Posts by red51

Quote from Minotorious

1) blocks not blocking light

Unfortunately this requires a rework of the lighting system. If light gets blocked by blocks and/or construction elements, this would require a lot more computations (and as a result, the performance will suffer, or more precisely, the chunk generation). Especially when people place lots of light sources in close proximity to each other.
So this issue is definitely on our list, but unfortunately I can't really give an ETA on that. Probably we'll focus on that issue after the player models

Quote from Minotorious

2) animal collision with construction elements, blocks

That's something that needs to be improved step by step. We already tried to reduce many collision issues with animals (falling through the ground, walk through walls etc), but there is still some work to do. These issues should be solved (at the very latest) when we're going to implement real NPCs

Quote from Minotorious

3) fires (i.e. torches, campfire, etc.) not visible though glasspanes

Hmm.. apparently this seems to occur in certain situations only. I'll update the rendering order, maybe have a look if this issue still occurs after the next hotfix (which will be available in a few hours)

Also wenn wir eine Ankündigung dazu schreiben, bedeutet das i.d.R., dass das Update auch serverseitig durchgeführt werden muss. Ich habe den Hinweis dennoch ergänzt (also ja, dieser Hotfix betrifft ebenfalls die Server)

Quote from Bogus

Nun bin ich total verwirrt, wieder ein neuer Hotfix ? hmm ...

Sobald irgendwelche Probleme bekannt werden versuchen wir sie so schnell es geht zu beheben Insbesondere jetzt wo das nächste Update die Spielerfiguren sein werden, d.h. es kann etwas dauern, bis das Update verfügbar ist (und es wäre ein Jammer, wenn bis dahin größere Probleme bestehen bleiben).

Did you check your ports? The website I've linked in my previous response is very helpful if you want to find out if the server is reachable from outside If you didn't change the firewall settings and if there was no update for the antivirus scanner in the meantime, it's most likely related to the ports. Did you maybe forward the ports to a specific IP (in this case you may have received a new IP now, so the previous port forwarding is no longer valid)?

Quote from Crank

Einzige Problem was ich nun habe das ich bei den Plugins und Scripten wen ich ein Befehl eingebe Command not Found kommt.

Wo gibst du den Befehl denn ein? Plugin- und Skriptcommands müssen grundsätzlich im Chat eingegeben werden.

Quote from WalterDasTrevas

I think now the default is "rotation world"". But red51 needs to confirm, about this I know as much as you do.

Actually this was true until the latest hotfix I switched the default mode to "legacy" (since some people were struggling using the world/local rotations), but this only affects new players, so if you played the game prior the hotfix, the default rotation will be "world" indeed (but changes to the rotation mode will be saved, so you don't have to toggle it manually every time you start the game

Quote from ArcticuKitsu

The world error is now fixed, as with the tears being both raked & dynamited away. The world is now 'clean' again. Many thanks!

I'm glad to hear that!

Quote from ArcticuKitsu

Also, looking into this white wood texture addition wondering where it is. Would be neat if you could point it out in detail as to where this one is located because I'm somewhat struggling to find it.

It's indeed id 84, sorry for not mentioning it in the changelog. Although it's unfortunately not available for construction elements, this will be fixed with the next hotfix

Quote from ArcticuKitsu

Also, I see that all the past pyramids turned into abandon shacks in the desert.

In this case the pyramids weren't supposed to be at that location previously (a lot went wrong with the original world conversion, that's why it was such a drama). Unfortunately there is no chance to fix the missing pyramids, I'm afraid that any further attempts to fix this may break some other worlds^^

Quote from phill895

After yesterday's update the posters are flickering again.

I'm still tweaking the depth sorting (in order to reduce the flickering). Had to tune it down since the previous change caused some rendering issues in certain situations.

Quote from zfoxfire

Shush! Don't tell Red51 that. You'll get the player models delayed from all these hotfixes ;-p

Hehe, these hotfixes are indeed time consuming Since there is still an issue with the server (and some minor clientside issues) there will be another hotfix today (in ~ 12 hours), hopefully that's the last one (but I'm confident). But there will be definitely no more world conversions^^

Tatsächlich haben die Texturen leider eine relativ geringe Auflösung (damit der Memoryverbrauch und damit die Performance bei der Vielzahl an Texturen nicht zu negativ ausfällt), besonders wenn man die Körnung ausschaltet wird das sichtbar. Du kannst allerdings die Texturqualität erhöhen indem du im Spielverzeichnis die "config.properties" Datei öffnest und bei graphic_texture_quality eine 2 einträgst, die Datei speicherst, und das Spiel erneut startest

Das die Magnetfunktion beim Absenden einer Chatnachricht aktiviert/deaktiviert wird ist tatsächlich ungewollt, das wird mit dem nächsten Hotfix behoben. Das Verhalten der Bauteile an sich sollte sich hingegen nicht sonderlich verändert haben, zwar stehen nun weitere Rotationsmodi zur Verfügung, aber das Verhalten sollte dasselbe sein (zumindest nach den letzten Hotfixes). Für das "Rausspringen" ist sicherlich die Kollisionsprüfung der Bauteile verantwortlich, ggf. kann ich testweise für den nächsten Hotfix einen Befehl reinpacken, mit welchem die Kollision ein- und ausgeschaltet werden kann.

Mittelfristig wird das Bausystem ansonsten aber auch überarbeitet, dann sollten einerseits die ganzen Einstellungen, die momentan nur über Konsole veränderbar sind (rotation, setr, setp etc), auch per GUI einstellbar sein (natürlich bleiben die Konsolenbefehle aber weiterhin aktiv), andererseits sollten in dem Zuge auch neue Funktionen dazukommen und einige Fehler ausgemerzt werden

Originally we have hesitated to update the feature list, since most of the features weren't fully implemented yet (for example blueprints, basically they're already in the game and are ready to use, but this feature isn't 100% complete yet, since we still have to adapt it to the survival mode [e.g. resources required etc]). But yeah, I fully agree that the current state of the feature list is kinda misleading and incomplete. We really have to rework it, maybe we will go a little bit more into detail and cover smaller features as well (and also update the homepage as well, some new images won't hurt) Same applies to our trailer, I guess that's even more important, but a new one is already in the works

The log is fine (no errors or crashes), the No HTTP Server was found, please check your firewall settings and make sure the address is reachable from outside message just indicates that our hive server was not able to contact your server. Most likely this issue is caused by a firewall/antivirus program which blocks the connection, or when the ports aren't forwarded properly. Here can check out if the ports (4254-4258 TCP and UDP) are forwarded correctly: http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ (make sure that the server is running in the background)

PS: Currently there is only the 32 bit version of Java installed on your machine. Unless you have a 32 bit OS, it's highly recommendable to download and install the 64 bit version of Java

Quote from Crank

settings_npc_spawnrate steht auf 1.0

War der Wert denn in der Vergangenheit höher gestellt? Denn einmal gespawnte Tiere bleiben dauerhaft in der Welt bestehen.

If there is neither a file called "errorlog" nor a file called "hs_err_pid" in your game directory, a regular log would be helpful (as described by @Minotorious) What OSX version do you use exactly?
512 MB VRAM may be the reason for these issues, the minimum requirement of the game is 1024 MB VRAM. Make sure you reduce the "view distance" and especially the "detail distance" in the graphics settings. You can also reduce the texture quality, to do that, go to your game directory, open the "config.properties" file with a texteditor and set "graphic_texture_quality" to 0, then save the file, and start the game again.

Quote from Harv

And what did you do in your spare time, Red?

Never heard that term before

Quote from zfoxfire

I am very hopeful about this:

If there is still some annoying output (and there is probably still some unnecessary output left), please let me know

These extra bytes aren't in use at the moment (so you can ignore it) We usually store a few additional bytes into these files (not only blueprint files, also worldparts etc), so we can add new features in the future easily (without having to convert old blueprints or check the version every time)^^

Apparently the 12 got lost somewhere in the past, I checked out some very old game files (out of curiosity), and it looks like the 12 is missing for a long time already (although it's not a problem for the game) Thanks for letting me know!

@WalterDasTrevas: Thanks for the video! Seems to be related to some other issues (saloondoors etc), still looking into this issue, but I think this will only be fixed with the next regular update.

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A new hotfix is now available (0.8.2.3) which is supposed to finally fix the world generation issues. Server admins have to update their servers accordingly.
This hotfix also fixes some bugs and introduces some changes. If you still experience any issues, please let us know.

Changelog 2017-05-01:

• [New] Added white wood texture
• [New] Added new music track
• [Change] Adjusted alignment of some textures
• [Change] Slightly changed appearance of underground dungeon room
• [Change] Updated "aggro" range of some animals
• [Change] Rabbits, foxes, penguins and deers escape from the player again
• [Change] Removed some unnecessary debug output
• [Bugfix] Fixed messed up worlds since latest hotfix (0.8.2.2)
• [Bugfix] Fixed "undoblueprint" command not always removing all blocks
• [Bugfix] Fixed map rendering issue (missing blocks/planks which are placed slightly above terrain)
• [Bugfix] Fixed rendering issue of planks ("invisible circle")
• [Bugfix] Fixed some API events

@Bogus: Die Standalone wird in wenigen Minuten verfügbar sein Die Standalone ist nun auch geupdated

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Ein neuer Hotfix ist nun verfügbar (0.8.2.3), welcher hoffentlich alle Weltprobleme behebt. Serveradmins müssen ihre Server entsprechend aktualisieren.
Darüberhinaus behebt dieser Hotfix auch ein paar andere Bugs und führt einige Änderungen durch. Sollten weiterhin Probleme bestehen, lasst es uns bitte wissen.

Changelog (0.8.2.3) 01.05.2017:

• [Neu] Weiße Holztextur hinzugefügt
• [Neu] Neues Musikstück eingefügt
• [Geändert] Ausrichtung mancher Texturen geändert
• [Geändert] Einen Dungeonraum etwas vom Aussehen angepasst
• [Geändert] "Aggro"-Radius der Tiere angepasst
• [Geändert] Kaninchen, Füchse, Pinguine und Rehe flüchten nun wieder vorm Spieler
• [Geändert] Unnötige Debugausgaben entfernt
• [Geändert] Fehlerhafte Welten seit letztem Hotfix (0.8.2.2) korrigiert
• [Geändert] Befehl "undoblueprint" korrigiert, sollte nun alle Blöcke entfernen
• [Geändert] Renderingprobleme der Karte behoben (fehlenden Planken/Blöcke welche knapp oberhalb des Terrains platziert wurden)
• [Geändert] Renderingproblem mit Planken behoben (unsichtbarer kreisförmiger Bereich)
• [Geändert] Einige API Events korrigiert

Ja, 3rd Person Ansicht ist auf jeden Fall geplant Aber erst nachdem wir die neuen Spielerfiguren eingebaut haben^^
PS: Wenn deiner Frau beim Spielen unwohl wird, kann es manchmal helfen, unter Sichtfeldeinstellungen den "FOV" etwas anzupassen. Ist natürlich kein Ersatz für eine 3rd Person View, aber kann Dinge wie Motion Sickness etc schon spürbar reduzieren.

Quote from DennisMidjord

Could just be that the world conversion is taking a long time. When started through TCAdmin, TCAdmin will shut down the server if it's not responding within 5 minutes (which it isn't since it hasn't been started properly). My guess would be that the issue here is the 5-minute-restart? I'd guess the conversion starts all over.

Oh yes, that's probably the reason why it doesn't work. During world conversion, the server isn't fully online yet (http server isn't running, nobody is able to connect etc), and if it's a larger world, the conversion may easily take longer than 5 minutes

Merkwürdig Wurde in der server.properties Datei evtl. der Wert settings_npc_spawnrate auf einen höheren Wert als 1 gestellt? Das kann schnell dazu führen, dass deutlich mehr Tiere als sonst gespawnt werden.

@WalterDasTrevas: Ok I see what you mean Actually this issue was supposed to be fixed, but I will check out what's going on there