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[FredFredrickson]

Greetings everyone, and welcome to Falcon Squad (soon to be subtitled... maybe), a little project I've been working on for about a month now.

Falcon Squad is a top down shooter which, when finished, will hopefully include a pretty fulfilling, story-driven campaign mode, a training area, and statistics tracking via Reflect. Right now though, it's only got multiplayer modes, which I am very happy with so far.

Screenshots


Screenshot 3
Screenshot 4
...and two more screenshot links, since I can't post more than 3 images!

Though it isn't without it's occasional problems, I'd really like to see what everyone thinks of this at this point... so please check it out, play some people online (you'll need a Reflect Account), and let me know!

Features
· Fully working menu / Reflect login system
· Online multiplayer for up to 16 players, with deathmatch team dm, and capture the flag
· Adjustable settings for the host
· 5 large maps to choose from
· 5 weapons, plus grenades
· Engine is almost 100% complete
· Saves / loads player color information
· Dynamic sound system, with lots of great ambiance and sound effects

Fixes / additions in the most recent version (May 20, 2007):
· Added two new maps (Four Corners, Upper Plaza)
· Added tree transparency when your player is underneath them (sorry campers!)
· Added double clicking a server (now connects you to it)
· Added a version checker, so players will know if they need to update
· Changed client-side motion prediction to be more aggressive
· Changed team indicator in player lists to be a colored bar
· Changed errors to log to file
· Changed team scores to be colored white on the scoreboard
· Fixed (hopefully all) errors with object id's not being found
· Fixed a big bug in the chat system involving # characters
· Fixed chat problem allowing players to type more than the limit
· Fixed the blend mode weirdness when firing the railgun directly into a wall
· Fixed the hole in Bottleneck
· Optimized various draw events, including bullets and player objects
· Optimized particle creation
· Reduced EXE file size to 7.15 Mb
· Various other things I cannot remember!

Controls
WASD - Movement for player / spectator camera
Left mouse - Fire, spawn, etc.
Right mouse - Throw Grenade
Middle mouse (click) - Melee attack
Middle mouse (wheel) - Change weapon
Enter - Initiate / send chat message
F4 - Toggle windowed / full screen
Esc - Exit

Game Info
Made with GM7 - NT / XP/ Vista
Runs at 800x600 windowed, start full screen, no resolution change

Download
Click here to download! (9 Mb)

Note - If you want to host a game, you'll have to make sure your router is set up correctly - this may mean that you have to forward TCP port 27782 to your computer! See http://www.portforward.com for more details on how to do this!

Support
Want to support the game and help people find others to play with? Check out this nifty user bar!

You can use the following code to put it in your sig, nice and easy!

[url=http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=297664] [img]http://64digits.com/users/FredFredrickson/fs_userbar.gif[/img] [/url]

Known Bugs / Problems
· Have seen some oddness with CTF flags sometimes
· Some tiles don't fit together 100% perfect
· Lag can sometimes prevent you from hitting your target (even though to you, it looks like you did)

Edited by FredFredrickson, 20 May 2007 - 09:43 PM.

[jedi_man]

...I'm not even gonna comment on the hypocriticalness of that...

[Panithadrum]

Wanna download now!!!

[FredFredrickson]

Alright, done fixing the post... I accidentally hit Submit instead of Preview halfway through. That's what I get for checking my post before actually submitting it, eh?

[Panithadrum]

that was...awesome..!! nice menu, sound effects, and nice graphics.. the gameplay was smooth...
you take care in little details 10/10

now i wanna play with anyone ^^

(awesome water )

(maybe needs some tweening between the player animations. if you press and release the mouse button, the player gets ugly)

Edited by Panithadrum, 13 May 2007 - 01:49 AM.

[Ds]

Wow man , amzing game.

Needs some tunes though.

[JaketheSnake3636]

That was amazing. The graphics and fast action gameplay were stunning. It seems we stumbled upon a small networking glitch but you'll be able to fix that easily. After a while it came up with this error

Step event for obj_mplay_controller
in Script multi_steptask
Line 119
tact=tobs.actor_id

That might be a little off, but I'm positive that I got the line and script number correct.

Ok, I got one more error. I didn't copy it down because I know exactly why it's happening. Pretty much, someone in the game wasn't able to send their name to me. When they left the game, it tried to tell me they left the game but their was no name assigned to it, causing the game to glitch.

Edited by JaketheSnake3636, 13 May 2007 - 02:03 AM.

[Jext]

Hmm, in spectator mode, this suddenly popped up:

___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of  Step Event
for object obj_mplay_controller:

In script multi_steptask:
Error in code at line 119:
   tact = tobj.actor_id;

at position 14: Unknown variable actor_id

[FredFredrickson]

Alrighty, aparently after testing it about 40-50 times, I somehow missed a large bug that messes up the entire game when a player joins during the multiplay... so get your friends in your game, set the player limit to the number of people in the game, and have at it for now!

I'll be working on fixing this...

[hotshotscott]

Well mate, every game that i've played that you've made, i've loved with a passion, and have still kept in my game maker games folder. Most games i delete after a week, yours have stayed! I havn't downloaded this yet, but i can't wait because if it's as good as your other games, im sure it will be great! I wish it was 3D fps though, but still i can't wait! I'll edit when done, or if there's more replies under this one, i'll just reply again

Scotty

[the9thdude]

I haven't even finished downloading and am beginning to giddy with excitement.

[FredFredrickson]

Hehe, thanks... I think I fixed the error as well, so hopefully we can get another game going! If anyone wants to re-download the file and try again, I would appreciate it!

[NinjaBril]

wow, i thought this would come out later but i guess not.

yeah fred, your doing it again, your genuis is showing >=D

[felpman]

Fred, you've done it again!
since AHOVI, you have blown us away with your presentation.

beautiful game, with AMAZING graphics and gameplay.

9.5/10

~FelpMan

[Conman]

I really like it, but it's impossible for me to play. I get about 1-5 fps on average, so when I play against everyone I go really slow. Also I get an error after I die or when I am a spectator and sometimes I cannot just ignore it:

ERROR in
action number 1
of  Step Event
for object obj_mplay_controller:

In script multi_steptask:
Error in code at line 119:
  tact = tobj.actor_id;

at position 14: Unknown variable actor_id

I really would like to play it, it looks fun!

[Tahnok]

I got the same problem Conman did, but the update seems to have fixed it.

I've only glanced at it, but it looks like another fantastic game. The polish sets a new standard for GM games. I'm sure it will be a ton of fun once I can get into an online game.

Edit: NM, the bug is still there. I just hadn't gotten it yet because I hadn't tried to join an online match with this version. Exact same error as Conman. It shows up when I try to join an online match. The game briefly shows the menu and then flashes to the actual game before throwing the error.

Edited by tahnok100, 13 May 2007 - 04:34 AM.

[FredFredrickson]

I'll try to hammer out these errors, but the major show-stopping bug was fixed... these errors you guys are getting can be ignored, and the game will continue (I think). Thanks for the reports though, I'll work on making sure they don't happen in the first place!

Edit: I'll also be working on getting in some "accessibility" options, since it seems I've created something that people have a hard time running full speed (AGAIN, hehe).

Edited by FredFredrickson, 13 May 2007 - 05:27 AM.

[Leif-Ericson]

Is this what Gunner McJack P.A.K was meant to be like?

[T-Bird]

When oh When will you do HT3d2? *crys*.

Yet another solid game though, but I dont like wargames, especially with gore and especially if they are people fighting rather than robots,aliens,etc. I'll probably mostly be sitting this one out. (although I already played a little bit...)

[Bright_Eyes_Rocks]

I got an error as well and it took me 1:30mins to download, and im kinda mad error is with the loading part

___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object obj_load:

Error defining an external function.