Thanks to the tireless work of Jason in the last week he managed to create a new Parsec Master server and this has allowed stargates to begin to function.
What does this mean?
It means a player can travel between servers without entering any commands, they just fly into the stargate and end up on a new server. The Parsec universe is one step closer to existence, all we need now are some planets and asteroids!
The Helix cannon is one of the less frequently dropped power cannons. It can annihilate a foolish head on enemy in seconds. It’s addition to the game server adds a new level of combat intensity to the game.
I know it’s been some time since an update but this project is still alive! If anything I would say it is more alive now than it was when I did my weekly updates last February.
What’s happened recently
In early October I sent an e-mail to Openparsec-devel stating “Summers over back to work!” To try and get attention again back to the project so we could again move forward and it worked. Several people from last year and a couple new lurkers chimed in and gave some ideas
There was some debate on an IRC channel for collaborative work and the #OpenParsec channel on slashnet was created in late October
All channel conversation is archived similar to a mailing list so it can be viewed by people who weren’t there
Uberlinuxguy got the SDL client working for all platforms
Slime got Xcode and Visual studio projects set up for Mac/Win32
Slime began improving the video engine on the client as it is obviously ancient, including some rendering enhancements and resolution handling
I improved the client side bot to be more fun
Network code seemed to die after 6 clients, fixed it to allow up to 16
Particle system simulation implemented server side (necessary to add some of the more fun game elements)
Peer 2 peer system restored for local lan play
Helix cannon works on game server
Anyways it has been a busy month. Feel free to join us on IRC or Sourceforge or compile the client and join the battle!
I have had this idea for a while to do a Niagara Region chicken tour and review the various brands/flavours of the area and now that camping season is winding down I’m going to try and make it happen.
The plan
I am looking for a group of volunteers to come along with me in this tour to provide their own review and perspective so that it is fair and unbiased. You can let me know on this blog if you are interested.
After we have established a “group” we will select a day/time in the week when we can go review the restaurant of that week. Those unable to make it on the designated time could go at any point during that week and submit their review.
Once a day/time is generally agreed upon all members can submit restaurants for review and the group can agree/disagree on the choice and start setting a schedule.
Why?
I really enjoy fried chicken and you would be surprised about how much variety there actually is in this area. It isn’t all KFC you know, some of the smaller chains like Chester Fried need to be thrown into the light with all their glorious deliciousness.
The goal is to hit at minimum one of each major brand but for the smaller more diverse brands more than 1 of each type could be visited as their side dish, service and refreshment offerings could vary and impact the overall experience in a positive or negative manner.
Brands:
KFC
Popeyes
Broaster Chicken
PC brand
Mary Browns
Chester Fried
Hopefully we discover a few new ones along the way as well.