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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Banned on [DGZ], Again.
I know alot of you are already very familiar with the [DGZ] clan and server; most of the feed coming back very negative.
I have my own history with the server:
Some time in either 2007 or 2008 I was browsing the SA-MP Server Advertisements, where I found the original one for DGZ. I joined it, Killa[DGZ] was the only other player online. We drifted for a while, had a talk about handlings which we both respectively agreed would be completely disallowed on his server due to his preferences.
I went back to [DGZ] around a year later, which is where I was first banned for 'Speedhacking', after beating several of the clans drivers in races on an enlarged bigear map. After their ban list was reset, or my account unbanned, I was able to get on for the second time, which is where I was temporarily banned for debating the Pro's and Con's of handling lines; this was my own fault and the ban was fair. I was furthermore kicked or banned a few more times due to the same old Speedhacking reason.
Normally I would not care about an server overruled by administrator abuse, however the only reason it really bothers me is because two both very good, and very friendly drifters whom are both former SDU players have strong ties with the clan, enough to defend it despite the amount of people they heard having similar stories. These two drifters also share my utmost respect in the community for simply always bringing a good game wherever they go.
One of them actually did something I would never have expected, and created an appeal for my name to be respected for my history on SA-MP and old-timers skill while playing on the [DGZ] server.
Obviously I was banned again, failing to yield the reason for this post. This time I can only assume the reason was really 'Disobeying an Administrator', as I refused to enter his / her personal vehicle and drift for them.
Seems like a pretty weak reason right? Well I found it a bit strange that I would be asked twice, under extremely awkward circumstances to drift in a [DGZ] members personal car, something that I can't see them doing very often. The first occasion was with the leader, Killa[DGZ], who offered me the opportunity to drift in his car after spontaneously turning around the insults and replacing them with some rather gratifying flattery. The second occasion was directly before I was banned, when Frog[DGZ] was doing his best to force me into his elegy, for the reason that "if u have uffin too hide ull drive it". He had previously accused me of speedhacking or using handling lines. I did mention that driving another elegy will not prove anything, and that I would gladly accept to driving any of the available elegies parked at the top of Bigear; however he stuck with his desire for me to drive his car and proceeded with the ban.
In the hopes that Killa[DGZ]'s respect was genuine, I would be thankful to be unbanned. Though under the means that I should not be expected to be forced into another players car, as per personal preference.
EDIT: A copy-paste from the recorded chatlog:
Pretty 'uffkin' pathetic.
I have my own history with the server:
Some time in either 2007 or 2008 I was browsing the SA-MP Server Advertisements, where I found the original one for DGZ. I joined it, Killa[DGZ] was the only other player online. We drifted for a while, had a talk about handlings which we both respectively agreed would be completely disallowed on his server due to his preferences.
I went back to [DGZ] around a year later, which is where I was first banned for 'Speedhacking', after beating several of the clans drivers in races on an enlarged bigear map. After their ban list was reset, or my account unbanned, I was able to get on for the second time, which is where I was temporarily banned for debating the Pro's and Con's of handling lines; this was my own fault and the ban was fair. I was furthermore kicked or banned a few more times due to the same old Speedhacking reason.
Normally I would not care about an server overruled by administrator abuse, however the only reason it really bothers me is because two both very good, and very friendly drifters whom are both former SDU players have strong ties with the clan, enough to defend it despite the amount of people they heard having similar stories. These two drifters also share my utmost respect in the community for simply always bringing a good game wherever they go.
One of them actually did something I would never have expected, and created an appeal for my name to be respected for my history on SA-MP and old-timers skill while playing on the [DGZ] server.
Obviously I was banned again, failing to yield the reason for this post. This time I can only assume the reason was really 'Disobeying an Administrator', as I refused to enter his / her personal vehicle and drift for them.
Seems like a pretty weak reason right? Well I found it a bit strange that I would be asked twice, under extremely awkward circumstances to drift in a [DGZ] members personal car, something that I can't see them doing very often. The first occasion was with the leader, Killa[DGZ], who offered me the opportunity to drift in his car after spontaneously turning around the insults and replacing them with some rather gratifying flattery. The second occasion was directly before I was banned, when Frog[DGZ] was doing his best to force me into his elegy, for the reason that "if u have uffin too hide ull drive it". He had previously accused me of speedhacking or using handling lines. I did mention that driving another elegy will not prove anything, and that I would gladly accept to driving any of the available elegies parked at the top of Bigear; however he stuck with his desire for me to drive his car and proceeded with the ban.
In the hopes that Killa[DGZ]'s respect was genuine, I would be thankful to be unbanned. Though under the means that I should not be expected to be forced into another players car, as per personal preference.
EDIT: A copy-paste from the recorded chatlog:
[23:50:44] Frog[DGZ]: excel
[23:50:55] Frog[DGZ]: u have lines buddy
[23:50:58] Frog[DGZ]: idc wat u say
[23:51:06] [SDU]Excel: believe what you want.
[23:51:11] Frog[DGZ]: ur whole calan uses lines so why wudnt you?
[23:51:15] Frog[DGZ]: clan**
[23:51:19] Frog[DGZ]: pack of fakes
[23:51:24] [SDU]Excel: really? interesting
[23:51:31] Frog[DGZ]: yeah really
[23:51:37] [SDU]Excel: as far as I've known, being the leader of SDU, it's never had another member.
[23:51:55] [SDU]Excel: furthermore it is not a clan, rather an old community.
[23:52:03] Frog[DGZ]: ok then..
[23:52:10] Frog[DGZ]: get in my car an do wat ur doin now
[23:52:43] [SDU]Excel: and what will this prove?
[23:52:43] Frog[DGZ]: get back in ur car for a sec
[23:52:49] [SDU]Excel: They are still elegies.
[23:53:10] .: Reminder... CHEAT=BAN!, If you do CHEAT you will get caught and you will be banned! :.
[23:53:12] Frog[DGZ]: ffs get back in ur car\
[23:53:33] Frog[DGZ]: drive
[23:53:36] Frog[DGZ]: lets go
[23:54:42] Frog[DGZ]: stop getiin out u cockhead
[23:54:47] Frog[DGZ]: ffs get back in ur car\
[23:54:47] [SDU]Excel: I would rather not drive your car
[23:54:58] Frog[DGZ]: cos ur hacking..
[23:55:09] Frog[DGZ]: drive it
[23:55:11] [SDU]Excel: and tell me, how would driving your car prove absolutely anything?
[23:55:12] Frog[DGZ]: or be banned
[23:55:25] Frog[DGZ]: drive it then if it wont prove anything
[23:55:37] [SDU]Excel: There are probably over a hundred elegies on this server.
[23:55:48] [SDU]Excel: I would gladely take one from the top of bigear
[23:55:50] Frog[DGZ]: i want you too drive this one
[23:56:05] [SDU]Excel: I would rather not.
[23:56:07] Frog[DGZ]: if u have uffin too hide ull drive it
[23:56:18] Frog[DGZ]: i want u too drive this one with the bodykit
[23:56:32] [SDU]Excel: and I would like to drive my own.
[23:56:35] .: This Vehicle Is Reserved For Frog[DGZ] :.
[23:56:38] Frog[DGZ]: no
[23:56:41] Frog[DGZ]: u will drive this
[23:56:49] .: This Vehicle Is Reserved For Frog[DGZ] :.
[23:56:52] Frog[DGZ]: or u will be banned for hacking..
[23:56:53] [SDU]Excel: or any random one from the top of bigear.
[23:56:53] .: This Vehicle Is Reserved For Frog[DGZ] :.
[23:56:56] .: This Vehicle Is Reserved For Frog[DGZ] :.
[23:57:00] Frog[DGZ]: drive
[23:57:02] .: This Vehicle Is Reserved For Frog[DGZ] :.
[23:57:02] [SDU]Excel: The vehicle is reserved.
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[23:57:23] .: [SDU]Excel was banned by [Admin] Frog[DGZ], reason: cheater/handling lines :.
[23:57:23] Server closed the connection.
Pretty 'uffkin' pathetic.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Yacht bug report - help?
Heyo.
For anyone interested in the yacht mod, this is a post regarding a few bugs which you can expect to encounter upon release, unless someone out there knows of a way to counter the effects of the GTA3 game engine.
1: View distance
As one of the two most noticeable problems with this boat, using the Far (first) third person view in-game will result in not being able to see any of the furniture of smaller details aboard the boat. Using the medium (second) third person view will result in the same effect, if you pivot your view upwards of 40*. Using the Close (third) third person view will be fine.
Examples:
Far (first):
Near (third):
The second most noticeable bug, is a bug which as far as I know, is unavoidable. I haven't put alot of time into figuring out vehicle reflections like most drifters did when first trying to figure out how to make their riced out elegies look fancy, etc etc :P! Anyway the bug is relative to the use of Specular highlighting, which is used on all default vehicles in SA in order to better define and display the curves or details of the vehicle. When pointing your view at a South-West direction, and tilting it to face downward at about 40-60*, the boat will become extremely bright and reflective.
Examples:
Regular:
South-West:
So far I see no fix for the second issue. Adding addictive reflections will not work, as it simply glides a texture above the pre-existing one, not bringing out any lighting effect.
The first bug could be fixed by simply making a copy of the boats regular model and using it for the LOD aswell; however this would cause the file size to nearly double. I may include this as an option in the final download.
As part of the first bug, the view of the vehicle should actually be much closer than it is. Normally this is due to the collision file; however on boats, and in particular the Marquis, the handling line actually has a value for more / less view distance. This will easily be fixed for the final release in a custom handling line, however note that unless you have a program allowing you to run a handling.two on SAMP, you will be forced to use the closest view only.
Boat handling is exactly like the view distance (related to handling), which is rather..extremely unrealistic with the stock marquis line, and again will require a handling.two to work well.
That's all. If anyone has some recommendations related to the bugs, please leave a comment on this post! Thanks
For anyone interested in the yacht mod, this is a post regarding a few bugs which you can expect to encounter upon release, unless someone out there knows of a way to counter the effects of the GTA3 game engine.
1: View distance
As one of the two most noticeable problems with this boat, using the Far (first) third person view in-game will result in not being able to see any of the furniture of smaller details aboard the boat. Using the medium (second) third person view will result in the same effect, if you pivot your view upwards of 40*. Using the Close (third) third person view will be fine.
Examples:
Far (first):
Near (third):
The second most noticeable bug, is a bug which as far as I know, is unavoidable. I haven't put alot of time into figuring out vehicle reflections like most drifters did when first trying to figure out how to make their riced out elegies look fancy, etc etc :P! Anyway the bug is relative to the use of Specular highlighting, which is used on all default vehicles in SA in order to better define and display the curves or details of the vehicle. When pointing your view at a South-West direction, and tilting it to face downward at about 40-60*, the boat will become extremely bright and reflective.
Examples:
Regular:
South-West:
So far I see no fix for the second issue. Adding addictive reflections will not work, as it simply glides a texture above the pre-existing one, not bringing out any lighting effect.
The first bug could be fixed by simply making a copy of the boats regular model and using it for the LOD aswell; however this would cause the file size to nearly double. I may include this as an option in the final download.
As part of the first bug, the view of the vehicle should actually be much closer than it is. Normally this is due to the collision file; however on boats, and in particular the Marquis, the handling line actually has a value for more / less view distance. This will easily be fixed for the final release in a custom handling line, however note that unless you have a program allowing you to run a handling.two on SAMP, you will be forced to use the closest view only.
Boat handling is exactly like the view distance (related to handling), which is rather..extremely unrealistic with the stock marquis line, and again will require a handling.two to work well.
That's all. If anyone has some recommendations related to the bugs, please leave a comment on this post! Thanks
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Modeling Projects
A few of you have been interested in seeing what I've been up to in terms of 3d Modeling, so here's 2 pics of 2 of my current projects:
I hope you can all figure out what this one is..
It's the famous AE86. I am making my own model of the vehicle, starting with all of the original, non-aftermarket bits and pieces, to later release the vehicle with a small twist which I think everyone will be able to enjoy :p
Secondly:
This is a large scale yacht modification. I had made a yacht mod a few years ago (my first boat mod), but it turned out rather badly and had many many bugs. This time around I've fixed any and all issues, added a few extra's and polished it up.
This mod should be released very soon as soon as I coax up custom handling settings for it.
Also on the go, but going very slowely...is a joint-project with a member of SA-MP forums going by the name of 'Slayer101', who recently converted Vans123's GTAIV Map conversion for SA into Pawno code for SAMP, recruited me for a large-scale landmass project which has the primary focus of creating large and realistic roadway systems, and country terrain. However..there have been a few conflicts of interest on the direction of the project. I've created a few areas of land, but nothing well enough to yet be presented. This, and the Yacht mod (hopefully the AE86 too) have been my first projects incorporating only my own created textures; so that is taking up lots of time aswell, and slowing production.
That's all for now,
I hope you can all figure out what this one is..
It's the famous AE86. I am making my own model of the vehicle, starting with all of the original, non-aftermarket bits and pieces, to later release the vehicle with a small twist which I think everyone will be able to enjoy :p
Secondly:
This is a large scale yacht modification. I had made a yacht mod a few years ago (my first boat mod), but it turned out rather badly and had many many bugs. This time around I've fixed any and all issues, added a few extra's and polished it up.
This mod should be released very soon as soon as I coax up custom handling settings for it.
Also on the go, but going very slowely...is a joint-project with a member of SA-MP forums going by the name of 'Slayer101', who recently converted Vans123's GTAIV Map conversion for SA into Pawno code for SAMP, recruited me for a large-scale landmass project which has the primary focus of creating large and realistic roadway systems, and country terrain. However..there have been a few conflicts of interest on the direction of the project. I've created a few areas of land, but nothing well enough to yet be presented. This, and the Yacht mod (hopefully the AE86 too) have been my first projects incorporating only my own created textures; so that is taking up lots of time aswell, and slowing production.
That's all for now,
Monday, March 26, 2012
New Layout
Nice isn't it? :p
From now on I think this blog will not incorporate a chatbox, but instead just make use of the default blogger Comment sections. Chatboxes have never really proved useful for anything nice or even intelligent, so if there is anything someone wants to say, either leave a comment or email me.
From now on I think this blog will not incorporate a chatbox, but instead just make use of the default blogger Comment sections. Chatboxes have never really proved useful for anything nice or even intelligent, so if there is anything someone wants to say, either leave a comment or email me.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Blog Revival + SDU
Heyo.
A lot of people have been asking me to post tutorials and how-to's on several Zmodeler or modification related topics, aswell as general progression or screenshots on my modeling works that I do in the meantime; I do not object to this, and will gladly do so.
So in light of what will hopefully be some revitalized blog activity and interest, it'll first undertake a makeover to start things fresh. Most likely I will end up just using one blog from now on, so no more separate Bullshitting / Modding blogs; I'll just add categories and quicklinks for posts like those.
The shoutcast shoutboxes have been disabled due to abuse of the free system, so I'll have to find another make or possibly try and make my own with html (far hopes); but I've been getting more involved with other areas of computer work as of late. Within the last week I've gone from having no graphic knowledge other than MS Paint, to grounding some skills, tricks and techniques in Paint.net which shares many of its features with Photoshop. Learning some basic HTML for all this web crap..
Currently working on 3 large scale modeling projects which will all be publically released when completed. One of which should be on www.gtainside.com fairly soon. The other.. *spoiler*..will be an alternative solution to the infamous elegay, and a good one.
So thats all for now, start making regular checkups again and make sure to hit up [SDU] when your bored! New IP: 50.99.196.68:7777
A lot of people have been asking me to post tutorials and how-to's on several Zmodeler or modification related topics, aswell as general progression or screenshots on my modeling works that I do in the meantime; I do not object to this, and will gladly do so.
So in light of what will hopefully be some revitalized blog activity and interest, it'll first undertake a makeover to start things fresh. Most likely I will end up just using one blog from now on, so no more separate Bullshitting / Modding blogs; I'll just add categories and quicklinks for posts like those.
The shoutcast shoutboxes have been disabled due to abuse of the free system, so I'll have to find another make or possibly try and make my own with html (far hopes); but I've been getting more involved with other areas of computer work as of late. Within the last week I've gone from having no graphic knowledge other than MS Paint, to grounding some skills, tricks and techniques in Paint.net which shares many of its features with Photoshop. Learning some basic HTML for all this web crap..
Currently working on 3 large scale modeling projects which will all be publically released when completed. One of which should be on www.gtainside.com fairly soon. The other.. *spoiler*..will be an alternative solution to the infamous elegay, and a good one.
So thats all for now, start making regular checkups again and make sure to hit up [SDU] when your bored! New IP: 50.99.196.68:7777
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