
Hey there! Sorry about the lack of posts recently. Data has been trying to get me up to speed on all the changes since the last release, and it’s taking longer than expected. Until then, we will have to settle for mailbag questions!
I have a double-shot for you this week; half the questions are on the Campaign and half on Modding:
Are we going to be able to make custom parameters for third party factions in the campaign? Such as, using Darkstorm or UniTec as your set faction. Will the support even go as far as making custom campaigns for them? – Sean
A: Yes, that’s the plan! You’ll get to choose your ‘native’ faction at the start of each campaign game, which can be any of the data modules loaded (ie possibly your own). All the stuff of that faction will then available to you at the regular prices, but you might still be able to buy things from other factions, but at very high ‘black market’ prices. - DataMost of us know about the Whitebots (yay!), the Coalition and the Dummies, but are those going to be the three main factions or are there going to be more major races than just those? – Mapleleaf
A: Yup, right now we’re looking at least two more.. the dark bots and the red guys. Prom might be able to chime in with more details here. - DataCan you tell us what the heck data & company are doing about the campaign? I mean is it going to be hardcoded or what? I’m dying for an answer and I know I’m not alone. - Not Alone
A: As usual, everything will be as data- and script-driven as we reasonably can make it. The campaign metagame is going to be separate from the story episode scenarios we’ll be putting out later. The metagame will be a super-replayable thing that should be different every time. Think along the lines of the board game Risk, and you get the gist of it. The story episodes are standalone, content-rich packages that tell a small part of the CC story with one or more solid scenarios sandwiched between an intro and outro. The campaign metagame is the highest priority for us now. - DataIs Tradestar a faction within the Coalition? – NMP
A: The TradeStar is a type of huge mothership used by trade and exploration conglomerates to reach out into the galaxy and tap its resources. Think of the East India Co. as a loose analogy for the type of entity, and the TradeStar as a Galleon of that era. They hire on all these different competing ‘factions’ or smaller corporations who get to duke it out and see who can most efficiently harvest the resources of the planets they find. It’s brutal competition and market selection being put to use. Whomever wins the settlement battles, gets the contract for the entire planet. - Data

Will Lua be able to be directly attached/run on attachables? - CaveCricket48
A: I haven’t tried this yet, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work right now? Give it a shot and PM the results in the forums. – DataWill the lua scripting be able to use external modules? - John
A: I’m not sure what you mean by ‘use’, but you can safely reference anything that has been loaded in the same module as your script sits in, even if it is external. Just don’t reference stuff in OTHER external modules.. then you’re asking for trouble if someone has your module but not that other one. As always, it’s safe to reference stuff in the official module (until we remove or rename that thing in a new build..- Data
Is it possible that the 8-bit color palette used for scenes (as opposed to menus) to be a mod-configurable file? The current palette is pretty limiting and has several near-identical shades of white. – Rawtoast
A: I could possibly add some controls for loading a different palette, if not to the INI files, then to the Lua interface.. it’s not a high priority though, as it would really mess up all the other stuff you’d load. This would only be useful in a total conversion type mod. - DataWhen will we have a variable for emission velocities (like gibs)? - Duh102
A: I’ll have to look into this.. there’s always more controls to be expose.. at some point we have to triage which things to work on though. - Data
As usual, submit your queries to andy@datarealms.com – I have around 80 questions on backlog, but the more interesting ones get bumped to the front! Submit your query today!
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Nice.
More like Tuesday Mailbag though.
>implying that Data reads the PMs on the forums
Whomever wins the settlement battles, gets the contract for the entire planet. – Data
Data is a Dune/Dune II fan. =D
NEW ENTIRE RACE OF GIANT ALIENS PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN AND COMING SOON IN RED TO YOUR CC IN A WAVE OF GLITTERING AWESOMENESS FROM DRL.
Hahah, its 1040PM tuesday night here, but I suppose its like, really, really late monday night in some stretches of the planet. Nice update though, the art makes me happy, and then I cough cause im like super sick and im unhappy again ;-;
2009-2010 <- best years CC has seen.
What if Data’s house gets hit by a meteor 1.1.2010 would you still call it the best year
No, though the irony would be amazing, in a really poor-taste kind of way.
Also, it really must be getting late, as 2010 hasnt started so CC cant have seen it yet. Syntax error -.-
Now wait just one second… who’s that alien-esque fellow on the right? Aren’t you going to introduce us?
Even if this is a ‘double-mailbag’, The Ch33n does not forgive you yet.
Tuesday morning… Well at least this made my day! I’ll probably be thinking about that awesome robot all day now.
Whitebots, Coalition, Dummies, Darkbots, “Red guys”. Wait, Ronins won’t get their own faction or the players won’t be able to play as them in the campaign?
Also a faction made of the Red guys from Cow and Chicken [b]Confirmed![/b]
I think that guy on the right is some sort of whitebot… (the basic style remains the same) however It could be some completely new faction (judging from the increased size and more rough features).
All is not forgiven but (from the look of things) will be when this next build comes out:P
“Gotcha!”Quote-
Whomever wins the settlement battles, gets the contract for the entire planet. – Data
Data is a Dune/Dune II fan. =D
___________________________________
OH NO! You’ve discovered something serious! HURRY GET THE SPICE!
Also A Dune-themed mod would be pretty cool.
You did that drawing, Prom.
Finally some nice news – the campain idea made me happy!
Darkbots? –> http://www.datarealms.com/images/dirtsmall.jpg
So, the campaign meta-game, from what I understand, is going to be sort of like the campaign in Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War The Dark Crusade? Big map (Which is turn-based) then when you attack or defend an area, it’s in real time, then back to turn based for the big map. If that’s how it is, then great!
How is it that Ronin is not a faction?
Ronin as far as I know wasn’t really ever part of Prom’s or Data’s plan, the content developers shoved them in.
Same for the browncoats.
I think I fell in love with mechanoid alien guy on the right there.
The robot all the way to the right looks like a beefier version of the unused Robot Head sprite in Base.rte.
I personally like these mailbag anwser rounds. I like seeing questions answered.
I think its funny that Data didn’t even know that Lua didn’t work on attachables.
How should he know? Lol.
dune = epic.
anyways, i cant wait tell the other factions get done.
I highly support Acehalo-2 idea.
Also, ETA of next build plz?
Update =
I love you guys so much, you are a beacon of awesomeness in a dreary world
MLC, I’m pretty sure Ronin were planned before the content devs came on board. Although they were known as Rag Tag for some time.
Maybe they’re just not a major faction. Undead were also not mentioned.
That last robot on the right looks epic!
@ azukki: Actually numgun made the ronin as a WIP, according to one of the guys (I think it was TLB that said it). I don’t think they were on data’s plans.
Im thinking the ronin are a bit of a sub-class of “humans” actually, sort of a plight of the coalition.
God im going to love to code some not-usless AI for NPC actors.
I love Data so much.
When will this “campaign” be released?
I love the last robot, but why is it wearing high heels?
Tranny Robots?
It’s not a high heel, it’s a plasma jet nozzle. Has to be kept clear of other materials at the edge so that they don’t melt. /BS
Or maybe in the culture of his origin, shoes/feet with a spike are worn while invading to show disrespect to the enemy by stabbing their land with each step?
pieman, numgun put them in the game as a WIP, but the concept was made first.
Actually, Prom made the heads, and num took the initiative to add them in game, using coalition recolors as the placeholder for the rest of the actors. TLB or someone trustworthy on the subject said this in the forums recently.
Now reminded of this, I’m quite certain Ronin were originally by prom/data, in planning/concept, although num or another content dev did the first of their development.
I’m surprised nobody commented on the… err… guy on the left. That thing’s seriously scary.
But yeah, this sounds pretty cool.
What is it anyway?
Dummy?
Undead?
Base thing for Prom to work off of?
I assumed the guy on the left was a naked coalition clone.
Naked coalition clone is a plausible theory except they usually have hair.
I like the stabbing idea personally. I think that the guy in the far left Is just an Undead clone.
“Data has been trying to get me up to speed on all the changes since the last release, and it’s taking longer than expected”
Good stuff.
Looking forward to seeing exactly what has changed, if it is that much!
As far as the guy on the far left goes; it looks like he is made of muscles (and no skin), which would make him red. Therefore, the red faction is made of muscle d00ds, who are red (due to muscles).
_logiczz_
I demand super-mutants (Non-fallout wise) that are strong, big and melee-wielding. roar.
That doesn’t really make sense biologically, Mooseral. I think Data and Prom would have more sense than to make people with no skin. O_o Looks like possible a cyborg to me. You can see the metal plate of his face and the metal in his legs and arms.
So, so, so… Are the Ronin going to be in the finished CC?
Ah well, doesn’t matter. We can always make bootleg copies.
The guy to the left seems to be a zombie/half-baked clone.
and the guy on the right seems to be a terminator….
The guy on the left has to be Dr. Manhattan! yeah
So Whitebots, Coalition, Dummies, Dark bots and red guys..
No mention of separate Ronin or Browncoat factions altough “red guys” could be any one of them, or something else. Sounds good, but I’m a little worried that the game will become “heavy” with robots (he he he).
I really hope to see some more of those awesome 8-bit human faces in it as well.
if it gets “Heavy” with robots then we just have to bust out the EMP Bombs ooooor… just nuke everything in sight
Oh… a 100% non-linear single-player campaign for an already great combat engine…? CortexCommand will certainly be my dream game. Keep up the good work please! Big love from Japan!! (and sorry for my bad Eng)
But robots are so delicious! The tree of CC would be succulent indeed if heavy with robots.
delicious, delicious robots
Also, people can perfectly legitimately have no skin. Their muscles would just have to be engineered to be both toxic (to repel disease) and tough (to somewhat repel bullets).
No Featured Friday?
Andy seemed to be overmotivated on his first week.
*Taps computer case.
Devlog?
@LOW.FI
Of course. Most normal men are excited their first week on the job, then realize how much work they’ve just shouldered.
Ahoy!
No pixel physics, but this sounds familiar (and similarly awesome).
That guy has to make it first you know.
I demand chocolate characters which explode into a delicious mess.
Wait, what?
I whole heartedly expect this build to be done by the end of November, and NO LATER!
Before Christmas.
Monday-first!
Wait, that didn’t work.
it’s 01:15 in the morning, MOAR MAILBAG PLS.
another monday comes and goes
I can haz news?
I hope that we have another 2x monday mailbag this week.
—posted on Monday at 3:51PM
Son, i am disappoint.
The devlog is kinda a joke now. I had gotten my hopes up and everything.
1 post every week-and-a-half isn’t cutting it. Data had an excuse (He’s working on the game!), but as the DESIGNATED guy in charge of this, Andy doesn’t…
wow, you guys really are ungratious bastards.
the last 2x monday mailbag came tuesday anyway. i understand being hungry for more info but “HEY ANDY MOAR DEVLOG OR GTFO” is about as respectable as a twelve year old crossdressing prostitute from a well to do family funding a crack habit that started at nine. jesus.
lol geti
Well, part of that metaphor was “respectable”: the well-to-do family. Probably from a family of goats in reality.
Anyhow. Designated != paid; Andy has a very good excuse.
[quote] toxic and tough [/quote]
KIND OF LIKE YOUR MOTHER asgyudawygufsgfshhgfggghythfesh
IT BE TUESDAY AND I NOT SEE NO MAILBAG.
>_>
<_<
No mailbag? Boooo!
Maybe it’s hidden and we must believe it’s there for it to show?
…
…
IT’S NOT WORKIIING, WRRRYYYY
Patience is a virtue.
however if Andy(weasel) says “Monday mailbag once a week It would be good if he did do it once a week… but it seems that when he tries to make good on his statement (like adding a filler from the forum: Epic Moments Thread) you guys complain so much I’m not surprised he doesn’t try to do that every week.
Also: If he could give us a approx. date for next release that would be awesome.
He gave one a while ago, for two weeks. Obviously this was not literally true, but it does say that a new build is imminent, perhaps within the next month.
More like Monday failbag.
I’m going to stab someone in the eye with this bent fork!
DON’T MAKE ME STAB YOU, ANDY!
I nod my head to ZEVN47s statement.
Im not surprised, nor am I overly disapointed:
not even the lumbering behemoth of computer games, Blizzard Entertainment, could ever hope to give a definitive and meaningful answer to two questions a week about a work in progress.
Maybe one question and a piece of filler (funny clip, a poll, piece of artwork) would be more realistic? That would still be a river of information compared to any other project I´ve followed.
Lenny, the way I see it, the problem is getting contact.
If Andy sends Data a word file that has questions without answers, it doesn’t really matter if he has one or ten.
Last week, the Monday mailbag was a nice surprise to wake up and find on Tuesday morning. This week, the lack of one was rather disappointing. Here is some code:
if(mailbag != true)
{
hopes–;
}
I would hope that the following code is more accurate.
while(mailbag=false)
{
workoncortexcommand+=1;
}
else
{
printf(”Monday Mailbag”);
}
while(mailbag==false)
{
workoncortexcommand=workoncortexcommand+1;
communityhappiness=communityhapiness-1
}
else
{
printf(”Monday Mailbag”);
communityhappiness=communityhapiness+1
}
Just to be clear, which language are we using here?
Also, isn’t variable+=1 slightly easier than variable=variable+1, or do some languages not work like that?
I think this is C++ pseudo code.
Ahh. I was assuming C pseudo code. Still. The basic concept is here. Also, disappointing lack of Wednesday Mailbag.
Still, this must mean that the release of B24 ticks ever closer. Right?
B24 is the light at the end of the tunnel… I want an early Christmas present.
Also
Create::Timer(Tick)
FunctionUpdate
If Tick = 1
anticipation = 1
ElseIf Tick = anticipation
if Anticipation = 5000 then
lblDisplay.Text = NEED MONDAY MAILBAG
Elseif Anticipation > 5000
lblDisplay.Text = Maybe next monday
Anticipation = Happyness
If happyness > 1000000000 then
lblHappyOmeter.text = Sad
End if(s)
Yes its a random mixture of C++ Lua and VB2008 and none of it works ^^
if devlog.users:arePosting() then
devlog:mailbagdelay()
elseif not data.hungover or not andy.hungover then
drlparty()
elseif devlog.mailbagdelaycount == 0 then
devlog:postmailbag()
end
way more likely. executed daily.
Well, no Wednesday mailbag either.
I’ll just go play some Left 4 Dead 2 Dem-
Oh NOOOOOOOOOO!
Pfff Ch33n, trying to play a game thats not out yet –
Me on the otherhand is gonna play so much Dragon Ag…
Oh NOOOOOOO!
Nubs, I’m going to play some Team Fortre…
Oh NOOOOOOOO!
…
Wait, what?
Ha Geti Good one
I, on the other hand, am going to play some Starcraft tw…
Oh NOOOOOOOO!
I’m real happy for you, imma let you finish, but Diablo 3 is one of the best not finished games of ALL TIME.
ANDY, I AM DISAPPOINT. Again.
But seriously, this is probably more updates in this month alone than in the past year, possibly year and a half. Let him give us false hope, and then crush it. At least we have some hope, as apposed to when Data was working it.
KANYE JOKE DETECTED.
ABANDON THREAD.
Man the harpoons! We’ll get that white Whale, Andydick
I’ll be happy if the next post is the game update and doesn’t come around until Mid-November to December
Silly Contrary, tricks are for kids.
ANYHOW: IGF submission deadline is in two days.
and YOU know what THAT usually MEANS.
Also, they have the best quality banners this year. A perfectly valid (and most excellent) choice of mascots, one might say.
Mooseral: “and YOU know what THAT usually MEANS”
Yep, rushed new Cortex builds for all! More bugs than you can shake a… shakable thing… at.
@Mooseral: Hahaha… Best “mascots” in a great while
@Duh102: Maybe someone planned ahead and tested before release?
No Friday Update?
Has Andy enlisted and gone off to Afghanistan?
(If so, watch out for those collasping sands Andy!)
Its more likely that they had a DRL party this week and got so drunk they ended up in Afghanistan.
But what if they woke up in vegas?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, my friend.
So they would just stay there? Well, so long devlog.
WHERE ARE THEY????
Why, in Vegas of course
THEY BE GAMBLING WITH OUR MAILBAG!
Why you trippin’ balls, maa-aan.
Don’t worry they won’t get far with the mailbag its only worth about 3souls and 1000000posts
Halloween update perhaps? =(
Doubt it, Halloween isn’t special enough.
Im goona go ahead and be optomistic about this whole thing and assume he’s working hard next to Data on the next build…… maybe
Earliest update will probably be the next Monday/Tuesday Mailbag. Hold out for another day (or two depending on fruity timezones) guys.
Then again, we are talking to CC players here. The majority of us have the attention span of a Jumper and go stir-crazy if something doesn’t blow up every now and then.
Hear, hear, Ragdollmaster.
Maybe it should be “Monthly Mailbag” instead?
More like:
Mailbag. Weasel himself probably doesn’t know when he’ll update the thing. Too busy partying with Data out in Vegas.
Stats:
The latest post relating to the update was #49
This post should be #112
The time between the second latest update and the latest one was 13 days.
The time between the latest update and now is 12 days.
If there is a pattern, we should have another monday mailbag this week.
I think someone assassinated them in Vegas.
Who said that they even went to Vegas? What if they’re in Afghanistan?
We’ve established that they got drunk in Vegas and ended up in Afghanistan somehow. I would assume this pattern would repeat itself every time they partied. Perhaps with different destinations though.
But what if they got high on drugs? And ended up in *gasp* SAN-FRAN SISCO!
Waiting … hurts so much.
On topic: Is that a clone (The neekid one) or some kind of genetic mutant
Build 24 secretly released:
See what you’ve done DRL, reducing men like Alexander to mere trolls.
What have I DOOOOOONE!?!
I clicked the fake link! NOOO!
MY HANDS
THEY ARE MELTING
WHY, ANDY
WRRYYYY!!
Oh, and may I ask;
did he died?
Ragdollmaster & airburst’s theory were wrong…
BURN THEM!
I am but a mere troll drooling at the mouth whilst waiting to feast upon the flesh of the next cortex command build.
Hey, uhh, guys? Cortex Command hasn’t been entered into IGF.
WHAT CAN THIS MEAN?
It means Data is bored of winning awards.
Or he was stuck in Afghanistan during the submission deadline.
As far as I know you can only enter IGF once.
No IGF builds anymore, CC has already won.
Well, more like you can only win once, considering that CC was in the IGF for quite a few years before winning.
Well, yes, sorry, wrong choice of words. You can only win once.
Although technically, you can win more than once within the same year…
Data is with us, as our *ahem* guest.
Don’t expect any new build for the moment, seeing as the only game we’re allowing him to perfect is our national variant of Twister.
I hate to say it, but the infidel can Twist.
I feel that we are not getting any more updates then we usually get, almost none.
News from weasel: Data’s computer broke down.
Well there goes b24.
Also, the neighborhood.
But really? From weasel? I must attempt to find this source… although such things are usually on IRC or some such.
IRC. Vital resource. Weasel is almost always on, ready to answer questions.
There’s soup on my Canadian computer.
That b24 MUST be released soon.
Ouch, hope he had backups. ><
Next update = B24 or Me = >:(
ANDY WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS IT IS ALREADY WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY
HERETIC
HERETIIIIIIC
Bye Bluedrake42. You won’t be missed, since I didn’t know you.
He certainly won’t be missed if you use the Coalition Heavy Sniper Rifle! Buy yours today!
@mooseral: Lulz.
But seriously, if data’s gone, where’s Andy, or anyone for that matter? I’m gonna PM the moderators on the forums and see what they’re up to.
I nearly forgot I buy this game already.
Why is it taking so much time for a team working at full time on it ? (well I think)
I bet they’re making silly weapon scripts, then scrapping them.
[CrazyMLC - November 3rd, 2009 at 10:56 pm
News from weasel: Data’s computer broke down.]
Hope the hard drive survived the explosion.
Who said anything aobut an explosion?
The explosion came from a stray mine while data was searching for a way out of Afghanistan.
@Joe: Data has to approve all my blog entries, so if he’s gone nothing happens
I’m here reading though!
@everyone: Don’t you feel foolish.
We are being watched!
@Andy: Where’s data then?
@Endahs: Check out this picture.
http://i37.tinypic.com/28k3hp3.jpg
I had some friends in CSI help me out.
@DUH102: Because pixels obviously totally work like that.
its the PRINCIPAL of the matter… If Data had a gateway then I will slap him for foolishness… (don’t buy gateway)
also @ duh102 I KNEW IT!
^You mean ‘principle’.
:>
Behold! the vast wasteland that is the devlog, windswept and barren, nothing to satisfy the wandering eye. Except a bunch of posts about how Data got captured by the Taliban… wait, what?! (Grabs kevlar vest and shotgun)
*gets in car and heads to vegas*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SegseAmbOnw
I lol’d
You… can’t be serious.
Well, I guess every man needs some time off… I guess.
But, what if he breaks his neck?!?! There’ll be no more CC, no more epicness, NOBODY ELSE TO WORSHIP!!!!
This is truely frightening. On the other hand, I commend him; I certainly wouldn’t have the balls to do that.
@Andy: are you where he is, or back at the office/laptop/cafe-where-you-guys-work-on-this?
I got shivers just by watching the video.
God damn.
oh hayll to the nah Data.
You best get offa that unicycle fo you bust yo neck.
(or is the Taliban forcing him to do that in vegas?)
With a wait this long, the new post is going to be huge.
Chould be build 24 next post, Im hoping it is.
Let’s hope for the best…
Just imagine; Tomorrow you wake up to find a nice new shiny build of CC impatiently knocking at your door.
Or, nothing at all D:
More likely b24 will come out at Christmas. It’s close enough that Data can afford to do something like that.
Is the mail bag just not big enough for a post answering the mail?
# Andy – # November 6th, 2009 at 12:58 am
@Joe: Data has to approve all my blog entries, so if he’s gone nothing happens
I’m here reading though!
Mailbag x 3 ? At least ask him for a bit more freedom, nothing classified, just something to keep the weekly post going…
Weasel needs to get the info, write a draft, present it to Data, get an okay from Data, finish writing the draft, get art from Prom, and then post it.
Theres a lot that needs to happen for the mailbag to happen.
Needs moar Ronin news.
So basically if Data expects Andy to improve things at all, he should give him non-approved posting rights.
Then, at the least, he could post silly junk from the forums, or further pictures of himself in drag.
Otherwise, it’s pretty redundant to have him as the people-relations-dude-guy; things don’t seem to work out particularly well when having the coder busy means that public relations essentially stops. It ends up being the same situation as before, really.
I agree with Mooseral. I think Andy should require approval for anything that is particularly magnificent or groundbreaking. Anything minor, or unrelated to the game, should not require approval. Of course, this needs to get approved as well…
I agree with both of you
I second the motion!
I third the motion.
I fourth the motion?
I OVER 9000 the motion!
I fifth, sixth, and seventh the motion!
Perhaps someone should do a community blog post on the forums, or some such, with mod news, and the like.
Any takers?
That would be cool, I /would/ do that, but… nah.
Something like that would be good, though.
I’m changing my bookmark to “Cortex Command Non-development Log”
For the record, I eighth that motion.
Also, why does it matter that data’s computer has crashed? Couldn’t they still answer questions? I would hope that they could answer questions about their own game without looking it up…
@Footkerchief
How long have you been here? Three weeks is nothing in comparison to what we used to have to deal with. Six straight months without a build update or even a dev post.
I ninth that motion!
Almost at 200 comments, guys.
I think that’s a record.
Nope. Just checked.
The record is 1122 comments.
Foa is a good spammer.
Man, the speed at which these updates are coming out just blows my mind! I have no time to read them… ;/
His PC hasn’t died, he’s playing MW2.
It’s Wednesday, guys! I CAN FEEL IT COMING TOMORROW.
I CAN FEEEEL IIIIT!
HALLELUJAH EVERYONE, COME ON BOYS AND GIRLS, MEN AND WOMEN, GIVE ME A HALLELUJAH!
*18 hours later*
Screw this religion.
I think that news haven`t updated for a long time.So when will be the next mailbag?
Tomaster is right, compared to the past, the dev log is rather prolific nowadays.
Yeah, but I personally got used to the daily devlog posts for the week or so that it was kept up.
Was this new and improved devlog any more regular than usual? It felt like he had two posts on the same day of the week, then this.
Hahah, I love that data is/was unicycling on a mountain and you guys are bitching about a lack of development. I assume when he gets back data will probably either remove weasel’s restriction or just approve the ten million backlogged entries.
Only a few newer people are bitching, it seems like to me. The majority of us are just passing time.
P.S. Assuming this doesn’t get ninja’d, 200th post.
See, an excellent example of passing time right there.
It should be interesting to hear about the whole unicycling on a mountain thing. I’d imagine it would be connected with the Blurst crew; Data seems to know them, and they have been involved with unicycle shenanigans in the past.
I want to say something clever about programming indie games whilst riding unicycles, but it is late, and there may be a grue, so I shall leave it at that.
I’m going to eat someone whole, digesting them in my stomach.
# Will – # November 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
His PC hasn’t died, he’s playing MW2.
… Well I can’t say I blame him… He must get board in the Taliban Prison
also assuming this doesn’t get Ninjaed 203rd post… which adds to 5… which is a cool number
Or He was sniped by a dummy trooper and weasle escaped.
Clearly the Taliban have brainwashed him of his previous life and rehabilitated him to amuse them with unicycle antics.
Clearly the Talibans that brainwashed him failed half-way as they ran out of OxiClean.
Damn you, heaven. Billy Mays wasn’t ready for the afterlife, he had too much awesome in his blood to liberate our pitiful sins!
Oh dear. I just observed the unicycle video.
FFFFFFFFFFFFF-
This better mean B24 is near completion and that Data is dicking around to build suspense. If not, I think we’ll have to make the Taliban-Vegas scenario a reality.
@CRAZYMLC – could you post the link to the blog with 1122 posts. I would really like to see that.
the Talibans must have him only giving them his new versions!
@AIRBURST – http://www.datarealms.com/devlog/cortex-command/we-are-set-for-campaign-production/
It’s really not that impressive. It was just a metric fuckton of spam.
Even sadder was that was only in one month…
@AIRBURST
@CRAZYMLC
Make that 1123
@ALEXANDER
I do believe, good sir, that the correct number is 1124.
Yo dogz, gotta rais’ dems nombars tah 2000.
Fo sho.
I wonder how many questions weasel has on backlog now.
Well, now I have completed Dragon Age… took 50h, what now?
also assuming this doesn’t get Ninjaed #217 post, SUCK ON THAT!
It seems that this will end up with that dev post having about 900 comments tacked on that have nothing to do with… well, anything.
How is that any different than any other dev log? All we do is A) Speculate on what/where/who Data is doing, or B) spew random bullshit.
I’m bored.
Someone give me a rattle to play with.
Well… I would give you one CH33N but I’m busy working for the CIA. We think Data may actually be a leader in the programming of the terrorist’s website: microsoft.com. Any information on his were abouts would be extremely useful. He is wanted alive so that we can make him finish B24 and end this madness.
@tomaster: True… also The CIA is giving out free… LSD… I mean lollypops you want one?
I sure hope that the absence of mailbags means that B24 is imminent. Though i wont get my hopes up. *crosses fingers*
Weasel said something a while ago about build 24 being out ’round Christmas. Maybe even this month.
@Kzerog: You know, Data’s still in whatever place that was in the Youtube video, odds are (somebody PLEASE say I’m wrong)
@CrazyMLC: God I hope you’re right, not having any news on CC is almost like not having food
I want to explode some brains over Christmas break! I need a fresh build of brain splatter and crushed mangled corpses!
Yeah, releases on actual Christmas day are somewhat the suck; most of the break for most people I know is before, not after, December 25th.
That said, it’s all good, for the most part. The suck is usually relatively small in comparison to the win.
Screw you guys, I’m going to Wolfire.
@CrazyMLC: They count in Valve Time. When they say “This Month”, they mean “In 3 months.”
Actually I was the one who speculated on Christmas. Weasel said “a few weeks” about a month ago, so that’s about right in my reckoning.
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Get out of my head, get out of my head, get out of my head.
AAAAAAAAGH AAAAAH
IT ISN’T RIGHT, IT IS NOT RIGHT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meFTLI0YKrs
*Shakes head*
Now that THAT has left my system.
Moar cowbell?
ಠ_ಠ I am confused why are we watching this?
ಠ_ಠ stolen from “Yay” all rights reserved.
The screams of…
Huh?
Anyway: Back to Data-
All my brotha’s that celebrate Christmas, we must write massive amounts of christmas letters to Santa to overload him with holiday spirit, forcing him to make Data complete B24 faster!!!
That or wait until it’s actually done. Pff. ಠ_ಠ
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lol @zness.
Clearly, by the examples of Wolfire and Bay 12, Data must grow a beard to improve his public relations skill.
We need to choose what moustache he shalt have.
http://www.2beerguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/moustache.gif
@CH33N – I would say the Undercover Brother would do then nicely.
http://www.datarealms.com/devlog/cortex-command/we-are-set-for-campaign-production/
@tomaster:
If you take a look at post #1136, I believe that you will find it is no longer just useless spamming.
Oh, I beg to differ, my good sir. I feel like my IQ has just dropped a few points, from simply reading that. Thanks a bunch, you managed to make someone stupider.
loopy dupe
The posting has ceased! Charge 200!
CLEAR! *BZZZTTT*
NO HEARTBEAT, CHARGE 300!
CLEAR! *BBZZZZTTTT*
We have a pulse, good work people. Good work.
Also.
Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead 2,
Aaaaaaaaaannnddd.
Pew.
This fake name thing is getting pretty popular, eh?
Uh, oh…
I smell greenskins!
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnnnnnng
Sadface, Andy.
Well, seeing as nothing seems to be happening on the Data front, I’m going to make my OWN game!* And advertise on this blog! The audacity!
*no rly
Anyone have any experience with Unity? I’m just starting to mess with it and it seems like a pretty good engine.
WTF~! Their hasn’t been a post in a while. C’mon andy LIE to us atleast
I think I’ll just go download Build 1… then when I go back to B23, it might seem more [{(AWEs0Me)}]
@Cipher
Not experience, per say, but I did look at it a while back, and it does seem pretty good. Why do you ask?
Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2 Assassins Creed 2
Cortex Command 2 Cortex Command 2 Cortex Command 2 Cortex Command 2 Cortex Command 2 Cortex Command 2 Cortex Command 2
Wait a second…
*The spinning -Post- strikes the Devlog in the Update! It flies off in a bloody arc!*
Data needs to add the ability to rip soldiers’ socks off and beat them unconscious with them.
Bonus points: Pull the sock off whilst the boot is still on the foot.
Double bonus points: First, puncture all of their internal organs with a spinning fly. This fly should come from a swarm found near the corpse of dead bear, which was choked to death.
I demand an Andy actor.
Triple Bonus Points: Alow the player to create a switch that would presumably flood the world with magma.
A fuckton of bonus points: Add homocidal elephants. :3
@Petethegoat
Eh, just wanted to get some conversation started I suppose. I was looking for tutorials and found some great ones for Flash developers.
Nothing really =P
*Drums fingers*
So…
Any bets on which day?
Week after friday.
DRL is gone. There’s no one left. We’ve been abandoned!!!!
(jk)
JOSH LIES!
LIES I TELL YOU! BURN THE HERETIC!
So.. we’re getting close to the 5th week without a dev log. ![]()
5 weeks to fix a developers computer? O RLY?
Better than 6 months for Data to come back from the dead and give us something.
Idk… Maybe he had vista? <- below the belt shot at microsoft
JEz ninjaed on a devlog
(Spaghetti caaaat)
I weep for you~,
Spaghetti cat,
(Spaghetti caaaat)
It’s all I can dooooo,
Spaghetti cat,
(Spaghetti caaaat)
To keep from falling apart,
Spaghetti cat,
(Spaghetti caaaat)
Cause you’re breakin’ my heart.
(SPAGHETTI CAT)
@ZEVN47 – Vista_Error: 103 Error buffer overflow – Too many errors encountered. Next error will not be displayed or recorded.
@airburst – Vista_Error: The operation completed sucessfully… THE EFF!?
http://www.notes.co.il/salant/user/funny-vista-error-message.jpg
Well it’s obviously an error, did you really expect the installation to work on the first try?
you guys are never reading this.
Ohoho I am sooo clever ^.^
can anyone tell me how to install mods? like on a mod dump how do you install weapons?