Cortex Command (All CC talk goes in here)

[MyNameIsJason]

That would be cool, but there is already a Tac Nuke, and there wouldn't be much use of a strength mode, and speed mode wouldn't work very well. But I'd definitely dl it.

Gongrats Cole!!! You have the 2500th post!!!!
Here is the almighty cookie of chocolate!

[Colescheffler]

Gongrats Cole!!! You have the 2500th post!!!!
Here is the almighty cookie of chocolate!
:D
I feel so honored, and I wasn't even trying! :P

[MyNameIsJason]

Lolz, well you earned it...

Now, back to my thread in the making.... :D

[Christcross9]

:D
I feel so honored, and I wasn't even trying! :P

Have this mini golden sculpture shaped as a reply button! :D

[Barnox]

Have this mini golden sculpture shaped as a reply button! :D

Now we just need someone to shoop the reply buttom image, and present it to him.

Unrelated note: My PC decides to swap between having the speeds of 1.00 of 0.30 on the Ctrl+P screen.

Also, Light Browncoat (which is dead heavy) and Heavy Sniper Rifle is a good plan for missions for me. Light Browncoat with no legs is the result of firing the sniper rifle at close quarters. Light Browncoat with no legs can fly much better than a Light Browncoat with legs. It flies well enough to navigate and entire Dummy fortress single-handed. Until it bleeds out.

[spacemarine9]

CoG has a new, separate release with deadlier boulders and deadlier lightning
http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=15863

[Blade]

UHM can teach me to hack game as in the time cause i only got the type were some levels, multie-player,and skirmish time i want a timeless CC because i can't afford it???

P.S.email me too.

[Blade]

You should go on the CC forums. We can teach you.
UHM Can you teach me to hack game as in the time, because i only got the type were some levels, multie-player,and skirmish are timed. I want a timeless CC because i can't afford it???:eek::eek::eek:

P.S.email me too.:)

[Blade]

Now we just need someone to shoop the reply buttom image, and present it to him.

Unrelated note: My PC decides to swap between having the speeds of 1.00 of 0.30 on the Ctrl+P screen.

Also, Light Browncoat (which is dead heavy) and Heavy Sniper Rifle is a good plan for missions for me. Light Browncoat with no legs is the result of firing the sniper rifle at close quarters. Light Browncoat with no legs can fly much better than a Light Browncoat with legs. It flies well enough to navigate and entire Dummy fortress single-handed. Until it bleeds out.
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[Christcross9]

ok stop spamming

[killimanjaro23]

well,if you guys want the link to HOLY GOOOD AWESOME NESS COMMING OF GOD STUFF
here it is http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=15863

ANd Grapling arm http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=16109

and holy shit,i finnaly looged in again,took me some time to log in DataRealms forums

[lafe]

i made a mod that shoves people, or rockets, at hi speed using lua,
causing much chaos.

[killimanjaro23]

i made a mod that shoves people, or rockets, at hi speed using lua,
causing much chaos.

like a gravity gun?

[lafe]

like a gravity gun?
like the dislocater in destroy all humans.

[Colescheffler]

like the dislocater in destroy all humans.
Ooooh, I loved that game, and especially that weapon! :D

[lafe]

Ooooh, I loved that game, and especially that weapon! :D
http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=16343

-enjoy

[Shook]

Looks pretty neat, Lafe. :)

Also!

http://i30.tinypic.com/6ejkfb.gif

Gif shows two new additions to the Hueg Pack o' Mods; the gun and the robot. The gun is the MFTBM Shotgun (MotherF***er of a Tri-Barreled Monster Shotgun), which, as its name suggests, is quite powerful. 24 heavy pellets fired out at once, with 200 velocity. Ouch.
And the robot, gentlemen, is none other than the Reflective Robot MK-II. Now featuring the (by far) most extensive Lua script i've written to date, the functions being lowering the mass (and raising the sharpness) of powerful bullets, reflecting hazardous objects and a pulse system, which allows you to send out 4 different pulses (shockwaves), by means of tapping Left, Right and some combinations of the two.
[/headsup]

[Colescheffler]

awesome
Wow, the robot and gun look really sweet!

[lafe]

Looks pretty neat, Lafe. :)

Also!

http://i30.tinypic.com/6ejkfb.gif

Gif shows two new additions to the Hueg Pack o' Mods; the gun and the robot. The gun is the MFTBM Shotgun (MotherF***er of a Tri-Barreled Monster Shotgun), which, as its name suggests, is quite powerful. 24 heavy pellets fired out at once, with 200 velocity. Ouch.
And the robot, gentlemen, is none other than the Reflective Robot MK-II. Now featuring the (by far) most extensive Lua script i've written to date, the functions being lowering the mass (and raising the sharpness) of powerful bullets, reflecting hazardous objects and a pulse system, which allows you to send out 4 different pulses (shockwaves), by means of tapping Left, Right and some combinations of the two.
[/headsup]

This will be awesome!
but couldn't you have just set it up so that it anchored it via teleportation so it dosent budge from impacts?

i made a vehicle pack
http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=16372

[Shook]

but couldn't you have just set it up so that it anchored it via teleportation so it dosent budge from impacts?
Dunno 'bout you, but i think it'd be pretty boring if it didn't react to impacts whatsoever. The current method gives a pretty good illusion of physical contact, while the objects are actually being shot away with Lua.

[lafe]

Dunno 'bout you, but i think it'd be pretty boring if it didn't react to impacts whatsoever. The current method gives a pretty good illusion of physical contact, while the objects are actually being shot away with Lua.

Just for shock value, it would be pretty fun for the first couple minutes if you played multi-player. "I just crashed a ROCKET into your face and you dident Even budge! it just shattered! WTF!"

[Shook]

the first couple minutes
That's the problem with your theory, i want it to be fun for more than 5 minutes. Besides, if you jetpack into a dropship/rocket with the current setting, you'll lose your momentum, and the craft will be sent flying. Great fun, especially when there's something behind that craft. :U
That isn't to say that it wouldn't be fun to see it just shrug off a Rocket MK1 to the face, it's just that it's quite hard to do without compromising something.

[lafe]

That's the problem with your theory, i want it to be fun for more than 5 minutes. Besides, if you jetpack into a dropship/rocket with the current setting, you'll lose your momentum, and the craft will be sent flying. Great fun, especially when there's something behind that craft. :U
That isn't to say that it wouldn't be fun to see it just shrug off a Rocket MK1 to the face, it's just that it's quite hard to do without compromising something.

True.
but couldent you just do this with the craft problom:
--Prev is where you were 1 frame ago

self.Pos = self.Prev + self.Vel
?

[geel9]

True.
but couldent you just do this with the craft problom:
--Prev is where you were 1 frame ago

self.Pos = self.Prev + self.Vel
?

Maybe. However, does self.Vel also contain which DIRECTION the velocity is going, rather than simply how big the velocity?

[the_reaper127]

can someone tell me all the good mods/scenes for this? it would be greatly appreciated.

[Colescheffler]

Maybe. However, does self.Vel also contain which DIRECTION the velocity is going, rather than simply how big the velocity?
Yes, it contains the X and Y velocities.

[geel9]

can someone tell me all the good mods/scenes for this? it would be greatly appreciated.

Good is relative.

[flyboy95]

Good mods, hmm, haven't checked recently...

But AAL and that mod, ummm dark-something-storm or some random thing are always good. Also Hueg Pack'O'Mods is a favourite.

[the_reaper127]

yea i have the hueg pack. i have a few but most of them are crap-ish

[killimanjaro23]

OK il post here all the Greatest CC mods evar,yes,with an A
Hueg pack o mods http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=10318
Comming Of Gods http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=15863
Wizcorp http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=14269
Ballistic Weapons Mercenaries http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=14783

There are some more but i posted them in the other posts in this thread

[Colescheffler]

I... have never noticed that huge is spelled wrong in Shook's Hueg Pack o' Mods!

[lafe]

Maybe. However, does self.Vel also contain which DIRECTION the velocity is going, rather than simply how big the velocity?

yes, self.Vel has 2 daughter velocity that can be adjusted, (self.Vel.X/.Y)

[Shook]

I... have never noticed that huge is spelled wrong in Shook's Hueg Pack o' Mods!
And considering that it's been so for over a year, i can safely say that it is intentional. :U
By the way, i've sent the most recent update to beta testing, so provided that something doesn't happen, it should be available within the next week. No guarantees, though, as i don't want to pressure the beta tester(s). =P

@Lafe: Well, it probably could work, but the robot would still receive the full impact of the rocket, which would most likely kill it instantly. But don't worry, i can assure you that it looks pretty wicked when a rocket flies into you at 1000000000 km/h and gets reflected back where it came from, while you go flying in the rockets original direction, unharmed.

[Killa]

But don't worry, i can assure you that it looks pretty wicked when a rocket flies into you at 1000000000 km/h and gets reflected back where it came from, while you go flying in the rockets original direction, unharmed.

Ahhh, I miss the good old days where you could make a rocket go that fast by filling it full of 5,000,000,000 holes. I also miss the kamakzie mod where you could fly around the map so fast it ripped you apart. Good times, good times...

[lafe]

my most epic moment in cc involved kamacazing a rocket:

my friend will and i were fighting and he had a PA mars, and i had a medival dude from duh102s mod, and one of TLBs Blowguns, and i was in a normal vanilla rocket on flat-zone large. i went as fast a i could, hit the ground 20 feet in front of him, the rocket did a cartwheel, i jumped out saying "BAIL YOU CRAZY MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!" landed unharmed, the rocket careened into his face and killed him due to some miracle. i then stood triumphantly over his dead body... and got smashed by a drop pod. good times, good times.

@shook.
that will be fun, but can i make a robot who can withstand that kind of punishment with my method please?

[felcro]

Whats up with people and robots?? PL0x........ I got all realistic / human mods, for example I have the CSS(with Dust & aztec modules). Thats just one from about.. OVER NINE THOUSANNDD!!!!!!!

[Shook]

Except for the fact that many of the major faction mods are based on humans or humanoids. Dark Storm uses clones, AAL uses clones, Kloveskan Military Force uses soldiers, the Pelian Army has 3 clones... The list goes on. You shouldn't go around saying that there are like 2 human mods in existance, when there really are quite a few. Realistic mods is an entirely different case, but mind you, Cortex Command isn't exactly realistic itself.
Besides, robots are more durable than humans, and can be larger as well. =P
Long story short, it ain't changing. Not the Reflective Robot, anyways.

@Lafe: Sure, go ahead.

[lafe]

Except for the fact that many of the major faction mods are based on humans or humanoids. Dark Storm uses clones, AAL uses clones, Kloveskan Military Force uses soldiers, the Pelian Army has 3 clones... The list goes on. You shouldn't go around saying that there are like 2 human mods in existance, when there really are quite a few. Realistic mods is an entirely different case, but mind you, Cortex Command isn't exactly realistic itself.
Besides, robots are more durable than humans, and can be larger as well. =P
Long story short, it ain't changing. Not the Reflective Robot, anyways.

@Lafe: Sure, go ahead.
thanks

protest against the word count.

[Shook]

http://i32.tinypic.com/105z7sg.png

How's that for shined up sprites? :U ('s only the sprites though, but don't worry, i'll keep the offsets up to date)

[Gamerguy99]

Nice! They look a lot better than the previous ones.

P.S. First post! Yay!

Edit: Oh, and are you gonna update those GPGL sprites? They look nearly identical to the laser guns prior to the sprite update.

[spacemarine9]

Nice 'n' shiny indeed. Are you going to be updating the sprites on everything?

[Shook]

Everything that needs updating, yes. It's not like i'm going to make radically different sprites for everything, i'm mainly re-shading stuff and adding a little detail here and there.
I've also redone the Plasma Bomb, so now it works 100% of the time.

[Gamerguy99]

Some suped up sprites, a revamped reflective robot, I can't wait!

Btw, and are you open for ideas?

[Shook]

Aye, just don't go overboard and bombard me with silly ideas. =P
For now though, i'll just focus on getting this update done. "Focus" is probably a lot said, what with me being a lazy meatsack, but it'll still be the main goal of my procrastination. Shouldn't be TOO far off by now. >.>

Edit: You should probably PM the ideas to me, if you have any. Either here or in DRLFF. Y'know, just so we don't clog up the thread.

[spacemarine9]

I want a brick launcher and a fridge launcher :D
Seriously though, launchers for the throwthings would be awesome, 'cause throwing doesn't have much oomph and dropping a brick out of a dropship is a bit hard to aim, no? Fridge is fine for droppin, buuuut.....
Edit: Well that was a bit late D:

[lafe]

Aye, just don't go overboard and bombard me with silly ideas. =P
For now though, i'll just focus on getting this update done. "Focus" is probably a lot said, what with me being a lazy meatsack, but it'll still be the main goal of my procrastination. Shouldn't be TOO far off by now. >.>

Edit: You should probably PM the ideas to me, if you have any. Either here or in DRLFF. Y'know, just so we don't clog up the thread.

i want a giant fist launcher.
can you imagine that!

[Christcross9]

what i think would be cool is an indestructible riot shield. that would be made of the same material as the chip in the Zombie cave mission.

[Gamerguy99]

i want a giant fist launcher.
can you imagine that!

There already is one. It comes with the huge Dummy behemoth robot mod. although it IS an ugly orange...

Edit: Found the link: Clicky (http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=15726&hilit=dummy+behemoth)

[ShnitzelKiller]

This is the only game I've ever played in which the sound actually lags. That is, if the game lags, the sound gets stttrrrreeeeeeeeetttttccchhhheeeed and it sounds like slow motion scenes in movies.

[Gamerguy99]

Yeah. Sometimes it can be really fun to play with. From Hweh! to Hooooowuuuhhhhhh!

[Colescheffler]

This is the only game I've ever played in which the sound actually lags. That is, if the game lags, the sound gets stttrrrreeeeeeeeetttttccchhhheeeed and it sounds like slow motion scenes in movies.
Well, it's supposed to do that to even out the frames when the framerate would normally drop, you can turn it off by pressing either P or O, I think it's P, if not it's O. If you do turn it off, it is realllly jumpy. ;)

[ShnitzelKiller]

I've also noticed that a torso of any sort will make its death sound every time it makes a full rotation. So a spinning corpse, even if it's headless, will go "hugh, oooorgh, hwegh, urgh!" and so on. This also sounds weird in slow motion.

[Gamerguy99]

Not only that, but i think that it'll still play sound when it hits something as long as it's still "ragdoll." Which basically means any time after death before turning into terrain.

[the_reaper127]

hey killimanjaro do you have a working link for the ballistic mod? cuz i cant find a dl link

[spacemarine9]

Well, it's supposed to do that to even out the frames when the framerate would normally drop, you can turn it off by pressing either P or O, I think it's P, if not it's O. If you do turn it off, it is realllly jumpy. ;)

It be Ctrl-O, but it can be choppy if it often lags in slowmo mode and you use that. Its supposed to sound lag, without sound lag it sounded ridiculous if you weren't going at least 30fps.

[Gamerguy99]

hey killimanjaro do you have a working link for the ballistic mod? cuz i cant find a dl link
Edit2: Removed the link. I respect numgun, and will therefore respect his property. Although he IS acting like a child.
Edit: I just realized that numgun removed the link because he left DRLFF... Is it okay that i uploaded it? If not i can remove it.

[spacemarine9]

I don't think he cares much anymore, so it should be okay. You aren't making a profit off it so it matters not... I think...

[Gamerguy99]

Yeah. Plus people are reuploading it on his Ballistics Mercenaries thread.

[zalo]

Numgun was shipped off to the finnish military. He no longer works with DRL.

The reason he took the link down for mercenaries is... less valid. But he requested it was NOT redistributed (then again, he pirates things himself so....).

Anyways, modvertising: http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=16430

[Gamerguy99]

Cool. Radar seems to be one thing that needs to already be in the game. One thing that shouldn't be in this game is the fact that wielded guns can be shot/destroyed. To me, that's a little too realistic. IRL, no one aims for the gun. In CC, you can't last more than 5 seconds under fire without you're gun being broken.

[DarkJee]

Cool. Radar seems to be one thing that needs to already be in the game. One thing that shouldn't be in this game is the fact that wielded guns can be shot/destroyed. To me, that's a little too realistic. IRL, no one aims for the gun. In CC, you can't last more than 5 seconds under fire without you're gun being broken.

Yes but in real life you can't last more than 5 seconds under fire. You just die... I think its a pretty cool feature to me that the guns can be shot

[Gamerguy99]

Haha...I guess I shoulda mentioned that the only actor i use is shook's reflective robot. But you do have a point. You'll usually die before your gun is broken.

[Shook]

Hay guise, i herd u liek updates.

http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=10318

:U

Also, here's the post that contains the changelog.

http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=304352#p304352

[DarkJee]

lol I love the Zero Division Cannon XDDD

[Gamerguy99]

Hooray! Time to wait for cc to start!(i'm keeping the old one just in case i want the reflecto-bot mk1 again.)
Edit: Fantastic. I love the new robot. It's a little buggy, but overall, good job.
As for weapons, the DFA and rollermine gun are EXTREMELY effective.
Thumbs Up.

[Colescheffler]

Yes but in real life you can't last more than 5 seconds under fire. You just die... I think its a pretty cool feature to me that the guns can be shot
If we want some realistic weapons, just change GetsHitByMOs to 0, the bullets will go right through. :D

[Gamerguy99]

Hmm. I'll have to try that.

There seems to be one thing that is missing from shook's pack o' mods: Delivery craft.
The drones are cool, but right now i'm trying to imagine what kind of craft shook could make...

[spacemarine9]

A flying instakill fridge?
I like fridges :3

[Christcross9]

A flying instakill fridge?
I like fridges :3

:O i just had an idea! have any of you seen the new indiana Jones movie were indiana jones goes inside the fridge to protect himself from the nuke! WELL, if you made a fridge that you can go in, like those green droppods in the game, and made them indestructible that would be AWESOME, you can put your brain bot in it and not worry about it getting destroyed, Especially if there was a NUKE >=D. Isn't that a great idea?

[spacemarine9]

Well, we have nukes, and nuke fridges, so why not bunker fridges :D
I dont actually see how a fridge stops radiation, but hey, its only a film/soon-to-be-(maybe)-game-mod

[Gamerguy99]

A fridge drop pod would make sense...how about the rollermine being a drop pod, rolling along and exploding on impact, then delivering your order unharmed afterwards?

[Shook]

but right now i'm trying to imagine what kind of craft shook could make...
Might as well stop trying. :U

Also i have more teasers for you.

http://i28.tinypic.com/9065w8.gif

http://i35.tinypic.com/rlanp4.gif

Have a nice day

[Gamerguy99]

Flamer Tuba! :D
Does it shoot fireballs or does it spew flames? Either way, I like. :)
That's also a freaking huge pistol you got thar.

[ShnitzelKiller]

Might as well stop trying. :U

Also i have more teasers for you.

http://i28.tinypic.com/9065w8.gif

http://i35.tinypic.com/rlanp4.gif

Have a nice day

LOL! Skeletons? I can't wait!

[Killa]

http://i35.tinypic.com/rlanp4.gif

Is that a really big 10.0 caliber pistol or are you just happy to see me?

[spacemarine9]

Zomg LOO-ah.
Can't wait.

[Shook]

@Gamerguy: Sun Tuba*
It fires very large fireballs, that incinerate people like you see. Unfortunately, it doesn't know whether it's frying a Coalition or a robot, so they will all end up as skeletons. Still looks cool in game, though.

@Killa: That is a really big 7.0 caliber pistol actually. Mind you, having a bullet that big plow into your face is going to be pretty messy.

Also, one more teaser.

http://i34.tinypic.com/xdfl39.gif

Unrelated to the hueg pack o' mods. Bunkers & Brains. Props to the one who gets the reference. :U

[turunen45]

Borderlands?

[Gamerguy99]

I keep looking at the gif to see how on earth those two bullets missed the actor...unless it's coded to do that.

[Shook]

Borderlands?
Noep.

@Gamerguy: It's coded to be like that. Before i reveal the entire thing, i'll just say that it has a certain chance of missing whoever the bullet is trying to hit. :U

[killimanjaro23]

Tf 2 tf 2,i got the answer,give m£h t3h cookie!

[Gamerguy99]

Neato. Keep 'em comin'.

[Eviltebor]

Cortex Command Role Playing Game!

[Barnox]

Dungeons and Dragons.
It's not cheating that I go on the C&C forums, is it?

Also, I love your stuff Shook.

[sakiskid]

Meh, I haven't been to this thread in a while. What are you talking about D&D CC? That would be kinda tight. Also nice going Shook. Still making some pretty awesome mods.

[Shook]

Dungeons and Dragons.
It's not cheating that I go on the C&C forums, is it?

Also, I love your stuff Shook.
Yes, yes and thanks. ;)

Also, i have succesfully made explosives for B&B.

http://i33.tinypic.com/wciwp2.gif

Direct hit kills or gibs instantly, splash damage and knockback scaled according to the distance from the epicentre. And yes, the rocket itself can miss, though the splash damage always hits. A direct hit also results in that sweet splattering effect that you see in the above gif. It's an entirely Lua-driven explosion, the particles are just there for visuals. Any more questions? :U

@Sakiskid: Mainly an adaptation of the combat system, really. You shouldn't expect to see ogres and dragons implemented with this mod. =P

[killimanjaro23]

SO this mod will be released separatly ?
and when it will be released,You should make a fantasy mod,with orcs and stuff

[lafe]

http://forums.datarealms.com/download/file.php?id=32046&mode=view
http://forums.datarealms.com/download/file.php?id=32047

drool in awe.
release date undecided.

[Farbror Fazer]

And what is the mod? That the character looks like shit?

Ps.
Datarealms suck royal shitdicks in terms of updating their devlog

[lafe]

And what is the mod? That the character looks like shit?

Ps.
Datarealms suck royal shitdicks in terms of updating their devlog

its my new faction. the sprites aren't final, though i dont think there that bad.
yeah, on another note, drl seems to be falling apart. i just hope the game doesn't end up vaporware.

also, the mod is something too look forward too, i have lots of good ideas for it.
i.e. the actors ai probably wont be as suckish, because im going to attach a script that upps its perceptiveness when the player isent controlling it, enabling it too see further.
it might not be relased for a while, however, because i also have a game in development, and im doing a cc map/gamemode pack.

[killimanjaro23]

Hey welcome back Lafe
The sprites look preety cool,like an Xenomorph with a shark
TOPIC:Yeah,i dont think they will finish the game until 2015

[samysam]

Good to see you back here lafe! And it looks nice.
I still need to get me a copy of this game... BTW did they ever make this game online?

[Farbror Fazer]

Good to see you back here lafe! And it looks nice.
I still need to get me a copy of this game... BTW did they ever make this game online?

Not yet, maybe not ever

[Gamerguy99]

I've lurked the Data Realms forums lafe, and I must say over the past year you've really improved. Even though most people seem to dislike your stuff, don't let that stop you.

[shadow717]

THERE IS A FUCKING STICKIED TOPIC CONFIRMING THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE ONLINE PLAY.

For the community falling apart: Things are starting to improve, however we have a large collection of these three post fuckwads that show up and post absolute gibberish.

For the lack of devlog posts: It's been that way for as long as I can remember. Weasel was doing okay for a while, then Dan decided that he wanted to approve his posts, which meant things just got further and further behind.

[lafe]

THERE IS A FUCKING STICKIED TOPIC CONFIRMING THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE ONLINE PLAY.

For the community falling apart: Things are starting to improve, however we have a large collection of these three post fuckwads that show up and post absolute gibberish.



as for online play, its possible, but i doubt it will be implemented.
the closest thing ive seen is this video zalo posted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hufAi4xT_Zs



when i said the community is falling apart, i ment the modding community, i ment a combination of the newbs,
the fact that lots of old and skilled modders have left / stopped posting mods. [zalo, lordtim, grif, numgun] leaving us with the new primary sources of epic quality mods; cavecricket, dsmk, darlos, and abdul.


as for the whole community, i dont think its gotten any worse really,
when i first got there, it was a digital hornets nest, and it is still a digital hornets nest, however, a good deal of people honestly do deserve the flaming that happens there, me included. ive been looking through my old posts both here and at drl, and i was pretty trollish, not to mention my first mods and games SUCKED. however, i was realy new to the whole forum concept back then, and ive gotten much much better, both at developing things, and at being a productive member of a forum.
this doesnt mean that people should be flamed to death, but if everyone had kindly received my games, then i would never have improved.
i was really over confident and noobish when i first got here to fm, saying things like ''OMG, IM MAKING THE BESTESTST FYSICS PLATFORMER EVEAR WDSTH GAME MAKER 7111.''
but you have to understand i came from a site, where games like this;
http://www.yoyogames.com/games/119515-picture-war [click if you dare]
where considered par, and compared to that, even my shitty old games like teli seem decent. so naturally i came in with a swelled head and was in for a flaming.

because of going to forums like this and drl, ive managed to go from the attached file



to this;
http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/18/68/41406818/photos/The-Flowers/screenshot106.png

[Colescheffler]

I'd really like to see what you've made so far in your new game, lafe! :)

[lafe]

I'd really like to see what you've made so far in your new game, lafe! :)

thanks, im actually looking for beta testers, if you want to pm me i can send it to you, but its still in early alpha. unfortunately, other than the water,
[which i have yet to make] the game is not very physics based, so i doubt it will end up here. i do love physics games still, however, so expect some mini projects made in construct and unity.

[shadow717]

Just for the record DSMK2, CaveCricket, and Darlos are all extremely old modders. As for online play: It is unfeasible. A guy came on IRC a couple of months ago and attempted to make Multiplayer. It was so unbelievably slow it was deemed impossible. That and data really lacks to effort to even attempt multiplayer. I mean quite honestly he can hardly focus on updating the devlog, which should only take about fifteen minutes a day to update. Him making multiplayer would take years I mean honestly, it takes him almost a year between each build, and he's only adding peanut features. Something major like that is just unreal.

[lafe]

Just for the record DSMK2, CaveCricket, and Darlos are extremely old modders...

yeah, i know, but generally they were generally periodic contributer's, updating their fudge amazing factions four or five times per year. cavecrickets amazing streak goes back for about two months, before the dual fire mode mod, when he really started to shine, he really wasn't that big in the modding community.
also, i agree;
data time is slower than valve time; at least valve updates their feed.

[lafe]

ITS FUCKING MULTIPLAYER!!!

http://devlog.datarealms.com/cortex-command/cc-online-multiplayer-mod/

wow, i dident think they could pull it off.

[spacemarine9]

April fools. If you believed that yer an eejit :)

[lafe]

April fools. If you believed that yer an eejit :)

just seeing if people would fall for it.

[Farbror Fazer]

just seeing if people would fall for it.

Haha you did

[lafe]

Haha you did
no. i saw the video, saw that it was just cut from the top half of the screen, dl'd it anyways, looked at the code, and had my self a big laugh.
then i posted it here.

[IDeA]

no. i saw the video, saw that it was just cut from the top half of the screen, dl'd it anyways, looked at the code, and had my self a big laugh.
then i posted it here.

I don't think many people will believe you.

[DarkJee]

I don't think many people will believe you.

Yes, it is truely true, its not an april full, you can even download the beta

[IDeA]

Yes, it is truely true, its not an april full, you can even download the beta

Not believing him that it's a joke, but the course of events - him knowing it's a joke...

[lafe]

Not believing him that it's a joke, but the course of events - him knowing it's a joke...

connectiontools.ini made me laff my ass off.

[Colescheffler]

Waitwut. Are you guys saying this is real? (Is it?)

[wxcvbn123321]

Yes, it really is real.
Just download it and see it yourself!
Did you really fell for that?

[Colescheffler]

Yes, it really is real.
Just download it and see it yourself!
Did you really fell for that?
No, but you guys are making it seem like you are believing it.. :P

[Technospider]

This game no longer works on my comp it always just aborts the game. I tried reinstalling it but it didn't work.... Is it because the demo time run out?

[lafe]

This game no longer works on my comp it always just aborts the game. I tried reinstalling it but it didn't work.... Is it because the demo time run out?

no, demo time is per mission, it dosent corrupt the game or anything.
try completely uninstalling the game and re dling it to a different directory.
that worked for me last year.

[lafe]

made some mounted guns.
http://forums.datarealms.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=18462
http://forums.datarealms.com/download/file.php?id=32737&mode=view

[Gamerguy99]

@ Techno spider: The game aborts when there is faulty coding in any mods you have. Start removing em one by one till the problem is fixed.

[Wrestler#1]

Man, thanks for bumping this thread! Let's see if I can find my key again so I can spend some time with this!

[Gamerguy99]

Assuming that is sarcasm, at least the bump was semi-useful.

[Wrestler#1]

No, that wasn't sarcasm! I totally forgot about this game and the bump reminded me of it again.

Well, I still didn't play it because I try to figure out why Assassin's Creed II crashes all the time...

[Technospider]

As far as I know, I don't have any mods, But I found choosing "Run as Administer" works fine... Any way, What file would I find mods in if I did have any? After looking in my CC file, I found "fmod.dll" should I delete that? it is the only thing I have that resembles a mod...

[lafe]

As far as I know, I don't have any mods, But I found choosing "Run as Administer" works fine... Any way, What file would I find mods in if I did have any? After looking in my CC file, I found "fmod.dll" should I delete that? it is the only thing I have that resembles a mod...

this, my little friend, is a mod
Mod.jpg (http://www.fun-motion.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=625&stc=1&d=1271286773)
anything that is .rte is a package full of data that cortex command loads.
ones that are installed when you download the game (coalition,dummy, whitebots, browncoats, ronin, undead, wildlife, base.rte, missions.rte e.c.t.)
are vanilla content, and are required for the game to work.
any rte that you download or create that did not come with the game, is a mod.

[Technospider]

Another question, When I do any missions (I have demo) there is a demo Timer... I thought the game didn't have an expiry..... So i'm concerned to play the game cause when the timer runs out, I wont be able to play it.... Or should I just ignore it... There is only 5 minutes left on it

[Christcross9]

Another question, When I do any missions (I have demo) there is a demo Timer... I thought the game didn't have an expiry..... So i'm concerned to play the game cause when the timer runs out, I wont be able to play it.... Or should I just ignore it... There is only 5 minutes left on it

You have to buy it.
Don't any of you even thing about saying facepalm or fail! XD

[geel9]

Another question, When I do any missions (I have demo) there is a demo Timer... I thought the game didn't have an expiry..... So i'm concerned to play the game cause when the timer runs out, I wont be able to play it.... Or should I just ignore it... There is only 5 minutes left on it

Facepalm! Fail!

No, but seriously, that's just per round. You have that amount of time PER ROUND.

[lafe]

please refrain from using 2 memes in one line.
also, now there really is online multiplayer.
http://forums.datarealms.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18591

[Wrestler#1]

please refrain from using 2 memes in one line.
also, now there really is online multiplayer.
http://forums.datarealms.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18591

That actually looks just like a remote control application. Well, in that case there still isn't a real multiplayer that is fun to play.

Creating a real multiplayer should be a pretty tricky job since there are waaay too many objects active at a time. Well, let's see if there will be an official multiplayer.

[Colescheffler]

That actually looks just like a remote control application. Well, in that case there still isn't a real multiplayer that is fun to play.

Creating a real multiplayer should be a pretty tricky job since there are waaay too many objects active at a time. Well, let's see if there will be an official multiplayer.
It'll be more practical in about 5 years when the average internet connection speed will be a 50meg connection. That might allow the host to calculate the physics of all particles and then send the data of that particle to all clients, I'd be surprised if we don't have that kind of technology by then. Well, we already do, but the cost is unbearable to the average user.

[lafe]

That actually looks just like a remote control application. Well, in that case there still isn't a real multiplayer that is fun to play.

Creating a real multiplayer should be a pretty tricky job since there are waaay too many objects active at a time. Well, let's see if there will be an official multiplayer.

I think screen sharing is as good as it can get.
btw, the hard part isent the objects, its keeping the huge ass terrain files synced.

[Wrestler#1]

I think screen sharing is as good as it can get.
btw, the hard part isent the objects, its keeping the huge ass terrain files synced.

Oh no, screen sharing isn't as far as good as it can get!
You have to use 16bit colors instead of 32 bit ones so the lags aren't so bad that you can't see anything but single frames.

Cortex Command was originally a clone of a game, that also had destructible terrain.
And believe me, those maps had a really big resolution (up to 4000x4000 if I remember correctly)
Well, that game had multiplayer and it worked just fine! I don't know why real multiplayer shouldn't be possible.

[lafe]

Oh no, screen sharing isn't as far as good as it can get!
You have to use 16bit colors instead of 32 bit ones so the lags aren't so bad that you can't see anything but single frames.

Cortex Command was originally a clone of a game, that also had destructible terrain.
And believe me, those maps had a really big resolution (up to 4000x4000 if I remember correctly)
Well, that game had multiplayer and it worked just fine! I don't know why real multiplayer shouldn't be possible.

yeah, but im just saying that i think the best method of multiplayer for this would be advanced screen sharing built into the program.
because even traditional methods require transporting huge files, so it would probably lag less.

[Wrestler#1]

yeah, but im just saying that i think the best method of multiplayer for this would be advanced screen sharing built into the program.
because even traditional methods require transporting huge files, so it would probably lag less.

Screen sharing isn't the perfect solution for me. And not only because it isn't lagfree enough but others could do some nasty things to your PC via screen sharing.

Making a real multiplayer is not that hard. You just have to remove some unnecessary data, like particle effects (But still keep the ground destructible) and maybe if you tweak the game engine a little more so it can handle the game scene with less data that needs to be transported you will have a nice multiplayer.

I mean, come on! Multiplayer works with really fucking complex games and it can't work with this one? Who believes that?? I think now that Data makes some real money with this game he doesn't really have to implement a multiplayer because the game already sells pretty well!

[Elcoo]

What's Cortex Command without particles? I mean everything is based on them, even the bullets. So there the problems begin: What is unnecessary data? Believe me, it's not that easy at all. Physics in Multiplayer have alway been a problem and it isn't easier in CC.

[akuryo]

On the forums, Data said openly that there will never EVER be multiplayer.

Just go on the devlog, follow the link "OR IS IT" or something like that, check last pages, at one time a post called "THERE WILL NEVER BE MULTIPLAYER TO CORTEX COMMAND" , and in the last posts of this thread Data just agree, saying that it's not going to happen.

I think Data is lazy. Yeah. Most of the eventual buyer already bought the game anyway(i did, and I'm like... poor).


And no, it's not impossible at all, the physic can be calcuted by both the server and clients, just need to update the terrain by sending modification(and modification only) EXCEPT for when the player initially connect(this is what is used in minecraft).

[Wrestler#1]

What's Cortex Command without particles? I mean everything is based on them, even the bullets. So there the problems begin: What is unnecessary data? Believe me, it's not that easy at all. Physics in Multiplayer have alway been a problem and it isn't easier in CC.

The ground is actually not made out of billions of particles since that would kill your PC. The only time when particles come into play is when some ground is destructed. So basically you could remove the particles AND keep the good old destructible terrain, you only wouldn't have that dirt flying around.

The original game, remember: cortex command is a clone of it, used to save the different types of walls (destructible, not destructible, concrete etc) into a simple picture so there were no particles at all. If cortex command works the same way, that small picture could be easily be modified and updated everytime damage is done to the ground.
And there you have your "big" physics problem solved.

Well, keeping corpses and stuff synced is a whole other story :D
But I am sure that it can't be THAT complicated. Has been done at least a thousand times.

[Shalafi]

Most games don't transfer the state of the whole game, but only the input by the players. That's possible if you have a robust, deterministic* engine.


*Deterministic doesn't mean there can't be pseudo random. Some (if not all) of the games use data available to all computers to calculate the pseudo random, like using the hash of a bunch of game data or something like that.


If you make your game comply those standards, you can also save replays easily.

[lafe]

http://forums.datarealms.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=18755
weegee made a metagame.

[InvalidWalrus]

Man, I miss when this game was free... I stopped playing as soon as I had to buy it to actually have fun with it..

P.S Really want that metagame if I still had CC..

[lafe]

http://forums.datarealms.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=18983
Lunar Laser, a neat super weapon i made.
http://forums.datarealms.com/download/file.php?id=33658&mode=view

[Colescheffler]

http://forums.datarealms.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=18983
Lunar Laser, a neat super weapon i made.
-snip-
Wow, that looks pretty sweet! I'll try it out! :D

[lafe]

Wow, that looks pretty sweet! I'll try it out! :D

Thanks :D
It looks a bit smoother now too, i just did a mini update

also, if you still want it, ive got another vine build comming your way soon.