New Continuum Installers

[PoLiX]

I have created 2 long needed installers for Continuum. They are updated installers with currently working directory servers, higher quality sounds and graphics, and an updated zone list. There are 2 installers available for download in our Downloads section.

 

The basic installer is just Continuum 0.40, while there is also now the Continuum 0.40 with Server installer. This comes with a pre-configured server setup for new users. It is an updated version of L.C.'s Server Kit, and can be quickly and easily launched from the server folder where Continuum is installed.

 

And for those players wishing to have the High Quality version of sounds and graphics, there is a zip file available for download.

 

Please let me know asap of any issues. Though I have tested these installers many times, issues can come up.

 

Thanks and Enjoy.

[Cojafoji]

There's really no difference between the old graphics and the new graphics. That is NOT to say that we don't appreciate all of your hard work.

 

The sounds are MUCH better.

 

Muchas Gracias.

[PoLiX]

The newer graphics remove a lot of the artifacts created by compression.

[rootbear75]

um all of the new graphics are smaller i size... wtf? what format did u use? Edited February 19, 2010 by rootbear75

[JoWie]

Most of them are PNG instead of BMP. (Not all of them, iirc the continuum menu only supports BMP) Edited February 19, 2010 by JoWie

[L.C.]

PNG Monster was also used to achieve the true compressions of PNG as well. Some of the previous graphics included in Continuum, in comparison to their originals, had hue and tone differences with GIF-like compression artifacts (just a mixture and different combination of factors). For the most part, the graphics were not as affected as were the sounds.

 

Sounds were more astonishing. Some sounds were skewed, made faster or slower, modified frequency/pitch (higher or lower), obvious static gain (for the sharp ear), and some nasty split second high pitch bump at the very end of the file on some sounds. They were also about 1/10th the bitrate quality as the originals. Originals are like 1140kbps or something (newer ones were between 96kbps and 128kbps), and originals did not have any of the problems I described.

 

The difference might be subtle to some, but for others ... like me at least ... it gave me a strong nostalgic feeling of when we all played on the SubSpace v1.34 client. Ooh the old days! Sounds are very clear.

 

One sound in particular though that I know was definitely not replaced was the victory music. Unfortunately that IS the original. =P

 

EDIT:

There is an installer version of this that makes it easier for newbies to install at http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showtopic=24112&view=findpost&p=258516

Rawr! No edit for comments.

 

Also, the graphics do not necessarily come from Subspace v1.35 either. A lot of the graphics down to like v1.30 contain graphic discrepancies (surprising?), so some if not all graphic updates/replacements came from v1.30 and earlier. The original repel was a bit darker and did not feature the contours in the center -- so I did some very simple "mixing" and deleting to make it look like the modern v1.34 repel without the compression artifacts and maximized original color quality.

 

There are also a dozen additional bong sounds that come from the older Subspace clients (one or a couple of which come from the Sniper clients).

[»freakmonger]

cycad said your installers are broke on x64. He made a new installer and I've uploaded it to www.getcontinuum.com

[PoLiX]

Uh, I run x64, lol. I'll talk to him.

[PoLiX]

Fixed.

 

had nothing to do with 32bit or 64bit. Was just the relation between the installer and Continuum.exe itself.

 

All fixed on both installers.

[»freakmonger]

cool

[Diwa]

What are the working Directory Servers... I'm kinda out of the loop

 

Is there a place with a up-to-date list of all the servers or something... or are people (me ) supposed to gather this information from other sources around...?

[»Maverick]

Directory Servers topic

[L.C.]

What are the working Directory Servers... I'm kinda out of the loop

 

Is there a place with a up-to-date list of all the servers or something... or are people (me ) supposed to gather this information from other sources around...?

CRe is working on getting the old Subdir website coded so that I can boot that baby back up. In case you are not familiar with Subdir, it is a website (currently inaccessible) that was made to list all known directory servers and report their status (online/offline/unknown). It was never programmed, so it was basically just a static list of directory servers w/o status reporting.