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Discussion: Is it just me... - ...Where is everybody?

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:03:42 +0000

I'm going to apologize on the front end for this post... Simply because I haven't posted in a while and I'm not being self-concious about "posting etiquette." It really has nothing to do with the game itself, so for that, gimme' some grace if you please... It's been a while. (lol)

Anyways... :)

Where is everyone? I'm not really asking literally where everyone is... But I've gotten online to play every night this week and created a server and played myself for 20 mins. No one has a server up (that is worth playing with) and no one ever joins mine... Is it just me, or is Mars kinda'.......dead?

All the best,

-Jay

Discussion: Building A Mars Map In Unity

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:25:16 +0000

Hey guys, I know there is a tutorial out there somewhere, but I was just wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a tutorial explaining how to build mars maps with unity? you see, in september im going to school for computer programming and software development and i want to start off by making maps in my spare time lol. thanks in advance guys!

-Arayal

Discussion: Forum Gamez: The Three-Word Story - XD

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:01:40 +0000

After a brief hiatus from Mars, I decided to bring a new joke post to life!! Yayz!!

The Three-Word Story

This game allows you, yes, YOU, the players, to craft a silly story about anything your heart desires!

Here's how it works: I'll start the story by posting a simple three word fragment, like this:

"This bacon tastes"

...After that, the poster posts three more words that add to the story, like this:

"Like lemon drops"

See? Then the next poster adds to the story, and so on!

Rulez:

1: No naughty wordz.

2: No posting any less or more than three words, however you can end your fragment with a punctuation mark so otherz can start a totally unrelated section of the story!

3: Don't use your fragmentz to intentionally hurt somebody. All of this is just for sport!

4: No posting after yourself, let someone else add a part, you silly curmudgeon!

5: No stringing tons of words together like this: "OnedayImademyselfasammichanditwasgood the end!"

If this reaches 500 comments, I will personally string the entire story into one massive column that I will then post to Marsxplr.com!!

Okay, lesa go! Here's the beginning of our story:

"One Martian morning"

Online Expression - --

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:23:59 +0000

Hiyah! I've decided to start up a little post for online tonality! In other words, a dictionary of simple (chat box friendly) text addons that represent certain tonalities, or ideas.

"[(Word)]"

Basic info:

Surrounding a word or phrase with "([", and "])" indicates variable information. IN other words, the text within the ([]) could be anything in normal circumstances, and under such circumstances, the ([]) would not be typed. Examples are provided throughout the document.

Detailed info:

([X]) = Any number

([Word]) = Any word/phrase

([X,([r1]),([r2])]) = Any number between [(r1)], and [(r2)].

([([Classification])]) = Any word regarding the classification. For example:

([Number]) = ([X]).

([Fruit]) can be: Bananna, Strawberry, etcetera.

:[(Word)]:

Basic info:

Surrounding a word, or phrase with :'s indicates stress on that word. For instance: "Of :course: I would like cake!".

Detailed info:

Using double ::'s indicates an even larger amount of stress. For instance :Word: is less intensive than ::Word::. Also, you can use htheres in multi layers:

"Hrrm? :Of :course: you are to do as I say.:" In this example, the entire sentence is stressed, but the "course" is even :more: stressed than the rest of the sentence, as it is nested within an all ready stressed sentence.

*[(Word)]*

Basic info:

Used to represent action, internal thoughts, states of mind, or the obvious. For instance: *Yes!*, *Yay*, *Hint: no*, *Eats cake*.

"*[(Word)]" & "[(Word)]*"

Basic info: Prefixing, or affixing (Beginning, or ending) a word or phrase with *, **, or *** indicates a correction.

Detailed info:

It is a good idea to use the format: **correction>mispelling. This indicates exactly what you are fixing. For examol: **example>exampol. Though people can commonly deduce what is wrong, it is best to do this in order to make it absolutely clear.

@([username])

Basic info: Commonly used on forums. Used to indicate the user your comment is directed to. For example: @flyclub.

Complex info:

The chat version of this, is "([Username]):", or "([Username]),".

In complex forum posts, you may want to reply to a specific comment by the autor being represented. For example:

@([username]) RLR, indicates that you are replying to ([username])'s last comment. (Some forums call them relies, or responses). (RLR = Regarding Last Response)

@([username]) R [(Subject/Content]), indicates that you are replying to a reply by ([username]) regarding ([Subject/Content]).

...

Basic info

Saying ... indicates frustration.

Detailed info:

Can also indicate:

"I am about to erupt with anger, or excitement, so prepare your self"

"I am about to erupt with words, so prepare your self"

"I am speechless"

...?

Basic info

saying ...? indicates confusion.

Detailed information:

Saying ? simply indicates "What are you talking about?"

Punctuations:

. = End of sentence

.~ = Sarcasm

.. = Sadness/Disappointment/Reluctance

... = (Answer/Finish) coming / slight confusion / opinion of statement is that the statement was strange. (The statement being the sentence that the sentence is replying to)

..? & ...? = Are you sure? / Is that really true?

..?! = Surprise

?! = Angry question.

! = Emphasis on sentence

!!! = Angry sentence

Add your own! This post seems kind of empty without backup.

what if... - if...

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:19 +0000

what if Mars Explorer was avalible for other gaming platformz...

ya i know. it aint grand. :P lol but it took meh forever to make.

if you can make a better one (im looking at FC) (and im sure you can) make one and post it! :D

modz, plz dont hide because it took meh looong time to make kthnxbai!

new game type that you can create!!

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:38:34 +0000

hello everyone, i have come up with a new game type that you can create in the mars explorer game. It is called Monsoon season. to create this game, you go to a map with lava or water and you change the lava/sea visibility to max. to raise or lower the alt. of the lava or sea to change the tide, and change normal visibility to give the allusion of fog, rain, or full sun light. to create a monsoon you just raise the lava/sea alt. to max and lower visibility to min. create a cool welcome message and make it random!!!! ;]

Geek377's City - A Work In Progress...

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:18:17 +0000

PROGRESS BAR

[X][X][X][X][X][_][_][_][_][_]

Currently working on Skyline

__________________________________

Introduction

Heyyo to the Mars Explorers from the 377th Geek, The Emperor of TGE Inc. (Yada yada yada and a bunch of other useless crap that always fails. So as you should know about me that besides being a hard core techie, an avid Apple fanboy, and a sophisticated geek, I am also a huge lover of sci-fi. And not some people go ing in space and stuff or some flying saucer cartoon. Well so I was trying to watch the new episode of Stargate Universe on YouTube yesterday (I missed the air on TV) when I came across some interesting footage. It was of Stargate Atlantis, and I got all giddy. (LOL) Well so I saw it and thought, hmm... this would be an awesome Mars World. And I could use my plans of that floating city I made in 5th grade. (I got the inspiration from being on a cruise ship and watching the movie Howl's Moving Castle). So I combined science fiction with Geek, and got the following results:

20 different designs
A huge pile of crumpled up paper with rejected designs
Spontaneous joy

Details of City

First of all I would like to mention that actual wormholes cannot be accomplished until the proper scripting is out for the Whirld System. So that basically blows away the whole idea of placing "Stargates" in certain parts of the map. But don't worry I do have some surprises planned. A floating metropolis with complete detail. Now the physical details: the world is a circle with a radius of 2 kil ometers. The actual city itself will be inside a lake that is once again a circle, but with the radius of 1km. So basically think of this as a doughnut, the ring will be terrain and filled with other goodies. And the middle is basically the "lake" that houses the city. Now moving on...

Layout of City

The city is based on a hub and spoke concept. The central hub is considered to be the main city, while the spokes jut out into the water. Theses spokes house mini-worlds or Points of Interest (PIs). There are 8 spokes or arms to the city. Each arm has something unique. And do not fret, the buildings are in progress, I just hid them so I wouldn't reveal any "secrets".

Name

This metrolpolis needs a name. Something to distinguish it from others. Something that is unique. Several suggestions have been related to earth and water. Aqualantis, Atlantis, Terra Atlantis. Even Uniopia. The name is still in the pipeline. But for now, the world has been dubbed Alpha X.

Wormholes

Ever wanted to escape with the quarry from others and vanish at a moments notice? Or did you ever wish to travel between space and time? Or maybe just get the feel of what its like in a wormhole? Well now you can, with the introduction of Stella Port™! So there are at least 10 of these conveniently located all over the map. They are open wormholes that transport any thing to a different place by creating a sub space bridge between two locations. The matter is then transferred through the Stella Port™ and arrives at the other end. They are already activated and very fun to go through! And some Martians requested a much more realistic black hole like wormhole, so here you are. (That is if the required scripting is supported.)

Advertising

So you know that every city has advertisement, right? So I had alot of empty wal space around the harbor and other areas, so I though, why not let the dudes on Mars Explorer advertise? So if interested, you can "buy" billboards for free. The ads will be text only, and images can be added if attached. I have 100 6x6m spaces, so first come first served! And please try to make the ads Mars related (e.g. Try [insert player name]'s new lava world; [Player Name] is the MVP of the [Insert Event]) And you can also advertise websites, but they must be approved by me and a moderator first. (And I think we all know what kind of sites will be rejected.) Message me the ad(s), and it is recommended that the ad be no more than 5 lines, just so it can be visible from afar. Also image resolution is recommended at 600 by 600 pixels. So have fun advertising! And see the updated order forms here Sadly all ad openings have already been bought.

Spaceport

Now its official! PointyBagels has offered to merge his Interstellar Spaceport with Atlantis. Not only will this make the world more interesting but this will set a true example of collaborating and working together. The spaceport will feature hangars, a runway system and several launch pads. Located in the Terra Park, the spaceport will be near the edge of the world and past the mountains. The terminal will be isolated in a cliff in a valley and can only be accessed via a clever cable car ferry system, which spans the lake and connects the spaceport to the city.

Harbor

Well you know how this city is on water? Well why not have a harbor!! Wow whoever though of that must be a genius. So okay I was thinking, there have some competitions going around in the development sector of Mars Explorer. So why not let others participate! (Yeah developers do this to get the stuff they need without paying for it.) So I have 20 ships I am making and the harbor need 25 ships. So the top winners of the contest will each get a place of honor. One of the "5 star" docks. So far, the occupants are as follows: Elliebrother, Fai, Flyclub, & Spitfire.

Conclusion

So I hope you guys will enjoy this. I know I have many projects but since summer is here, I will have an alpha version out by around August. And I will meet the deadline this time and try not to push it. But they say that worlds with such detail and time frame should be worth the wait! For now, this is just in much of a development stage and soon will be completed. Until then, check out Stargate Franchise, its awesome; and chillax and leave constructive, vulgar-less criticism. And the comments.

Discussion: Unity problem... (I must be cursed XD) - Mesh collider issues...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:20:47 +0000

It's simple.

whenever I attach a rigidbody to a mesh, like a cone from blender, It always falls through the terrain!?!?

I made sure to click on "generate colliders" in the FBX importer, but it still won't work...

what am I doing wrong?

My hover craft challenge course - Uses an EPIC glitch

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:56:19 +0000

I was working on a world of mine and decided to test it. I had created a platform, right above the spawn point, that the hovercraft had to squeeze to get under. I wanted to test driving on top of a bunch of other platforms so I reset. I found myself flying higher than 300 alt. I then created a world based on this. http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/hovering_race_v1.utw

If anyone wants to make it better, go ahead.

Discussion: Retro Party - its cool

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:33:04 +0000

Hello people of mars! So, yesterday I was thinking we should have a mars party, the party itself would be hosted in 1.8 and contests like race or longest jumps would be in 2.22 (or whatever the newest version is i can't remember) Oh also the servers for the contest would be in dvo's stunt prkwy and dvo's rocket racing tracks. So please comment on this and add new Ideas and not judging me about spelling and grammer would be nice too.

Player's names - lol

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:26:56 +0000

well, i have been playing this game for a while and seen some pretty cool names.

ive always wondered what they ment, so i took this matter into my own hands and this is the reaserch that i have colected about ppl's cool game names.

enjoy,")

Babag-there is more than one deffinition, Such as...A Polish Yeast Cake, a film in China, a Mountian in Macedonia....you get the point. lol

Xana- a character found in Austrian Mythology

Kruncher- a person or thing that krunches. yes, its spelt with a K :)

TheDude- a slang term used to refer to a friend

Pantera(my old name) - an American hevy metal band, and a sports car. ...

DeathRay - a British Magazine devoted to science fantisy and fiction in all of its forms. lol?

Spiffy- in a spiffy maner, neat and clean

Malcon- N00b, no...im serious. LOL

Aubrey- was the 12th episode of the second season of The X Files.....

...ok? lol

DarkMatter- a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up more than 90 percent of the universe.

wow...cool name

Kalashnikov- a Russian gun manufacturer. ossama**

and last but not least,

Copperhead- a brown pit viper of upland eastern United States, known for its venomous bite......................................and sluggishnes.

great. im named after a sluggesh snake. lol

did i miss any names that you want to hear about?

if so, contact me and i will update the post.

sincerely,

Copperhead-VIPER,

a.k.a the sluggish snake

Discussion: CLIFF HANGERS IS NOW GAME READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ALL UPDATE'S HAVE BEEN MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 19 May 2010 10:01:46 +0000

************FINAL UPDATE TO THE CLIFF HANGERS************

The Cliff Hangers map is now fully game ready.. and has been tested out by players on Skype... to make sure that everything in the map works.... last thing to do after this post is send the map off to Aubrey

•5 base's

•10 cliff hangers

•11 bridge's

•2 easter egg surprises ................

•Gone over map to make sure all the sketchup made parts join with the terrain and not float above it

New Picture's

........... and here's some picture's..........

*****yet another update*****

« Base's have now been added in to the cliff hangers map

« 3 have been added so far... but more may come...

« they could be used in capture the flag style games

*******UPDATE BREAK!!*******

if you remember the picture of the ship i posted some days ago well that has something to do with the Easter Egg Surprise that is coming for this map(no it's not that ship, just something to do with it)

map will be sent off as soon as i get the easter egg done!!

it will be big, thats a fact, about Sky Monster size big...........

For all those people who want the terrain toolkit here is a link for you to follow to download it

TEST OUT CLIFF HANGER HERE(Cliff Hangers is world 2 ok,world one is Sky King) tell me what you think of the world

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7348534/CliffHangers.html

***************UpDate***************

I have now got a working link to this world for people to test out, just been testing out the world myself and yes i know some of the bridge's don't quite go in to the land as well as i hoped, as they are in mid air and so on, but then this is not the finial version (link will be put up tomorrow sometime)

also it may be on the laggy side at the starting point just after it has loaded, but that should clear up

picture time...........

cliff hanger and bridge

looking through bridge..

inside the bridge..

Here is an Aerial shot of the whole map, showing where the bridge's and cliff hangers are

And here is the 4th terrain, i did this last night but i had already posted two updates so i didn't want to post it, so here it is

i had to change the two long terrains to the size of the shorter ones as when i made the terrain on it, it wasn't quite right, but anyway here is part 3 out of the 4 terrains around the main island, anyway here it is.....

Next three Bridge's that were added, + some trees

Picture of other side of cliff hangers that is ready to have it's bridge's put in to place

And now here is a picture of three of bridges that will be placed around the map

Here is a new picture of the Cliff hangers(original map in the middle), there are 4 new terrain maps that will be joined to the main center terrain and there will be bridges that will link the main terrain to the islands that will be on the outer terrains, there will be a third type of cliff hangers that will be on these islands

Things that will be in finished map

• Going back to two type's of cliff hangers just to make it easier

• Bridges placed around the map

• Floating Hot Air Balloons, i will make it so you can play around with these

• Boats placed in the waters(again you will be able to move these)

• The odd out post base here and there

• Trees on islands(totally covered)

• Trees on the main land as well

• And lets not forget some easter eggs i may add

• If you have any ideas just tell me what it is, you may see it in the map

******************** UpD ate Break ********************

Next Link will be the updated world

there will be Cliff Hangers placed around the map, there will be some sailing boats in the water and some hot air balloons flying around, and some bridge's here and there

***well since my mouse is broken and i have sailing tomorrow the pictures of my from unity will have to wait as i can't see my map as i zoomed in too close(my bad) as i was placing trees around some of the islands***

i still have my map i just can't see it due to the scroll wheel being broken, but anyway here are a few more pictures

Cliff hanger near middle of map

going for a coastal, cliff type world that will include some things like a Mars base somewhere, and maybe some form of city with a few other things as well, not telling just yet but you will see them in the upcoming pictures

*** was thinking about this world last night, and was going to call it cliff hangers(name will become clear to when i add some Sketchup stuff to the world)***

new pictures are added on top of the first picture , i.e the bottom picture is the oldest one

**New picture's**

ok here are some pictures of me in side what will be called a cliff hanger(size and texture not quite right yet, but it's a test)

(outside it)

(inside it)

Discussion: Ship and skypark-- It is in unity!!!! - For an upcoming new world, Ultra WOOP land

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:19:33 +0000

I need help bringing it into unity. When I brought the skypark into unity, it turned white when it was green. I don't want this to happen to the ship. What can I do to fix that, and what makes the process easier?

Here is the back half in unity!!!!:

It took a lot of texture work and adding mesh colliders to get it ready and ship shape, but here it is. :P

Tell me what you think!

Blam-Blam21 and I have been making a world. We are making it unnatural but very playable. There are wonders throughout Woopland, including elevators, movable meteorites, trees with colliders, MARS MARKET, a seesaw, and other random things; the list is endless. It is also very big, 12000, 12000. There is a road going around it. Here are some pictures of it:

As you can see, it's kind of tacky.

Here is the add that I made for it of it before I lost the file:

Skypark

I also made a stunt park in sketchup. It will also be in Ultra WOOP land. If you want to make something for it, then I will put it on the skypark [it will not appear in the contest]. Macdane already made the triple loop thing.

Here it is:

Ship

I have been making a ship for it that will be floating in the sky. It will be very big with lots of rooms. There is a lot of empty rooms and i don't know what to put in them, could you give me some ideas? I also have space for more rooms so that I could make more. I have some ideas but i need more:

Conference room
Lab [I'm not sure what t put in it though]
Control room
Movie theater [no movie though]
Lounge
Engine room [I don't think I'm skilled enough to make the engines though]
Navigation room

Here are some pictures: The dimensions are in some of the pictures.

I also have it here if you want to see more of it: http://www.filefront.com/16985895/Ship.skp

Exterior-- with textures" />

Furniture contest

There will be a furniture contest for this ship. The furniture will go in the ship if it's half decent, the contest part is just for fun. :P The stuff for the ship/contest should be futuristic stuff. It can be for any existing room or you could make it for a new room idea for it. It doesn't have to be furniture it could be a a computer thingor anything else... ETC... So here begins the contest.

Needed things:

Lab equipment -- Not really needed, but accepted
Anything else that could be on a spaceship!

Anything else that would fit for a spaceship.

New room ideas would be good, I'm running out of ideas.

If you made something, pleas upload it onto filefront or something and give me the link so I can put it in the ship. Thanks!

Christian4mac is now in first place!

Fai holds second place!

All of Geek377's designs tie for third!

Both of supermarinespitfire's designs tie for Fourth!

AlexNB is 5th! And Tied with this is PB's second design!

Blam-Blam21 is in 6th!

Pointy Bagels is in 7th!

Champion nexar is in 8th.

Thank you everyone!!!

World links [complete] - all of the urls i have, Achlles super island coming soon...

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:49:52 +0000

Hi im gonna give u guys all of the links i have for worlds here they are...

HTTP://WWW.GEIODO.COM/WORLDS/BATTROOM_TEST9_KF.UTW
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/tower_kf.utw
http://geiodo.com/worlds/house2_fl.utw
Iron citadel - http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/iron_citadel.utw ~ Iron (Forge)
Cage Match - http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/cage_match.utw ~ Hellogoodbye
Athena Rome XI - http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/minerva_rome_xi.utw ~ Athena/Omega

http://geiodo.com/worlds/prsaircraftcarrier_3.utw Edit: http://geiodo.com/worlds/prsaircraftcarrier_5.utw *update*
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/trench_run_v7.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/trench_run_v8.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/trench_run_v20.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/trench_run_v9.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/trench_run_v31.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/mars_base_13_dray.utw http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/mars_base_11_dray.utw http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/cage_match_v7.utw
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3049948/Valtrax%20VR-1/Valtrax%20VR-1%20Cruiser%20Whirld.html
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/bagels_trick_zone.utw Made Buy Anonymous It gots a nice half pipe

http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/neverforget_v4.utw Made Buy Anonymous A really weird level thats all glichy

http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/mars_temple_v4.utw Made Buy Fai Looks really good!

http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/calyx_prison.utw Made Buy Calyx...(?) Nice big world to fly through

http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/colloseum .utw Made Buy Supermarinspitfire Nice looking world with ramps

http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/my_castle.utw Made Buy Wingknight Cool indoor castle

Made Buy Neon Just another great Neon made level
Try em out!! :D
By electro: www.geiodo.com/worlds/gfter.utw
http://www.geodo.com/worlds/prs_mars_hq_2.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/xorb_donut_stormy_v3.utw

http:
http://geiodo.com/worlds/planet_craziness_mog.utw
and dvo's original ultimatum
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/dvos_ultimatum_vx.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/tank_soccer_arena_3.utw
http://www.geiodo.com/worlds/bagels_skate_park.utw
Achilles island: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4704910/Island/Whirld.utw

PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS LINK DOES NOT WORK AND IF IT DOESNT, PM ME THE LINK
I give you...

GTR'S SANDS OF TIME!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3049948/WhirldExport/WhirldExport4/Sands%20Of%20Time.html

Items in bold are needed to be fixed, but may still work...

Items in Italics are working well and are used in games alot

ACHILES MYSTERY ISLAND: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4704910/Island/Whirld.utw

IF YOU WANT YOUR NAME NEXT TO YOU'R URL OR WANT YOU'R URL ON THE LIST PLEASE PM ME OR EMAIL ME AT:

thompsoneaston@hotmail.com

i have put names next to all of the levels that i know of

[NOTE] SOME LEVELS MAY NOT WORK, BUT NO LEVELS WILL BE ERASED FROM THIS PAGE UNLESS THREATENED TO BE HIDDEN OR THREATENED TO BE SUED.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF A LEVEL CAUSES CONTINUOUS GAME ERRORS OR BUGS AND GET CREDIT FOR A LEVEL DESIGNE.

(IF LEVELS DO NOT HAVE CREATORS BY THEM ALREADY YOU CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR ONE)

GTR'S SANDS OF TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3049948/WhirldExport/Whirld.utw

Discussion: Multiplayer on old versions

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:48:27 +0000

As most people know, the multiplayer on the older mars explorer versions is broken.

We can still access each other's servers using direct connect, but the "host cam bug" (getting the server host's camera when in first person view) still ruins gameplay.

I think we have to face the fact that mars will never return to the way it was, with the heavy customization, vehicles, worlds, "syn3h," and other new developments. We can't go backwards from here.

However, old versions like 1.3, 1.7, and 1.9 brought experiences that may never be seen again on the internet. Is it too much to ask for Aubrey to try to fix the multiplayer, or at least get rid of the host cam bug so that a few cantankerous old players can revisit the past?

custom parts - updated new stuff

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:43:56 +0000

Ok here are a few more things I've made. First their is a fairly simple truss bridge with a tubular frame, second an arch bridge with a suspended roadway, third an arch bridge (yellow and black) that will be good to put in-between to cliff faces, and lastly a simple ship, the Dauntless, I thought it would be cool to have a big ship rolling at it's anchors out in the water that people could explore. It has a slide to get into the inside and then another out the back to get out. It also has a little cabin thing. It's not finished and I'm going to ask Olm if I can use his sub to be placed along the side. If you would like any of these just request the link and I will give it to you. I will also build orders for people if they want.

----------------update break-----------------

I've now finished the drawbridge and can build more requsts for people if they want any, also please tell me if you would like the drawbridge link.

____________________________________________________________________

ok I now have finished the cable stay bridge and here is a link. I will now try to finish the suspension bridge so people can use it, then I will build a medieval drawbridge. The to picture is the finished cable stay bridge which now has thick cables. If you would any bridges for your world or any other random parts apply here.

*update break*

Here is a bridge I built. If anyone wants it fro their world let me know. I can also make different types of bridges for people if they want. I don't know if unity already has bridges in it but if you want this one for your world you can have it.

pleas comment,

spitfire

ask for links if you want them.

here is a cable stay and a

suspension bridge:

Rocket Competition! - :D

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:43:30 +0000

The competition is simple!

Make a rocket designed to take off from a planet.

The best rocket design may be used in one of my projects!

Plea to Aubrey, Revive the old versions. -

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:19:23 +0000

Dear Aubrey,

As of now, many of the past versions are not useable multiplayer. Some are not useable single player at times. We often remember the "Good old days" and feel an urge to revisit them occasionally. Right now, we cannot. I consider this somewhat urgent, considering many people are tiring of the new versions cons. Sometimes it's better to just relive the old pros. I understand this may be counter productive but it would help relieve some stress i believe. I also understand you are hard at work trying to suit the new versions to our likes, but i speak for a few of us when i say we just want some familiar turf right now. We can wait for "Newer and better" things while we are comfortable in functional past versions. Please consider. Thank you.

(To those of you who did not understand when i first said it, the MULTIPLAYER does not always work. What is this game without multiplayer? Fun but not nearly as much as it would be.)

Some of us just want some simplicity back.

Old Versions

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:49:10 +0000

Dunno bout the rest but 1.6 simply doesn't work, no movement controls.

Ways to Play Mars Explorer(A Brief Guide) - A comprehensive list of gameplay styles.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:46:14 +0000

Mars Explorer is, in my opinion, one of the best games in existence, and no doubt the best free game, so thank you Aubrey for making this. A lot of this is due to user input as well, so I thank all the contributors of worlds/vehicles etc as well.

One of the things that makes Mars explorer so successful is its extreme versatility, there are A LOT of ways to play.

In this topic, I have compiled a list of every game mode I have heard of, as well as a few that I invented myself, if you want anything to be added to the list, just post or PM me.

Hopefully this will help you make the most of Mars Explorer.

All of them CAN BE PLAYED in 2.11 and require no updates to work.

NOTE: Not all worlds mentioned are implemented, but they should be somewhat well known.

FREE FOR ALL:

Quarry: Classic Mars Explorer gameplay, everyone shoots at the quarry, who is green. When someone hits the quarry with either a laser or their vehicle, they become the quarry. Points are scored by shooting others while you are the quarry.

Ideal Settings: There are really no bad settings for this style, but generally they are somewhat near the default.

Best Played At: Freestyle, Unity Island, Fort Boxy

NQS: Shoot at players who are not the quarry.

Ideal Settings: Mostly same as Quarry. It can also be fun with laser hits respawn.

Best Played At: Flyclub’s Platforms, Skirmish Central

Dogfight: Quarry with jets.

Ideal Settings: Jets only

Best Played At: Unity Island

Tank Tag: Tanks chase each other around and hit each other.

Ideal Settings: No lasers, tanks only

Best Played At: Freestyle, Unity Island

Hide and Seek: The quarry is hidden, and the goal is to find them and then go hide somewhere...

Ideal Settings: No Minimap, Camoflague badges on, For really hard games turn fog all the way up.

Best Played At: Skirmish Central, Bagel’s Tower(Community World), Neon’s Space Cube, Calyx’s Megacity, Forge's Citadel, Iron Forge's Embassy, Kirby's Labyrinth

ORGANIZED/SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED/TEAM:

Cano King: Tanks try to push each other off an elevated area.

Ideal Settings: Tanks only, no lasers.

Best Played At: Freestyle, Kirby’s Labyrinth, Bagel’s Tower(Community World)

Land Race: Race around a well marked course. Can be either point to point or with laps.

Ideal Settings: Buggies are best for this, but it can also be played with other vehicles. Some people also say no wings.

Best Played At: Lava Racer, Foxholes, FlyClub’s Xorb Race, Dvo’s Stunt Parkway, Kirby’s Tower, MRC Race World,

Air Race: Race through rings and see who can go through them the fastest. Can be in order or not. Also can be to see who can get to a certain height first in a buggy.

Ideal Settings: Only works with Jets and Buggies

Best Played At: First style: nowhere yet, Second style: Neon/Dvo Ultimatum, Neon’s Infinity.

Long Jump: Go off a jump and see who can go the farthest.

Ideal Settings: Buggies or hovers, best with speed all the way up.

Best Played At: Bagel’s Skate Park

HORSE: One player does a stunt of some sort, then others follow and try to do the same stunt, if they mess up, they get an H, and so on.

Ideal Settings: Best with buggies

Best Played At: Dvo’s Stunt Parkway, Bagel’s Skate Park, GTR’s Stunt World?

Tank Soccer: Tanks try to hit an immobile buggy into one of two goals.

Ideal Settings: 2 Teams of tanks, all the same color, one buggy that can be either a bot that can neither fire nor drive, or a dummy player, RORBS enabled, and the buggy has a XORB.

Best Played At: Dvo’s Stunt Parkway, Tank Soccer World

Capture the Flag: The most anticipated game mode now has a way to play without Aubrey having to do anything. Two teams of 4 each take a side, flags can be, similar to Tank Soccer, immobile buggies with Xorbs. The goal is to get the other Team’s flag to your side.

Ideal Settings: This MUST have laser hits respawn, NO Exceptions. 4 players same color on a team. 2 dummy players that are buggies with xorbs for flags. (One problem, what if someone shot the flag, I guess we could just make it against the rules to shoot a flag.) Some versions require there to be one player on each vehicle per team.

Best Played At: There is, as of yet, no world for this, but I am currently working on one, and I might have a basic version out today or tomorrow.

Jailbreak: Buggies try to escape an enclosed area, while tanks try to stop them by shooting them back to the respawn point.

Ideal Settings: Buggies and tanks only, laser hits respawn. Works best with around 6 tanks, 4 buggies. Buggies cannot shoot.

Best Played At: Fort Boxy, Dvo’s Stunt Parkway

MarsyBot: Buggies grab a spot on the MarsyBot and jets try to shoot them off.

Ideal Settings: Jets at max firepower, no lasers for buggies.

Best Played At: Dvo’s Stunt Parkway

Jets vs. Tanks: Jets try to hit tanks off a tower, similar to Cano King and MarsyBot.

Ideal Settings: No lasers, Jets and Tanks only.

Best Played At: Freestyle, Bagel’s Tower(Community World)

INDIVIDUAL:

Target Practice: Shoot at bots that can’t shoot.

Ideal Settings: Anything

Best Played At: Anywhere

Exploration: Explore the great many worlds available in Mars Explorer and discover secrets, glitches etc.

Ideal Settings: Anything

Best Played at: Anywhere

Martian Open Dogfighters Tourney News - Player List Released

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:12:15 +0000

Match 3: Picard v. Aviator; Picard winning in 6-2 in overtime. Details below.

Click here to view the YouTube Version (Low-Quality; Recommended if you can't view the Medium Version)

Click here to view the Match 3 Recording (Recommended)

Click here to download the High-Quality Version (Warning: 290 MB)

Within the twisting, turning pipes of Flyclub's XORB Raceway, Picard and Aviator fought a five-minute battle ending with a tie of 2-2. After a 2nd two-minute tiebreaker (The first ending due to network hiccup), Picard pulled ahead, 6-2. Aviator did score one point directly after time was called, keeping it from being counted. Picard will go on to battle the winner of the Mr_Mars v. KAWASAKI match.

AppleSky here, and I'd like to thank everyone for their cooperation thus far in the 1st ever Martian Open Dogfighters Tourney. Registration is closed, and below you can find the official tourney brackets, with player names inserted. If you have not already told us what times and days (with time zone) you can participate, we need you to do so quickly. Once we get times for the contestant pairs, we'll work on setting up a match time for that pair.

(Sorry about the poor state of the Tourney Brackets below. We're working to improve them for later use.)

Rygel	team name	team name	team name	team name
KingDvo
SuperCheese	team name
Fai
Mr_Mars	team name	team name
KAWASAKI
Picard 6	Picard
Aviator 2
GTR34	team name	team name	team name
TheDude
JimElite12	team name
Wintergreen
Cheezburger 7	SebfromNZ	team name
SebfromNZ 12
PointyBagels 3	Calyx
Calyx 6

A copy of the rules can be found here.

NOTE: If you have difficultly viewing the rules, send me a PM, and I'll get you a copy of the rules.

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If you have any questions, PM either KingDvo, PointyBagels, or myself, and we'll get back with you as soon as possible.

Discussion: this is the sky king style ship the new Sky monster will be going in to - feel free to make rooms for this ship, as i won't stop you and you may find them in it

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:37:05 +0000

****Smaller Update****

the guns/canons that you see in the wings are not! for firing lasers out of them but buggy's/tanks/jets/and hovercraft's out of them in a fun way, not as weapons

**********UpDate**********

work on this ship will start as soon as i have sorted out the new sky monster

also this ship will be totally state of the art on the inside(think at least 10 times better than the Sky King)

if you want to make a room for this ship i won't stop you making one... and it may make it's way in to the ship it's self

it doesn't matter what size you make the room as it will be easy enough to scale to the size i want it to be

just a little ship i have been working on for some fun, one thing you may like to know, is that there will be four launchers to shoot you out of the ship, there will be some very cool stuff that you will have to wait around to see

A New World: Tigerstorm's Coastal Paradise - See above

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:06:22 +0000

Hmm, I never thought I'd be making a post like this. :)

Pictures below:

Side view:

Top view:

Aerial view:

I don't know what to call this world yet, so please post a few ideas below!

There will be more to come. I have a bunker to add, and some things to fix up before the final product be done.

Note: This is a clumsy first attempt at world-making. Please tell me what you think about it! Criticism is welcome; I have much to learn.

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This world has been put on the back burner, as I am currently working on another more important project. Don't worry, this should be finished as I go along.

Discussion: Etiquette, On Site and In Game - A Discussion on Some Precepts of Polite Behavior

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:20:44 +0000

Fellow Mars Explorers,

We all have realized, I should hope, that certain things that are not polite routinely go on in our beloved game. These include (but are not limited to):

1) Mocking the New Comers: newb, idiot, you suck, etc. are all insults used against inexperienced players. They are the epitome of hypocrisy. Like it or not, all of us were new at the game at one point. Be helpful, not hurtful.

2) Cursing disguised with *s or spaces: Seriously, why curse, its just a game. A great game, but still a game. Go be mean somewhere else.

3) Cloning, or Mars Explorer Identity Theft: Yes, we all hate this one. In an instance of cloning, another player, usually unregistered, would attempt to use the name of another player for their benefit or the other's detriment. This should be considered a Mars Explorer crime, as it has nearly started a war at least once. Thankfully, it is largely impossible due to updates in the game, though pseudo-cloning (maliciously taking a name similar to someone else's) has occurred before.

4) Shooting people who are not the quarry when you are not the quarry. (Why? It doesn't get you points, it makes the game less complex by slowing down players, and it is just mildly sinister (shoot someone because they might shoot you later?)) (Obviously, this one doesn't apply to games where the object is tag people other than the quarry).

5) Hitting on people (I haven't seen this for about a while, but why bother enticing someone who may be a continent away while playing a game? That's what dating services are for.)

6) Name Consistency: While not necessary, this last one is for the convenience of others. Please use only one spelling of your game name, as misspelling confuses other players.

7) Spamming: This is where someone fills the messaging console and/or forums with indecipherable and pointless random typing (or worse). It makes in-game messaging incredibly difficult, and causes general chaos on the forums.

8) Telling innocents to leave (People who know nothing about someone who joins sometimes tell the newcomers to leave for no obvious reason.)

9)Blanket Labeling: This concerns the use of the word n00b. Not everyone who acts differently from other players is trying to be negative. They are just playing the game differently. In this case, a n00b is simply someone who sees things in a different light. Be polite when talking to them, not offensive. Fighting fire with fire does not work that well, and besides, they are people too. Also, using n00b as a blanket insult useless, because calling anyone who does not go along with what you want a n00b is not going to solve anything. In fact, the one acting n00bishley in that situation is none other than the accuser.

Please reply as to your opinions on this and other rude things that have been polluting the messaging consoles and forum space of Mars Explorers throughout the world. I hope that we can come eventually up with a Gamer's Code for Mars Explorer/Sy3h.

Sincerely,

Picard

World Suggestions - Give suggestions and ideas to the 3D developers community

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:28:42 +0000

http://mars3dworlds.ideascale.com