DP Resource (Digital Paint: Paintball 2 Resource)

July 31st will be Digital Paint's 10th birthday! You can discuss it in the forums.

For the time being, join the server at 64.27.12.209:21998 for a little celebration animation.

Build 23 (pre-test) was made available a few days ago.

Happy April's Fools! Remember, if you saw bananas everywhere in Paintball 2...

static int easter_egg = -1;

if (easter_egg == -1)
{
    char *atm;
    time_t temptime;
    temptime = time(NULL);
    atm = asctime(localtime(&temptime));
    easter_egg = (int)strstr(atm, "Apr 01");
    
    if (easter_egg)
    {
        srand(temptime);
        //easter_egg = rand() & 1; // 50% chance it happens :)
        easter_egg = !(rand() % 5);
    }
}

Get your status out and advertise the game all in one! DP Resource now provides player tags—small dynamic images that show if you are online—for you to copy and paste into other forums, your MySpace, your Facebook, your website, etc. If you are online, the image will also have the server address, a lock icon if it is passworded, the number of players, and a screenshot of the map if it is available.

Sample:

Some of you probably arrived here from those new in-game advertisements on the KAF public server(s). This is presently only a test, following suggestions that Paintball 2 have in-game advertisements to fund more development towards the game. Although billboards were one option, another idea suggests adding advertisements onto the menu screens, primarily the scoreboard. Paintball companies would, hopefully, be interested in advertising towards our community, earning jitspoe some money in order to spend more of his time developing Paintball 2 (possibly full time, if everything pays up well enough).

Brought to you by a partnership between [QeHs] and DPger, The EuroPaint Cup is going into its third round. Sixteen teams will face each other in a double elimination torunament. The tournament is planned for Sunday, 4 November, 2007 (British Summer Time). The map list has been finalized as: fusionr, overrun, temple22, newbie, kungfu, fortress, bogwood, zen, myriver_b2. Visit the EuroPaint Cup website for more information.

The staff at GGC have teamed up with nVidia to provide Digital Paint mappers an exciting chance to show their talent! Entries will be accepted until GGC's anniversary on 11 November, 2007, so you have just two weeks to create your masterpieces.

The theme is: Urban/Industrial

The rules:

• There is no limit on the amount of entries.
• Contestants may map in pairs or teams.
• Custom content is allowed but not separately judged.
• The maps MUST be be based upon the contest's theme.
• Remakes are not allowed, nor any other form of plagiarism, even if the creator of the map allows it. All work must be original.
• You can not submit a map that you have started before today.

The judging criteria:

1. Aesthetics: How good does it look?
2. Gameplay: How well does it play?
3. Technical: What are the techniques used? Are the r_speeds workable?

Prizes are to be announced.

If you plan on entering, please post your nick, a method of contact (IRC/XFIRE/MSN/AIM), and optionally the name of your map on the mapping contest thread. If you have any further questions, just reply or contact ViciouZ on IRC!

We would like to introduce our newest addition to our site, the brand new map database! You can submit your map to be put in a comprehensive index of Digital Paint maps all for free, and so easily done! Submitting your map allows others to search for specific requirements your map satisfies (i.e. number of teams), allows others to rate your map, and allows you to receive comments on it. Start today by registering an account and then submitting your map!

We are proud to introduce our public server troubleshooter! Given the amount of problems people have with getting their server public, this should lessen the number of support requests. The troubleshooter will magically go through a checklist, and then provide you with a list of potential solutions, all for free!