2004-06-18
After yesterday’s deletion of our Web Forum, I won’t trust any free (neither
“free” as in “free beer”, nor “free” as in “free speech”, but “free” as in
“you get what you pay for” :-( ) web forum hosting company anymore.
Therefore,
I have now installed phpBB,
which is the current “state of the art” in forum software. It is totally free,
open source, fast and comes with a lot of
features. Among other things,
this means: No annoying advertisements anymore. No “too many connections”
anymore. No waiting for slow servers anymore.
I will try to make all functionality from the old forum also available in the
new one soon, especially that marvellous “level sketch” feature. Currently,
the new forum looks still a bit simple and generic, but this will change in
the future. I hope that all active and all occasional members of the old
forum will soon meet again in this new forum, so that the R’n’D community
will soon be reunited again. The new forum is hosted directly on this web
server and can’t be deleted by a hostile provider anymore. This forum is here
to stay.
Join the Final Rocks’n’Diamonds Web Forum
now! :-)
2004-06-18
Yesterday evening, our great Web Forum, which was hosted at
www.proboards.com,
vanished without any known reason.
It is suspected to be simply deleted by ProBoards, with all posts,
all user information, and all work we have put into it. :-(
Until we know more, please use the still existing,
old forum. :-(
2004-06-08
Jürgen Bonhagen has just released a great new level set:
“game inside” (needs the brand-new version 3.1.0).
It’s a one-level-set, but it marks the current state-of-the-art in custom
element level and artwork design.
I never thought that something like that was even possible by just cleverly
using CEs!
See a screenshot and the description in
English or
German.
The package can be downloaded from Jürgen’s
download page.
Also have a look at his previous one-level-set “bug machine”,
which is included in the same package.
Both levels utilize the current CE techniques to a very high degree,
and I’m highly impressed what can be achieved using ordinary custom
elements!
Visit Jürgen’s R’n’D site:
2004-06-07
Most important changes since last release version 3.0.8:
- fixed obvious bug with wrong “Murphy” graphics (when digging etc.)
- fixed a lot of Emerald Mine and Supaplex game engine emulation bugs
- re-converted Emerald Mine and Supaplex levels to apply engine fixes
- changed default snap/drop keys from left/right Shift to Control keys
- added level loader for loading native Emerald Mine levels
- added level loader for loading native Supaplex packed levels
- added group elements for multiple matches and random element creation
- added elements that can be digged or left behind by custom elements
- added element “Sokoban field with player” missing for Sokoban levels
- added custom element features to allow building of teleporters
- added option to use step limit instead of time limit for level
- added pressing “space” key as valid action to select menu options
- added clipboard (cut and paste buttons) for custom and group elements
- added shortcut to dump brush (type “:DB” in editor) for use in forum
- added network multiplayer code for Windows (still only command line)
- replaced old tutorial level set with far better one by Niko Böhm
- “contributions” levels now separate package to make base set smaller
- too many bugfixes and changes to list them all here (see ChangeLog)
2004-01-23
We have moved to a great
New Rocks’n’Diamonds Web Forum!
Alan Bond has created a
new forum
that replaces the
old forum
(which is still available to read the old posts there).
The new forum has a lot of advantages over the old one! It is much
faster, offers a lot of great new features many people missed in
the old forum, and it looks so much better – but you should see it
for yourself! :-)
This new web forum is again a great place for discussion around
Rocks’n’Diamonds, submitting bug reports or suggesting new features,
find help, talk to other level designers or artwork creators and
read announcements of new releases!
Join it now!