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Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: ionia23 on April 09, 2002, 06:41:50 pm
This is probably old news by now, but as it appears  we have been given the boot.

http://vbb.volition-inc.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/017609.html

so that our buddies in V-land can concentrate on developing exiting releases in the snowboard and wrestling categories.:doh: as the space-sim is a dead field.  

mmmkay.

Anyway, nice to meet.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 09, 2002, 06:42:55 pm
(http://members.cox.net/wmcoolmon/images/welcome.gif) :nod:
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: ionia23 on April 09, 2002, 06:45:06 pm
Much Thankies :)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Shrike on April 09, 2002, 06:49:46 pm
Damn that's bright....

Anyhow, welcome.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Grey Wolf on April 09, 2002, 08:14:42 pm
Must save FS Bible! Be right back!

EDIT: Got it, just need to edit the HTML so it displays right....
Title: I can't spell
Post by: ionia23 on April 09, 2002, 08:40:11 pm
And no, I can't spell either.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: TurboNed on April 09, 2002, 09:00:30 pm
Well, here I am - starting from scratch with a single post to my name (as of right now) again.

My question is - are we supposed to use this particular forum as a *ahem* replacement for the old FRED/2 forum, or is this for something else?  And if this is for something else, are we going to create a FRED/2 forum?

  --TurboNed
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: vadar_1 on April 09, 2002, 09:06:18 pm
and so it begins....
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Corsair on April 09, 2002, 09:10:40 pm
Firstly...
:thepimp:[SIZE=60]WELCOME TO HLP!!![/SIZE] :thepimp:
Enjoy your stay!
This is rather unneccesary with the VBB going down and all but anyway:
WE ARE HARD LIGHT PRODUCTIONS. YOU WILL LOWER YOUR FIREWALLS AND SURRENDER YOUR COMPUTERS. WE WILL ADD YOUR INTELLECTUAL AND VERNACULAR DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN. YOUR FORUM WILL ADAPT TO SERVICE US. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
But this is necessary!
Welcome to the HLP Forums!!
Exits are to the rear and left, in case of emergency shotguns are located under the seats.

Secondly: No. This is the General FS Forum. With the influx of n00bs from the VBB, there may eventually be a FREDding forum, but for now, use the MODing forum. That's what everyone else uses.

and Lastly: Being a n00b is nothing to be scared about! We don't flame them like they did at the VBB! So post counts don't really matter. :D
Have fun!
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Slasher on April 09, 2002, 10:34:46 pm
Hehe, I knew it was only a matter of time.  :)

Are there any parting celebrations being planned? :D

Agh, but why the hell do you have to come here ionia32? :no: You're just another self-indulgent ass if your prior history on the VBB is any indication. :mad: I, certainly, would like to see you get the frick outta here, and out of the community.  Permanently. :mad2:

Votes to get ionia 32 out:

5,003,235,758,956.21
(Disputed: None)

Votes to keep ionia 32 in:

2
(Disputed: 1) :ha:

Ouch.  \

BTW, Analazon, I've got several thermal detonators for you.  Yeah.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Anaz on April 09, 2002, 10:46:53 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Slasher
Hehe, I knew it was only a matter of time.  :)

Are there any parting celebrations being planned? :D


*counts grenades*

umm...

*innocent look™*

whaaaat?
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Shrike on April 09, 2002, 11:01:10 pm
Quote
Originally posted by TurboNed
Well, here I am - starting from scratch with a single post to my name (as of right now) again.

My question is - are we supposed to use this particular forum as a *ahem* replacement for the old FRED/2 forum, or is this for something else?  And if this is for something else, are we going to create a FRED/2 forum?

  --TurboNed
Check the FS modding forum for any FRED-type questions.  We might open a dedicated FRED forum in the next few days though, so stay sharp. ;)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 09, 2002, 11:07:55 pm
Another one!:eek:
"Gunnery control...commence plasma insertion..."
(http://members.cox.net/wmcoolmon/images/welcome.gif)
:nod::nod::nod:
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: ionia23 on April 09, 2002, 11:30:06 pm
Good god, that banner is BRIGHT!:cool:
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Redfang on April 10, 2002, 07:21:20 am
[GLOW=green]WELCOME TO THE HLPBB! [/i][/GLOW]
 
This is better place than VBB, so there isn't much to worry about. And I'm newbie here, too. ;)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: aldo_14 on April 10, 2002, 07:31:54 am
Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Another one!:eek:
"Gunnery control...commence plasma insertion..."
 

<<<<<<

:D ;7
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Sesquipedalian on April 10, 2002, 07:28:33 pm
A dedicated Fred2 forum would be good, given the influx of Fredders to be expected.  All us poor single-player mission designers have nowhere to go now.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 10, 2002, 08:35:34 pm
Quote
Originally posted by ionia23
Good god, that banner is BRIGHT!:cool:

:nod: :D
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Sesquipedalian on April 10, 2002, 08:55:08 pm
WMCoolman's personal weapon, the BFWelcome beam:

;---------------------------------------------------------------
; NOTE : most of the fields here are irrelevant and are only included so as not to break the parser
; beam weapons are a very special case weapon

$Name: BFWelcome

$Model File: none ; laser1-1.pof
@Laser Bitmap: laserglow01
@Laser Color: 0, 255, 54
@Laser Length: 0.0
@Laser Head Radius: 0.3
@Laser Tail Radius: 0.3
$Mass: 100.0
$Velocity: 1600.0 ;; speed of the weapon (initially) -- may or may not change
$Fire Wait: 35.0 ;; in seconds
$Damage: 1900 ;; NOTE: for beam weapons this is kind of a "continuous" damage applied every few fractions of a second that the beam is on.
$Armor Factor: 1.0
$Shield Factor: 1.0
$Subsystem Factor: 1.0
$Lifetime: 30.0 ;; How long this thing lives
$Energy Consumed: 0.30 ;; Energy used when fired
$Cargo Size: 0.0 ;; Amount of space taken up in weapon cargo
$Homing: NO
$LaunchSnd: 125 ;; The sound it makes when fired
$ImpactSnd: 88 ;; The sound it makes when it hits something
+Weapon Range: 4000 ;; Limit to range at which weapon will actively target object
$Flags: ("Big Ship" "huge" "beam" "supercap")
$Icon: icongun05
$Anim: LoadGun07
$Impact Explosion: ExpMissileHit1
$Impact Explosion Radius: 120.0
$BeamInfo:
 +Type: 0 ;; 0 - 4 are valid #'s
 +Life: 4.0 ;; how long it lasts once the beam is actually firing
 +Warmup: 5000 ;; warmup time in ms
 +Warmdown: 3500 ;; warmdown time in ms
 +Radius: 160.0 ;; muzzle glow radius in meters
 +PCount: 25 ;; particles spewed every interval
 +PRadius: 1.4 ;; particle radius
 +PAngle: 60.0 ;; angle of the random "cone" where the particles are generated
 +PAni: particleexp01 ;; particle ani
 +Miss Factor: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ;; magic # - higher == miss more (only really applicable to type 0 and type 3 beams)
 +BeamSound: 148 ;; the looping beam-firing sound
 +WarmupSound: 155 ;; associated warmup sound
 +WarmdownSound: 160 ;; associated warmdown sound
 +Muzzleglow: beamglow3 ;; muzzle glow bitmap
 +Shots: 0 ;; only used for TYPE 3 beams
 +ShrinkFactor: 0.1 ;; what percentage of lifetime where beam starts shrinking (0.1 == 10% life left)
 +ShrinkPct: 1.8 ;; what percentage of max width we subtract per second
 $Section: ;; one section of the beam (you can have up to 5)
 +Width: 40 ;; width of the section
 +Texture: welcome ;; texture for this section
 +RGBA Inner: 255 255 255 255 ;; rgba values (only for non-textured beam compiles)
 +RGBA Outer: 150 150 150 10 ;; rgba values (only for non-textured beam compiles)
 +Flicker: 0.0 ;; how much it flickers (0.0 to 1.0)
 +Zadd: 0.0 ;; hehe
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: IceFire on April 10, 2002, 10:41:37 pm
Hah...you did a table entry :)

Thats umm...good.... :D
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 10, 2002, 11:44:30 pm
I may even have a use for this... :drevil:
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Shrike on April 11, 2002, 04:52:11 am
Quote
Originally posted by IceFire
Hah...you did a table entry :)

Thats umm...good.... :D
If this involved people I'd call it obsessive, but anyhow.... ;)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: FSW on April 11, 2002, 12:38:35 pm
This place is great, but I'll still miss the VBB...
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Shrike on April 11, 2002, 12:48:28 pm
Trust me, pretty soon you won't. ;)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: aldo_14 on April 11, 2002, 01:45:30 pm
Quote
Originally posted by IceFire
Hah...you did a table entry :)

Thats umm...good.... :D


hey...you could convert that JPG to a PCX file and use it ingame......  :evilidea:
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Redfang on April 11, 2002, 02:13:37 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
+Zadd: 0.0 ;; hehe

 
Lol, one of the :v: good explanations.
 
Quote
Originally posted by Shrike
Trust me, pretty soon you won't. ;)

 
That's true, at least not much. But for that matter, I haven't been here for long, so I can't know will I miss it after some days or weeks. ;) Better place this is, however. ;)
 
But it's still bad thing VBB goes down... [glow=green][glow=red]:headz: :snipe:[/glow][/glow]
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Hippo on April 11, 2002, 03:08:25 pm
It seems I'm not the only one that has to restart with no posts...
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on April 11, 2002, 03:26:11 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Shrike
Trust me, pretty soon you won't. ;)


yep
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Shrike on April 11, 2002, 05:44:08 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Hippo
It seems I'm not the only one that has to restart with no posts...
Don't sweat it.  People don't care here.  At least, not really.... it's what you post, not how many you have.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Zeronet on April 11, 2002, 05:48:48 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Shrike
Don't sweat it.  People don't care here.  At least, not really.... it's what you post, not how many you have.


I value mine a little, but just ask Styxx about content
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: JBX-Blitzwing on April 11, 2002, 06:18:51 pm
Has it gone now?  I don't seem to be able to get it up.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: BlackDove on April 11, 2002, 06:21:26 pm
Seems like its gone.....:( :( :( :( :( :(
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: JBX-Blitzwing on April 11, 2002, 06:26:56 pm
Here starts the countdown to the end of multi. :(
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Kamikaze on April 11, 2002, 06:42:37 pm
It seems, and I wasn't able to save the last words :(
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: JBX-Blitzwing on April 11, 2002, 06:47:26 pm
I'm dlding at the mo.  I think a few errors came through though.  I will leave it on overnight. around 50meg at the mo. :(
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Kamikaze on April 11, 2002, 06:54:30 pm
If you get the forum data please send it to [email protected] somehow.... :)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: BlackDove on April 11, 2002, 07:04:48 pm
50 meg on a emai?:headz:
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Setekh on April 12, 2002, 10:34:20 am
Quote
Originally posted by Shrike
Don't sweat it.  People don't care here.  At least, not really.... it's what you post, not how many you have.


It's true. There is also no such thing as a 'newbie' here; everyone commands (and, in some cases, demands) as much respect as anyone else, whether you've been here a day or a month or a year.

Welcome to HLP, guys; it's a whole new ballgame. ;)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: JBX-Blitzwing on April 12, 2002, 11:16:36 am
Quote
Originally posted by Kamikaze
If you get the forum data please send it to [email protected] somehow.... :)


Can do no worries if you tell me how to do that.  It's around 150megs in total.  A few errors were flagged, not sure why exactly.  But i tried a few pages and it seems okay.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: JBX-Blitzwing on April 12, 2002, 11:53:24 am
It went down again. :(  I think it's really gone this time.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: ZylonBane on April 12, 2002, 08:22:04 pm
(http://home.att.net/~clay.h/fs2/vbbfinal.jpg)
Requiescat in pace, VBB.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: BlackDove on April 12, 2002, 08:23:51 pm
Finaly.....:headz:
Title: The Final VBB Post
Post by: ionia23 on April 12, 2002, 10:07:06 pm
(http://personal.riverusers.com/~ashengrace/finlvbb.jpg)

That's all, folks.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Slasher on April 12, 2002, 10:33:31 pm
*sniff*

All gone.

And ionia23, please don't be so contemptous in the future. On behalf of a greatful HLP, thank you.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: ionia23 on April 12, 2002, 10:39:15 pm
Yeah, I'll miss the vbb, sure, but the layout for HLP is just amazing.  A much more powerful messagebase interface.
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Shiva Archon on April 12, 2002, 11:53:11 pm
But the flamewars were so absolutely HILARIOUS (before they eventually got really irritating)!  My highlight some days was just watching Zylon rip into some trolls like Alpha One.  "Don't feed the troll!"

I know there's none of that here, which is definitely a good thing.  Already it seems like a great place for Freespace.  Now if only there was a new Fred forum....
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Redfang on April 13, 2002, 05:13:07 am
Quote
Originally posted by ionia23
the layout for HLP is just amazing.  A much more powerful messagebase interface.

 
:nod:
 
Quote
Originally posted by Shiva Archon
My highlight some days was just watching Zylon rip into some trolls like Alpha One. "Don't feed the troll!"

 
Yeah, ZylonBane was definately good against trolls. ;)
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Sesquipedalian on April 14, 2002, 03:56:01 pm
Of course he was.  Do you know anyone else who attained the level of "I Sold My Soul to Volition?"
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on April 14, 2002, 04:17:27 pm
One thing is for sure, a lot of VBB refugees have arrived in the last couple of days.

Welcome to all of them
Title: Voltion VBB Board Closes Friday April 12
Post by: Setekh on April 14, 2002, 08:20:46 pm
Quote
Originally posted by ionia23
Yeah, I'll miss the vbb, sure, but the layout for HLP is just amazing.  A much more powerful messagebase interface.


Gee, now that's a pretty big compliment. Cheers. :D:yes: