STGT2008 - Week #4 - Nomltest

Post by **spadgy** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:57 pm

Help! I've travelled miles to get to a PC so at least I can have a credit, and the game won't work - apparently it kind find the 'default resource'...

Any tips? I think this PC runs XP...

I'm only here for 12 hours - so anything would be great...

By the way, I download the zip - unzip it, and put all the contents in a folder together - is that right?

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:42 pm

spadgy: When you unzip the game, there should be a folder named nomltest. In that folder, there should be a few files and a folder named default. Inside the "default" folder, there should be two folders named resource and script and a few files. Both the "resource" and "script" folder should have a few files in it.
Otherwise, maybe directx isn't installed on that computer?

sikraiken - TCACTRM - 2,180,070 - 307 - 1519

Why are my games taking so long, dex. >:(

MrMonkeyMan · Post by **MrMonkeyMan** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:11 pm

MrMonkeyMan - TCACTRM - 1,764,620 - 233 - 2035

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:42 pm

I only had time to play three runs this week. This is the best of them:

Necronopticous - Strawberry Team - 794,960 - 116 - 694

Aquas · Post by **Aquas** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:51 pm

Aquas - Team Loser - 878,650 - 121 - 757

Hmmm okay. I wouldn't mind breaking a million.

mikwuyma · Post by **mikwuyma** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:08 pm

Scoreboard updated.

Stanski: awesome score.

Mrmonkeyman: Damn you!

Wow this non-participate competition is getting intense. I mean, Szycag played this week's game, disqualifying him from winning...unless if Famous Manic Week's game is so good that it draws out Zebra Airforce!

Oh the suspense is killing me!

Fu · Post by Fu » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:08 pm

Fu - Team France - 1,420,730, - 194 - 1833

CHI · Post by **CHI** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:23 pm

just out of curiousity (mainly to the top 15 high scorers).....

Question: are you guys starting from level 0, 50 or 100?

mikwuyma · Post by **mikwuyma** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:24 pm

Level 0

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:17 pm

Level 0. There's no benefit to the player by starting at a higher level.

Post by **spadgy** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:36 pm

sikraiken wrote:spadgy: When you unzip the game, there should be a folder named nomltest.

Thanks so much! The problem was my inexperience with WinZip compared to my Mac equivlent, so everything was downloading without folders dividing it all up. You got me on track now, so at least I can submit some kind of score...

So here's my second attempt's score:

spadgy - Team Royale - 1,420,730, - 25 - 21

Now to work out what the hell the 'eating' is about!

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:38 pm

Your welcome. : ) Sorry it was a hassle in the first place!

You might want to recheck your score - it's impossible with the level number you have.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:08 pm

I think he copied Fu's for the template but forgot a minor detail :D

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:15 pm

I must be doing something wrong if I'm eating over 2100 bullets per run but getting a crap score in the process. :/

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:20 pm

My score would be a lot higher if I actually tried to eat bullets. My game lasted ~10min longer than shiftace's game. He ate over 3000 bullets more than me, though. That's why his score is closer to 2.6 and mine is only ~2.2.

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:08 am

sikraiken wrote:Your welcome. : ) Sorry it was a hassle in the first place!

You might want to recheck your score - it's impossible with the level number you have.

I'm an idiot! Muddling up my cut and pasting!

Let's start again!

spadgy - Team Royale - 141,600 - 25 - 21

EDIT:

spadgy - Team Royale - 253,100 - 42 - 67

That's definately my score this time, too!

Shame - just I get a sence of what I'm up to I have to leave my brief flirtation with using a PC. I'll have some thoughts on this to add to the week four voting thread though. I was sceptical about including doujin's in STGT08 - now I might have been swung round, if not necerserily by the quality of this particular game...

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:28 am

FIL - Surreal Space Divers - 549,200 - 88 - 531

miipasu · Post by **miipasu** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:47 am

miipasu - SDA-B - 128,890 - 22 - 76

Boy, I sure love this game!

Edit: Forgot my team.

ArcticXC · Post by **ArcticXC** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:40 am

ArcticXC - Bird - 673,430 - 95 - 551

Might as well get a score in I spose.

Dremark · Post by **Dremark** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:10 am

New score:

Dremark - Team Free Agents - 490070 - 75 - 260

Cromarty · Post by **Cromarty** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:36 am

Cromarty - SDA-A - 1,046,160 - 138 - 1048

Yes.

mikwuyma · Post by **mikwuyma** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:56 am

Scoreboard updated

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:44 am

Icarus wrote:I must be doing something wrong if I'm eating over 2100 bullets per run but getting a crap score in the process. :/

If you're letting enemy formations fly away, point values for eaten bullets decrease.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:10 am

Thanks Captain Obvious, I already knew that.
It's more to do with the fact that I eat a metric ton of bullets per go (mostly at max value) and barely make to my current best, and others are eating less and getting a higher score.

There's not much point in putting this relatively complex scoring system in if there's not much reward for taking the risks, is there? :/

mikwuyma · Post by **mikwuyma** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:21 am

It's a lot riskier chasing down and killing enemies at high levels than eating their bullets.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:27 am

ED-057 - Team Oldschoolers - 968,740 - 136 - 899

stanski · Post by **stanski** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:40 am

Icarus wrote:I must be doing something wrong if I'm eating over 2100 bullets per run but getting a crap score in the process. :/

Eat more max point bullets? Take advantage of the low level and eat as many bullets as possible from the bigger single shooter guys while still taking out formations. You can get up to max point value very fast, so take advantage of it!

Once you start dying, your score is basically finished...

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:23 am

SFKhoa - TCACTRM - 1,367,690 - 192 - 2458

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:46 am

The Coop - Team OldSchoolers - 1,144,330 - 146 - 997

RPT · Post by **RPT** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:09 am

RPT - VGEvo - 284,270 - 51 - 215