Petrified Source-Based Mod

Kouji_San

<!--quoteo(post=1699757:date=Feb 7 2009, 05:28 PM:name=Faskalia)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Faskalia @ Feb 7 2009, 05:28 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1699757"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->the death start doesnt have a stupid red stanta-claus hat!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Ah, but the real question here is. What if the deathstar was built duiring Christmas. Heck, or or or, during easter. Would it then be the DeathEGG... Hmm that sounds too Sonic-ish...

Conclusion? Robotnik > StarWars

remi

Okay,
<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Playtest times are up! <!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->

Please look at the steam group's announcements to find the times, and the link to the RSVP form.
If you're not in the group yet, it's not too late! Just give me a link to your steam profile and I'll invite you! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

Faskalia

EST is GMT-5.

Seems like I will be playing petrified on Saturday 01am-03am in GMT+1.

Is there any chance to get a more human test-time for us euros on sunday?

Something like 07pm-09 pm GMT which is 02pm-04pm EST?

Edit: Hmm I filled out the RSVP but it kinda didnt give any real feedback whether I was succesfull or not...

Align

I'm already playtesting another game on fridays, though its 5-9 pm PST or something. Middle of the night, either way.

remi

<!--quoteo(post=1700027:date=Feb 11 2009, 06:19 AM:name=Faskalia)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Faskalia @ Feb 11 2009, 06:19 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1700027"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->EST is GMT-5.

Seems like I will be playing petrified on Saturday 01am-03am in GMT+1.

Is there any chance to get a more human test-time for us euros on sunday?

Something like 07pm-09 pm GMT which is 02pm-04pm EST?

Edit: Hmm I filled out the RSVP but it kinda didnt give any real feedback whether I was succesfull or not...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, I realized after people had already started responding that I should have made the sunday one earlier. The things you learn, eh?

I'll be scheduling some nicer ones for you guys during the week next week probably... I think I might schedule one somewhere between 1-3pm EST Tuesday so that I can show our project advisor what a full server looks like. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

If you fill out the survey and it takes you to another page, it worked. If it stays on the same page and red text appears, you didn't fill things out right. In your case, it appears to have worked.

<!--quoteo(post=1700031:date=Feb 11 2009, 08:12 AM:name=Align)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Align @ Feb 11 2009, 08:12 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1700031"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm already playtesting another game on fridays, though its 5-9 pm PST or something. Middle of the night, either way.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Each round is only about 2-5 minutes long, so even if you stop in for just a little your feedback may prove very helpful. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

p.s. I've decided I'm too cheery, and use smiley faces in my text far too often. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

Svenpa

How extremely unfortunate, I'm going away on a one week skiing trip to Italy starting the 13th <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

I wish you good luck with the playtest and mod development, I'll check the progress after I've returned.

Edit: Well yea, snowboarding (2nd attempt after 1st with resulting concussion). I just assumed a trip of such heading towards snowy mountains were generally considered a skiing trip.

remi

<!--quoteo(post=1700039:date=Feb 11 2009, 10:15 AM:name=Svenpa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Svenpa @ Feb 11 2009, 10:15 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1700039"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How extremely unfortunate, I'm going away on a one week skiing trip to Italy starting the 13th <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

I wish you good luck with the playtest and mod development, I'll check the progress after I've returned.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Enjoy your trip. Skiing is lame, but snowboarding is fun. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />

I'm not exactly sure how long we will be running this external... We'll probably have some when you get back, I'm not sure. We still have 3 weeks left in this project.

(Though I was hoping to devote the last 3 or 2 mostly to writing the report)

Kouji_San

On Sunday I'm available for both playtests.

[edit]
If ya need any pc specs, here they are:

CPU: Intel C2D E6420 (2.13Ghz)
GPU: Sapphire Ati HD3850 512MB
MEM: 2GB OCZ Reaper (1066Mhz or perhaps 1333Mhz not sure <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />)
AUD: Creative SB Audigy 2
HDD: WD Raptor 10.000 RPM (2x, not in RAID currently), Samsung Spinpoint 1TB (1x)
OS: Windows XP Pro, sp3
- <a href="http://www.existence-unknown.com/news/_article/going-from-single-to-multi-monitor-setup.html" target="_blank">Dual screen Samsung T200, with NS2 background</a> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

Latency Groningen -> Amsterdam/Western Europe: ~8-30MS
Latency Groningen -> New York: 120MS-160MS
Latency Groningen -> San Francisco: ~ 150-250MS (bad case 300MS)

spellman23

hm... did the survey change since I took it?

I only recall four Friday test times.

Anyways, I might be a little late today, I have to get back from another class that ends 4pm PST.

remi

<!--quoteo(post=1700220:date=Feb 13 2009, 01:32 PM:name=spellman23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(spellman23 @ Feb 13 2009, 01:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1700220"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->hm... did the survey change since I took it?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Nope. 2 Friday, 2 Sunday. Really I only split it into hour chunks to try to make it so people had to commit to less.

It seems these playtests are going to be very packed. I'm going to be putting an announcement on the steam group page, but I will be releasing the installer a little bit later (before the playtest) after I add/fix a few things. During the playtest Chris, Matt, and I will be in "spectator god mode" (if I can add this in properly), and we will all also be in the steam group's chatroom.

Hopefully this will be fun / not a total catastrophe. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

If we have lots of people waiting to get in a server we might throw up another server just so that those people can experience it, though we won't be able to moderate. (Only 3 of us, after all.)

TychoCelchuuu

Maybe I'm blind but I don't know if I ever got a download link.

spellman23

Please put down events for the playtests in the Steam Group Page.

They said we'll get a link closer to the testing.

Geminosity

Sorry I didn't make it today, I've been rather ill and some friends came round. I'll try and make it for the sunday one :3

spellman23

That was.... interesting.

Ended up as part of the guinea pig batch, so we didn't get to screw around with modifying settings (turn down Survivor speed). Oh well.

There's definitely plenty of room for improvement. Can't wait to see what happens when you guys fix more kinks. I'll see if I can hit it up Sunday as well.

Abra

Sorry I didn't make it - will make up for it next time. (just not sunday, is late monday morning to me).

remi

<!--quoteo(post=1700310:date=Feb 13 2009, 11:17 PM:name=spellman23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(spellman23 @ Feb 13 2009, 11:17 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1700310"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That was.... interesting.

Ended up as part of the guinea pig batch, so we didn't get to screw around with modifying settings (turn down Survivor speed). Oh well.

There's definitely plenty of room for improvement. Can't wait to see what happens when you guys fix more kinks. I'll see if I can hit it up Sunday as well.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, that was pretty hectic. We didn't really have time to prepare for this because we had to give a presentation to at a trustee's dinner the night before. Sunday's should go a bit smoother. (I hope)

You sounded like you were having some fun though.

I might try to implement a jump limiter by Sunday, and move around some statues to make people less inclined to go to the little camp spots they were using.

Funny thing... We made it so that the statues will fade out to opacity 0 at about 1600 units. Nobody noticed. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
(This is a good thing, and we needed to do it so that this map was playable despite the long sight distances)

Align

But why those particular playtest times? It's like you're going out of your way to make it hard for anyone outside of america to help...

remi

<!--quoteo(post=1700357:date=Feb 14 2009, 11:14 AM:name=Align)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Align @ Feb 14 2009, 11:14 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1700357"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->But why those particular playtest times? It's like you're going out of your way to make it hard for anyone outside of america to help...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
For the same reason we used HL2:Ep2 textures. Because we like to exclude people! (No, I just didn't think about it.)

Geminosity

awww, you didn't post about the playtest this weekend on this board so I missed it :/

anywhere I can find out what you changed in the update? :3

locallyunscene

<!--quoteo(post=1701126:date=Feb 22 2009, 11:48 AM:name=Geminosity)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Geminosity @ Feb 22 2009, 11:48 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1701126"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->awww, you didn't post about the playtest this weekend on this board so I missed it :/

anywhere I can find out what you changed in the update? :3<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Nothing too major. Changed some of the map and statue locations to remove camping spots. They also added kill notifications for the watcher team, so you know who ghosted you.

remi

<!--quoteo(post=1701129:date=Feb 22 2009, 12:35 PM:name=locallyunscene)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(locallyunscene @ Feb 22 2009, 12:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1701129"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Nothing too major. Changed some of the map and statue locations to remove camping spots. They also added kill notifications for the watcher team, so you know who ghosted you.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yup. Major things are brewin' though. We've got sounds working in the dev build, so you will be able to hear the ghosties scream. Over this week I'm also planning on trying to change the mortal models to HL2 rebels rather than CS terrorists... Though that is a much bigger task than it sounds. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

Only two weeks left in this project, I really need to feature freeze and work on the report! (and my other classes!)

Gem: I'll be sure to post it on here next time. There will probably only be 1 or 2 more though.

remi

Playtest dates:

Saturday (2/28), 10am EST.
Sunday (3/1), 7pm EST.

Except for a potential release party day next week, these are the last playtests.

remi

Reminder for Gem's sake... playtest tomorrow morning and sunday night!

See previous post!

Geminosity

oop! sorry :o

Looks like I'll be busy this weekend. Might try to come to today's but Sunday will likely be a no go :/

Align

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Faskalia

Hehe, having 5 and more statues close in at you and all the time those wailing screams around you makes for a good time <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

Overall its a pretty fun concept, that just needs some more content to be a worthy mod.

3-4 Different ghost/statue types.
2-3 Player and 1 Weapon model
A few sounds and some minor fixes.