Falcar
(xfire: seamusthefamous) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 526
10:31 AM 15/06/2009

More hackers banned, including a handful of Dth scum.

-Corrected initial fog on all maps

-Added "sandstorm" and "blizzard" weather types

-Added protection against phasing out of the map

-Melon banned players are now kicked

-Increased effectiveness of all second perks

-Increased default humans/obs health, to combat perks

Nomadic
(xfire: blake91158) 

Posts: 119
10:44 AM 15/06/2009

Mmm, Mr Falcar uve impressed me once again!! i love the DWS!! :D gj :) keep up good work!

Chucky
(xfire: chuckyegg) 

Posts: 29
02:27 PM 15/06/2009

Not experiencing the sand storm or blizzard effects and not noticed much of a difference when it comes to the mist?

Uploaded 296b twice just to make sure its on correctly....maybe ive not sat in game long enough to see all these items.

Day night cycle OK

Rain OK

Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
04:05 AM 16/06/2009

Sandstorms (Desert maps) and Blizzards (Bloc and Countdown) are extremely rare, and not all maps experience them.
(Hopefully somebody has seen a sandstorm or blizzard by this post)

The fog has be recreated to match the default map settings as much as possible, so you shouldn't see much dodgy fog anymore (Wetworks was a good example)

The weather types are:
• Light Rain
• Storm & Heavy Rain
• Fog
• Blizzard
• Sandstorm

drakeonfire
 

Posts: 70
01:55 PM 16/06/2009

Hello, Updates r good ;)

But.. Sandstorm i think is a bit ott atm coz I can't see anything ! And my clan seems to have the same opinion, its really hard to find people and makes the game a bit too hard for the newbs i think as well which means they dont give the mod a proper try and just leave the server =/

Sandstorm seemed to last the whole map (12 rounds on elimination).. maybe lessen the thickness or somethin so its slightly easier to see? I mean i think it looks amazin but is kinda annoyin and lots of peeps want to change map =/

rain is good tho

just thought u would want some feedback :P

DARK
(xfire: theBFMSAND) 

Posts: 10
03:13 PM 16/06/2009

What does it mean with the obs_"STREAMED".iwd is this a new iwd were the images have a streaming technologic ?

Inferno
 

Posts: 21
05:37 PM 16/06/2009

well you can't see through sand storms =) so it;s kinda real

drakeonfire
 

Posts: 70
06:55 PM 16/06/2009

i never said it wasnt realistic..

Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
02:57 AM 17/06/2009

Blizzards and Sandstorms are EXTREMELY rare and you were very unlucky to have it last 12 rounds (or it could be bugged, will no doubt look into it), but fogwise it is just right. The fog thickness changes randomly, and the length the weather stays is all random, with storms, blizzards and sandstorms being rare.

Since the release I have yet to see a sandstorm or a blizzard from the 5 or so hours that I played, let alone fog.

We like a challenge, and these fog related weather effects bring a nice change to the gameplay for a few rounds on the rare occasion that they do occur. I don't think we will be changing them anytime soon.

Also, they are so rare, I don't believe anyone has seen the blizzard yet. If they have let us know

PS: The new streamed iwd is the sounds (Edit: mp3's) we have added to the mod so far. This is to reduce the filesize of the updates as we rarely need to update them.

Falcar
(xfire: seamusthefamous) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 526
03:33 AM 17/06/2009

Not just any sounds, the "streamed" ones are the .mp3's which we have the option of excluding from the mod.ff, unlike the .wav's that comprise the rest of the mod's sounds :)

Audioghost
 

Posts: 40
10:08 AM 17/06/2009

video I managed to catch of Sandstorm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m73NY_0iBh0&feature=channel_page

They removed my backing track o_O

drakeonfire
 

Posts: 70
11:49 AM 17/06/2009

fog is not rare lol, we also had that like for one hole map of HQ, and this was right after the sandstorm map! I dont mind the fog so much tho.. I havent played the snowy maps yet tho.

[TLB]WillC
 

Posts: 3
09:59 PM 23/06/2009

Phasing is still not fixed... 

Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
02:59 AM 24/06/2009

What isn't fixed about it?

Falcar
(xfire: seamusthefamous) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 526
03:21 AM 24/06/2009

You can still phase out of the map sometimes, which is impossible to fix (as the maps weren't made for phasing, duh) All I did was reduce the chance of being able to phase outside the map... and it works very well (especially on maps like broadcast) compared to what it was before.

SpiderGat
 

OBSessed 

Posts: 244
08:40 PM 24/06/2009

However the map that I'm making, OBSessed: A Proprietary OBS map, will be anti Phase in some areas by making textures simply too wide and long to phase through. that is how it works isn't it? Anything longer than X amount of units is unphasable? If not PLEASE let me know so I can keep myself from looking like an idiot xD

Falcar
(xfire: seamusthefamous) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 526
12:38 AM 25/06/2009

Yep that's how it works, you need walls about 150 units thick though...

SpiderGat
 

OBSessed 

Posts: 244
03:53 PM 25/06/2009

Is that the exact measurement? cause right now the outside walls of my map, including clip zone, are like 1000 in width xD So if that's true, It'll make it a LOT easier on me xD

DARK
(xfire: theBFMSAND) 

Posts: 10
07:35 AM 26/06/2009

Hey the Idea with the weather is from me !! I have said it in fire... froum dont know real name anymor.

I have said many ideas in the forum like autoturrets or a new gametype also can u give me an Credit with Weather or so ?

Describe
 

OBSmin (S Rank) 

Posts: 256
07:52 AM 26/06/2009

You think that they put weather in because you suggested it?

Don't be so naïve.

Concept
(xfire: jlid) 

Posts: 71
11:32 AM 26/06/2009

I suggested life.

Can i have a credit?

DARK
(xfire: theBFMSAND) 

Posts: 10
12:17 PM 26/06/2009

Im not so naive Im realistic because first they dont seaid anithing about weather and then woa wheater ! And i asked them 5 Days before the release of the 2.96a if they put weather in and they said nothing ! Also who is here naive ?

Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
02:07 PM 26/06/2009

Here is how it is. We have previously considered weather, I even went so far as to implement lightning and bug Falcar to add fog. At the time Falcar didn't want it. This was when day/night cycles were being made. Weather has been brought up many times in our discussions, but is something we haven't got around to implementing until now. So the only credit you will receive is credit for getting me to bug Falcar once more to implement it finally, as he has been against it since I first suggested it.

I strongly suggest you go out and make your own mod with all your cool ideas. You will get much more appreciation and satisfaction from that then from demanding us to implement your features and then trying to claim credit on something that is clearly not the most original idea ever.

And I quote:

DARK: Yea chaos k3 is great and snaklet what is with the idea of a lamp in the night and what is with the weather effects idea ?

SNAKELET: we tried torches but couldnt get it polished enough to release due to effect alignment issues. we have thrown the weather idea around many times and maybe in the future.

SpiderGat
 

OBSessed 

Posts: 244
04:47 PM 26/06/2009

Pwnt

Describe
 

OBSmin (S Rank) 

Posts: 256
03:15 AM 27/06/2009

You are. The idea of weather wasn't introduced to the mod because you told them about it.

They have heard about it before.. from like.. life.

DARK
(xfire: theBFMSAND) 

Posts: 10
05:34 PM 27/06/2009

Falacar thx for helping me and find out that I told them about it.

PS: When I interpreted that false and u not mean that i told than i Flying with my roflcopter in Big Spikes !

Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
01:41 AM 28/06/2009

My name is Snakelet. I agree you did make us look into it once more, but it has always been a possibility since the day/night cycles were added.

DARK
(xfire: theBFMSAND) 

Posts: 10
09:09 AM 28/06/2009

Snaklet thx for reply but please say it a little easier for me that i can understand it because im an german and have not so good english . OK?

Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
10:26 AM 28/06/2009

Ok.

We had already thought about adding weather, before you suggested it. You made us consider it again.

SpiderGat
 

OBSessed 

Posts: 244
05:24 PM 28/06/2009

Gut. Sie hatten bereits an die Idee gedacht, lange zuvor Sie entlang kamen. Was Sie taten, war sie sofortig, zum es wieder zu untersuchen, aber die ursprüngliche Idee ist… es gehört Gott wohl, weil er Wetter erfand. Sie don' t denken, dass Sie Gutschrift für Wetter erhalten sollten, als aller, den Sie taten, erinnern sie an ihn war. Außer taten ihnen die ganze Kodierung für sie. Hoffen Sie, dass dieses hilft!

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Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
06:29 AM 29/06/2009

I will just assume you are translating my messages for him...

DARK
(xfire: theBFMSAND) 

Posts: 10
07:31 AM 29/06/2009

Thx Spider-Gat for translating , but

1. I understand now thx

2. Your not realy an german ? Because ur translating is not the best

but thx

SpiderGat
 

OBSessed 

Posts: 244
04:55 PM 29/06/2009

Correct I am not really German xD I want to learn it but that was just Babelfish translations xD  Tag I already know. And a couple other phrases. I'll learn it one day ^.^

np Snakelet

Spider

Snakelet
(xfire: snakelet) 

OBS Dev 

Posts: 1330
06:43 AM 01/07/2009

We probably all know the basics of German. I infact learnt it for roughly 6 years through school, I am not any good at it though

SpiderGat
 

OBSessed 

Posts: 244
08:12 AM 01/07/2009

we only get french and spanish as the languages where I'm at, so the fact that I know any german at all is not in the norm xD

DARK
(xfire: theBFMSAND) 

Posts: 10
05:59 PM 02/07/2009

Hy all im back

I can teach u some things of germans like words and sentences also little of importanat german words and so can u say me were i must make an topic for that ? On site topics ? Pls reply if u want a topic like this ?

LaZzy
(xfire: LaZerAus) 

OBSmin (S Rank) 

Posts: 225
06:30 AM 03/07/2009

lol spider, i love the babelfish translation.

and the mod, well once again (druel) its great xD

LaZ