Delwynndwn.net

Upcoming Minecraft Related Items

Delwynndwn — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:54:02 +0000

I’ve been running a white-listed Minecraft server, and I figure it may be nice to have some aspects of it easily visible to those who play on it. Overtime, you may start noticing a few Minecraft related things pop up on here. Already I’ve added a simple Minecraft menu link at the top that currently only goes to a stats page.

Currently on the TODO list for the Minecraft section:

Server Info
Command List
Maps

Minecraft Funny and Steam Cloud Sadness

Delwynndwn — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:00:58 +0000

Just a pair of images I’d share, for those of you who might not have come across them.

First of all, a creeper denies a player from the world:

And secondly, Steam Cloud segregates save games.

If Spacebuild was an MMO…

Delwynndwn — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:01:25 +0000

So I happen to own a copy of Garry’s Mod on Steam, and one of my favorite ways to play has been with the Space Build addon. In the past it was a game mode that was just derived from the basic sandbox game mode, but it’s been changed to be purely an addon which can potentially allow it to work in other game modes.

Though as much as I’ve loved Space Build, it is a bit lacking. True, the SBEP definitely adds quite a bit more to it, but it can be a bit buggy. Plus there’s not much room on each map, due to the limitations of the Source engine. So as fun as it is, there’s only so much you can do in it.

Fortunately, there’s a certain MMO I’ve recently encountered that alleviates pretty much everything that I found lacking in Space Build. And Shores of Hazeron definitely seems to make it fun. It’s still in the early development stages and there’s limited servers, so expect bugs and lag.

There’s a few more things that inspire Hazeron as well, such as Noctis. The entire galaxy is procedurally generated, giving you a LOT of places to explore. And currently, all empires are located in only a small section of the galaxy, and new ones are spawning generally nearby existing ones.

There’s also some inspiration taken from Spore, in that you create your own race whenever you create your own new empire. The shear number of options you get for race creation can be rather mind-boggling, so hitting the randomize button may be easier.

It’s not a game to be taken lightly though, and can be a bit difficult to get into first. The Hazeron game manual itself is a bit sparse, but the tutorial PDF that can be found there can really help you get started with the game.

If you like getting a society up and running from its feat and exploring the vast reaches of space, definitely give Shores of Hazeron a try!

Hello world!

Delwynndwn — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:55:25 +0000

So I’ve finally decided to do something with this site, after claiming the domain name and whatnot a few years back.

I’m still maintaining the old version of the site. This includes all files that were being hosted for various people. If you had an image or something else being hosted on here that you suddenly can’t access, it’s because it’s been moved. You can still find everything intact at delwynndwn.net/old_site/. Just put that at the beginning of the url for your file instead of just delwynndwn.net, and you’ll be all set.

Not sure what exactly I’ll be doing with this site. Since it’s personal, it’s most likely to stay as a personal site. I’ll be doing the usual SEO stuff to get some traffic, just to see what happens. I guess in a way this will be rather experimental, perhaps more so than my other site, D&D Nerd.

Anyhow, I hope you’ll enjoy the random nerdy stuff I do. >.>