Ando Entertainment

What now?

2009-02-23T13:30:00.000-08:00

Blog has pretty much not seen ANY activity from readers since the beginning. I will obviously keep it up, but I may pursue a different blog idea. I'm hoping to get some kind of active community going that revolves around a blog, something like Chris Pirillo's blog and other blog-style things, or just like a popular blogger.

Any suggestions?

Also, to test if anyone is TRULY reading this, please post a reply saying something like "Hi". Who knows, maybe someone will say something. :P

What's going on in Sandbox?

2009-01-26T19:03:00.000-08:00

A rise in Sandbox clans, yet a large loss of sandbox servers and communities.

Sorry if this sounds like a news report, I'm watching Canadian news and writing this on a laptop.

Anyways. A while ago, it appeared that a few of the larger, more influential communities simply died on us. It seemed like a lapse in government, mainly. They permit less as mature users to rise up, they allow the option of new players to come admins with the donation of a couple of dollars. Now, you may think I'm saying negative things because I'm a SbxA kind of guy. No, I respect all communities in Sandbox, I have simply observed that the more open and public ones are vulnerable to the more dangerous temporary members who may stick around for a bit and then leave with a "bang" shall we say. A perfect example of one of these "bangs" was the Missleboy community site for a few months. There was a distorted photo of a cat reading a magazine on a kitchen table. That's not good.

Communities need government and observation from the administration to stay strong. I am saying this to all current and to-be communities out there. Observe your members. Do not let everyone in that you think you might trust. Don't offer admin for cash. This is not how a community stays safe.

Despite this, I am glad to see an increase in REAL sandbox clans. You know, the ones that know not to smack, and are nice to others.

Kthxbai o/

New mod in the works for BF2 (Not a Sandbox mod)

2009-01-25T07:41:00.000-08:00

It started with a concept Skovy, Skinner and I thought of for the source engine. "Worldmod". The first source mod of it's kind. A free, open world sandbox game, similar to the likings of "Gran Theft Auto".

Soon though, we turned our attention to making a pretty good mod with the BF2 engine. First we thought of a Team Fortress mod (The BF series is in desperate need of one) but then we thought "No, something a little more challenging... A tactical game..."

And so, we are beginning work very soon for this unnamed project. I'm not saying if we went with the "BFTF" idea or not, but it's going to be good.

New ROFLbox announcements, TWO IN ONE!

2008-09-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

The ROFLbox crew have recently posted two, rather intriguing, posts that you may find an interest in.

Firstly, the roflbox 0.5 public beta is up for download now.
Click here for the full post and download. PLEASE NOTE that the sandbox core is included as an attachment to the bottom of the post. IT IS REQUIRED TO USE THE ROFLBOX NETWORK!

That also reminds me! On the 24th of spetember, 2008, the Roflbox network was publicly announced of it's status:
UP AND RUNNING!
For all of the Rbox fans (who are pooping their pants with excitement), this is a glorious day. ROFLbox is now showing a promising future in the fast-growing world of sandbox mod mods. Please enjoy the following, triumphant post Gas made on the network's status;

"We are pleased to announce that the ROFLBox Network, along with it's partner website, is up and running! For those of you wondering what exactly the ROFLBox Network is, I'll tell you. The Network is an online creation saving and retrieval system, which enables anyone playing ROFLBox to save their creations and load them again later on any ROFLBox server running mod version 0.3 or higher. If you are familiar with saving groups on Sandbox, you won't have any trouble learning the new system. For simplicity, the chat commands to save and load groups are exactly the same.

Ingame Chat commands:

* @netsavegroup name - After you have a group selected, this command will tell the server to upload it to the network.
* @netloadgroup name - Will load a specific creation of yours from the Network for you to use on the server.
* @listgroups - Will list all creations you have saved on the Network. (handy incase you forget the name of a creation)

The Network doesn't end there, though. We have also created a web-based utility so players can manage their groups without being ingame. On the ROFLBox Network website, you can Delete or Rename creations, upload screenshots, share your creations with other players, and much more! To use the Rbx Network website, you have to be a registered member on the Death by Binary forums, which itself, is also a plus! :grin:

Server Owners: Curious how active your server is on the ROFLBox Network? There's also a utility to register your server on the Network to collect server-specific statistics on the performance of your server on the ROFLBox Network.

Check it out now if you have the chance! We've worked really hard lately to finish this project on time. I know I have put in dozens of hours and hundreds of lines of code into this, and am curious to know what everyone thinks. Your feedback is valuable, and will help us improve the system and add new features to it.

http://network.deathbybinary.com

:peace:
The ROFLBox Dev Team"

Moepbox Random Video #1

2008-09-29T17:22:00.001-07:00

The second publicly released video of moepbox, also by Cpt. Wow.

Moepbox preview #1

2008-09-29T17:04:00.000-07:00

The lack of sandbox news lately has been very sad, but meh, there's more now!

A few days ago, Cpt. Wow posted this video. This is the first known public footage of moepbox. Since the video itself on the website has since been removed you must download it, which has been made smaller than the original version for a quick download. The link to it is located at the bottom for this page.
Here is what Wow posted with the preview:

"omglolnowai!

yes way. first preview is a beta version of the blue angels jet #1, a bunch of new features added:

engine sound
- (flaps lower, buttons and stuff being pushed, some other stuff happens, engines turn on)
cockpit ambiance
- (feels like you are in a jet)
dynamic head movement
- (obvious from watching the video)
improved afterburner performance and effects
- (fire effect only on afterburner ignition and smoke exhaust fumes and stuff)
better handling
- (for blue angels air shows Nodding)
stalls
- (working on making you lose control if you slow down)
Smoke launchers
- (red-green-blue-white-black) - not in the video as it is still too early in its development
ground+water effects from engine
- (like helicopters)
some other things...
- (moep)"

DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO HERE LAWL!

Giga Shot Studios

2008-07-31T14:59:00.000-07:00

o/ lolhai what's up I'm posting this about a machinima team/community that a freind and I own entitled "Giga Shot Studios."

If you would like to learn more, please visit www.gigashotstudios.webs.com or our youtube channel, "Gigashotstudios".

Here's an awesome poster I did for our group:

We do machinima for just about any game. Good luck!

(Btw the picture is drasticly cut off for the blog just click on it to see full version...)

ROFL! New awesome objects in ROFLbox that will have you laughing! (And cheering :D)

2008-07-27T06:43:00.000-07:00

o/
Hai, I have two things to say, but I'll say what is indicated in the title first.

So, on July 16th, the developers of ROFLbox posted an update of what objects will be in the supposed very soon release of ROFLbox 0.5.

There were SO many objects I just can't count or estimate for fear of saying less than there actually is. Yes, there are a lot. In no way can I say every single one, so I'll say the ones that most stand out in a classic list:
Wait, never mind I can just copy and paste the whole thing as I cannot remake this whole post of rofl-goodness.

"Well, RBX 0.5 is faaaaast approaching.... and as I am known for my looooooooooooooooooooooooong news posts, I'll keep it as brief as I can (which is not very, sorry!)

~~~|StaticObjects|~~~

We have a whole range of new objects to build with! Like.... TONNES!

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Name: "Cow Trough"
ObjectName: xp2_cowtrough_01
Description: Far left on the image above. Shaped kind of like a jet exhaust, so I use it for that. Quite large, and with presumably hay on the inside.

Name: "Divider"
ObjectName: xp2_divider_01
Description: Second left on the image above. This is found on highways as a barrier, and for roading, should be invaluable! Made of concrete, and with little bits each end to interlock.

Name: "FarmFence|Post"
ObjectName: xp2_farm_fence_01 | xp2_farmfence_post
Description: Third left on the image above. Nice, white-painted fence for a farm, has separate posts for the ends, and goes well with the cow trough. No rural scene is complete without it =P

Name: "Swing Set"
ObjectName: xp2_swingset
Description: Middle of image above. For a... playground? No idea! I'm sure you guys will find a use for it!

Name: "Windmill|Blades"
ObjectName: xp2_windmill_02 | xp2_windmill_blades_02
Description: Right-hand side of image above. The blades spin, so it makes AWESOME propeller-shaped things! The windmill blades can be spawned either separately, or with the windmill.

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Name: "Overpass Fence"
ObjectName: xp2_overpass_fence_12m
Description: Far left on the image above. Ivan reports that this object ROCKS for race tracks, and heck! I believe him!

Name: "Pylon"
ObjectName: xp2_pylon_02
Description: Second left on the image above. It's uhh... kinda like a traffic cone, but it doesn't move around.... Kinda like a giant ice-cream cone, mmmm!

Name: "Picnic Table"
ObjectName: xp2_picnictable_01
Description: Middle of image above. A table/bench all-in-one for those park moments! Made of solid wood, this should be good for building something!

Name: "Hiwayfence|Post"
ObjectName: xp2_highwaynoisewall_01 | xp2_highwaynoisewallpost_01
Description: Second-right on the image above. No idea why it's called a "noise wall".... maybe it's noise deadening? Anyway, again you get the posts for ends of it, and... well..... it looks like an office building... So... cheap city scenes?

Name: "Picket Fence"
ObjectName: xp2_picketfence_01
Description: Far right of the image above. This... is... SO handy for houses! How on earth did we manage without the suburban equivalent of the farm fence?!

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Name: "Wheelchair"
ObjectName: xp1_wheelchair
Description: Far left on the image above. Now disabled people can enjoy ROFLbox too! I gotta say though, that is one NICE wheelchair. Wood, exquisitely detailed to perfection... If I break my neck, spawn one for ME please!

Name: "Desk"
ObjectName: xp1_desk
Description: Second left on the image above. A nice wooden desk, with a set of drawers at the back for storing files... Cool I know!

Name: "Mailbox"
ObjectName: xp2_mailbox_01
Description: Middle of image above. Again, HOW THE HECK DID WE MANAGE WITHOUT IT?! It just completes that housey feel, enjoy!

Name: "Ice Machine"
ObjectName: xp2_icemachine
Description: Second-right on the image above. I guess it makes ice (duhhh), but seriously, the noise it gives off is PERFECT for putting in industrial scenes, or you could make a nice cafe!

Name: "Bed (wet, ew)"
ObjectName: xp1_bed
Description: Far right of the image above. Well, I found this in a lunatic asylum on Special Forces... Presumably, they hastily emptied their bladder before the attack... Oh well, it's a bed nonetheless... we'll probably off a custom content patch to make it.... less.... urinated on.

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Name: "Fire"
ObjectName: fx_fire
Description: Far left on the image above. Not much to say... It's from Karkand originally, and yes, it IS the same effect as the flamethrower!

Name: "Smoke"
ObjectName: fx_smoke
Description: Second left on the image above. A nice smoke effect for a tower, perhaps? What you do with it is up to you, enjoy, lol.

Name: "Water Fountain"
ObjectName: fx_fountain
Description: Middle of image above. Might be a bit hard to see, zoom in if you can't. Basically, it's a cute little fountain effect! Ivan says it looks like urinating.... maybe THAT'S how the bed got wet!

Name: "Waterfall"
ObjectName: fx_waterfall
Description: Far right of the image above. Yup, it's from the dams on Fushe Pass! Makes a great deal of noise, so be considerate when spawning it... anyway....should be good!

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Name: "Snow"
ObjectName: fx_snow
Description: THE image above. Christmas scenes, anyone? Basically, you spawn it, and a few seconds later, feel the magic as snow falls softly down. Cool? HELL YEAH!

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Name: "Fluffy Cloud"
ObjectName: fx_cloud
Description: THE image above. Need a cloud, but clearing's sky was too.... well... clear? THIS is the object for you!

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Name: "Mozzies"
ObjectName: fx_mozzies
Description: THE image above. AAAARRRRRGH!!!! MOSQUITOES, SCOURGE OF THE SWAMP! Basically, it's the mosquito effect you find mostly on Operation Clean-Sweep... it's bound to have you swatting at the screen!

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Name: "Birdies"
ObjectName: fx_birdies
Description: THE image above. Simple aim, and drop! The birds fly out every couple of seconds, so if you needed a flock of birds traveling in ONE direction, hooray for you!

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Name: "Plasma TV"
ObjectName: fx_tumbleweed
Description: THE image above. Why is the object name "fx_tumbleweed"? Because I messed up! Great TV though, no more putting together hordes of TVs to make one of these, it's here, and you have no excuse!

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Name: "Umbrella"
ObjectName: beach_umbrella
Description: Left on the image above. Another must-have! Now you can relax in the shade!

Name: "Beach Chair"
ObjectName: beach_chair
Description: Middle of image above. Ooooohh yeeeeaaaah!!! Are you imagining yourself on it? I am!

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Name: "Counter"
ObjectName: counter
Description: Left on the image above. Want to make a bar? Use this!

Name: "Soda Machine"
ObjectName: soda_machine
Description: Middle of image above. *pssht, glug glug glug... ahhhhh* <-- Those words best describe this object originally from PoE2

Name: "Table"
ObjectName: table
Description: Right on the image above. A VERY nice wooden table, again from PoE2.

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Name: "Stairs"
ObjectName: stairs_insidelower
Description: Far left on the image above. We NEEDED some proper stairs, so here it is!

Name: "Footpath"
ObjectName: sdwlk_10m
Description: Left on the image above. The guys at PoE REALLY outdid themselves on this one! Never before have I seen such a detailed footpath!

Name: "Radiation Sign"
ObjectName: cher_radiation
Description: Middle of image above. This basically says... "KEEP OUT!"... would be good for signposting nuke explosions.

Name: "Parking Bumper"
ObjectName: parking_bumper_1
Description: Right on the image above. Nice little curb for stopping those nasty cars from driving on your lovely footpath!

Name: "Wall"
ObjectName: cher_conwall_1x
Description: Far right on the image above. This is the wall they use for containing the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor 4 after the disaster that occurred there... Makes for a great smaller metal plate substitute.

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Name: "Cart"
ObjectName: cart_dest
Description: Far left on the image above. Rotate the pitch by 30 degrees and you have some nice wheels!

Name: "Generator"
ObjectName: power_station_pt_3
Description: Left on the image above. What can I say? Want a big slab of generic industrial equipment? Here it is!

Name: "Stone Bridge"
ObjectName: lrg_stonebridge
Description: ALL OVER image above. Veeeery big bridge... veeery beautiful too. This is found on Karkand etc, and you can make some awesome tunnels with this!

Name: "Valve"
ObjectName: wpipe_valve
Description: Right on the image above. Cool little generic valve thingy... complete with big handle.

Name: "Market Stand"
ObjectName: marketstand_2
Description: Far right on the image above. Makes for some neat turrets when rotated 90 degrees by pitch!

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Name: "Couch"
ObjectName: couch
Description: Far left on the image above. You will laugh when you see the arms of this... I wont give it away just yet... hehe.

Name: "Concrete Slab"
ObjectName: concrete5x5
Description: Middle on the image above. 5 by 5 metre slab of concrete... very, very, VERY handy!

Name: "Ceiling Fan"
ObjectName: ceiling_fan
Description: Top of image above. This spins around, presumably cooling the occupants below.

Name: "5m Pillar"
ObjectName: pillar5m
Description: Right on the image above. 5 metre high pillar for supporting a carpart... or gallery... or ANYTHING really!

Name: "Carpet"
ObjectName: carpet01_col | carpet01
Description: Bottom-right on the image above. Pretty cool carpet, oh, and right click for a version you can walk through!

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Name: "Light Bulb"
ObjectName: xp1_lightbulb
Description: Replaces the box of drugs as a light bulb, box of drugs is now back to normal.

~~~|Vehicles|~~~

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Name: "Technical"
ObjectName: bf2aus_technical
Description: Essentially, this is a civilian pickup truck turned into an improvised attack vehicle. The name originates in Somalia. They are usually armed with a machine gun mounted on the back.

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Name: "Semi"
ObjectName: xpak2_semi
Description: A 10-wheeled, 2-seater big-rig. This version is apparently a racing version, as the paint and torque are far from civilian.

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Name: "Wolf"
ObjectName: gerjeep_wolf
Description: Mercedes G-Class cars are nicknamed "Wolf" in the German Armed Forces, and is their equivalent of the Nanjing 2046 or HMMWV.

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Name: "Car"
ObjectName: xpak_civ1
Description: A beaten-up civilian hatchback, rusted to heck, but still drivable.

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Name: "AILRaider"
ObjectName: xpak_ailraider
Description: The Automotive Industries Ltd. Desert Raider is an Iraqi prototype military vehicle with a top speed of 110 km/h (68.4 mph). It has 6 wheels, is all-wheel drive, and weighs 1,450 kg.

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Name: "Scooter"
ObjectName: civsctr
Description: A mobility scooter that is both slow and embarrassing... yet also strangely addictive!

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Name: "Forklift"
ObjectName: xpak_forklift
Description: A forklift from Special Forces! Currently, the front is not controllable... but it MIGHT be possible to make it move.

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Name: "Golf Cart"
ObjectName: bf2aus_golfcart
Description: ANOTHER pathetic, yet awesome vehicle! Also note the carrier spazzing out in the background.... (we fixed that now)

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Name: "P7A1"
ObjectName: usapc_aavp7a1
Description: The AAVP7A1 is an amphibious assault vehicle / armoured personnel carrier. It carries an Mk19 40mm automatic grenade launcher and an M2HB .50 calibre heavy machine gun (as seen on the boat)

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Name: "AC-130"
ObjectName: dcon_ac130
Description: The AC-130H Pave Spectre II is a 76 tonne BEAST of an gunship with 2x 20mm Vulcans, a 40mm Bofors cannon and a 105mm Howitzer cannon (which weighs 1.5 tonnes), all mounted along the left-hand side.

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Name: "Hind"
ObjectName: hind
Description: The Mil Mi-24 Hind is an attack helicopter producing a total of 4,400 BHP. The helicopter itself is similar in manufacture to the UH-1A Huey.

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Name: "A-10"
ObjectName: air_a10
Description: The A-10 gunship is one of many aircraft born out of the Vietnam conflict, and is a heavily armed anti-ground vehicle.

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Name: "A-10a"
ObjectName: usair_a10a
Description: The A-10a is one of the A-10 variants.

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Name: "Littlebird"
ObjectName: she_littlebird
Description: The MH-6 Little Bird is a very small attack / reconnaissance helicopter. In the year it was introduced, it broke 23 helicopter world records for speed, endurance and climb rate. It is extremely fast and small, and so is very hard to shoot down!

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Name: "Turret"
ObjectName: dcon_kpv_turret
Description: The turret from an APC. Good for base defense... also, it's invincible.

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Name: "Barge"
ObjectName: rampboat
Description: A barge with a catapult that appears not to actually do anything except move!

And voila! Those are the main additions (a couple missing from that list, but it's fairly complete)

CrazySoldiersProductions"

For the original post, Click here.

If you stuck around for the whole awesome post, or remembered that I have other news, then you are reading this.

The reason you just saw roflbox news is the conclusion of a talk with on of the developers, UberWazuSoldier.
I am contacting any developers that I do not know well enough in order to make sure I stay up to date with ALL sandbox news. My next stop will be the Missileboy community.
And thanks to Uber for doing what you can to promote AE, :D!

Moepbox website update

2008-07-26T15:53:00.001-07:00

The current wesbite for moepbox has been updated, both Bullace and Cpt. Wow have both decided they are about to start actively posting on the website.

There are now forums also for moepbox I have already started posting in. It is simply a child board of the BF2 section of the moep gaming (www.moepgaming.com) forums, therefore much easier to keep organised for the team.

Oh, and btw, did I see a Garry's mod smiley face on one of the randomly chosen pictures in the top right corner of the moepbox website!? Naughteh...

Aside from all this, I have made a nice little widget for those who want to keep up-to-date on the AE news. It's a Javascript RSS feed of this blog that you may put in your Facebook, myspace, iGoogle, etc. For you advanced d00ds out there you may be able to take the Javascript and make it into a desktop widget. I've been trying to, and I pfail at it. To get it, CLICK HERE LAWL!

Happy Building!

No forums.

2008-07-26T11:38:00.001-07:00

I'm cancelling the forums idea, why would a blog need seperate forums?

Moep

2008-07-26T11:36:00.000-07:00

If anyone's reading this post, hai! o/

Need moar readers. From now on until I get some moar readers here ill just use this as a log for crap i guess... Oh wait, that's what a blog is XD

Forums Update

2008-07-23T12:03:00.000-07:00

So the forums are almost done, but I am waiting for more people start using this site before forums become a reality. If j00 know anyone that would enjoy this blog, tell them.

You are witnessing a blog coming to life, don't brush it off.

Forums!

2008-07-23T06:33:00.000-07:00

Okay, so, hey.

I was thinking about starting this off as a community and keeping it that way of course, and there is one thing that all communties need...

Forums. Everyone can't be sitting around talking to eachother about sandbox and crap through email, therefore, yar itsa comin'.

I'll add another post once I've finished it, kthxbai o/...

Ando Entertainment up and RUNNING!

2008-07-22T19:44:00.000-07:00

o/

Hai, This is to announce that Ando Entertainment, a new sandbox friendly community is UP and RUNNING!

This blog will cover the future projects of Ando Entertainment (Videos, creations, maps, skins, etc...) and should act as a nice little mini-community for sandbox.

Enjoy! And if you would like to contribute just ask me in the comments.