complete works of sluggo IV

Article 31                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: worldleague
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/06/19

In article <95170.08574032FDPJC@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>, Jeff McDowell
<32FDPJC@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> wrote:

> 
>I would like to see more games where there isn't a completely even
>number of teams.  I know most people won't like it, just like most
>people don't like maps bigger then the slugfest size or games with
>hidden mines, or 1x1's etc.  People always say that "their strength is
>team play", when really they mean "Their strength is team play, on a
>small map without various types of terrain, with visable mines, and
>with only 2 sets of teams."
> 

Wooo wooo!!  I agree completely.  It seems that many of the players these
days who consider themselves to be "good players" basically only know one
strategy on one type of map and refuse to play any other.  One of my
favorite types of games is the old free for all tracker game where people
just join at random, grab a few bases and duke it out.  Unforunately, this
type of game no longer exists, as most players today will not play on a
map bigger than 50x50 without some form of the words "Rig", "Toy", or
"Fest" in them and will deliberate and complain for seemingly hours before
starting a game trying to decide what would be perfectly "even" teams.  It
seems that many have forgotten how much fun it is to just play a game as a
free-for-all and just make teams on the fly. 

Also, on the subject of hidden mines, although when misused mines can slow
the game to a crawl and make it less enjoyable, they do add an extra level
of complexity and strategy to the game.  With each restriction that people
place on a game, i.e. "no mining", "must play the only map I know how to
play", "teams must be precisely even", etc., another level of complexity
is taken away from the game.  One of the best features of Bolo is that it
allows for so much variation in maps, strategy, etc., that it is possible
to play a different type of game every time.  Why limit yourself to one
style of play?

slubbo


Article 32                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: New Swat Rankings are out!!!
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/06/21

In article <3s9n2k$v2@acmex.gatech.edu>, gt3397b@prism.gatech.edu (John
Peter Babish) wrote:

>(donning best conspiracy freak tone possible)
>
>Jolo, are you trying to take over the world of Bolo?
>First there was this push to have yourself named the
>best natured bolo player. You start posting more
>articles than anyone else had been. (Until "the boss"
>returned, who mysteriously enough none of us has seen,
>with the possible exception of Max. And he may be in
>on this.) Now you want yourself proclaimed the standard
>unit by which all bolo skill is measured. What gives?
>
>Washin' the Dog
>
>Conspiracy? Read the book!
>

Isn't it strange how "Jolo" sounds suspiciously like "Bolo"?
Coincidence?  I think not.

sludge-o


Article 33                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: New swattie rankings rox!
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/06/21

In article
,
Peter Eby  wrote:

>Colonel is spelled with an e in the military and everywhere else.  what 
>military were you in?  Did you finish grammar school?  Sheesh

Colonole?

sluggoe


Article 34                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: start a leauge of bolo
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/06/29

In article ,
gpappas@vub.ac.be (Tiger) wrote:

> In article <3spup5$8ho@scooby.beloit.edu>, "" <\ address\>> wrote:
> 
> => i want a league. 
> 
> I want strawberries.
>                                                __,,,,_

I want an Oompa Loompa nooooooowwwwww!!

slubbo


Article 35                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: BOLO LINKS
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/07/08

In article <3tml20$85i@boulder.earthnet.net>, Wilhelm
 wrote:

> Okay, I hope you realize that when you have a www page, and you want it 
> to get noticed, you have to goto the place where it will get noticed.  
> And even a couple places where it won't.  So PLEASE put you bolo pages 
> up there on my link page (mail me the URL).  I won't do it for you.
> 
> -The Other Guy

huh?


Article 36                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: BOLO LINKS
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/07/08

In article <3tnqoq$esp@boulder.earthnet.net>, Wilhelm
 wrote:

>chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon) wrote:
>>In article <3tml20$85i@boulder.earthnet.net>, Wilhelm
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, I hope you realize that when you have a www page, and you want it 
>>> to get noticed, you have to goto the place where it will get noticed.  
>>> And even a couple places where it won't.  So PLEASE put you bolo pages 
>>> up there on my link page (mail me the URL).  I won't do it for you.
>>> 
>>> -The Other Guy
>>
>>huh?
>
>Basically:
>
>If you have a bolo page, give me the URL so I can put it up on my page of
bolo links.  Because I am not goint to go out seaching...
>
>-The Other Guy

huh?


Article 37                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: macros??
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/07/22

In article
, Doug
La Farge  wrote:

>Ok here is and idea for the next update of bolo.  I'm not sure i have 
>seen this suggested yet, but,
>how about including a macros menu.  Just basic macros mind you that could 
>be useful for talking
>to other players.  Basically, I am taliking about having 5-10 "common 
>quotes".  Command 1
>thru command 9 or so will paste a message in the messeage window.  Quotes 
>like some of the
>following:
> 
>*
Ready................................set.................................go
!!!!
>The nice thing about this is you could use the same string length in a 
>series.  (  = most fair)
> 
>* HOLD  PLEASE HOLD PLEASE!!!!!! 
> 
>* --insert rude comment---
> 
>* doh!  
> 
>* I will kill you mother in the forthcoming battle 
> 
>* this is from my mother
> 
>etc...

yes, some other macros that would be cool:

* If I wanted any explosions out of you, I'd shoot your tank! huh?

* My turrent's bigger than your turrent.

* Is that your nose or are you eating a banana?

etc...

Also, it would be really cool if you could send sounds by typing commands
like "/DOH" or "/gasp".  Or what could *really* be cool is if the
messaging system somehow used the Speech Manager to "speak" messages.

But, then again, only a super duper genius could probably implement
something like that.  Who knows, maybe it could be made part of a borg
like Spielborg or something.


slugmo


Article 38                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Indy
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/07/26

In article , joe@umich.edu wrote:

> I can't get Indy or aIndy to work on PowerMac 6100--I tried both PPC and
> 68 versions. Any ideas?

First, make sure that the brain is in the "Brains" folder located in the
same folder as Bolo.  Secondly, make sure that when you start the game,
that you check the box marked "Allow Computer Tanks".  Also, it wil make
Indy a more challenging opponent if you also check the "And Give Them an
Advantage" option (although, this is more the case for aIndy, which, I
believe, takes advantage of  the additional information provided in Bolo
0.99.6.  This additional information can sometimes confuse the original
Indy 2.02).  

I assume you have probably gotten this far, and if you are still having
problems the next step is to make sure that Indy has enough memory to run
in.  Try either or both of the following:  remove the Bolo Sounds file
from the folder with the Bolo application that will be running the bots,
and/or increase the memory partition for Bolo. 

Good Luck,

slugmo


Article 39                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: If you read ONE POST Today, READ THIS
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/07/27

In article ,
schmeul@umich.edu (Sam Huffman) wrote:

>.99.2 handled these situations logically and beautifully. I can't see any
>reason not to go back, with the possible exception of bases. In other
>words, in a collision, have the tank(s) slide off whatever they're on (a
>wall, a pill, etc...)
>
>goob

I agree with goob.  The problem with 0.99.2 was that when sliding off of a
building, it was possible to land on a base and capture it.  This has
already been fixed in 0.99.6 without the need for a takn explosion.  It
seems that the fairest way to handle tank/(tank, wall, pill) collisions
would be to have the tank just slide off, as in 0.99.2.

slugmo


Article 40                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Another bug
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/08/03

In article <3vr6ka$lsu@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, chwang@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu
(chris hwang) wrote:

>>A solution would probably be to change one or more of your keys to a 
>>modifier key, thus making it so you can adjust your gunsight and drive 
>>at the same time.
>
>don't think this will make a difference.  i can play fine with my 
>gunsight keys elsewhere...  and it doesn't lock
>


Another possible solution is to set several functions to a single key.  I
often set my keys so that accelerate, shoot, and mine are all on CAPS
LOCK.  This way, my tank becomes an unstoppable juggernaut which is to be
feared by all.

sluggo