Thanks!

 

I hope this works!

Awesome!  But I have a few, non-networking bugs.

1. I can drive through some ground, as shown in the pic.

2. As I drive, a laser shot hovers in front of me, but a short distance away.

Aside from these, this version is 100% AWESOME!!! Thanks!

Hi Aubrey,

This version has freed me from terminal fog so thank you for that!

Unfortunately, in Firefox with the Good setting, I'm getting 90 FPS and still having screen freezes and jumpy looking view. Same jumpy view in Simple, just higher FPS. I have not changed any computer screen settings. Safari looks much smoother but I am still missing the stuff you reported to Unity.

NO BUGS (that haven't been mentioned)

Anyway, I have a suggestion regarding the newest worlds.  I think that either the welcome message should have who made it, or the world selection should have it, not a mix, It just appears inconsistent to me, I would rather have it all the same.

The dedicated servers are acting up again... either I was NC or TheDude and Applesky were. There was one instance where Kruncher and TheDude froze, but they were still responding... that has only happened to once before.

Aubrey,

Thank you for the update, so far I can see no new problems with the it.  However the new map, Sky Bridge, looked wrong somehow.  I examined it closer and I think the ground is too high, the bridge and most of the canon are underneath it.  I flew over the edge to see and I think the ground is 35 to 85 ALT higher than it is meant to be.  I hope that helps.

 

Shadows

Hey, hey, hey!  Two new levels!  Thanks a ton for adding to the developed levels.  However, on the level Levatshia (sorry if I spelled it wrong) I found this.  Still, this level is awesome for a CTF-like battle.  Thank you again.

Aubrey, please, PLEASE leave arcade mode un-smart!

 

 

Your new additions to the mode is causing my camera to jitter, display my buggy off center, cause bad angles, confuse me as to where I am, and some times not even show my buggy at all.

 

IF you are not goign to leave arcade mode stupid, make a FOURTH mode, and call it stupid!

 

For crying out loud, I need my camera to be the way it was in the beginning.

when the new version comes out can there be a vehicle thats not a vehicle but the person inside the vehicle

 

please make a new vehicle

also can you make it possible to play offline

Ya the Arcade camrea view is a bit off.  It probaly is a bug FC.

Just a moment ago, I was in a server and host left. I had been in there the longest, but host was transferred to someone who had joined about a min. before host left. I had just changed vehicles after he had joined though. Does changing vehicles affect receiving host?

this has been happening for a while know when i'am playing some times the screen has lines of the color of the ground it is really anoying does this hapen to anyone else?

In browser mode, I sometimes accidentaly hit the zero key, switching my to fullscreen. When I attempt to exit fullscreen, it momentarily shows the frame that was showing before going to fullscreen, then crashes. I'm using Firefox 3.6.

Dear Aubrey, I'd very much love you to read this idea...

 

This is not my own idea and i can't remember who suggested it but i owe the credit to them. 

 

We need Achievements in the game. This is the best idea i've heard in a long time... The game as it is has little organization and it very free. This isn't bad at all, but it leaves little incentive to stay with the game. Achievements would entice people to explore, play the game, learn to do better to get more achievements and so on. I figure this is almost entirely a positive addition to the game. Of course, there would be the bragging that comes along with it but i don't think it would be too much trouble. Basically, im envisioning something pretty much exactly like the Xbox Gamerscore type of system. Players complete objectives that are given on a list and are rewarded with points. Hard objectives can be anywhere from 30 to 100 points where as easy ones may be 5 to 10. There wouldn't be any ranks, but i think the cumulative points gathered by a player should be shown on the players profile. Please tell me what you think. Thank you.

 

Edit: Of course these objectives are not in anyway mandatory but can be completed whenever the player feels like, thus keeping freedom in the game, but adding some goals to keep interest.

HELLO EVERYONE!!! So today I was sitting here bored on my computer, and was like "I haven't played mars xplr in a long time!" so I load it up. "Oh my, and update!" download.

Then I play it. The new maps, and the jet. OH MY GOD! These new maps are amazing! and the jet is all I had expected. I will definately be playing a LOT more. Maybe even more than I used to play, which was a lot.

It's good to see a bunch of old aces, as well as some new ones. 

  Anyways, take care friends, and keep an eye out for me! 

                                          May you explorations be long, and fruitful, Keasbey.

P.S. I played for ten minutes in GTRs iceland and didnt find the bunker until the last 30 seconds. very nicelsy done, my friend, as always.

P.P.S. Baba!!! It was my idea, at one point! You forgot about me, eh!? ;)

WOOHOO! I feel so missed.

I also have some bugs but they are posted on my thread.  :)

I cant get an connection with his version

It would be a shame to lose the Unity from this game,  would it be overall, or just the master server?

Also, most likely due to sheer demand, I cannot connect to dedicated servers once again.  I am starting to think that the dedicated servers are not worth the trouble.

EDIT: I might be able to still connect to dedicated servers, but games stay up so long after they are taken down that I try to join games that do not exist.

The master server is down again

what ever happened to the Alternative list server list in 1.9?  wouldnt that be helpfull here?

Aubrey - have you ever heard of torque game engine?  it might be good if you consider moving away from unity.

ooohh.  ok then nvm bout teh alternivive server local listings.  :P

Okay, here is my report Aubrey. Since I have some unique gaming problems that no one else seems to have, I seriously can hardly tell if my system is bugged or the game is at this point so I'll simply relay my in-game experience.

* Lasers often strike and make a splash on target vehicle and/or disturb trajectory of target vehicle without registering.

* Lasers often repeatedly travel directly through target vehicle with no effect, even at point blank range.

* Attacking vehicle becomes Quarry green before their laser hits my vehicle.

* Vehicles lurching and stopping in both dedicated and non dedicated servers.

* Boot doesn't work in dedicated or non dedicated servers.

* Jet still auto fires even with Auto targeting off and no other vehicle in the server.

* I get the effect of lag despite constant warnings that my frame rate is too high. (often 100 FPS so I cap at 35)

* I must trash the latest, automatically updated Unity plugin and reinstall 2.1.0f5 every time I launch Safari or do without crosshairs, brake and sniper laser.

* Some games still have double Quarry or no Quarry.

* WIngless buggy flight is common.

* I still randomly pop out of games but can rejoin.

* Here is a brand new one - When in close proximity, target vehicle will go (Not Responding) for just a flash then return to normal when distance is increased. This happened consistently for two hours tonight.

Thanks for reading.

'08 iMac Snow Leopard 10.6.2 - 2.8 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB 800 MHZ DDR2 SDRAM ATI Radion 2600  Airport N

Please everyone, do not mistake Dude's and mine comments for complaints. Aubrey encouraged reports at the top of this post and The Dude and I love Mars Explorer and feel compelled to assist the only way we are able. I believe the more specific the reports are, the more accurately the bugs can be addressed.

Hmm... Here's something interesting that's been weird on my computer a bit after this version came out. The first picture is a screenshot of my buggy under simple rendering:

 

And here it is under Good:

 

 

The buggy looks like that from Good-Fantastic. Is it supposed to be like this?

 

Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.20 GHz

Memory: 4 GB

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT with 512MB VRAM

Everyone:

 

2.22 is now out, consisting of a bunch of bugfixes on top of 2.21.

Please test it out, and let me know how it goes!

 

If all is well, I will finalize this release later today.

 

-Aubrey

 

 

 

 

 

 

AppleSky:

 

At the "Good" quality and above, all materials switch to "pixel" mode which is much more expensive to compute than vertex mode and which also looks much cooler.

 

In pixel mode, the specular highlights are cast across surfaces more accuratley - which makes the vehicle's lighting look a bit different.

 

I have an 8600M GPU as well, and my vehicles don't look nearly that drab on the Good quality level. Are your vehicles loosing all their highlights, or just not quite as shiny from certain angles? Does your buggy look like that on all worlds, or only the Sky King?

 

 

last update was more than 8 months ago.

AVAILABLE FOR TESTING. MY HANDS ARE FLIPPIN' SHAKING. I'M GONNA EAT ME SEN WIT JOY!!!!!!!

nice aubrey i love this game i play it very frequently