Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - FUCK NO SPORTING GOODS STORES

[DrBones]

This plan doesn't seem very foolproof, since most maps always spawn you in the same hundred-maptile radius. Most food and equipment would be consumed within the first few months.

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;46856751]This plan doesn't seem very foolproof, since most maps always spawn you in the same hundred-maptile radius. Most food and equipment would be consumed within the first few months.[/QUOTE]

Maybe. Maybe not. You can always explore further or plant food. We could make a facepunch town easily. You can also hunt.

Its not foolproof at all, it will probably fail. But I think it could be fun.

[Nutcake]

Sucks that conflicting changes get deleted.

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=nutcake;46857045]Sucks that conflicting changes get deleted.[/QUOTE]

Git's pretty smart on conflicts. Most likley if two users drop items on the same tile we can have a tile with both items after the merge.

[editline]5th January 2015[/editline]

My biggest problem with Cataclysm is that unless you do something the world doesn't change. It doesn't live on its' own. Having other players in the world should make it more lively.

[Purple Magpie]

[QUOTE=Rivelt;46855730]Okay so I got two military ID cards, raided a military bunker and picked up some [sp]manhacks and an inactive turret from one of the rooms[/sp], ran back to the LMOE shelter I spawned at and put the [sp]turret[/sp] down. It beeped and turned around and instantly killed me.

They were always friendly before when you placed them, did it just glitch or something? There were no enemies around or anything.[/QUOTE]

Oold bug. They fixed it at one point, but I guess it's back. Again.

[matt000024]

So it is sort of okay if two people are playing at once or what? I may try tomorrow...

[Svinpels]

Is there a way to keep the game from crashing when entering the [sp]artifact room in a temple?[/sp]
Or is it just a lost cause?

[editline]Bah[/editline]

Oops, problem suddenly resolved after reloading and repeating for a while.

[neosloth]

[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46856118]Cmon guys, lets test this shared world thing.[/QUOTE]

Getting access denied

[WarRage]

[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46855753][b]The shared world works, you can play in it too.[/b]

[url]https://github.com/Euphe/SharedCataclysm[/url]

However there is no way to prevent people from playing other people's characters.
[b]Let's keep it fair and fun - create characters named same as your user name on Facepunch and play only your character.[/b]

The world is created with all defaults except for item spawn being 1.2

To play (for win):

Happy clusterfuck.

[b]Of course you need git installed![/b]

[editline]4th January 2015[/editline]

That makes me thinking about how hard it would be to make a webserver that would send people the world files and their character only, so that we can have a shared world with secure characters.

Sad to think that Cataclysm mmo is not possible.[/QUOTE]

Really like this idea, but shame i won't do it since my upload is 25kbs and i think the save files are ridiculous in size

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=WarRage333;46860337]Really like this idea, but shame i won't do it since my upload is 25kbs and i think the save files are ridiculous in size[/QUOTE]

[img]http://i.gyazo.com/74e5bb073aa7a18f8bd812c5854d85bd.png[/img]
Sorry for commie language, but you get it's around 8mb now. I think the saves stopped being ridicolously huge many versions ago.
Also you won't be uploading it all every time because git will only update the files you changed. I think even in the worst case uploading will take less then 5 min.

[QUOTE=matt000024;46858318]So it is sort of okay if two people are playing at once or what? I may try tomorrow...[/QUOTE]

It's totally okay.

[editline]5th January 2015[/editline]

Actually now that I look at the files - character files are separate from other files. Maybe it is possible to only share the world files without sharing characters so no one will be able to play your character and ruin your fun.

Forgot to mention: if something fucks up bad we can always go back to any point of the world. There is no easier backup tool than git.

[WarRage]

I got a pretty new version after (4 years ingame time) its 350mb. Anyway i could try but is the world in dynamic or static spawns? And what version are you running stable / experimental?

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=WarRage333;46860581]I got a pretty new version after (4 years ingame time) its 350mb. Anyway i could try but is the world in dynamic or static spawns? And what version are you running stable / experimental?[/QUOTE]

Stable Brin, static spawns.

I think it's gonna be awhile until our world becomes really large.

How did you not get bored for 4 in-game years?

[WarRage]

Always more guns and bionics to find (except i did get bored until i read to do this)

Also i'm a idiot and don't understand how the git thing works so i added you on steam.

Okay i done everythin' except the 2nd last step and when it asks me for a password it wont let me type in anything and i get access denied.

(on another note i started infected start and it had 4 first aid kits inside the starting house)

[MuffinZerg]

-snip-

[MuffinZerg]

[b]Bigger update[/b]

Yeah, I made it that only world info is shared, characters are not. You character stays local.

Here's the hopefully final guide on how to play.

[b]Shared Cataclysm world[/b]

[url]https://github.com/Euphe/SharedCataclysm[/url]

[B]What is it?[/B]

Multiplayer but not quite. You play in a shared world and periodically sync it with the common world, getting the changes other players did to it and sending your own.
You won't be able to directly interact with any players, but you will be able to find places people discovered, their stashes, corpses, whatever they leave in the world.

[B]How do I play?[/B]

0. Get GIT, make a github account, pm me the username of that github account.
First you need [URL="http://git-scm.com/downloads"]GIT[/URL]. Just download it now, no technical knowledge required.
Make sure to select this when installing:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/6oh6hEm.png[/img]
Sign up at [URL="https://github.com/"]https://github.com/[/URL].

[U]1. [/U]Navigate to your cataclysm/save folder

[U]2. [/U]Open console command window (SHIFT+Right click somwhere in the folder [url]http://i.imgur.com/wLnroLm.png[/url]), type:

git clone https://github.com/Euphe/SharedCataclysm

.The whole world will be downloaded to you as "SharedCataclysm".

[U]3. [/U]Load up the game, make a character, play like you always do. After you made some changes (played for a bit) go to save/ShareCataclysm, double click the

save.bat

[U]4. [/U]Next time before you start playing double click

load.bat

The world will update.

[U]5. [/U]Pm me if you have any problems.

[Nutcake]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/RpnO9Td.png[/img]

Oh.
Okay.

Might as well just lay on the floor and die, then.

[kylel999]

^I giggled like a girl. How did that happen

[Svinpels]

[QUOTE=dreukrag;46854362]Adding the dirt mound examine function doesn't seems to work, so I think you gotta add a new tag that can be applied to the part, wich as far as I know involves coding. This is quite an interesting thing to have tough, I recommend suggesting on the official cataclysm forums.
[/QUOTE]

I don't have an account at the official forums as I don't frequent it too often, so if anyone with an account want to take the credit for the idea I wouldn't mind :v:

[matt000024]

[QUOTE=WarRage333;46860581]I got a pretty new version after (4 years ingame time) its 350mb. Anyway i could try but is the world in dynamic or static spawns? And what version are you running stable / experimental?[/QUOTE]

How many days did you make each season?

[kylel999]

[QUOTE=matt000024;46863302]How many days did you make each season?[/QUOTE]

Wonder what happens if you set seasons to be 0.25 days :v:

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=Kylel999;46863428]Wonder what happens if you set seasons to be 0.25 days :v:[/QUOTE]

Russian weather simulator

[editline]6th January 2015[/editline]

Come on guys let's try this shared world thing, it won't be fun with just me and WarRage playing there [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img]

[Nutcake]

[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46863508]
Come on guys let's try this shared world thing, it won't be fun with just me and WarRage playing there [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img][/QUOTE]

But effort.

[kylel999]

I'm starting a character now on the shared world

[editline]5th January 2015[/editline]

Spawned in a military surplus with an NPC that's mowing down zombies named TonZa (capital Z intentional)

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=Kylel999;46864242]I'm starting a character now on the shared world

[editline]5th January 2015[/editline]

Spawned in a military surplus with an NPC that's mowing down zombies named TonZa (capital Z intentional)[/QUOTE]

Pm me your github name (or post it here) or you wont be able to update the world with your changes.

[editline]6th January 2015[/editline]

In the shared world if you select to spawn in a Cabin it will most luckily spawn you in that one cabin close to a research center.

[kylel999]

It's dot12321. This is exciting. I found some zombie corpses presumeably left behind by another character

[editline]5th January 2015[/editline]

Aw the game crashed when I tried to talk to an NPC :(

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=Kylel999;46864333]It's dot12321. This is exciting. I found some zombie corpses presumeably left behind by another character

[editline]5th January 2015[/editline]

Aw the game crashed when I tried to talk to an NPC :([/QUOTE]

Added you. If you will encounter any errors when pushing changes - find me on steam.

[meanwhile]

Add me to the repository. My GitHub name is NightmareX91.

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=NightmareX91;46864487]Add me to the repository. My GitHub name is NightmareX91.[/QUOTE]

Done

[kylel999]

So when I try to save the world, I can't input my password after I put my username in

[MuffinZerg]

[QUOTE=Kylel999;46865197]So when I try to save the world, I can't input my password after I put my username in[/QUOTE]

You can, it just doesn't show the characters you input.
Input your password blidnly and press enter.

Also run load before saving, because you can't save if your version is not up to date.