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Bugs and fixes / Runtime Error
« on: January 17, 2014, 02:23:12 AM »
When I load Chaotic Swarm Multibot the program gets a time out.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: September 08, 2008, 09:05:32 AM »
Quote from: Peter
Quote from: Numsgil
North America is huge and sparsely populated compared to Europe, so I think the extra oil consumption has to do with driving from point A to point B.  In Europe things are more densely packed, so you end up driving less during the day.  That's my guess anyway.  It's not like Americans are sitting outside and just burning oil drums for fun.
Could be, I am no expert.
Ah I've got a link Dutch wikipedia I couldn't find the numbers in the english version. Well Duitsland means Germany . The rest of the countries speak for themself.
I don't know if the extra oil usage has to do with transport. But in if you compare the numbers from 1990 towards 2004 you see that america and china are using more oil and europe and Japan are using globally the same.

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Also in Europe you have the best mass transit possible, you can take a train if need be for very cheap, in the states its cheaper to drive even with crappier gas prices than before. They cut all social funding since McCarthy got in and still have, damn Communists.
Japan has the best mass transit, nobody in the world doubts that. I can't really say taking a train here would be cheap. Most taking a train where students that got a free train-bus-pas. Without students almost nobody would take the train.

Crappier gas prices, in america you've got one of the lowest gas-prices in the world. Use google if you don't believe me.

cut all social funding = damn communists  ??

Communists don't cut social funding they are increasing it the whole time, damn communists.

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..ou get down to the level of families.  Do they have to pay rent?  Or are families just assigned housing based on their needs?), but I think the average worker produces more than they cost (the Chinese economy is net exporting, IIRC), which means they have an inflow of cash (probably lots of American Dollars), which means, from a strictly fiscal point of view, more people = more money.
I doubt the Chinese goverment would be doing everything for it people. In certain places there are free zones for the economy, where capitalism can build factories and build stores. China is slowly more growing to a somewhat more capitalism state. Maybe they are somewhat overcontroling.
And the Chinese (the goverment atleast) are spending a lot of money on various things. They build a maglev-railroad, build a lot of new roads, builded a complete olympic station, build a nucleair fusion reactor, building new cities like it is nothing. This money for a big part dollars, is in my view even taking the value of the dollar down. There is coming much 'Chinese' dollars at the market. The chinese goverment is the last years taking budget deficiouts and still they have enormous dollar reserves.

In some areas taht recieve little assistance, the wages are only 2-3$ above the gas prces, so the difference is minimal. I think in Europe its what, 4-5$ a liter, and you earn 15-20$ with three-four week vacations every so often. THen you have Zimbabwe where everyone is multi-billionares and it costs millions for a can of beans.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 22, 2008, 03:52:21 PM »
Quote from: Peter
Oil Consumption by capita.
(dated 2004)Totals there too. Amirica first.
Canada and USA are using the most oil per capita of the big countries. Before some 'smaller' countries and oil producing countries.

China is at this list ranked as 125#, Canada and USA standing 13# and 15#. Most european countries are clearly using less, coming from harsh energie policies in europe, I don't think north america is familiair with CO2-tax or buying CO2 rights.
I didn't knew that it would involve that major differences. North america is just using more then double of the oil per capita.
Using more then 14 times that of china, imagine china using as much per capita. Imagine the oil price.

#13     Canada:   71.712 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2004 ...   
#14     Aruba:                70.707 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2004 ...   
#15     United States:   70.593 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2004 ...


#46     France:               32.362 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2005 ...   
#47     Italy:               32.333 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2004 ...   
#48     Germany:   32.115 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2004 ...   
#49     Portugal:   31.613 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2004 ...   
#50     Denmark:   31.573 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2005 ...   
#51     United Kingdom:   30.534 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2004 .
(just took the biggest countries, there are some countries higher and others lower in europe)

#128     China:   5.009 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl    2005 ..


Taking down the earth would really kill global warming. How can a ball be blue when there is no ball.

facts and figures can be used to prove anything. For one China needs to start killing ppl off to balance their budget. Also I never trust any fact or figure presented by the Chinese GOvernment as honest by any means.

Also in Europe you have the best mass transit possible, you can take a train if need be for very cheap, in the states its cheaper to drive even with crappier gas prices than before. They cut all social funding since McCarthy got in and still have, damn Communists.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 21, 2008, 09:17:42 PM »
wo might as well make the follow up to the NAMBLA. part 2, finishing america. couldnt shoot the sun, but when you take down  the core the earth implodes.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 21, 2008, 04:23:00 PM »
Quote from: Numsgil
Yeah, but they've got a fifth of the whole world's population in there (well, not Beijing specifically)

their farts alone outpace american's by a lot.

edit: also the Americans had Al Gore funding the project, so it was vital to Green Peace not to disrupt American money at home.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 21, 2008, 01:54:56 PM »
Quote from: Numsgil
Yes, I am curious, too.  China wouldn't be my first pick.

Per person, I think Canada is the biggest polluter.  There are places where it's so cold when you run in to see a movie or something, you just leave your car running so it won't freeze.

Bejiong's had a cloud of smog for 20 years now, and its thkcer tahn anywhere on the planet.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 21, 2008, 08:53:18 AM »
Quote from: Peter
Quote from: gymsum
Quote from: Numsgil
Maybe a horror game with NAMBLA instead of zombies.  You're a little kid and your goal is not to get sexed.
NAMBLA is term Jon Stewart uses for evey ancronym; I used it as a mission name for Green Peace, the objective was to prevent global warming. You ran around with a gun and flame thrower shooting emissions and blowing up things taht caused global warming.
Eh, like your flamethrower?


THe flamethrower made the global temp rise slightly, less than the effect of the airports or factories in china.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 20, 2008, 11:02:45 PM »
Quote from: Numsgil
As in the Daily Show on Comedy Central (in the US anyway)?

Yeah...  It's funny because he's referencing that association.  It's the butt of a lot of jokes.  There was a South Park about the National Association of Marlon Brando Look Alikes being confused with it (hence the funny).  I find it increasingly hilarious that you'd use it for the name of a game without knowing what it meant
North American Man boy Love Association...

I posted it on the internet once, Green Peace Project NAMBLA; it recieved a 2/10 adn was then banned and deleted from the site. It was a physics final, with no man boy loving involved.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 20, 2008, 06:30:49 PM »
Quote from: Numsgil
Maybe a horror game with NAMBLA instead of zombies.  You're a little kid and your goal is not to get sexed.
NAMBLA is term Jon Stewart uses for evey ancronym; I used it as a mission name for Green Peace, the objective was to prevent global warming. You ran around with a gun and flame thrower shooting emissions and blowing up things taht caused global warming.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 20, 2008, 02:53:27 PM »
Quote from: Numsgil
Spore... hasn't been released yet.  In fact it's got a lot of hype right now, it releases in about a month.  The creature editor is available for download free right now, actually.

NAMBLA?  Not sure if that's a game I'd want to play.

Here's a simple question: is your project larger in scope than Spore?  Because spore took like 7 years to develop and cost, well, I think it's the most expensive game ever produced, ever, IIRC.

Its going to be more Universe Creation focused, adn its goign to be released in patches so we can add more features in the future should we choose to.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 20, 2008, 08:32:38 AM »
Quote from: Peter
Quote from: Numsgil
I'm still biting my tongue.  Karma points +5 for me
Indeed, so much open doors. I sense even more doors that will be opened.

Quote from: gymsum
what gives?

We're not using Dark basic...
What does the language matter?  


But it is now an galaxy-MMORTS, if I understand this right.
How do you care with people logging out. You can't keep a empire unguarded.

Edit: He, I saw just this.
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hopefully we can keep a dedicated programmer for the entire project, he woudl be the best paid member with the royalties
The members get paid. Will you pay them now or are you going to pay after the game is finished with the profits of the game-sales.

And further, it is not your first project, what was your first project. Is this your first team or isn't it.


Lan guage matters because some cant handle things; for example for this to be in QBasic would be rediculous, the graphics couldnt handle anything.

Im not sure you guys fully understand, its only multiplayer when fighting species against otehr human made spexcies. Its single Player until you can even go to the next part of the game..

This is a first for teams; I've done simpler projects such as NAMBLA, lame 2d shooter I built for Physics. I know SPore exsisted but I think it turned into a turd.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 19, 2008, 10:24:57 PM »
Quote from: Numsgil
I'm still biting my tongue.  Karma points +5 for me

what gives?

We're not using Dark basic...

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 19, 2008, 07:47:20 PM »
Quote from: Peter
Well, I'll try to keep quiet.

But, you know this is big right. You know that putting this though well, this could cost time. You've got to keep a team together.

Chance this is going wrong is pretty big.

But anyway, 3D, MMO, big complicated, your first project?? I hope not.

Not my first project; but its a new team. We've got two programmers now and only one knows C++, the other's willing to learn. I'm heading game design with another guy. We have our outline for the Engine and are still putting it together, most likely it will take two years and possible more than one team; hopefully we can keep a dedicated programmer for the entire project, he woudl be the best paid member with the royalties. But we do want DB to recieve acknowledgement for original design on the ideas within the mutations and such, I think DB was the first free engine to provide fully functioning dna simulation.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 18, 2008, 01:17:42 PM »
Quote from: Peter
Quote from: gymsum
Right, a team I've assembled is now working on quite a project; as part of the project we've decided to include a genetics engine similiar to the DB engine, only without as many textual commands. We are going to use 4 simple codons to program all ai for the game.

I dont mean to advertise this game, but merely wanted the DB makers to know that I intend on using the concept of DB in Sandob Universe: http://sandboxuniverse.freeforums.org

Enjoy.
Only 4 commands? Im a pleased to know how.

1 reproduces (most important)
2 move
3 see
4 shoot
Indeed, for a simple simulation it could fit well with a few commands.

Is the genetics engine already made, as you said you're gonna include it. Is that engine made already?

Have you coded earlier, I see 5 topics and in two of them I see MMO in the title. That is not sounding very profesional.

With how many are you on your team?

What languege will you use.

Is the game about evolving or is it just used for ai.

Here is the entire layout for gameplay before the team took over: http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=391102

We havent changed much with it, so its still up to date (link above)

we have 3 programmers, 2 artists, 2 designers, 2 alpha testers and 1 3d artist. We will use Dark Basic Pro Online, which supports C++. The entire engine is being built from nothing; we have various scripts that programmers have offered for functions, adn have dlls and exstenstions going for the engines. THe genetics end of the game is for battles, and in game technologies and limiatitations/adaptations. And yeah that codon set up is the idea, but with more commands.

First codon - Mate commands/Read (1)*
Second codon - Body commands/Memory Commands*
Third codon - Sensor Select
Fourth codon - Memory store

*these two must be used together and form a dual codon with one empty T codon in front of it
THis would allow a gene to go from, read, to store, to act, and vice versa. Mostly this end of the genetics simulation is for use in RTS ai implementation, so that a bird of another planet may fly a different pattern or be more agressive. THen the idea that a battle could include the enemy army and their native animals becomes a reality.

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Off Topic / Project Sandbox Universe
« on: August 18, 2008, 08:01:54 AM »
Right, a team I've assembled is now working on quite a project; as part of the project we've decided to include a genetics engine similiar to the DB engine, only without as many textual commands. We are going to use 4 simple codons to program all ai for the game.

I dont mean to advertise this game, but merely wanted the DB makers to know that I intend on using the concept of DB in Sandob Universe: http://sandboxuniverse.freeforums.org

Enjoy.

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