July 1st, 1999VacationsWelp, as most of you probably aready didn't know you didn't know, Calrathan and I are both out on vacation (funny that they both ended up being at almost the exact same time). I'm doing this news update about 15 hours away from my house in IL. It was impossible to update last night because my mouse and keyboard decided to stop functioning. I was also planning on doing a new poll, but I guess that will have to wait 'till next week. If you want the June news, go here. Don't expect any updates or anything for a while :) We'll be back in a week or so. Oh, and if you want to email me, send it to jitspoe@yahoo.com, as that is the only mail account I'll be checking this week. June 30th, 1999Vacation - Linux/SolarisOkay, i hit a button when i dont think i shoulda, so there might be a bad update. Jit, fix it if you want to (if it messed up).
In 5 min I walk out the door, i'll be gone until tuesday next week. My sister is moving down to North Carolina for good and for some reason i need to go too.
Anyways, Ezrith and Sad have gotten the linux/solaris builds DONE (so i hear) I dont have time to comment on them, but here are the links.
IF THE FILES ARENT THERE YET, DON'T PANIC. Just ask jitspoe on irc.gamenode.net (#paintball) and he'll fill you in. (Passing all the llamas to you for a day jit)
EVERYONE BUG THE TCA ADMINISTRATER TO GET THIS! IT SHOULD FIX BURST FIRE! I'll explain it all when i get back as well as take bug reports, flames, and kicks in the rear end. Thanks all.
Vacation - Linux/SolarisOkay, i hit a button when i dont think i shoulda, so there might be a bad update. Jit, fix it if you want to.
In 5 min I walk out the door, i'll be gone until tuesday next week. My sister is moving down to North Carolina for good and for some reason i need to go too.
Anyways, Ezrith and Sad have gotten the linux/solaris builds DONE (so i hear) I dont have time to comment on them, but here are the links.
EVERYONE BUG THE TCA ADMINISTRATER TO GET THIS! IT SHOULD FIX BURST FIRE! I'll explain it all when i get back as well as take bug reports, flames, and kicks in the rear end. Thanks all.
(If they aint there yet, jit'll get them there as soon as he can)
Server version 1.53, More on Linux/SolarisOkay, it seems that something I did while poking around looking for the name-crash bug that I fixed with server release 1.52(build 73), made names get lost somehow. I scanned over the code which I belived would be the source of the problem, and I couldnt find it. So, I just took source from the previous build (72) and compiled version 1.53(build 74) with that code. Seems to work fine.
Ya ya ya, this is a new filearea format for DP. It's under construction so bear with us. Check out the main download page here. Jitspoe and I need to get this hosted on PQ< and hopefully he can apply his "artistic talent" to the html and make it look SNAZZY. I wish I had artistic talent. =( Go look here:
I've been colaborating with Ezrith and Sad on the Linux/Solaris builds respectivly, and together we've nailed the cause of burst fire on the Linux servers! Also, we're slowly getting proper portability in the code, with compiler defines containing proper function calls for the different platforms/compilers.
June 29th, 1999SplatterZoneWvSoulja and some others have gotten SplatterZone set up with a nice page 'n stuff. Check it out here. June 28th, 1999Server version 1.52Okay, another MAJOR bug popped up with funnames. It was a stupid mistake, and I didnt catch it because my funname isnt that long. Server ops need a new version.http://www.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/digitalpaint/v1.52_Win9x,_WinNT.zip If it's NOT there, get it here. (remember, try the mirrors first... I had half a gig downloaded from me just last night... my ISP wont like that) ftp://pball.dhs.org/All%20Builds/v1.52%20Win9x,%20WinNT.zip Linux / Solaris builds are on the way. Thank Sad and Ezrith for it. (It might even fix TCA, but don't count on it) New release- v1.51Okay, there were a few files missing in the v1.5 client, and the server code had some real glaring, although aestetic bugs. Both have been fixed, and released under version 1.51, so the 100 some people who downloaded the patch already only have to get this small upgrade.SORRY FOR THE PROBLEMS!If you haven't installed anything new DP oriented in the past few days, likely you need 1.45 to 1.5 upgrade.If you've never played, get the full 1.5 client If you just got the upgrade/full version yesterday, (compared to the post date of this news) get the upgrade to 1.51 from 1.5. SERVER OPERATORS -- PLEASE UPGRADE! Maps have been modified, and therefore people with the new client cant play these maps on your OLD SERVER. I have a linux / solaris build lined up, so just hold your pants on guys. http://www.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/digitalpaint/v1.5_to_v1.51_upgrade.exe http://www.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/digitalpaint/v1.45_to_v1.51_upgrade.exe http://www.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/digitalpaint/v1.51_client.exe http://www.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/digitalpaint/v1.51_Win9x,_WinNT.zip Once again, it takes a bit to mirror, so if THESE FILES ARENT HERE... get them from pball.dhs.org ftp://pball.dhs.org/All%20Builds/v1.5%20to%20v1.51%20upgrade.exe ftp://pball.dhs.org/All%20Builds/v1.45%20to%20v1.51%20upgrade.exe ftp://pball.dhs.org/All%20Builds/v1.51%20client.exe ftp://pball.dhs.org/All%20Builds/v1.51%20Win9x,%20WinNT.zip IF YOU NEED THE OLD VERSION OF MIDNIGHT.BSP, GRAB IT FROM ftp://pball.dhs.org/maps/official but KEEP the newer version. Cool DemowuZZup cal! welp, me and a couple of friends got together last night andmade a lil kick ass demo for digital paint that has real voice andre-camming and EVERYTHING! please post this on the digital paint webpage!!!the demo is located at http://www.decline.com/demented/ it is also mirroredat http://www.decline.com/infinity/ PLEASE POST THIS!!Thanks Cal,RaiN FilenamesApparently the filenames can't have spaces in them, or they don't get mirrored. I replaced all the spaces with _'s, so the links on Calrathan's update below should work now. They'll be in the files section too as soon as I get 'em up. June 27th, 1999Version 1.5 ReleasedOkay, the client is basically skins and a few other knickknacks, and the rest of the changes are in code.One of the most MAJOR changes, which I just added is "tripping". Because of the major abuse of the strafe jumping bug in quake2 to travel at extremely high rates of speed (as much as 2.5 times normal speeds), I have made it so that if you hit ground while going more than 1.5 times the max running speed, you "trip". This is a server togglable feature so if people hate it, server admins can turn it off. SKINS! Skins are added. On servers running the new code, just switch to one of the skins that've been installed and it'll automatically check to see if the server has it (so people can download it) and it'll put the correct color skin on ya. We do NOT have a linux or solaris compile yet. (Where'd ja go smokeya! We need to use you again. :P)Grab the stuff here ... Server ops, you need the v4.5 to v5.0 upgrade, as it has the skins in it.
If those aren't mirrored yet... Grab em off my FTP (AND IF YOU HAVE A FAST CONNECTION, AND ARE ON IRC, MIRROR THEM FOR OTHER PEOPLE!) I don't want my cable company yelling at me for having 60k\s downloaded for hours solid. =)