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Dash's World: Moving to releases/massive update
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xxBeanGirl420xx
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At first glance, I was like, "zomg he's lyk total overhaul mod madness!!11!!1", then when I opened it, I thought I was going to see something amazing. The menu was very nice; it set the mood for what I expected was the mod, but it ended in severe disappointment. Yes, you can focus on only the source, and believe me when I say, you're doing a decent job, but the levels... ugh, the levels just lack substance. What makes the mod is the actually gameplay, not any fancy menu or effects.
A few subtle differences I noticed with the menu and such:
[Positive changes are marked with +, negatives marked with -.]
-The intro, with your name on it, zooms out before going to the menu instead of just abruptly changing. [+]
-When selecting a character, you still see the scrolling background. Now, this is a plus in some cases, but overall, it's a minus, since you can still see the "Dash's World" title behind it. It just looks a bit off when you do it that way. [-]
-When using fullscreen, it sometimes locks you in, and disallows you to come out of it properly (as in, switch to fullscreen no without it switching back again). [-]
-It does not save my configuration whenever I restart, and my controls are MUCH different than yours, so this was very annoying. Yes, I tried saveconfig and other things, and it still didn't work. It didn't save my default resolution, either, which is _VERY_ annoying. [-]
-Menu titles have been spruced up a bit. That's fine. [+]
-You completely removed (or screwed up) proper invincibility time after being hit, thus being able to be killed right after being touched by a crawla, or falling into water that hurts you. [--]
-You made it so Alt + F4 doesn't close the game. What the hell? How awkward is it to change Alt + F4 to F10? It's a bit too much of a derailment to actually feel right, here. [-]
-You made it so the cursor is forced to be in the exact center of a windowed instance of your mod. That can get very disruptive if you're also doing other things in the background (multitasking). [-]
I'm probably missing some, but whatever. The changes are very minor, and the only thing I see different with OpenGL mode is the automatic MD2 ON thing.
About the levels: No. What do you expect to make a mod out of if you have no maps to showcase? Seriously, you can edit the source code all you want, but with no maps, there's no point. "olol i has super special awesome mod it supports slopes, loops, 3D models, opengl, and lots of othr stuf lol, but thers no levels to show u, sry :(" (EXAGGERATION, OKAY?)
So I checked out the first level, and at first glance, I was struck with what seemed to be happiness. I had thought you actually made a good level, as the first room was better than average. Then as I continued, it got worse, and worse, and worse. The structure was okay, but everything else was just bland. No colormapped waters, stairs are not ramped, dull rooms with nothing inside them (dead-ends, essentially), and the whole thing just seems a bit on the "Sonic is unsupported" side (certain areas where Sonic could get stuck in, he couldn't get out by jumping, so it's Tails/Knux only to survive in this mod, then). Then I realized something: There's no exit. You don't even have one map done?! How can you release a beta version of your modification if the only actual modification you did was very minor source code edits? Although I don't know how much coding you actually committed to this, the effects were minor. Simply minor. They didn't explode in your face, and didn't give you anything to say except "Neat." I managed to find another map, though, and it's not only totally unfinished, but it has a broken thok barrier, and HOMs (or REDWALLs) all over the place. Fantastic. I like the little edits a lot, Dash, but compared to what I was expecting from this, considering what you made it look like, was a huge disappointment, and has left me with an empty feeling that makes me regret downloading this near-50mb mod.
3.5/10~
A few subtle differences I noticed with the menu and such:
[Positive changes are marked with +, negatives marked with -.]
-The intro, with your name on it, zooms out before going to the menu instead of just abruptly changing. [+]
-When selecting a character, you still see the scrolling background. Now, this is a plus in some cases, but overall, it's a minus, since you can still see the "Dash's World" title behind it. It just looks a bit off when you do it that way. [-]
-When using fullscreen, it sometimes locks you in, and disallows you to come out of it properly (as in, switch to fullscreen no without it switching back again). [-]
-It does not save my configuration whenever I restart, and my controls are MUCH different than yours, so this was very annoying. Yes, I tried saveconfig and other things, and it still didn't work. It didn't save my default resolution, either, which is _VERY_ annoying. [-]
-Menu titles have been spruced up a bit. That's fine. [+]
-You completely removed (or screwed up) proper invincibility time after being hit, thus being able to be killed right after being touched by a crawla, or falling into water that hurts you. [--]
-You made it so Alt + F4 doesn't close the game. What the hell? How awkward is it to change Alt + F4 to F10? It's a bit too much of a derailment to actually feel right, here. [-]
-You made it so the cursor is forced to be in the exact center of a windowed instance of your mod. That can get very disruptive if you're also doing other things in the background (multitasking). [-]
I'm probably missing some, but whatever. The changes are very minor, and the only thing I see different with OpenGL mode is the automatic MD2 ON thing.
About the levels: No. What do you expect to make a mod out of if you have no maps to showcase? Seriously, you can edit the source code all you want, but with no maps, there's no point. "olol i has super special awesome mod it supports slopes, loops, 3D models, opengl, and lots of othr stuf lol, but thers no levels to show u, sry :(" (EXAGGERATION, OKAY?)
So I checked out the first level, and at first glance, I was struck with what seemed to be happiness. I had thought you actually made a good level, as the first room was better than average. Then as I continued, it got worse, and worse, and worse. The structure was okay, but everything else was just bland. No colormapped waters, stairs are not ramped, dull rooms with nothing inside them (dead-ends, essentially), and the whole thing just seems a bit on the "Sonic is unsupported" side (certain areas where Sonic could get stuck in, he couldn't get out by jumping, so it's Tails/Knux only to survive in this mod, then). Then I realized something: There's no exit. You don't even have one map done?! How can you release a beta version of your modification if the only actual modification you did was very minor source code edits? Although I don't know how much coding you actually committed to this, the effects were minor. Simply minor. They didn't explode in your face, and didn't give you anything to say except "Neat." I managed to find another map, though, and it's not only totally unfinished, but it has a broken thok barrier, and HOMs (or REDWALLs) all over the place. Fantastic. I like the little edits a lot, Dash, but compared to what I was expecting from this, considering what you made it look like, was a huge disappointment, and has left me with an empty feeling that makes me regret downloading this near-50mb mod.
3.5/10~
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Early versions of Shufflarb2, anyone?Ash said:
So, um... this thing is VERY incomplete and messy right now. It wasn't really meant to be a semi-complete, playable thing as of yet(which I really should have clarified more) the levels included should have been removed. Next release is going to not include all the large data files.
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Trilinear = broken flats.
Never noticed that
I don't remember changing that, I'll fix it..
Yeah, I know, I'm re-adding proper invinciblity
Have no clue how that happened..
We are currently in the super-pre-alpha-development phase, don't rate it yet.
switching all data files to the normal files ASAP and adding the REAL levels and data later when source stuff is done...
I apologize for the large download size and lack of expected content.
And the total "OVRHALL" is coming, of course.
Screenshot? I don't see any broken flats...I'll Begin said:
xxBeanGirl420xx
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Listen, if it was VERY incomplete (as you say), you shouldn't have released it so early. What's the sense in rushing if it's not going to climb up to par? =|
Ash said:
I agree,
It was kind of a "Hey, I forgot I had this srb2.srb replacement sitting on my desktop, maybe I'll release the whole thing early." kind of thing, I also forgot to add all the new stuff I added to DashsWorld2.wad in the data file. /:
When I finish the real first release I'll make sure I only put things in the zip that's absolutely necessary and that I pack some real meat in there.
LOTS OF PROGRESS!
IT'S REAL!!!!!
Other Features:
Works for Windows and Mac(sorry linux users)
Color based names
Faked sprite reflection
Experimental colormap based fog
Netgame map changes
Mapinfo - a description of a map that the player sees before he starts the level
Buddies - The Dash's World equivalent of jte's bots, but smarter(Unstable right now)
Day to night feature (Like shuffle's but better)
Particles - with more types of particles to choose from
Super Huge Texture set
Smarter MD2 handling
A little slope stuff
FASTER FRAMERATE!!!!!
IT'S REAL!!!!!
Other Features:
Works for Windows and Mac(sorry linux users)
Color based names
Faked sprite reflection
Experimental colormap based fog
Netgame map changes
Mapinfo - a description of a map that the player sees before he starts the level
Buddies - The Dash's World equivalent of jte's bots, but smarter(Unstable right now)
Day to night feature (Like shuffle's but better)
Particles - with more types of particles to choose from
Super Huge Texture set
Smarter MD2 handling
A little slope stuff
FASTER FRAMERATE!!!!!
Nope, it's real, I'll upload a few more screenshots.
Edit: Here's a screenshot with the HUD on, showing a screenshot of the same part of the level with slopes off.
This is seriously srb2(1.09-current), I'll release an exe soon with a level showing slopes.
Only catch is that OpenGL is the only renderer supported in my mod due to the heavy use of models and 3D accelerated stuff.
Those blue things are particles that I'm trying out.
Edit: Here's a screenshot with the HUD on, showing a screenshot of the same part of the level with slopes off.
This is seriously srb2(1.09-current), I'll release an exe soon with a level showing slopes.
Only catch is that OpenGL is the only renderer supported in my mod due to the heavy use of models and 3D accelerated stuff.
Those blue things are particles that I'm trying out.
xxBeanGirl420xx
Member
Would MiniGL work for those who can't use OpenGL? Also, Direct X?
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