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Silas
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07/23/08 02:04
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Silas
Silas Official Trailer:
http://youtu.be/5fO_ZGc-dOg Silas will be releasing September 14th 2011! You will be able to buy it digitally from Desura, Direct2Drive, Gamersgate, Beamdog, and my own website. It will cost $9.95! There will be a demo on the day of release. http://www.moddb.com/games/silas/news/silas-releasing-september-14th-new-launch-trailer
Welcome to planet Silas. Every year warriors from around the galaxy compete here for fortune and fame. You have been selected as one of these elite warriors.
Features:- 12 Racetracks, separated into 3 cups - 4 Deathmatch Arenas - 4 Capture the Flag Levels - 18 Weapons, with 32 different functions total - 12 Characters and Karts - 30 Original Song Soundtrack - A full featured audio system containing hundreds of unique sound effects, Uses FMOD, and 25 original songs of the best quality. Silas also contains a robust single player mode with Grand Prix, VS, Quickplay, and Time Trail options. The multiplayer contains both LAN and online play for up to 12 players. Modes include, Grand Prix, V.S, Deathmatch, Survival, Capture the Flag, Battle, and Capture the Pipes. Teams are supported, with up to 4 teams. You connect through a fully featured lobby system. SCREENSHOTS FORUMS SILAS PORTAL COMPANY WEBSITE SILAS FACEBOOK PAGE I want to say thanks to the entire community and all the hard workers at Conitec. This project wouldn't have grown so large without the years of support, resources, and inspiration offered by all of you. Especially to the old timers who have been around since the beginning. Keep it up!  Thanks for looking! Please join the Facebook page and forums and help spread the news of the game. And please tell me what you think.
Last edited by William; 09/12/11 03:05.
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Re: Silas
[Re: William]
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07/20/11 07:48
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Unfortunately the game will not be releasing next week due to a license issue I ran into with Mysql. I was using a .dll that allowed me to conenct my game to an online database directly, but it required libmysql.dll to be distributed with my client. I contacted Mysql but the price ranges were much to high for me to afford so I will have to re-write the way I do all my database work. I believe I will do with it with HTTP and a php+mysql backend on a rented server. Meaning there wont be any Oracle files at all included in my game hence no embedding license issues. Let this be a warning to other developers, make sure you have everything in written document before you make a considerable time investment programming something that requires a licensed file no matter how small you think it may be. Even if they tell you it's free commercially one the phone at one point, 3 years later they can say different and have full rights to stop you in your tracks from releasing. So always get everything in writing never take anyone's word for it. And if you can't get permission in writing or pay for it, then don't spend any time developing it. Live and learn I guess. But this isn't going to kill Silas. I just gotta port it over to a new method of database communication. I hope it wont take more than another month or two. 
Last edited by William; 07/20/11 08:12.
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Re: Silas
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07/20/11 08:43
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You connected directly with your game to an mysql databse? Lucky you that you can't afford the plugin because, excuse me, this is pretty stupid. Everyone with a bit knowledge could then connect to your database and edit all entries as well as create new ones. I don't know if you save sensitive stuff in there and if the database is only there for your game or if its shared also with an dynamic website, but anyway, never ever let something like this happen!
And if you use PHP, don't forget to validate the user input, otherwise there is alot of mysqli potential.
Shitlord by trade and passion. Graphics programmer at Laminar Research. I write blog posts at feresignum.com
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Re: Silas
[Re: William]
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07/21/11 11:34
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With validating I mean that you don't allow user names like this:
JustSid"); DROP TABLE users
If you just pass everything the PHP script gets down to MySQL, bad things will happen for sure.
Shitlord by trade and passion. Graphics programmer at Laminar Research. I write blog posts at feresignum.com
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Re: Silas
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09/12/11 02:49
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Silas will be releasing September 14th! You will be able to buy it digitally from Desura, Direct2Drive, Gamersgate, Beamdog, and my own website. It will cost $9.95! There will be a demo on the day of release. Check out the launch trailer: http://youtu.be/5fO_ZGc-dOg
Pre-order the game here: www.kartsilas.com I am happy to announce the final release date after so many years of work on the game. It has really shaped up great. The game has become very polished and now is ready for release. I will also be updating the game after it's released. Official Website Here: www.kartsilas.comBTW - Check out the Official Silas Forums here, where you can communicate with me at anytime. www.exaltstudios.com/forumsThanks for reading. Please feel free to let me know what you think. My aim is to make Silas one of the best PC games around, so please help support it by tracking, spreading the word, and pre-ordering!
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Re: Silas
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09/12/11 07:47
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Congrats! The launch trailer looks good, though a little dark at times, but it might be my screen. Hope this goes well!
~"I never let school interfere with my education"~
-Mark Twain
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Re: Silas
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09/12/11 08:33
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Hell, yes!!! Finally!
I´m really glad to hear this.
no science involved
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Re: Silas
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09/14/11 15:44
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Congratulation. ARCHIEVEMENT: "Kicking Steam" 
MY Website with news of my projects: (for example my current Muliplayer Bomberman, GenesisPrecompiler for LiteC and TileMaster, an easy to use Tile editor) Sparetime-Development
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