
userdata: 08E30020
nil pkg/base/gfx/roundrect.tga
userdata: 05353B28
pkg/base/main_client.lua loaded.
Done!
nil pkg/base/wav/music.wav
userdata: 09210020
pkg/base/client_start.lua starting
nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil
Lua Client Error (tick): [string "pkg/base/client_start.lua"]:35: Once you've set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
remember to set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
look for any connect-*.bat files,
and set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json.

Oh, and then after you set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
you can run said connect-*.bat file,
having set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json.

stderr.txt

Spoiler:

net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory

user.json

Spoiler:

{
"__COMMENT_000": "

This is the sort of place you set up your 'profile' and whatnot.
It can be read by all mods, but not writeable by any.

By the way, don't store anything important in this comment.
It is possible that a hacked server might be able to read it.

READ THIS FILE: docs/setup_json.txt

For name, and many other things, you need quotes:
''name'': ''your name goes here'',
NOT:
''name'': this is wrong,

(replace '' with the double-quotes used to contain this comment)

For more info on the syntax itself, see http://json.org/
",

"name": "gamax92",
"kick_on_join": true,
"sensitivity": 1.0,
"hold_to_zoom": false,

"skins" : {

},

"bio": {
"description": "I'm an awesome person and go flip out.",
"languages": ["pt", "pl"]
}
}

[Handles]

After having a quick look it looks fine. Try redownloading the game and that might fix it.

[IceCream]

Change kick on join to:

false

(without Quotes)

______________________________________________-

Or just read some Posts here for the solution.
______________________________________________-


Or read the fucking Manual.

IceCraft

[rakiru]

I cannot use the connect-rakiru.bat file: It just opens, makes glitchy noises, then closes.
I believe I've edited my user.json correctly?

stdout.txt

Spoiler:

Connecting to "aoswiki.rakiru.com" port 20737
lookup: 178.33.40.146
base dir = "pkg/base"
boot mode flag 8!
Now loading client; please wait! [pkg/base/main_client.lua]
Client loaded! Initialising...
pkg/base/main_client.lua starting
nil pkg/base/wav/buld.wav
userdata: 0536AB50
nil pkg/base/gfx/font-numbers.tga
userdata: 053BD738
nil pkg/base/gfx/font-mini.tga
userdata: 053CF758
nil pkg/base/gfx/font-large.tga
userdata: 053D3F78
nil pkg/base/gfx/loading_default-64c.tga
userdata: 08E30020
nil pkg/base/gfx/roundrect.tga
userdata: 05353B28
pkg/base/main_client.lua loaded.
Done!
nil pkg/base/wav/music.wav
userdata: 09210020
pkg/base/client_start.lua starting
nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil
Lua Client Error (tick): [string "pkg/base/client_start.lua"]:35: Once you've set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
remember to set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
look for any connect-*.bat files,
and set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json.

Oh, and then after you set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json,
you can run said connect-*.bat file,
having set your nickname in clsave/pub/user.json.

stderr.txt

Spoiler:

net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory
net_fetch_file: No such file or directory

user.json

Spoiler:

{
"__COMMENT_000": "

This is the sort of place you set up your 'profile' and whatnot.
It can be read by all mods, but not writeable by any.

By the way, don't store anything important in this comment.
It is possible that a hacked server might be able to read it.

READ THIS FILE: docs/setup_json.txt

For name, and many other things, you need quotes:
''name'': ''your name goes here'',
NOT:
''name'': this is wrong,

(replace '' with the double-quotes used to contain this comment)

For more info on the syntax itself, see http://json.org/
",

"name": "gamax92",
"kick_on_join": true,
"sensitivity": 1.0,
"hold_to_zoom": false,

"skins" : {

},

"bio": {
"description": "I'm an awesome person and go flip out.",
"languages": ["pt", "pl"]
}
}

As has been said, you need to set kick_on_join to false, rather than true. Thank you very much, however, for posting the way you did. You're the only person I've seen who has came here saying they had a problem and given us a decent description of what happened, the output and your config file. Few people seem to understand that without this relevant data, we can't give a relevant response.

I just looked at some games and I must say I would like that Iceball goes such a way like this game

Spoiler:

http://www.thetrench1916.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=52

Its called "The Trench" a WW1 game
I found some intresting things about it like
1. They have dynamic terrain , that means a no man's land that is under fire by Artillery and Mortars or at Fire
That's something very interesting making such "dead zones" that are under heavy fire would add a tactical aspect and also it would slow down enemy movement and would force the enemies to make shelters or to dig under the "zone"
All in all: Artillery or better compact mortars are something that are simply a must have in a WW1 game

2.Also a knife fight/duel is something connected to WW1 cause much soldiers fought in raided trenches at close combat ( But to have close combat like in WW1 we cant have Automatic rifles or The this Semi like now cause it shoots to fast so it doesn't even matter if you miss few shoots
All in all : a close knife combat game cant be made without ww1 weapons , the semi now fires too fast.

3.The game has "blind fire" that's when you take cover and you just fire blind with your weapon from cover. All in all that isn't something for Iceball but a weapon that can be deployed at walls and bunker walls would be awesome.

4.Dynamic Environment , That is a great thing for a "open world game" like Iceball Changing weather/time just as the changing battleground with day/night and snow/sun/rain, What wouldnt be hard to implant just as the snow mod demonstrated

This Post isnt meant to make Iceball like this game but its meant to show some great things it has.

And this is how you should post your opinions on the direction of the game. Thank you for your input Vucgy.

[Space Inspader]

We should add revolvers, cowboy hats, and broken bottles. Who doesn't like a drunken cowboy bar-fight when they don't know how to use revolvers?

[Handles]

Only about three people would be able to join as no one knows how to work it!

[GreaseMonkey]

Oh look it's a tutorial

We should add revolvers, cowboy hats, and broken bottles. Who doesn't like a drunken cowboy bar-fight when they don't know how to use revolvers?

Feel free to make a mod. I've refactored the networking code, although the entity code refactor still hasn't happened yet.

Only about three people would be able to join as no one knows how to work it!

We had a peak of I think 3 vs 3 on the Iceball Gaming Night.
Furthermore, we have had a 4 vs 4 earlier on in development.
Anyhow, tutorial ^^^

[HoboHob]

I just thought I would say, 110 more posts until this thread hits 1,000!

[Jdrew]

Oh look it's a tutorial

We should add revolvers, cowboy hats, and broken bottles. Who doesn't like a drunken cowboy bar-fight when they don't know how to use revolvers?

Feel free to make a mod. I've refactored the networking code, although the entity code refactor still hasn't happened yet.

Only about three people would be able to join as no one knows how to work it!

We had a peak of I think 3 vs 3 on the Iceball Gaming Night.
Furthermore, we have had a 4 vs 4 earlier on in development.
Anyhow, tutorial ^^^

Doesn't that ruin the point of kick on join? I mean when I first started trying I thought my computer couldn't handle the game. Those are the kinds of people iceball could have. DO you really want a bunch of Jdrews running around?

[Space Inspader]

I don't care who's playing at all. I'd rather have someone to fight against than someone saying "Don't kill me!" and just building.

[GreaseMonkey]

kick_on_join is there to make people read the manual, which SHOULD have important shit like "don't fuck your own teammates up" and "this isn't grief grief revolution".

The tutorial I've given should be sufficient, if it's legitimately not, please ask about what needs elaboration.

[Jdrew]

kick_on_join is there to make people read the manual, which SHOULD have important shit like "don't fuck your own teammates up" and "this isn't grief grief revolution".

The tutorial I've given should be sufficient, if it's legitimately not, please ask about what needs elaboration.

It serves its purpose then, you should make it so the file opens open when you first downloaded it.