my world update... and world name contest

[wes773]

as some of you know, i've been working on my planet in my spare time, here's some of the new stuff i have scripted:

Npc tutorial on all the basics
a book of &commands that give information about the game
some "cheats"
things you guys need to see...
.........
more to come when i get more free time

I have no idea what to call this world since i've put off "project blackened" til later so i want you guys to come up with a suitable name for a world. The winner will receive some sort of prize when the world starts(not sure when). I would like a maximum of 3 names per person, winner will be announced shortly. dont post multiple times please.
thanks

[wes773]

was kinda hoping somebody would reply by now. I'm looking forward to the suggestions. Do i need to give a better description of the world? I want to let people contribute to my world, and maybe earn auth or a special vehicle. I'm hoping that kind of stuff will draw people in, not just to m world, but to the whole game. I think that if we had more things like this, maybe people would want to play more. anyways, hoping tis gets your attention. have fun, bye

[Fooli]

Do i need to give a better description of the world?

How about giving any description :]

What's the theme, what's the focus of gameplay... what does it look like, how do you win... all this and more would help.

Great idea though, btw :]
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[BLACKHAT]

I belive that a planet name should be simple so a player can type in into the ship drive the first time correctly. And also so a player can remember it. Like maybe something like "War" or "Marketplace" .

[wes773]

well... it's hard to say what the planet will be like when all i have done is scripted some stuff. I do have some great things scripted... the part that will mainly shape the world is the use of triggers as radio towers...

allow me to explain. You start off with a robocrow vehicle that is like a hovercraft, slidy and everything, just like a crow would be, only on the ground(no weapons for this mode). When you activate the radio tower, your "CrowA" turns into "CrowB" which is the normal robocrow vehicle... using zion's settings for the most part(some will have to be changed... too high up seems to be a problem on my world)

The world will most likely be a mixed game... a little of everything... economy, fighting area... maybe optional wars... leisure.... wanting to put in minigames too.... bongosquares would kick ass! .... if i can figure out how to do it.

My world WILL NOT be green..... green planets are too easy to find.

I will select the top so many names and then we'll have a vote here on the forums. Winner(s) will most likely get extra auth, a special vehicle, and will choose the starter town location.


oh yeah... after i get my world out... i will post my script on the forums so anybody can use it however they want... they can edit it all they want, and hopefully use it to learn how to script themselves.

thanks guys.... bye for now... see you whenever

[fhko]

Glad to hear someone is actively working on a world. I look forward to visiting it.


Name Suggestions:

Dark Core
Kingdom Crow

[ElderGod]

Yea,sounds like its going to be fun.

names:

Cosmos
Lunar
Osiris

Just so you know im Cyborg

[wes773]

UPDATE:

tonight i will be working on my bdat...
not wanting to get anybody's hopes up on my world being done super fast, just want to let you all know i'm still committed to getting it finished.
I already have part of it done, and so far, it's nothing like any other worlds(except houses and food) even the food is different though.

so far, i like the names, those who posted are doing great, only wish i could get more people to participate. On the bright side, guess the less people who participate, the odds are increased for you who posted:)

Thanks for your time and suggestions, have fun, I'll see you in...............................
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The Universal... Dun Dun Dunn!

[Thedabs]

I wish I had some good name suggestions but I am not good with naming things. maybe you should name it "mercury" cause the texture I was flying acrossed reminded me of the mercury in a thermometer.

[fhko]

To add to my previous name suggestions:

The Intercontinental (a name to compliment The Universal) or maybe "The Intercon" for short

[BLACKHAT]

Heres one, "PLANET"

[Mantis]

Heres one, "PLANET"

Or any of the various foreign/ancient names for "planet"

[wes773]

Some more updates....


I have a added a triggers fishing minigame. It includes needing a fishing pole item and some bait. I have also made a shrimping minigame( shrimp can be used as bait for fishing, and if you're lucky, you'll catch a crab.) I am planning on turning off autofishing but allowing the old F3 to catch a fish, for those who like a challenge. I have done this to prevent autofishing while afk. Also the script i wrote allows for you to lose your bait or for your net to be tangled in rocks... which you may or may not be able to get it back in 1 piece. All of this is untested... i have it on an old computer running windows ME(ME sucks) which can't run anything better than sim city 3000. If it doesnt work as it is, i'm sure i can get it to work one way or another.

[wes773]

Last night I added some more buildings to my BDAT. I am going to work on my world some more tonight and probably most of this weekend, trying to get it done as quickly as possible. I want to be finished making it this next week... but i am allowing to next weekend incase things arent done right. My biggest goal is to make sure everything works the way i want it. With everything untested, there's no guarantee that everything will work. I'm wanting to get it finished hopefully by next week. Then I'll have to get my files hosted and everything. at that point, ill let you all vote for a planet name out of the suggestions i choose.

I have another idea that i havent scripted but will probably be added tonight...
"paintable cars"

[zaroba]

me runs worlds fine. the first zoric (along with 7 other worlds) ran on an ME pc and there were no issues at all. as long as the pc wasn't used for anything else that is

[wes773]

well.. ME is known to be an unstable OS. Mine keeps locking up to the point you cant even use the task manager. It has corrupted the driver file for my video card because of this. I've just been too lazy to take out the card, look up the model number and download the driver for it. I some how doubt it would run a world server and allow me to test my things on it. I'm just going to get the script and BDAT done on it, save the files to my flash drive and put the files on THIS computer.

[zaroba]

the only way it is stable is if you never touch it. and i mean never. if you start up the world on it, close every other program and turn off the monitor and NEVER touch it unless absolutely necessary, it will run for weeks/months without crashing.

could also just download xp and reformat it

[wes773]

heh... with mine, i can just start it up, leave it on 15 mins....
then i get blue screened.

[wes773]

Just got through testing most of my script, only 6 events are untested, hoping to get the tested(and fixed) tomorrow. Then I can start working on the models/textures and finish up my Buildings file(will probably work on the BDAT on paper some tonight before i go to bed)


should be only a matter of time before it's all done
things untested:

fishing
shrimping
offshore fishing
offshore shrimping
NPC tutorial
Player death

[wes773]

Did at least 95% of my world's BDAT. woke up a little later than i wanted so i cant test it this morning.... only a matter of time...