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These things don’t grow on trees – Build 23
Posted by Data in Cortex Command - May 13th, 2009

Yep, it’s out. Here’s a few of the notable additions/changes:

  • Full Lua scripting of any object, not only missions. Documentation here.
  • A lot of added content, most of it is still works in progress though. All kinds of toys to play with!
  • Improved buying menu now displays long item names correctly and more clearly
  • Buy menu Presets can now be made to quickly switch between completely different shipment loadouts!
  • New in-game music by dannyB
  • Several new campaign and skirmish missions in the works.
  • Fixed scene editor making the game not load afterward
  • As always, several months’ worth of general touches and improvements

Again, note that the detailed Lua binding documentation is up! Will be writing a separate post and some tutorials on the scripting soon – this is powerful stuff. Modders can now make nearly anything happen in the game engine, as if they had access to the C++ source!

Download Test Build 23!Download Test Build 23 for Mac OSX!Unlock Cortex Command!

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220 Responses to “These things don’t grow on trees – Build 23”

  1. NoName - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:52 am

    AWESOME.
    Also, first.

  2. Fardale - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:54 am

    YAY! first post both on this thread and on data realms! But immature stuff aside YAY! build 23 is here! Hmm. Maybe i’l just stick to immature, i cant seem to stop…

  3. Seraph - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:54 am

    404 not found…?

  4. Data - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Still uploading… one more minute

  5. Fardale - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Im getting that as well, aww…

  6. Ophanim - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:57 am

    Why would you post before the upload Dan you terrible cruel person.

  7. Tea - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Fuck yeah.

    <3 U DATA

  8. Seraph - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:11 am

    Actually scratch that, sweet jesus it’s good. Whoever put in the RPC has just made this game win so much more.

  9. Simie - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:18 am

    Mac version still not uploaded yet? :(

  10. Tomaster - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:42 am

    I love you Data, thank you times fucking infinity.

  11. Will - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:45 am

    I LOVE YOU DATA!

    I was going to play TF2 but now i need to give this a whirl!
    :D

  12. 411570N3 - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:52 am

    The image for the Windows download is called downloadwin.gif.
    Sort of appropriate, considering.

  13. Kallemort - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:01 am

    Well, uh, cool.

  14. w33n - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:11 am

    Holy shit.

    I checked earlier, zip.
    I checked now, blew my mind.

    Good thing I have the Devlog as one of my startup pages.

  15. Roon3 - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Wow!
    Finally, been waiting for this for a looong time.
    14 New maps and Lua here I come!

  16. Will - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:28 am

    Argh! Giant enemy crab!

    ATTACK ITS WEAKPOINT FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE!!

  17. ngajoe - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:30 am

    Thanks, Data!

    Get some rest!

  18. robolee - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:30 am

    thank you data for the game I am about to play, I wish the list of new stuff was up though :) …heh, always wanting more, the community may never be satisfied.

  19. Warman - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:37 am

    I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
    DOWNLOADING AHHHH.

  20. Warman - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:37 am

    IS THIS A DREAM OR WHAT.

  21. Tea - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:38 am

    This a masterpiece, the best game I’ve ever played.
    That giant crab always makes me jump :P .

  22. ? - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:06 am

    Is the OS X version coming soon? 404 when tried to download

  23. teh somebody - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:08 am

    YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

    This is what I’ve been waiting for, thanks data!!

  24. Will - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Some of the bigger missions get a bit laggy, but that might be my pc haha.

    New favourite thing to do in skirmish:
    Get a Dropship filled to the brim with bombs and go on a bombing run!

    Epic win. :D

  25. Livelikeasam - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:58 am

    OMG the Mac version can’t be found…Nuuuu 404!

  26. gismo - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:58 am

    ohh jeahhh it finaly CAME OUT !!

  27. Durza - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Yays!! How long have we been waiting?

  28. Katie - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:09 am

    Great! I’ll grab my stuff!

  29. Ultric - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:09 am

    You have just made my entire crummy final season. I’d have to say that this was perfect timing.
    Right after most of the players (Meaning, the ones in school) have had their finals and now we can relax and rejoice with some nice peaceful headshots and rockets.
    Aw, heck. I better get my video finished…

  30. zalo - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:11 am

    Yes! I can’t believe it’s finally here!
    It’s been like 7 months! WooHooo!

  31. Dodo - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:24 am

    OMG OMG *faints* o.0

  32. Octyl - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Awesome! Anyone know if the multiplayer glitch where P1 is in and P2 jumping would take you out of sharp aim? It makes my sentries pretty much useles…

  33. Godless - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:59 am

    Look out for the new buildumen. It’s out now !

    (Was saving it.)

  34. T.n - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:03 am

    ************Swoon**************

  35. Livelikeasam - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:12 am

    Mac version up yet? Cannot be found, 404. :(

  36. Monki - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:17 am

    Yeah, what’s with the mac version?

  37. Stargoat - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    …Chainsaw Launcher? Hooooly awesome.

  38. Xtortion - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    Doesn’t work for me.
    Some jazz about sniper shells.
    I hope my framerate isn’t all shitty like last build.

  39. cado - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:51 am

    Where’s the OSX version??? Getting a 404, not found…

  40. Darklink - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Um… Data?

    would you care to explain what Antigravity Chocolate is?
    O_o;

  41. Octyl - # May 13th, 2009 at 9:56 am

    Pretty sure it’s from conkers bad fur day.

    Also can someone tell scancode to hurry the heck up and reset my key, the self reset isnn’t working… D:

  42. Darklink - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:00 am

    then why is it in Cortex Command?

    -_-;

  43. Bloxorz - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Oh God!
    this is awesome shit

  44. Zhukov - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Mac download link: “404 Not Found”

    Oh that’s just cruel. I guess it was too good to be true…

  45. Numgun - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:07 am

    These Lua docs are… amazing. @_@

  46. Flammablezombie/Bladecat4 - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:15 am

    CURE YOU DATA! CURSE YOUUUUUU!!!
    No mac version…
    *Sob*…
    STOP TALKING ABOUT ITTTTT!!!
    I feel so sad now…

  47. Krumbs - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:21 am

    Dammit! The Mac version isn’t working, hope you get it working soon Data.

  48. Tot - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:50 am

    Thank you Data, we all love you.

  49. Data - # May 13th, 2009 at 11:31 am

    Sorry, mac download link now fixed.. was tired.

  50. xhumar - # May 13th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    SOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!

    Thanks again Dan! Don’t forget to look after yourself, those pecs aren’t going to grow by themselves without sleep :)

  51. StapledPuppet - # May 13th, 2009 at 11:47 am

    HELLL YEAHHHH!!!!!!!

  52. Warman - # May 13th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    The console key is still the [~] button for me.
    And my underscore key (they key where you americans have your question mark) is also a console key.

  53. Octyl - # May 13th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    @darklink: Because itès an awesome game, and itès a homage to it.

  54. ARme - # May 13th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    Glad to see you choose the right path for the campaign.
    Kind of old school very addictive.

    Can’t wait to see what’s going to happen in next few days with that Lua driven gameplay !

    I enjoyed that giant crab and every addition weaponry.
    That new digger is way much better to actually “enjoy” digging the ground (I found the others nearly useless).

    Still need to invest a bit more cause this build remind me to install my new CPU Drivers for AMD Athlon 2x Dual core (nice catch, I wonder how you did that…).

    All in all : Thanks for this update ! It’s a thrill !

  55. Requisite - # May 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    WHAT FINALLY

  56. Akuryo - # May 13th, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    POST 54 OMG! FINALLY!

  57. Ziron - # May 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Data…really kicks a lamas butt Thanks Data!

  58. Tea - # May 13th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    Data, does the MegaCrab have any custom ai behaviours?

  59. cado - # May 13th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    THANKS!

  60. NDyA - # May 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    Finally =)

    I was waiting my ass long enough

  61. Control - # May 13th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Oh shit oh shit oh shit.

  62. PlasmaNova - # May 13th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Sweet!!! now if only I wasnt downloading at 13 kb per second…

  63. Chineseboy17 - # May 13th, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    I had a feeling this was going to come out sometime this week. Good show!

  64. NDyA - # May 13th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Hmmm, the download is really slow now that everybody started downloading this. Have You Data tought of distibuting it through bittorrent? It would be damn more faster on release day and your servers wouldn’t have such load.

  65. TFSR - # May 13th, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    0 0 FUCKYEAH
    ______________________ SLOW DOWNLOAD BUT
    | | FUCKYEAH!
    \__________________/

  66. Nukes-for-all - # May 13th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    New Build!?!
    =D
    so besides Lua on guns what else is new?

  67. Tendrop - # May 13th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    Data, i feel compelled to buy some drl merch ^^

  68. 'Ard Bob - # May 13th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    OH SHIT!

  69. John_Bowe - # May 13th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Downloading at 10 kb per second. Good god.

  70. Azukki - # May 13th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    Of course it would be just before finals and on the morning I don’t check the dev log.

    Hmm, spoil the surprise of the new stuff by looking in forums, or go find something to do while it downloads?

  71. whitty - # May 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    FUCK YES

  72. Reed1000 - # May 13th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    If this is a dream I don’t want to wake up

  73. L7D - # May 13th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    YAYYYY

  74. Person - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    The download was quite slow for me so I uploaded to MU.
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YCN05ARF

  75. whitty - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    i get a BSOD (black screen of death) if i try to play ANY maps…. I cant play :’(

  76. Data - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    Whitty.. do a clean reinstall of the game and let us know if it still happens.

  77. Mooseral - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    AWESOME SAUCE.

    Also, still downloading. But still AWESOME SAUCE.

    This should be interesting to play around with. Both the game, and the pile of new mod-y stuff.

    Woohoo

  78. BananaFort - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    This is delicious!
    Yes! YEEESSS!!

  79. Anonymus - # May 13th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    IT TAKES FOR EVER, DOWNLOADER SAID UNKNOWN DONE TIME, IT DOWNLOADS AT 12 KB IF LUCKY!
    WTF.
    MORE DOWNLOAD PLACES,
    Can someone upload to like filefront
    or any other site?
    Like
    http://www.Filesmelt.com

    Anywhere please?
    I want to play but nooo slow download.

  80. lafe - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    Dammet, the one day i dont check the dev log for it, it gets reliased.

    the only thing more delicious than this is world of goo

  81. GooCorp - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Uh Data? I seem to be getting a black screen whenever I try to load a mission or skirmish. B22 and the IGF build had never given me this type of trouble so I’m kinda assuming it has to do with B23. Is there anything I could do so that I can actually play?

  82. SunnyKatt - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Awesome, I’ll wear my cortex command t-shirt tomorrow to support you guys and your awesome game. I’ve called all my friends and they are downloading it too – god it is taking long, your site is all clogged with the fans. :(

  83. nnninja - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    WOOOOOOOOOO! Finaly!

  84. Blarg - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    omg omg omg YESH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  85. Domtech - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    CAN IT HAS BE? BUILD 23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  86. Tark - # May 13th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    Why the fuck is it downloading so fucking slow.

  87. lafe - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    1.2 hours )X
    and interupted

  88. Shard - # May 13th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    YES YES YES!
    That means one thing… CROBOTECH.

  89. Data - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    We’re working on getting the files hosted in a more powerful cloud.. have patience.

  90. some dude - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    YAY!!

  91. Whatsup245 - # May 13th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    YESSSSS.

    FINALLY. ILY DATA.

  92. Nigiri - # May 13th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    So, when is build 24 coming out? :)

    J/K… thanks so much!

  93. Keiseth - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Excellent work, Data Realms! I drink to you!

  94. Azukki - # May 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    Despite the rocket splice sprite, that train on the station level is awesome. It should be a craft that you can ride in that opens every time it stops, though.

  95. Quwe - # May 14th, 2009 at 12:17 am

    WOOOO this is awesome

  96. ramonimbao - # May 14th, 2009 at 12:17 am

    OH MY GOD! IT’S BUILD 23!!! :D

  97. Mooseral - # May 14th, 2009 at 12:25 am

    So far, it refuses to start on one computer, stating that “The application configuration is incorrect”, as it puts it… It’s an oldish computer that I’ve only been using for the past week or so though, so it might be a problem external to CC.

    It’s weird though, because B22 did work on this machine, and B23 still does not work after a re-install. More science tomorrow.

    Works pretty well on my laptop though, if perhaps a bit slower than B22. It seems like each build gets a bit slower. Out of curiosity, what kind of computer is CC being developed on? What are the specs of Data’s computer?

  98. Talamus - # May 14th, 2009 at 12:29 am

    WooHoo!!!

  99. w33n - # May 14th, 2009 at 12:39 am

    At first it didn’t overwrite the old CC folder, so I was like, “WTF?!”.

    So I un-installed it and entered the code in the new build, shit looks so pro.

    By the way, how are you going to make missions in the future?
    Like, are they all avaible from start, or visible, or do you have to unlock them?

  100. Warman - # May 14th, 2009 at 1:49 am

    Presets are only for one match I hear.

  101. BenDy557 - # May 14th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    this is a great improvement on B22, good work data =D

    i lolled when i played the crab level:P

    i need to get a new computer because the bigger levels kill my computer =/

  102. w33n - # May 14th, 2009 at 4:35 am

    @ Warman

    You be right. Unfortunately.

  103. w33n - # May 14th, 2009 at 5:37 am

    Oh right, shameless advertising.

    http://w33nmedia.tk
    Do it, I know you want to.

  104. KarlAres - # May 14th, 2009 at 6:13 am

    I like the new features, unfortunately the framerate is going unpleasantly low.

  105. Spacepope - # May 14th, 2009 at 8:33 am

    Omg this is shit

    /hypocritical unfunny joke mode Off.

  106. shadow717 - # May 14th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    I came. I just got back today and I see this. Thanks data.

  107. Lucax - # May 14th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    The giant crab popup is hillarious!
    Missions rock!
    Damnit, excelent work! Though the new content seem to eat a LOT of my CPU.

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  109. Warman - # May 14th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    W33N your site is OUT OF ORDER.
    But it says I should stay tuned lolool

  110. a10050 - # May 14th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    OH MY FREAKING GOD, my prayers have been answered! This scared the crap out of me when i came onto the site, completely unexpected. The beginning of a new renaissance of modding is today!

  111. Reggas Ritzun - # May 14th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I would buy the normal (not support, can’t afford) full game if there’s a Linux version easily installable on Ubuntu (deb or uncompressable).

    Thanks.

  112. Bullion - # May 14th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    It’s beautiful @_@

    *dies*

  113. 2DArray - # May 14th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    DannyB is super awesome–He wrote the music for Spewer, and did a great job. I had no idea he was working on CC as well, so kudos to him.

  114. robolee - # May 14th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    warman you are right about the presets only lasting one match, restarting clears them too

  115. Sarah - # May 14th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    It’s about F’N time, beotches. Try not to wait so F’N long next time. Get off your lazy a55e5 once in a while and work. We are paying customers.

  116. GUNREVO - # May 14th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    This build finally pushed me to buy it.
    So long demo version, hello playing CC for hours!

  117. TheClamV2 - # May 14th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    RPC is absoloute shit because numgun touched it
    but the c4 is nice
    is nice

  118. Bumble - # May 14th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Hey Data, the new build blackscreens with (parts of) mods loaded. I’m not sure what it is, but I think it has to do with menu items. If you have new bunker mods, it blackscreens before loading. If you have new bombs, you can load up a map but when you switch to ‘bombs’ it will blackscreen again. Hope this helps.

  119. FoxyWoxy - # May 14th, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    First of all, this build is amazing. I LOVE the missions and I LOVE the chainsaw launcher (that thing is AWESOME).

    But I noticed something weird in the last “Assault the dummy base” mission. It appears that the dummies are actually trying (and after a rather long time succeeding) to destroy their own brain. I never made it to the brain myself, but won anyway because they managed to commit suicide (by digging there through the concrete no less).

    What is up with that? o.o

    ALL HAIL THE MOTHERCRAB!

  120. waloumi - # May 15th, 2009 at 5:56 am

    OMGOMGOMGOMG

    Cool.

  121. name - # May 15th, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    it keeps saying it didint install correctly i tried reinstalling 3 times:(

  122. Hangover - # May 16th, 2009 at 7:43 am

    YAY, build 23!! Or not…

    I’m sorry, but everytime CC gets updated, i get an error. So i deleted my CC folder, and tried reinstalling it. Didn’t work:

    Abortion in file .\System\Reader.cpp, line 531, because:

    Reffering to an instance (’Tut Up-Right Corner’) to copy from that hasn’t been defined! in Tutorial.rte/Scenes/Tutorial Bunker.ini at line 10!

    The last frame has been dumped to ‘abortscreen.bmp’

    Now what the hell did I do wrong this time!?

  123. 'Ard Bob - # May 16th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    sounds like some files are missing Hangover, I’d try d/loading the installation file again, even though it takes ages

  124. sock - # May 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am

    umm anyone else get the error
    abortion in file .\system\reader.cpp ;ine 530

    couldnt match property in
    Base.rte/scenes/objects\bunkermodules/bunkermodules.ini at line 465?
    how do i fix it?

  125. sock - # May 16th, 2009 at 11:13 am

    also tried to do // to ignore it so i could at least play but it also made me do lines 762 796 and probably a couple more in the scripted.ini file…

  126. Raintail - # May 16th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    yay! I’ve been waiting for like, a month! sound awesome.

  127. Raintail - # May 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Ok, it wont let me open the file. This is what I keep getting:

    NSIS Error

    Installer integrity check has failed. Common causes include
    incomplete download and damaged media. Contact the
    installer’s author to obtain a new copy.

    More information at:
    http://nsis.sf.net/NSIS_Error

    Just a heads up, I tried everything that site tells me to do.

  128. Will - # May 16th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Btw i found the giant enemy crab’s weakpoint!

    Hit it right above its leg joint with a Dummy Grenade Launcher round.

    Bye bye mothercrab. >:D

  129. Divreus - # May 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    I came for mods,but instead I found much more…

  130. J23 - # May 16th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    I came.

    Thanks alot, Data!

  131. Crystavus - # May 17th, 2009 at 1:52 am

    I have 10-15 FPS in this game, and this is so slow… I have 1.4 ghz, 1 gb ram and radeon 9550 (128 mb) :F Any1 can help me?

  132. Hangover - # May 17th, 2009 at 3:59 am

    @ ‘ard bob

    I already tried that, it didn’t work :(

  133. Raintail - # May 17th, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Disregard my last post, I fixed it :P

  134. Frenzy95 - # May 17th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    Umm does anyone know why this message keeps coming up.
    this appliscation has failed to start because the application configuration is inccorect.

    ive Tryed downloaded it again and it still dont work can see someone help plz.

  135. BingWing - # May 17th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    Truley worth the wait. Love the new weapons and maps.

    I do miss the heavy flammer and the old heavy sniper. I was expecting a bit more to be done with maginot too but none the less a truely impressive build.

    Keep up the good work. :)

  136. Brian - # May 17th, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    @119

    I stood still and the giant crap just jumped off the left side of the screen! :P

  137. Sirus - # May 18th, 2009 at 2:10 am

    I’m kinda new to the whole Cortex Command thing. Should I uninstall B22 first? Will my downloaded mods be safe? What about registering the new build? Help please, I really want to check this thing out :(

  138. ? - # May 18th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    I have a windows laptop and it wont work for me. Keeps saying the configuration is incorrect.
    Help?

  139. Gompasta - # May 19th, 2009 at 2:31 am

    Punch your computer and everything will be fine.

    No more errors for ANYTHING

  140. Zerevor - # May 19th, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    o gawd o gawd o gawd

    DO WANT

  141. BadBoy - # May 20th, 2009 at 5:49 am

    Looks very sexy
    thumbs up x]

  142. coilgunner - # May 20th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    FGSFDS

    Yes, I can’t wait
    :D DDD

  143. Purple - # May 20th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    It freezes when I go to the buy menu.

  144. the4runner - # May 21st, 2009 at 6:43 am

    purple, you have a mod that needs its name shortened. if you take off each mod and test, you’ll find the mod through trail and error, or you could guess, just make sure that long names are no longer then say… 10 characters without spaces?

  145. Bluedrake42 - # May 21st, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    This is the best looking, but worst running update
    none of the larger maps get very good fps AT ALL
    the slow mo makes it more tolerable, and at times fun
    but its less fun knowing that its because its not running well
    and I have a 4 gig ram 3800+ AMD Duo processor XFX GSO 9600 Nvidia card rig… if I can run far cry 2 on high I should be able to run 30 of these with no fps problems, I don’t want to be a downer, but it seems like each build is working less and less well on my computers

  146. Malrauko - # May 21st, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    I thought the basic download was good but all this new stuff is pretty sweet. Keep up the good work because theres not enough games like this available.

  147. AzMiLion - # May 21st, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    Downloading,
    Now where did i leave that key :)

  148. CussinSk33t3r - # May 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    I’ve made sure I’ll never loose my CC key…
    I wrote it down on the desk under my keyboard. Genius, no?

  149. ban885 - # May 22nd, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    data when did you come up with this cortex command

    :-) its cool

  150. build 23 - # May 23rd, 2009 at 9:09 am

    i cant play its really pissing me off i get the black screen of death

  151. Alex - # May 23rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    Yay thanks

  152. Barney - # May 24th, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    Data should make a killer barney faction!

  153. FoxyWoxy - # May 26th, 2009 at 6:01 am

    Forgive me, oh bringer of the Mothercrab, but what of the AI-abnormality I mentioned earlier?

  154. 'Ard Bob - # May 26th, 2009 at 8:03 am

    @ Hangover: Gutted mate

  155. Hangover - # May 27th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Ok, i seriously want my money back now!

    I have deleted the whole CC folder, tried uninstalling, tried editing the code (only to find 100 more errors), reinstalling, redownloading, now I’m tired of trying -.-

    Mah money please!

  156. tons0phun - # May 27th, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Multiplayer.

    That is all.

  157. Jangorulz - # May 27th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    Oh good lord, i think i shit a brick. B23 ♥

  158. FoxyWoxy - # May 27th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    Hangover: No U! >.>

    It sounds like you have:

    a. An incomplete un-installation followed by a new installation, try deleting not only the files, but also the registry entries.
    b. Some extraordinary wacky directory in which it is installed.
    c. Have in some other ingenious way managed to hurt the computer, in which case u no whine >.>

  159. Gilbs - # May 27th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    Puh, timed demo mode… Guess it’s time to buy. :)

  160. Kiwi - # May 29th, 2009 at 11:55 am

    I’m having trouble with mods they don’t work for me anymore any suggestions?

  161. KarvaBopi - # May 30th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Sounds good, but not gonna download beacuse my craptastic computer wont run it >.>

  162. Woose1 - # May 31st, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Craptastic computer? KILL THE HERETIC!

  163. Shard - # May 31st, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    Download it anyway, your craptastic computer will just have to suffer.

  164. KarvaBopi - # June 1st, 2009 at 9:22 am

    Nah, ill just wait that i get a new comp and that someone buys me CC as a gift or something…

  165. Kiwi - # June 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Figured out my problem, have to download straight to desktop then put it in the CC folder, if registered please tell the people with mod problems to do this if theirs does not work.

  166. Hangover - # June 2nd, 2009 at 7:09 am

    Foxywoxy: Sorry to sound noobish, but how do i delete the registry files?

  167. FoxyWoxy - # June 2nd, 2009 at 7:39 am

    Go to start -> run -> type “regedit” and press enter.

    In the opened window do a search for Cortext Command (ctrl+f to open the search).

    Then delete anything you can find. Delete all folders and all files, but be careful not to delete anything else. If the folder contains more than just the cortex command data, leave it alone and just delete the file.

    Make sure you uninstall CC first.

  168. KarvaBopi - # June 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 am

    What registry files O.o ? i just uninstalled CC because it lagged too much on my comp to be enjoyable, do i need to delete some registry files also to get it completely off from my computer ?

  169. KarvaBopi - # June 2nd, 2009 at 10:18 am

    Oh, you guys are talking about hangovers not working copy of cc and he should delete reqistry files to get it working bla bla bla.

  170. Kiwi - # June 2nd, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    I’m experiencing lag in multiplayer in the beginning for no apparent reason, we will be setting base and it will just slowly start lagging, any suggestions?

  171. Kiwi - # June 2nd, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    Also, it worked fine in B22 just in 23 it decides just to lag, no clue why

  172. Kiwi - # June 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    I reinstalled an now they look like their on crack(moving 10x faster than normal) I’ll reinstall again and see what happens.

  173. FoxyWoxy - # June 3rd, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    I have also noticed that the game moves a LOT faster when the levels are small with few actors. Too bad, because I enjoy the speed I get in the bigger levels more. Fluent, but with some time for deliberation.

  174. KarvaBopi - # June 4th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    So, if i use the uninstaller, i get it completely out of my system ?

  175. Tomaster - # June 5th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    Did Hiro eventually leave us? I was looking back at the old devlog posts, and it seems like he was pretty active awhile ago.

  176. Krumbs - # June 7th, 2009 at 6:43 am

    I love this game.

  177. trolley - # June 7th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    @150,
    Dear lord i hope so

  178. realfear - # June 8th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    good job cortex always surprising us with more and more stuff

  179. Arkane - # June 9th, 2009 at 2:37 am

    Yeah, this game is very cool!!!

  180. Azukki - # June 10th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    The background on the front page is gone and replaced with black.
    Is it being replaced?

  181. Tomaster - # June 10th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    @Azukki
    Huh? It seems normal to me.

  182. Josh - # June 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    DAS W00T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS l337 UPDATE

  183. Josh - # June 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    OMFG IT FUCKED MY GAME UP

  184. Josh - # June 11th, 2009 at 8:17 am

    NVM its all cool, i just need 2 put it in another folder cuz the old exe. file wont go away so i need a new folder, thn every thing works fine

  185. wong 戎 - # June 11th, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Just Cool!
    喜欢=like!

  186. Natti - # June 12th, 2009 at 1:33 am

    Awesome! This is the best game i know! My main computer is under construction so i need to wait a while to get playing…

    @Tomaster
    Me too. It’s just normal. Not black.

  187. tatogame - # June 12th, 2009 at 4:33 am

    IMMACHARGIN MAH NEW AWES0ME BUILD!

  188. Azukki - # June 15th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    It got restored to it’s previous state within a matter of hours, so it’s insignificant.

    So, it has been a month, and I think that’s enough to start wondering about B24. Anything neat you can mention already? Maybe Lua application to attached objects, such as in-hand devices? That would be great.

  189. Tomaster - # June 15th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Detachable brains? Like, slap that brain in or on a Heavy Coalition?

  190. Azukki - # June 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Optional velocity inheritance for emitters’ emissions, and X-Flip with parent for emitters?
    Those would be great too.

  191. Mark - # June 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    I was going through the wiki and I saw a crapload of typos’. I’ll try fixing them when I get home from school, seeing as my school is banned from editing pages on wikipedia.

  192. Mark - # June 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    Nevermind, It’s not wikipedia :V

  193. Mooseral - # June 21st, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Actually, for a b24, even just some bug fixing and polishing might be fine. The pressure does not necessarily need to go fully to Data to update stuff; I’d welcome a few minor changes, like removing the acid shells. Also, I heard something about different sprites for the brain bot. And are presets supposed to wipe after every match?

    Also the explosives; it might be a godsend to everyone with slower computers to nerf the fire on the napalm weapons, and remove it wholly from the C4. The vanilla content itself, and not the game engine, is causing significant lag/luls at the moment, so it in itself might deserve a release.

    Plus, it may or may not appease fans, and give Data a break from surely oncoming WHY IS UPDAAET NOT HEAR bandwagons.

  194. Tomaster - # June 22nd, 2009 at 10:12 am

    Does C4 actually explode like napalm? I thought it just exploded without fire.

  195. SWPhantom - # June 24th, 2009 at 12:38 am

    Windows Vista 64 bit crash during splitscreen 2-player games when one or more players uses pie menu to attempt to access buy sub-menu. NO GOOD. PLZ HALP

    This is not an exceptional problem. It happens every time I run the game.

  196. Mooseral - # June 25th, 2009 at 11:38 am

    Actual C4 is quite a clean explosion from what I understand; much of the detonation goes into the shock wave, with relatively little fire involved in comparison to some explosives.

    CC C4 explodes in a piddly little explosion that can’t take out a door even, from what I can remember. It also spews napalm all over the place for no apparent reason. It’d probably be far less laggy and more useful if it was just a heavy remote detonated explosive.

  197. Tomaster - # June 27th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    Make it detonate and just obliterate everything on one side of it within a certain radius?

  198. Mooseral - # June 30th, 2009 at 1:32 am

    Nah, at least not using the MOSrotating stuff we have right now for that. The problem with indiscriminately deleting a certain geometrically-shaped chunk of terrain is that it is not physically “realistic”; that’s the kind of stuff you’d expect to see in Worms, not so much CC. (also, are you thinking of a shaped charge? those are quite different from C4, but also useful)

    I’d also welcome some other alternatives from two methods we have right now for detonations (MOSrotating, pile o’ [laggy] pixels), but for now, I’m cool with a brick of C4 that works kinda sorta like a brick of C4.

  199. Godinys - # July 4th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    yeah awesome build:) lots of changes(that perfected the game a bit), new factions, weapons, grenades, actors, more skirmish maps :) , more missions… very good!
    btw when b 24 will be launched?

  200. Random - # July 4th, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    How many months has it been since we last got an update? 1 i think i donno i cant remember

  201. BerkleyJ - # July 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Almost 2 months with no update…

  202. ass - # July 7th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    niggers

  203. Sixteen - # July 7th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Be patient. Two months is a pretty short time for a new build. We waited about a year between 18 and 19. Think of it as the longer it takes between builds, the more stuff will be added.

  204. W0w00t - # July 7th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    i want a fudge flying crab that shoots lasers

  205. Mooseral - # July 8th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    HEY HEY DATA IS IN A NEWS!
    http://tigsource.com/articles/2009/07/08/2010-independent-games-festival-opens-submissions

    If that is a real banner, then win.

  206. Tomaster - # July 8th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    @Moosereal
    I think I meant a shaped charge.

  207. Mooseral - # July 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Yeah, we could use some of those too. Blowing tidy holes in things is healthy & fun!

  208. Will - # July 15th, 2009 at 4:59 am

    Any new updates?
    I don’t want a new build, i just want to know what is happening with the game. :)

  209. Reed1000 - # July 15th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    About 2 months and no update. Like Will said I’m not looking for a new build, I just want to know if data is even still alive/still working. This no update stuff is reminding me of Valve and Data doesn’t have the cred in my opinion to get away with it, not without ‘a lot’ of people getting pissy and turning away a large number of potential buyers and that’s really not a good idea for him or his game

  210. BadBoy - # July 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Yeah…
    I need some news 2…
    pls data… go on and post some new stuff <3

  211. Spacepope - # July 18th, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Data left Cortew command a while ago.

  212. asdf - # July 18th, 2009 at 10:37 am

    OH NO
    NOT CORTEW COMMAND
    I LOEV THAT GAEM

  213. KamikazeDuck - # July 18th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    That’s a relief, maybe now he can devote more time to CorteX Command…

  214. Mooseral - # July 19th, 2009 at 1:00 am

    NEXT PROJEXT: CORE TOOG KOMMANDO

    WIT MOAR PIXELS, MOAR PROJEXTS

  215. SebbyTheFreak - # July 29th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Haha… tried this game a year ago, found it pretty cool but lacking, decided to buy it today…

    sadly im on a new computer and for X reason it doesnt open at all.

    I’m sad.

  216. H.S - # August 9th, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    I have found a bug in the latest build. This might already have come to your attention, but if a medic/drone hits the ground hard enough he’ll go into it. This happens with most players, but with the drones if you try to move he falls through the ground and disappears off the bottom of the map as if it weren’t there. I hope this information is of value to you.

    ^READ THIS^

  217. Cody - # August 11th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

    I just fired up this game for the first time in months(I’ve been swamped with work and other things), and I ended up playing for hours without being able to stop. I had forgotten how much fun this game is. It has to be one of the best games I have ever played.

  218. birdy - # September 28th, 2009 at 10:43 am

    I dont know if this is a bug, but u can take enemies in your crafts, fly away, and sell them.

    Great game…

  219. ToadMan667 - # November 12th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    It’s not a bug. It’s a fully-intended feature.

  220. happy crotchman - # January 4th, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    i know your real busy data,but would you mind giving the public a little info on build 24’s release date? or at least an estimate?

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