Current NN Development

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For those of you that don't hang out on IRC... you may have think I've disappeared or spent less time within this community. I'd like to enlighten everyone to my recent whereabouts because I've in fact just been behind the scenes, contributing in the ways that I can to help build the foundation, support and scaffolding that keep this community strong and evolving.

While I try to concentrate on only a small number of projects at a time, sometimes I have to re-prioritize when something calls for more immediate attention, be it the physical world or another Nexuiz related project.

Those "somethings" that've been on my back the past few months have mainly been school and managing the game servers. While in school I only allow myself to get so deep into projects because some get so complex it requires full dedication from my brain. Now that school's out of the way, I've had time to reorganize my thoughts, computer hardware and files.

As a developer, I've been challenging myself to keep my code more organized both locally and remotely. Recently opening up a [url=http://github.com/z]git repository[/url] for some select projects I'd like to be open. One of the biggest of which is my bash script collection I've been building as a Nexuiz game server framework, Nexuiz Server Toolz (NST) a.k.a. nexst.

NST Allows me to easily manage and extend Nexuiz game servers, a power I'll soon be sharing with other Nexuiz admins. Which, I'm hoping with the release of 2.5 will help us keep things in order as the swarm of new players begin to explore this game we adore.

Here's a simple screenshot of a small benefit that makes a big difference when managing:
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Here's a complex screenshot of the features NST _had_ a few months ago
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It has since evolved as my git page shows (sorry not time for organizing a screenshot)

I've also been working on NSTWeb which helps me admin the game servers through a web interface which decreases my reaction time and increases my awareness as a server admin.
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Here's a peak under the hood
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Then... also related is the Map Repository... which has admittedly taken a temporary backseat while I organize this other stuff because I've been...
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.. switching from computer
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.. to computer
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Cleaning up my files as I change between computers, [url=http://alientrap.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4164]submitting essential source files[/url] to help others build off / improve the new default theme in SVN, wickedz.
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I've been working on marketing deals for Nexuiz, in particular hooking up with [url=http://playdeb.net]playdeb.net[/url] to [url=http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/friends/playdeb/web]redesign their page[/url] in exchange for some attention for Nexuiz.
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So... all of these projects sorta tie together and sometimes it's hard to keep up of all of them. This is why future plans call for a huge cleanup / streamlining of the NN development process.

I haven't covered all projects, just the ones that are taking up the most time. There is plenty more to talk about but that's all the time I've got for this for now. I'll try to keep up on informing everyone about development a little more in the future... once NN gets reorganized.

[Sepelio]

Awesome work -Z-! I see this stuff doing great things for nexuiz and the community!

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Working on a mappers plugin for NST

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aggressor-ctf

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zion_v1

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I've upgraded [url]http://pics.nexuizninjaz.com[/url] which now supports multiple galleries and has better / more options. There is one bug I don't know how to fix quite yet. That's the renaming the files ability. So expect errors if you try to use this.

This upgrade was done manually by me, there was no script assistance, I had to translate the outdated database to work with the latest version. I migrated all user data. The file ratings were not translated, I don't think that's a big loss considering the benefits we've gained.

[mikeeusa]

[-Z-] Is that an automatic map packer?! (Which automatically put's whatever (nonstandard) files needed into the pk3?

That is awsome :D

You should get that in svn; it will really make things easier for new mappers!

[grasshopper]

and here i've been learning the hard way :(

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That is an automatic map revisioner. I will be making a packager as well.


Today I finished the migration of kyoman to [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/nexuizninjaz]youtube[/url]

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I updated the ninja pack with a build / buildscript -- [url]http://github.com/z/nn_ninja_pack[/url]

removed some broken things and old information from servers.nn [url]http://servers.nexuizninjaz.com/[/url]

updated [url]http://toolz.nexuizninjaz.com/cvar/[/url] to Nexuiz SVN r5979 02-25-09, thanks merlijn