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Program Announcements / Thin Ice (DBPro) Open Source

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Black Hydra II
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Posted: 4th Nov 2004 05:40 Edited at: 4th Nov 2004 05:43
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I've been working on this small game over the past little while, trying to re-emmerse myself in 3D after spending 9 months working on a project that didn't use any...

So I decided to make this game. I don't have any server space so you are going to have to compile it yourself (unless someone would be kind enough to lend me a few mb's of space for the program...).

The source is in the source window. Just copy it into a new project. Then take the media and download the .zip file to the project folder you have it stored in. Then take unzip it so that there is a folder named media in your projects folder. Then Hit F5 and everything should work.

If you have any improvement ideas you can post them here.

I'm also looking for comments on what you think I could/should have done. I'm still fairly new, so any constructive criticism would help.

Oh, and thanks to Lost in Thought for helping me with some problems earlier in development.

EDIT - You can remove the Set Sound Volume line on line 32. That seems to render the penguin sound completely mute...

"Damn had to remake account!" direct quotation from previous account.

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JerBil
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Posted: 4th Nov 2004 09:57
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Very nice, BHII Your game is fun and nicely done.

Try adding these lines in the CreateGrid section, just
after you set object collision off num. This gives
more contrast in the ice, and you can see the
penguins through the ice when they fall. Also, the ice is
thinner.

One more thing-if you assign variables with names you won't
have to remember all those numbers of objects and images)

-JerBil

Ghost object on Num,1
Scale object Num,100,2,100
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Black Hydra II
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Posted: 4th Nov 2004 11:18
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@JerBil - Thanks. It took me a lot longer than I'd figured originally, but I had been doing that and a multitude of other things aswell.

I'll try ghosting the cubes. I'm not too sure about scaling them but I'll see what it looks like.

The AI right now is still pretty stupid (I doubt you had much challenge beating them...) so I figured I might add some code to the RunAI that will cause the penguin to face enemies that lie on the same Z or X grid axis.

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Sqwerty
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Posted: 4th Nov 2004 12:31
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games good but you cnat kil lanyone but green.. and green falls off randomly.. is there somethin im missing?? lol
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Black Hydra II
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Posted: 5th Nov 2004 02:50
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Can't kill anyone but green?

That sounds funny... True, sometimes they do act strangly which can lead to their early demise but all of them act pretty much the same. The green usually goes first simply because he is directly across from you and you are usually a much better player...

A tip, the best way to beat the penguins is to hit them from behind. If you hit them on the side they will almost always change directions, and if you hit them on the front the will attack you in response.

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Tifu
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I can happily kill the other colours besides green (very happily mwahaha )
Pretty cool game, neat idea

The only problem I see, is the game seems to end when I win, before the blocks go grey and fall... It's not a big thing, but it robs me of the satisfaction of seeing the little pengiuin fall to his untimely death
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Damokles
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Posted: 5th Nov 2004 05:04
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an .exe file would be nice for those without DBpro.

- Mind the gap -
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Black Hydra II
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It would be nice, but as I stated earlier, without any server space I cannot provide it. If someone with DBPro wants to quickly compile it and set up a link I couldn't be happier.

The game isn't really an original idea though, as I stole it from a mini-game from a 64 game. I liked the original mini-game and it seemed simple enough...

"Damn had to remake account!" direct quotation from previous account.
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Posted: 5th Nov 2004 05:41 Edited at: 5th Nov 2004 05:43
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Here's the exe... just the exe though, you'll still need the media download from the first post
www.blackmoth.net/stuff/ThinIce.rar
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Black Hydra II
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Thanks for that Tifu.

Hopefully that will allow Damokles to give it a try?

"Damn had to remake account!" direct quotation from previous account.
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Sqwerty
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well im using the trial.. mabey thats the problem.. i got the .exe and the game worked perfectly =)
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tip...

dont lose the account you bought any programs with.. cause you WILL regret it.. like me...
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Well I'm glad you got the game working.

I've only bought the mail version of DBPro, so I can't comment on that, but that is definitely good advice.

"Damn had to remake account!" direct quotation from previous account.
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