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I believe the main thing people don't like is when you over-react and flame people that are helping you. Stop doing that and stop telling people to "get back on topic" and you would have less problems here. You have answered your own question.

Well, this topic is a mess. There is hardly ever highly offensive posts being made on RRU. Always, I repeat, ALWAYS assume it was a joke if you are unsure. Text does not convey emotion. Remeber back when McJobless said: He was indirectly helping you to get out of a possible warning for flaming. "Covering your back" as it were. Unfortunately you took that the wrong way and confirmed in nice big writing that you really were trying to flame him. This is not how forums work. Members cannot control when people can and cannot post. Moderators control how far they topics stray from it's purpose, you have no need to worry about this.

ExRicky should make a creepy Lego Island video. I want to see what he can do... actually no, I'll probably be killed by his Infotreeiac and the Floating Torso Minions.

This subforum is getting out of hand 8S

I never thought I'd have to do this kind of entry, but my feelings on the matter are quite high, and I think I have some explaining to do. I'm sorry in advance. Hopefully it will never come to this again. I remember first joining RRU. It was just before dinner on a school night, all the way back in 2010. I had just gone through my emails (this was my second email account) on my brothers computer in his room (already showing who would be the richer one), and found a brand new RRU newsletter mysteriously sitting in the previously empty (again, second account; my first one had 2) RRU Newsletter category. For some reason, I had categorised RRU Newsletters without even being an active member on the site (yet). At first, it was my scary. I had been to forums before, but this one felt...different. It looked like the admin had spent a lot of time and effort, going out of his way to purchase his own domain and forum software, instead of using the free forums of the time. It felt...professional. I, at the time, wasn't even sure if I would be committed to staying. I just made an introduction topic, as you do, and went off on my merry way to dinner, before then playing a few hours of PS1 and then passing out. The next day I woke up, and I was astounded; the admin had personally responded to me, alongside some moderators and other members. I felt...brilliant. I never had such a warm welcome in my life. I posted a bit more, here and there, being careful to make sure I didn't annoy anybody or break anything I wasn't supposed to. I slowly gathered confidence and became more and more invested in the site. I started to download some of the tools, and screw around LegoRR, seeing if I could contribute something, anything, to the site, so I wouldn't just be dead-wood. Eventually I ventured into the unknown abyss of the Shoutbox. I had done IRC before, but most chats were dead, and many of the people were pretty quiet, even when talking. But, something was different. These people were...alive. And entertaining. They all had unique personalities and stories. They didn't bite (not at first at least; Zephyria ). I spent more time interacting with them, and starting to feel like I might actually be a part of this..."family". We all know the story from there. Boy finds some dead code nobody knew how to work with, boy plays around with it, boy accidentally is able to get multiple minifigure types into the game, boy because instant success. And after that, things went everywhere. I climbed my way through the post counts while witnessing (and being a major part of) many various conflicts on the site, learning to animate under the wing of Cirevam while everyone chortled "Does he love cub or coke?" This place grew on me, and it's pretty much been a better place than my own home. I tell you this story because of that word; "family". That's what we, more or less, are. Cyrem's the single parent, the moderators are the older siblings, the new editors are the nosy kids who like to shower everyone with gossip, the donators are the spoiled goodie-two-shoes, the contributors are also spoiled goodie-two-shoes ( ) and then we have all the other younger siblings. That just how it is on this site. As much as a family stands together, I've seen more of a family falling apart. And this one is no different. We all have our difference in opinions, in the way we do things, and the way we communicate. It shows most online, and especially here, where the anticipation between each post builds up moreso than on a instant messaging service. That's a problem inherit in forums, but it seems to be less of a problem here. Nonetheless, we still have parts of it showing up, and mostly within myself (See the side-rant in the spoiler below). It happens in cycles, and those cycles are regular, and it's happening right now. A certain member appears to shake up the website, and embarks on a journey where we are constantly disappointed by their actions and their words, to the point where some of us outright (and people, we all must admit it sometime, despite how we'd normally say "we just stumbled upon this topic by accident") follow their post rampage, hoping they'll eventually listen to us, as we try to defuse a ticking timebomb that could bring an end to forum order itself. Or so we think. Cyrem has a nice giant big "UNDO" button in his office. Since that first night, when I nervously jumped online to and posted a hello, hoping I wouldn't be ripped in half, I've meet a lot of people on this site (not in real life, but that's not important). I've grown and changed, and I've formed opinions on people. We all know who I respect, who I feel can be a bit "excessive" at times, and who I want nothing more than to throw out the airlock. But recently, I've been challenging my own opinions and fighting with myself and my actions. That said, one person has constantly set my entire brain on fire and locked all the fire hydrants. I won't name names. You know who it is. You know that person, on this site or not, has demonstrated a lack of respect, blatant ignorance, and contempt for authority. I'm not here to rip them apart to shreds. Instead, I'm here to...apologise. Yes, I'm serious. Not to them, oh hell no. But instead to the staff and members of this site, and to anybody else who had been caught in the cross-fire. Sometimes I get out of hand. I go beserk and then attempt to justify my actions as being right, when I'm no better (and that's hard to say for some people) than the person I'm trying to call out. It's of great disrespect to myself, and to the forums when new members come and see what I've posted. I hold a position of, relatively, some power, and to act as I do...I should know better. We should know better. It's not right for me to hide behind this computer and call out people, only to reflect poorly myself on those who have worked harder than me to bring us all together in the first place. Respect must be given if it is to be earned, and in many ways, I have been undoing what respect I gave to the staff and members here that I worked up with great effort. One step forward and three steps back. There's not much that can be done now on my end, apart from holding back in future, and letting the moderators and the admin deal with this whole mess as they see fit. But, nonetheless, if I'm committed to stopping this, I do need to throw something off my chest, else I'll never breathe again. I have never met a person like the one I am talking about right now. Never ever. An attitude so fowl, I should have smelt it from his very first post in the RIP topic. His constant derogatory, "innocent-until-never-proven-guilty" persona fills me with so much hate and bile, I'm considering seeing a doctor. We tried to justify it as the person being "young", but even then, many younger members have, more or less, settled down after contact with a member of staff, and their annoying tendencies have been little more than a small itch that's easily scratched away. I will not be silent about this person in private, and I would happily, if not given the fact that this is supposed to be civilised communal gathering and that I am supposed to be a pillar of respect and patience, stand in front of ANY member, one I have little respect for or not, and defend them from this maniac. They do not represent what we do, what we say, or who we are. They do not understand what it means to be a part of this community. They are not family. And that is Wot I Fink.

This is NOT a project. I decided that I could try and upload some Lego Island drawn stuff. First one 'The Workers poem': Just the lines from the Octan garage mission. If you want to you can upload some too! Remember: This is NOT, repeat NOT A PROJECT!

Translation of the comic is still on-topic. While Google Translate isn't perfect, it gets it right some of the time. Additionally, different cultures have different tolerances of words. So a word you might think is bad, might not be viewed that way somewhere else. Due to the way language works, you can't get 1:1 word translation. PeaBodySam wasn't trying to translate it, he was captioning that picture for a joke to... you know... make people laugh.

You could guess, but you could be probably wrong. I never specifically said it was a member of this site, and even if it was any member of this site, they would probably read this, realise their mistakes and change for the better, making everyone happy again. And if you're going to let what happens online dictate what you do in real life, that's a problem. I never let comments made online get to me, and neither should you, because without knowing the person and seeing their emotion and body language, you have no idea if they're being serious, satirical or over-reacting.

No.

Ladies and gentlemen, I've finally been able to rid Rock Raiders of one of the last big problems that's been plaguing it. As most of you know, the Sonic Blaster has a tendency to crash the game when running on newer versions of Windows. After numerous failed attempts to edit the original files to remove the problem, I've gotten it to work by recoding most of it from the ground up, using the dynamite assets as a base. (Don't worry, I've made sure that it's visually and functionally identical to the default Sonic Blaster) Anyway, with this, you should now be able to enjoy the ability to scare away slugs and monsters as originally intended. Maybe now we'll be able to do Back to Basics without toggling the power, eh? Download here.

I'm not sure if this belongs here, since Skyboxes are gradients, rather than textures, but they change in-game visuals, so it's sort of fitting, I suppose. Anyway, I created some personal in-game backgrounds (skyboxes), based on the backgrounds from box deisgns and catalogues. Since LR1 skyboxes are defined by a mere three colours, the possibilities are sort of limited, but I chose to share this anyway... NEW DOWNLOAD-LINK: https://ore.rockraidersunited.org/legacy/Skybox_291626.zip SCREENSHOTS:

Link to this file: (file removed) This story is officially dead. Don't expect any more. Planet U: One of the unique planets known to be a “vessel planetâ€: these planets' surfaces are barren, and life gets more and more plentiful as you reach the hollow core. Their unusual shape, combined with their mysterious abundance of energy crystals makes them an amazing subject for research. While little is still known of these vessel planets, there is a team known as the Rock Raiders who dedicate themselves to exploring these strange worlds. Their last visit to Planet U left them stranded- witness to a civilization in ruin, where the remaining clans fighting over the crystal caches of the world: the very key to their survival- and the Raiders’. Although they managed to escape the planet, it wasn’t long before a return voyage was planned. However, Planet U has seen a lot of changes recently. After the Rock Raiders team discovered it as a rich source for energy crystals, word managed to spread quickly, and as they prepared for their return trip they were to be followed by many other teams just waiting to get their hands on the planet’s crystal bounty. And while the Raiders now have to face massive amounts of competition, no situation could be as horrible as that faced by the planet's natives, with what caches they could rummage together after the last invasion being hunted by new groups of explorers. Luckily for them, they’ll soon be given the chance to fight back… Author's comments are in red.

I haven't even watched it, but I liked it too, just because you said this.

I agree with this post 100%. This site is a family. It is not just a website about LEGO game modding, we are truly a family. And like all families, we have our arguments, our spats, and differences. Most (if not all) of us have siblings, so we know how it goes. McJobless, I do not know to whom this post was directed too, and as you said, it may not even be a person on here, but to me, you were talking to and about me. You and I have been arguing a lot lately, over various things. It's as if every time we are both online, we are at each others throats, just waiting to pick a fight with each other. When I joined, it was not like that, and somewhere between then and now, things have changed. Yes, we have our differences, our own opinions, and our own beliefs, but that should not be an area of strife. I believe you are who you say you are, and I believe you are a kind-hearted person, who wants to be kind to everyone. I, IRL, try to do that every day, and I try to do that online, but I guess it does not happen all the time. McJobless, I am sorry for my actions, how I have fought with you, and the times I want to kick the (LEGO) bricks out of you. That was wrong, and I should not have done that. I confess, my actions on here have not been what they should be and have been, and that is wrong. You know the saying "Don't let the sun go down on your anger"? I haven't been mad at you when I went to bed, but I was still kinda stung. I should not have done that. I needed to apologize to you for my actions, and ask for forgiveness. And I am asking for your forgiveness right now. I do not want this fighting and avoidance of each other to continue, it has got to end, just as the fighting in a real family must stop. And to anyone who I may have offended in any way: attitude, talk, choices, anything: I am sorry as well. I remember when a post was made on here that told about how many people on the RRU Skype felt I was a "Mr. Know It All", "I am better than you" and "Always innocent" person. But, instead of digging that back up and comment on it, I apologize for the actions I did to make you think of me that way. Forgive, and forget: a principle we all should follow, but don't always do (myself included). I'm not an know it all, I'm not better than you, and I do make mistakes, as all people do. I am sorry for my bad attitudes, and I ask for your forgiveness. We, myself included, are a Work-in-progress all our lives, but we all don't want to admit that. McJobless, I think I will contact you about emulating my PS2 pretty soon. I did not peruse it any further after that topic, so I still have not played GT4.

Thanks for all the positive feedback :>

Just for you :P

"If you seleave select the green brick, you go." The Infotreeiac's ultimate road block.

He's raising their souls out of their bodies, and preparing to contain them all within his floating hat. At least I assume that's a hat.

What if it was pants? I think you have just found yourself another job.

The utter stupidity of this type of video fits in quite well with the fact that Rock Raiders are utterly stupid. It's perfect!

He's staring at me.... Suddenly, I feel like taking a nature walk. And a shovel. O.T. I didn't know brown torsos were possible.

How about not? Someone or maybe even me may find fault in it and say so.I mean I have nothing to say really but still.

Infotreeiac: "Welcome to standing up school." *someone falls* Infotreeiac: And you stay failed.

Again, you amaze me, McJobless. And in a good way. This website is a lot like family. We've had some disturbances within the forums in the shape of certain members (Magare/devestater, dellr, fun, etc.) but for most of the ones who weren't banned, the others have learned how RRU runs. Some members have left, but the community has still stayed strong. And I think the whole lot of us have grown over the last few years. We have some of the finest moderators I have seen on a forums website (and I'm not just saying that), and I respect each and every one of them. I have no qualms with the regular members here. Each of them I respect, regardless of what I may have said to them in years past. This site has gained a little and lost a little, and that's what makes it what it is. Regardless of the members who seem to try and ruin this community out of ignorance. Thank you, McJobless, for voicing something I have thought for a long time.

FREAKING BRILLIANCE

Hence why I specified the PC game. Although... to be fair, I thought about what Ben24x7 said, and I have come the conclusion that he's right. The Calcite Copter is simply not a Rock Raiders vehicle. Despite the existence of the Hover Scout, Rapid Rider, Helicopter Transport, Tunnel Transport, Small Transport Truck, Cargo Carrier, and many other Rock Raiders vehicles, the Calcite Copter is severely inhibited by its lack of necessary Rock Raider tools such as drills, shovels, pickaxes, and chainsaws. Therefore, I have decided to take Ben24x7's ever-so-constructive criticism to heart and modified the Calcite Copter. Now... it is a true Rock Raiders vehicle. Although, if you ask me, it still needs more drills.

Well for one thing I agree with JBJ about those snobby high ranking members... I think that RRU is one of the more open communities, and I think the reason for that is because it is still growing and is relatively young compared to some places like BZP etcetera...now obviously most of us have made mistakes, since we aren't Borg...(like me allowing my idiot little brother to get a hold of my keyboard while I wasn't looking) Anywho my point is that RRU is a very accepting community, compared to the larger online communities. And that if you do make a mistake they most likely won't throw you into the frying pan or the lava pool in the cavern...unless you end up doing something really stupid that gets you banned...(but then again if you get banned then you obviously aren't mature enough to follow the rules, and get along with the community...)

Your stomach.

Up until recently, the majority of my time was spent with the Yugioh community. No, I would not call you a jerk. A lot of people there have the worst attitudes towards anyone who gets anything wrong...those people are jerks. And a lot worse. Ben (yes, I'm naming him - he's earned every bit of vitriol toward himself) is definitely not exceptional in the LEGO Fan community. He's not. In the course of my misadventures with the LNA community, I met quite a few members who behaved like him - who can't handle criticism, who have an opinion of themselves that is ridiculously inflated, and who, even after being brought down towards reality, remain floating high in the sky. Ben is only unusual for this site. Back when I was on Brickipedia, someone with HORRID grammar came to the site, and he would edit, edit, edit. As an administrator, I should have banned him, but I didn't, because I was not the only administrator and was not allowed to do so. He rarely listened and never understood just how much he was hurting all of us, how much he was wasting our time...but we never outright stopped him, because of the people who want everything to be happy-cheery, the people who say "stop fighting!" when you begin to discuss a problem. I hate those people - I do. Long story short, it culminated into the person I most enjoyed talking with on the wiki and the first/second most prolific editor (he and I had a friendly competition going) blowing up at someone else (a person who I still despise, but that's for another day) and getting banned forever. Edit That's not to say that his behavior is in every way incorrect and that he deserves respect or acceptance - the contrary is true. He has to be pushed into understanding and/or leaving, otherwise he'll continue to makes things worse.

You enter their domain and you do not return. No, you enter and return - but when you get back, you are a raving lunatic.

Yes they do. And I ask again, what do they have to do with the vehicles we are talking about? Your original post here specifically discussed the vehicle PeabodySam constructed, which you claimed had nothing to do with mining and therefore did not belong in the Rock Raiders theme (seeing as the first post in this topic gives it a detailed breakdown of how it mines with its laser, that's also complete nonsense - did you even read the topic before replying?): I posted official Rock Raiders vehicles that, unlike PeabodySam's custom vehicle, don't even have any mining-specific abilities (the hover scout just flies around, the rapid rider is basically just a cargo catamaran, and the two promotional sets are more variants on hover vehicles)... And now you're completely ignoring the vehicles and trying to talk about minifigure accessories? Sir, you are making absolutely no sense. Yet again, you've completely ignored everything said in reply to you and only spewed the exact same irrelevant nonsense from your previous post. This is getting quite ridiculous. Do you not have anything useful to say here? Edit: Oh, silly me, I forgot the Tunnel Transport and the other hover vehicle included in the same set! They're just flying vehicles (the Tunnel Transport can carry vehicles and such, the other is just a small one-man craft), both without any mining-specific functions, so shouldn't you be directing your disgust to things like them instead of PeabodySam's vehicle, which actually does have the ability to cut through rock and such? Why would it even be a problem in the first place?

Yeah, yeah. Say what you will, but between that mustache, nose, chin, and big, burly, hairy arms, I still think that Docs makes this comic Rated M... For Manly!

Yes, but that's a different sound from the AI's.

Woo! (It's Thing!)

OH IS THAT TIME CRUISERS

There should be one, for example when they lift from the ground (after a jump) the engine sound goes much higher.

I was trying to think of a vehicle that would solve a problem you face in the game. And since the worst enemy in the game is the never-ending barrage of Slimy Slugs, I figured, why not build a vehicle that would solve this problem, once and for all! Basically, you'd drive the Slimy Slug Hole Grinder over a hole, lower the auger, and let it totally destroy the slimy slug hole, rendering it a pile of rubble, which you can then shovel clean if you wish. While designing this, I tried to keep with the Rock Raider color theme and design as much as I could. And best of all, you can actually raise and lower the auger with the rope/gear system on top. Any feedback appreciated! Special thanks: to my brother for his advice and help. Slimy Slug Hole Grinder

LR Coordinate Viewer I'd like to show you the coordinate viewer I made. It shows you your coordinates when in a race. This may be useful with editing tracks (startpos/object locations) I don't know how to display this in full-screen mode, so you'll have to play in windowed mode for this to work. Screenshot: Download link: https://www.rockraidersunited.com/files/dl-r17/ Note: Does not yet work with the 1999 DRM version. If anyone could send me the correct memory addresses or an image file of the CD, I can update it. UPDATE: New since V2.1: - Force the use of dots as decimal points so you can paste them directly into a binary file. New since v2: - Rotation - Highlightable values for easy copy/paste - One exe for both versions - Option to change pointer if all values show '0' O.T. Also, Hi, I'm new here. I have been following this forum for a while now, but I don't post often on forums.

I've finally started documenting the structure that all **B files follow. My documentation is available HERE. As of 24/01/2013 it covers basic datatypes and decompression. A list of file formats and what they do (used in my LR1 Binary Editor): ADB - Skeletal Animation BDB - ? BVB - Collision Mesh CCB - NPC Car List CDB - Cutscene CEB - Cutscene events CMB - ? CPB - Checkpoint Layout CRB - Circuit Listing DDB - NPC Driver List EMB - ? EVB - Event Script? FDB - ? GCB - ? GDB - 3D Model GHB - Time-Trial Ghost Path HZB - Hazard Script? IDB - 2D Image List LEB - ? LSB - Loading Screen Layout MAB - Material Animations MDB - Material List MIB - Menu Interface Layout MSB - ? PCB - ? PWB - Powerup Layout RAB - Track header RCB - Race Listing RRB - NPC Path SDB - Skeleton Structure SKB - Skybox Gradient SPB - Start Positions TDB - Texture List TGB - ? TIB - ? TMB - ? TRB - ? WDB - 3D Scene