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[blurb]It's time to pay our monthly server bill and we could use your help. The target is 72€ (72 euros) and if our target is not met the servers will be going down in 1 day.[/blurb] It's time to pay our monthly server bill and we could use your help. The target is 72€ (72 euros) and if our target is not met the servers will be going down in 1 day. I'll be sending some spare money and I ask that you do as well. Any amount you can donate is very much appreciated! Please send donations to TeamWolf's Paypal account @ christopher_johnston_@hotmail.com @TeamWolf should let us know when the target is met and the bill is paid. Thank you for your time.

General Guidelines for W3D Forum Game Moderators As requested, I'm starting a GGWGM thread, which will hopefully guide players and future game moderators on the W3D board. You can also use it as a main Game Forum thread to ask questions, post suggestions, seek guidance or announce forum game related topics in W3D community. Feel free to reply directly in this thread if you require guidance, or if you have a suggestion. This post will be edited periodically once there is an update. It will also serve as a place to organize larger games, in case more community players want to host one at the same time. Please note that this thread is still Work In Progress [WIP] If there already is a game going, don't start a new game. Either announce it here at least a week in advance, or if there are no other games scheduled and/or announced, you are free to start a new interest thread for your game. It's better to ask players before actually making your game, since you can't tell if players will be available or willing to play your game. Good GM (game moderator) etiquette is to push off making a sign-up thread as long as possible if there's an ongoing game, and to never start your game until the current one ends. Don't ask players privately, it's better to come up publicly to get more attention and awareness. If you only want to discuss new game mechanics privately, that's fine though but you still have to reveal it publicly if you want to host it. Any forum game that is hosted here should follow these guidelines, to make sure that games are not spoiled or train-wrecked. If you're not sure or don't want to follow certain guideline, that's OK, but make a suggestion first so we can discuss it before something making exception. In case of dispute, forum moderators have a final say. Let's work together to make every forum game as much fun and fair as possible! Basic Game Creation Guidelines This section is mainly for new game moderators who seek advice how exactly start a forum game. Since there are multiple approaches and a lot of things to look into, this part will be updated once in a while to include thoughts of other GMs as well observations from other games that took place. Before you start creating the game: Make sure you have an idea of what you're doing. If you just want to make a game but you don't have any clear idea or inspiration, then you risk making something either unoriginal, not entertaining enough or just plain stupid. Try to come up with something of your own, since nobody likes to play same type of game all the time. Try to establish basic things first: What type of game? What flavor? Do you want to make a classic mafia style of game or do you want to make something special? RPG perhaps? Competitive or Cooperative? In what kind of setting? Is it going to be based on something? If you're not sure about this, try asking others whether it would be a good idea. Don't try to make something complicated if you don't have experience. It could turn against you or become overwhelming. Once you have this figured out, you can move on thinking about details. If you already know what type of game you want to do and in which universe, you are good to go designing the actual game. This is the harder part as from now on, you need to make a lot of predictions, thinking and analysis. If you attempted to make a game before, you probably don't like this part as much as dreaming about the game in general. But it can also be fun if you "play" your own game and work on the details from players' perspective. The most important detail here is to establish for How Many and for How Long the game should be played. To determine that, you either need to do a research first about the demand, or, you can assume based on previous game. Don't expect that everyone will rush to play your game when you want, so you should consider that it might be less players, but if more players will be available it can be also more (up to 25% of the active community base can join or not join). So don't start designing games with more players than is actually available. Depending on the number of players, you can tell how long the game will last (e.g. in case of standard mafia setup with periodical player elimination and game phases, you can calculate how long a game can last). It's good to have all kind of scenarios prepared and determine the maximum and minimum. If the game seems to last longer than expected, you can modify the game later on (decreasing game phases, adding extra player elimination mechanic, etc). It's always good to check this step again and again whenever you modify your game concept, otherwise you may risk that the game can too early or drag on forever. In this step you should validate all the above 3 steps by actually asking players what they think about it. It is necessary to ask for demand, so you know if it's worth creating and hosting your game. You may even discover new concepts based on player feedback! If your concept doesn't get a proper recognition, there are always ways to improve it or push it along with other ideas. Ideas never die, they just evolve (or in worst case, recycle), so don't worry much if something doesn't go right on the first time. For example I never thought one of my most basic concepts will get evolved that much few years later! So if you haven't made a public post about your game yet, now should be a good time to do so, otherwise you won't know if it's even worth doing it! In this final step, when you already know what you want to host and what players want to play, you only need to determine When to start. Based on a game setup, prepare that as a GM you need to invest a lot of time into your game. Not just making it, but also hosting it. Make sure you don't have any major life events, trips, family vacations, or work related stuff during the period you'll host the game. Otherwise all your work will be in vain. So in short, if you know you'll be or may be busy, make sure you have time first. If you feel there might be something but you're not sure, you can always ask for a backup moderator to make announcer posts and resolutions while you're gone. Once you're sure about timing, ask players the same (preferably already in the game thread and see who can play when). Making the game [WIP] There are numerous ways how to make a game. I'll keep this section open as there is a LOT to say. I'll also explain my way of doing games in detail when I get time. There are some handy template setups for newer GMs. These setups are called Micro Setups and fit anywhere from 5-9 players. There are also Mini and Large setups to choose from here, and several standard roles to use when building custom setups. Roles can of course be adapted and modified for flavor setups and/or more complex setups. Starting the game: Check Timing! Check if no other game is colliding with your scheduled game. If there is a game being played, it's best to start your game after it's finished. Not only you can get more players to play but you can also get more players to know you're about to host a game of your own. Some players already do preparations while other game is being played, which could be a good idea, unless it's disrupting the currently played game. Make a game thread! Don't start the game unless you have proper player feedback already (check previous points if you skipped!). To do that, make a interest thread, where you describe your game in much detail as possible. Make sure players understand the basics of the game and their rules. You can copy a general set of rules from this thread (once they are finalized), or you can make your own. Make sure the game is understandable, clear and fair. You are not required to reveal everything (save the best for the last they say), but don't try to hide very important details. Sometimes it's hard to determine what is and isn't suitable to reveal. You can determine it by the answering the following questions: Does it concern all players, do all players need to know? Will there be a major confusion if this is not explained properly? Will revealing this info won't disadvantage any other player or faction in your game? Are there no other benefits or game balance reasons hindering you revealing this? If all the answers were Yes, please do reveal it. You can do the same visa versa for things that might be better hidden from public.You also don't have to reveal all your know-how or things you don't see appropriate. Besides the rules, games mechanics and introduction, make room for player information, flavor text, additional general behavioral guidelines, etc. I'll make a general template for you if you wish [WIP]. Sign up phase - see how many players are signed and willing to play. Make sure everyone knows when your game starts or for how many players are looking for, this is the most important thing basically. Once you have enough players, you are clear to start the game unless there are some major objections. Don't wait too long for players to sign up, if you don't get enough players by at least two weeks, then you might start rethinking about making a smaller version of your concept. You may need to start all over as well as balance can break easily without some key roles. As a GM, please ensure your Hammer Times are planned timely. Usually the time when you start the game will also determine the hammer time. Pay attention to who has signed up for your game and what time zones they're all close to. For instance, my RA: APB Mafia Games have a standard 10 PM UTC/GMT (0 AM CET/6 PM EDT) hammer time. Please note that American players usually have a 9-5 work schedule and so anything after the 6pm EDT matches up nicely, but don't make it too late otherwise EU players won't be able to attend. Before starting the game, make sure you have all role information prepared for all players. PM each and every one a PM and please double check all the contains at least three times to make sure somebody doesn't get too much info, or too less, or in worst case, somebody else role! Make sure you setup the google docs properly and set the viewing/editing permissions to players who should have access in the first place. Here's how you do it: Open a file in Google Docs, or create a new document. In the top right corner, click Share. Under "People" in the "Share with others" box, type the email address of the person or Google Group you want to share with. Tip: Search for contacts by typing a name in the box. Ask players to provide you a valid email address in PM. Alternatively they can ask for permission once they click on the doc link that you see on the sharing window. To choose if a person can view, comment, or edit the file, click the Down arrow next to the text box . Click Done. The people you shared with will get an email letting them know you've shared a file. Make sure you have a tracker to track player actions, votes and general info you need in order to run the game. You can either create a sheet on google docs or create your own file, but make sure it's on safe place and you make backups of it. Forum Game Rules Guidelines General Forum Game Organization Rules: A Forum Game should only be hosted inside the Forum Games Section. A new GM may be asked to review his/her game plan by an experienced GM. This rule should assure that the forum game quality is somehow consistent, playable and can be finished without any issues in adequate time. The end goal is to keep a routine flow of forum games so everyone who wants to host can host, and everyone who wants to play can play. If you want to host a game a month or so in the future, please register it here first and the GGWGM thread will be updated. You can use this template. There are exceptions in case the game doesn't involve players to sign up, such as running games with words that do not need a GM and don't have particular an ending goal. Don't register multiple games at once and wait until games in queue are finished. If a game is not hosted/played, the next one in queue is asked to post a signup thread. Any game that is hosted outside of the queue system, it will be reported and viewed by another GM or Forum moderator first. If the issue isn't resolved or there is a further dispute regarding hosting games, it will be resolved by staff member(s) in forum moderation area (aka not public). Until then all games will be on hold. Every GM is responsible for his/her game, setting up rules, roles and game mechanics. That also involves moderating that particular game and also punishing current active players (setting up penalties in that game or in worst cases also bans from his/her game). GMs can and are encouraged to ask for a Moderator assigned to help with moderating, or, they can be assigned temporary moderation permissions for the duration of the game. The current GM always has the last word when it comes to resolving issues between players. If the a GM is hosting a game alone and doesn't ask anyone else to assist, please DO NOT get involved in moderating/policing his/her game without permission. Any disputes should be brought up first with the GM, and if that doesn't help, with senior staff member. Disrupting games (for whatever reason) is considered an offense and can result to a temporary ban, demotion or permanent ban from forum games section. As a GM you should report this offense to active staff members in forum moderation area (or by the report post system) first and postpone the game until it is resolved. Active players should not be involved in resolving any disputes in the current game or outside of the game in Forum Game section, unless they are part of the Staff that was assigned to handle the issue. In case the current GM goes inactive for a longer period of time (e.g. more than a week) and leaves the game unattended, without assigned co-mod, the game will be suspended and next game in queue can be hosted. If the inactive GM returns and the new game is already running, the game will be postponed until the new one is over. If the game takes too long to finish (without being announced in the first place), active players can vote wherever they want to continue or end the game. Voting is recommended before announcing to leave the game or making other statements that could disrupt the game. The current GM can also suggest to shorten the game on the go if majority of current active players agree to it. If majority of current active players vote to end the game instead, the next game in queue can be hosted. Please note that this rule can only apply if the game is taking longer than a month from start and wasn't announced to last as long in the first place. We are all here to have fun in the first place, not dedicate time for personal disputes or over-competitiveness that is hurting the community. Hence for all other disputes/issues that cannot be resolved by the current GM, a Forum Game Staff should be assigned to be resolved. If there is no current Forum Game Staff assigned/available, a senior staff member(s) will be assigned to resolve it. Please try to keep all disputes under control, outside of public and in professional matter. General Mafia Rules: Short version for GMs to put in their games to remind players what are the common sense rules: Try being as active as you can, report any long term absence to the GM. Unreported Inactivity can be punished by the GM. Await your Role PMs before the game starts, if you have any questions regarding your role, let the GM know before the game starts via PM only. Don't discuss your role in public. Do NOT edit your game related posts during the game. If you want to make a correction, always post a second post saying "Mafia Edit:". If there is an action to be resolved by the GM other than normal mafia vote (such as ##shoot), please do not do any other actions and wait until it's resolved. Discussion can be permitted also if GM announces it in such a case. Please be civil! No spamming or swearing. It's just a game. Let's have fun! If you are not in the game, please DO NOT post game related stuff in chat! DO NOT discuss the game outside of the thread unless you are specifically given permission by GM. DO NOT quote private mod communications. DO NOT attempt to break the game. No trying to get people to make toxx clauses, encryption, or fake day actions. Basically, if you're about to post something you're a little too proud of as a way of breaking the game, think twice before posting. Long version: http://mafiawiki.notesmash.org/wiki/Standard_mafia_rules Templates and References Choose Your Own Role - Order of Action Resolution Guide Choose Your Own Role - Basic Tracker Template Future Planned Games Game name: Halloween CYOR Mafia GM: Retaliation Co-GM: N/A Type: Flavored CYOR Min. Players: ~10 Date when game is ready: Mid Oct

I was slacking off from discussing with Fraydo about making a thread for a CNC tournament, so sometime in the next month, we'll discuss the times in this thread, we will have a tournament on the Dawn of The Tiberian Age mod for Tiberian sun. One person per game records the score of each player for each round, and the person with the highest score wins the tournament. Since several separate games are going to be needed, depending on the number of players, I have decided we can pick out a few different times to make sure everyone who wants to can join. As for in game options, they can be whatever you pick as a group, but Short game, crates disabled and multi-engineer are definite. Pretty much everything else is up for discussion.

So I had wanted to wish some folks here a Happy Birthday when the day comes around, but then that's me flooding the forums with "Happy Birthday So-and-so!" and "Happy Birthday That Guy!" That said, this thread shall be christened The Great Birthday Thread. When birthdays come around, expect a celebratory post. PM when your birthday is coming if you would like, or maybe I'll spy someone's coming up and wish them a happy birthday before they even realize it And today in birthdays, it's none other than our resident Lead Tester and Testing Director @Nodlied! Of what I know of him, Nodlied likes Countryball and tanks. And other things, I'm sure Anyway! Wish our good man a Happy Birthday and post a picture of best tank HAPPY BIRTHDAY NODLIED!

This topic is where I will post when I livestream TSR or APB...I hope no one minds. I am streaming right now.

With the release of APB Delta, I have elected to release version 2.0 of my soundmod. WARNING: This mod is not as nostalgia boner. It's aim is to provide a more realistic yet unique sound experience within the bounds of the Red Alert universe. This mod is a collection of high-quality sounds put together that gives each vehicle and weapon a unique feel, though some weapons remain untouched (shock-rifle, and some others). You should now be able to turn UP your effects volume without destroying your ear-drums! You can find the mod itself here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ok44r16404qeanq/devilssoundmod2.rar Or here: http://www.bluehellproductions.com/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=102 - Outdated Installation instructions: Open up the archive using 7z, winRAR, etc. Open up a windows explorer page to the apb data folder. This folder by default should be C:\Program files (x86 if you run a 64bit OS)\W3D Hub\apb-release\data\ -- NOTE -- This folder is not the "user data folder" that you can access via the launcher Extract the contents from the archive via drag and drop or your more advanced method of choice. Don't like a sound such as the Soviet Demohorn? Certain sounds may be easy to find, feel free to remove any sounds you desire. However, this mod is recommended as a whole package. Please leave feedback in this thread. Forum admins: I feel like this is the best place to put mods like this until the correct infrastructure is in place. Thank you for understanding.

IRC and Teamspeak The Server has a bot that sends messages to IRC about how the game is going and you also can see who is in-game. The channel for this is #W3D Hub-apb on the rencorner irc server (irc.rencorner.com). If you want, you can join the W3D Hub TeamSpeak3 server at ts.w3dhub.com and talk with your fellow APB players. Rules These are the server rules for the APB server. If there are any questions please contact a moderator. If you are in-game, try !m to see if there is a moderator online, in-game, or getting highlighted on IRC. Always follow the instructions of moderators English is the main language on this server so please speak English when playing with other people. (if you are just with 2 people then it's fine just as long as you speak English when there are more people of whom you are unsure if they speak English). If you want to speak in a different language to someone please use the PM system. Open a chat window press '/' and start typing the name of the recipient. Press space and then type your message. No cheating No impersonation of any form, be it either clans, players, or both. This includes wearing clantags of a clan you are not part of, or making a tag to make it look like you are part of a clan that you are not part of. Examples an [sG] member wearing the |-TA tag or a -|TA member wearing a [sG]- tag. No Team-hampering No blocking the AI Ore Trucks No unfair bug abuse No Killwhoring or any other kind of whoring (these issues will only result in a ban or kick if it is done on a daily basis and is bad for the community) No abusive language of any sort. No ban or kick evading. Breaking any of these rules may result in a timed ban, kick(24 hr ban) or a qkick(warning kick, aka quick kick). The only place to appeal your ban, kick, warning or qkick is on these forums in the complaints section so don't go into discussion in-game or by PM'ing a moderator through back-door politics. If you are having any problems with a moderator in-game, either contact me or post in the appropriate forum section (Bans & Complaints).

To those that may or may not be aware, there are at least 153 confirmed killed by these terrorists in Paris during a soccer game. http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/

TODAY IS HALLOWEN HAPPY HALLOWEN TO ALL

hellou all im new here on w3d but il play 3 months wicht exter_3 nick (any remmember me? probally no lol) soo i want to play wicht all your guys PD:Nice job wicht games

C&C: Tiberium has been officially cancelled. Synaesthesia explains the reasoning behind the cancellation. Hey guys! I do apologize for this being Yet Another Dead Project, but it's better to just come out and cut the cord than it is to string anyone along with the idea that I might actually find the time to work on this. I do enjoy C&C, and I will probably still make C&C-related artwork in the future, but I simply am too busy to fit this project in anymore. There's a few reasons for this - I've taken on more responsibility at work in the form of Unreal 4 development, and I now work part-time for Quixel based in Sweden. If you're a 3D artist and enjoy texturing, you should really check out Quixel Suite - QS 2.0 is incredible software! I'll still be around here, but this project is effectively dead - but fret not! Some parts of it will live on in TS: Reborn. I'm sure you'll figure out how. You guys are a smart bunch. Skål!

The game is free from EA on Origin for a limited time! Grab it quick, while the deal is active! Probably influenced by the recent 20 years of C&C, the latest FREE "On The House" game from EA on Origin is none other than Red Alert 2!!! this free promotion also includes the Yuri's Revenge expansion pack! Already have Origin? just click here to redeem! but be quick as "On The House" deals won't last long. for those without Origin, all you need to redeem the game is an Origin account, and a copy of their desktop client, both of which are also free to get your hands on! Happy Conquering! TT

If you are having problems with the launcher please read this first before posting a new topic and see if your problem is covered here. I get a "Version Mismatch" error while joining a server This error means that the version of the game you have installed does not match the version on the server. This may have the following causes: The game server is not running the latest version of the game. - Sometimes we release client updates on the launcher before the game server receives the corresponding update. In this case, give us a few minutes, we are probably working on it currently. Your game client is not the latest version of the game. - In this case, you need to update your game. If an update is not available, then just as in the previous scenario, give us a few minutes to get the update made available for you to download. Alternatively, this may mean that your PC has a corrupted always.dat file, or has loose files in the data folder for the game. You can attempt to fix this error for yourself by doing the following: If you have placed any extra files in your data folder, remove them. Close and re-open the launcher to get the latest game definitions. Select the problem game on the left side of the launcher, and click "Install Updates". If this option does not display, then choose "Repair Installation". Once the update or repair completes, try to join the server again. If at this point you still have problems, then it is likely the server has not updated to the latest version. Try joining the official W3D Hub server. If you can't join that either, then create a topic in this subforum and ask for support, or check our Discord server, as a discussion of the problem may already be taking place there. The Launcher Crashes In the event that the launcher crashes, please create a new topic in this subforum and include the following information: A description of exactly what you were doing when the launcher crashed. Any extra details that might be useful. Include the errors.log and diagnostics.log files from "My Documents/W3D Hub/Launcher" as attachments to your post. Is my operating system supported? The W3D-Hub Launcher officially supports only Windows 10 and Windows 7* While some of the games may function in other cases, if you have any other Windows-based operating system besides Windows 7 or 10, then the launcher will likely not function as intended if at all. This includes everything up to and including Windows XP, Vista, 8, and 8.1. *Running the launcher on Windows 7 *Windows 7 is only supported when Service Pack 1 is installed, and must also be otherwise fully updated. Some additional tweaking may also be required to get the launcher to work correctly. You may receive an error about a problem connecting to our "backend services" using the Launcher with Windows 7. This is because, by default, Windows 7 does not support TLS 1.2, which is a stronger encryption protocol that many modern websites use, ours included. Updating to a modern operating system that is still supported by Microsoft is the best option. However if for some reason you are unable or unwilling to do so, you can forcibly enable TLS 1.2 support in Windows 7 via the registry by setting the following options: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.2\Client] "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000 If you are unsure how to do this, I suggest following this guide. Note that you must have all recommended Windows Updates installed or this may not work. You can read more about this topic on Microsoft's website here and here.