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As you probably already seen, @spi expanded the number of slots available in Terra Nova (http://www.smokin-guns.net/viewtopic.php?p=21432#21432). From 8 to 12. This is what we asked him, to allow more people joining our Thursdays’ Clan Deathmatches (you know… SNH and @aspi often joined, and Donut had wished, but wasn’t able to). Due to summer holidays, Clan deathmatches are suspended now, they’ll be back in September.

Thank you very much @spi!

I’d like to see more clan members in Terra Nova during the whole week.  TN maps are great fun for old bone collectors as we are.

You know, I like to play SG with a picmip of 9. If you’ve never tried the magic of a high picmip, this is how it looks.

Mine, the Goldiggers’ Town. from SG Biondo on Vimeo.

My first video in absolute. 5 minutes of stream, 1 week of work (learning how to use software included, in spare time).

For those who don’t know what picmip is:

You can adjust how much details you want to see in game tweaking the configuration file (q3config.cfg). Replacing the default seta r_picmip “1” with seta r_picmip “9”, you almost remove any texture from objects and models. This way, the game is cleaner and looks more like a cartoon.

Alternatively, you can change picmip from SG console:

• open console and write “r_picmip 9” (without quotes)
• restart SG video: in console write “vid_restart” (also without quotes)

Credits:

Edited in: CinelerraCV, cinelerra.org
Titles: Inkscape, inkscape.org
Vimeo’s optimization: Kino, kinodv.org, and Avidemux, avidemux.sourceforge.net
Music (under Creative Commons license, creativecommons.org/​licenses/​by-nc-sa/​3.0/​us/​):
– “The Recruit”, by reaman, be.electrobel.org
– “El fefefè”, by Space Mariachi, pitjamajusto.com
Electrobel is a real mine of CC music, and they have the best on-line music player I’ve ever seen.

Thanks for Cinelerra tutorials to Raffaella Traniello, g-raffa.eu/​Cinelerra/​HOWTO/​index.html.

There are players that don’t know how to recognize a bot from a human. Strange, because it’s easy.

Here are some simple rules for the noobs.

Bots are devoted to a peculiar religion that force them:

• to move in weird way during their rituals
• to meet all together in the main street of Dry Gulch, dancing and celebrating with gun shots
• to stare for hours at closed doors in Tillian
• to commit suicide in Coyote Bluff

Still confused? Then you need a pair of X-Ray glasses!

See also: FAQ.

Not sure that every one knows the commands available in console in BallerBude. As you probably know BallerBude installed a software called BigBrotherBot (also known as B3) to make administrators’ life easier. B3 is also responsible for BallerBude’s XLRStats page.
BallerBude uses a strongly customized version of BigBrotherBot, friendly known as BBB (BallerBudeBot).

To use B3 commands you have to type them in console. B3 commands are preceded by an exclamation mark (!), not by a slash (or a backslash) as SG native commands. The commands you type are displayed in chat, visible to all other players.
In the table below “NAME” means the name (or the beginning of the name… 3-4 letters) of a player that is in map at that moment.
Of course a simple user like us can’t access all B3 commands, but only few of them. Here they are.