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Loki Hack '99 Patches available

Posted by Hemos on from the come-and-get-it dept.

anonymous porcupine writes "The kind folks at Loki Entertainment have finally released the Loki Hack '99 patches. Share and enjoy. And keep in mind that the hacks aren't listed in any particular order. :) " I actually had the privilege to judge the event at ALS - everyone did an amazing job (See the feature we did on it) - and now you can download the fruits of their labor.

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  1. Re:Don't Panic by Pascal+Q.+Porcupine · · Score: 2

    It's kinda hard to do that when you spend maybe 6 hours total in the hack room. ;)
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  2. Hack? by Signal+11 · · Score: 5
    Top 10 Reasons Free Software Really Pisses Off "the other guys":

    10. We have GOD on our side.
    9. Money? What's that?
    8. Two words: contract enforcement
    7. Our culture heroes actually work instead of worrying about the next third-wave paradigm shift in "IT" and writing books about roadmaps, "the roads ahead" and e-nothings.
    6. Our source can beat up your source.
    5. We didn't contract with the psychic hotline for our tech support.
    4. WE ARE GEEKS WITH GUNS, so you'd better not try any of that "licensing" crap with us or we'll bust a 40 on you!
    3. Crash, bork, die, hang, BSOD, nuke, fizzle...
    2. Due to technical difficulties, #2 was lost.
    1. We have a lovable penguin that children can identify with.. rather than the souless corporate icon of a window. =) Conversely, for the naughtier children, we have daemons.

    Incase you're wondering why this is posted under the Loki thread... I have no idea... but it's funny enough that you can overlook this infraction, right?



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  3. Don't Panic by jfunk · · Score: 2

    Pretty neat. I haven't downloaded it yet but I hope it's in big, friendly letters.

    What looks really impressive, though, is Multifractal Penguins and Porcupines.

    Having cow units would be pretty cool as well.

    Am I the only one disappointed with ESR's comparatively paltry entry? I kind of expected more (such as some actual programming) than some simple text-editing when I saw his name.

    1. Re:Don't Panic by Mark+J+Tilford · · Score: 2

      I heard that ESR tried to add a libertarian government option... Maybe he didn't have enough time to finish it?
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  4. Notes from a Civ:CTP programmer by Joe+Rumsey · · Score: 3

    I was a programmer on the original version of CTP. This is actually the first time I've seen the list of Loki Hacks. I'll just comment on a few.

    Flat map - The AI will probably have a lot of problems with this. As noted, pathing still thinks the world wraps, and the AI uses the same pathing...

    Don't Panic - Very amusing!

    Cows were in the original design. They worked like mobile farms, basically. The problem was people would surround their cities with cows, making it impossible to attack with stealth units and generally annoying to move through enemy territory at all. You can actually enable most of the functionality just by adding the right flags to the text files, but not the ability of other units to rustle them. The latter code is gone, sorry.

    The 1.2 version (out for Windows already) has an autpilot feature available from the chat window. I forget the command, but it's in the readme (I hope!)

    The customize your civ hack is pretty darn impressive for 48 hours with this code. Nice one!

    All of this is awesome. I'd love to do this with future games too. Thanks a lot to all of you!

    1. Re:Notes from a Civ:CTP programmer by cy · · Score: 2

      >Cows were in the original design. They worked like mobile farms, basically.

      I was kind of surprised at how many features were in the code, but just commented out - eg it looked like there were gateways to teleport from one place to another. Did these just not pass play-testing or was it a time-thing? They looked like they could be lots of fun to play around with.

  5. Re:Bust a 40? by Chemical+Serenity · · Score: 2
    Glocks (at least all that I've been exposed to) use 9mm. ie: 'Glock 9'... which, IIRC, is more-or-less equivalent to .357. Perhaps you're describing a Glock which busts caps my limited whitebread canadian ass ain't been exposed to yet.

    West si-eeede. Gettin' jiggy with it. Yo yo yo etc.

    (Why do I now have an image of Eric Cartman in my head complaining about not being able to play slip 'n slide in Zelma Hyack's underpants?)

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  6. Lets play the Glock Game by Chemical+Serenity · · Score: 3
    Here's what up with the glock biz:

    G17 9MM 4.5" BARREL 17 ROUND MAG
    G17L 9MM 6" BARREL 17 ROUND MAG
    G19 9MM 4" BARREL 15 ROUND MAG
    G20 10MM 4.6" BARREL 15 ROUND MAG
    G21 45ACP 4.6" BARREL 13 ROUND MAG
    G22 .40 CAL 4.5" BARREL 15 ROUND MAG
    G23 .40 CAL 4" BARREL 13 ROUND MAG
    G24 .40 CAL 6" BARREL 15 ROUND MAG
    G25 .380 ACP 4" BARREL 15 ROUND MAG
    M31 .357 SIG 4.5" BARREL 15 ROUND MAG
    M32 .357 SIG 4" BARREL 23 ROUND MAG
    M34 9MM 5.32" BARREL 17 ROUND MAG
    M35 .40 CAL 5.32" BARREL 15 ROUND MAG

    You're right. I've only been exposed to the G17 and G19... but you can bust a .40. I must now hang my head in maple-syrup shame.

    ... with mah mind on my igloo and my igloo on mah mind...

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  7. The other Loki -- off-topic? by nwetters · · Score: 2


    Here's a link to the real Loki.

    16 Pentium Pro Processors
    x 5 Fast Ethernet interfaces
    + 2 Gbytes RAM
    + 50 Gbytes Disk
    + 2 Fast Ethernet switches
    + Linux
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    = 1.2 real Gflops for $63,000


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  8. Re:heh heh heh. by Patrik+Nordebo · · Score: 2

    RMS isn't a god, but Linus is. He said so himself, so it must be true.

    Our Linus, who art in Transmeta, hallowed be thy name.
    Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in Redmond as it is in Transmeta.
    Give us this day our daily patch, and forgive us our bugs, as we forgive those who make bugs for us.
    And lead us not into Windows, but deliver us from Microsoft.
    Amen.