Armagetron Advanced - User contributions [en]

Talk:Team somethingsomething

2006-04-27T22:54:41Z

Gnorty: /* == */

tryin the talk page out.

do you want me to set up a forum for us to use? i can just add it to existing forums i'm already an admin for on another game
Pez

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Yeah, I've been thinking about maybe creating something of the likes, but well, theres already alot of going on on the wiki and on the armagetron forums, so it's really just another place there is to go to/register for. Although if theres enough people willing to go trough the (minor) hassle it's cool.

oh btw, it seems xevi stole ed from us, so we have two places open. If anyone knows someone who you think should join our team, i wouldn't mind if you'd ask them to sign up.

lack

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also, only just seen the dates n if its defo the 15/16 of apr i wont be about for all of it. big night out in london on that sat and aint gona be back till sun afternoon.

pez
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Do we have room for me???? garis
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this is gonna be an awesome team :D

from what i've read winzones will be active and as this is a comp we should use em as everyone else will be. Also holes will feature quite a lot even tho they aren't deliberately used so much these days.

pez

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yeah, winzones being legitimate changes the way we should play the game. I'd like to go a bit deeper on the subject (and on the use of holes) but i'm not sure if it's good to have a discussion about it where anyone can see it. So i'm thinking of a password protected shoutbox and put a link of it on the wiki.. I'll send you all another email when i get it.

Gar, it's fine you join but we are getting a bit big now, so you probably won't be able to play every game. Seeing all three teams getting big i think it might be worthwhile to form a fourth team. Oh and I saw that you were also listed for the anarchic wanderers?

Lack

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sorry couldnt make the practise. my router died on sat afternoon and i didnt get a chance to get it sorted. all ok now tho

pez

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The recording doesnt seem to work here...

Lack

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Lack said:

>> we can only get a game up with MBC at 12am BST (or 11pm GMT)

would that be 'April 12, 11PM GMT' ? if that true i just might be able to come.... can't tell for sure yet... will know tomorrow

pavelo

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the 12th is no problem for me but defiantely not on the 15th. i'll be about for the 16th from midday or so (when i get up and recovered from night before ;-) )

pez

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Unless I travel for work, I should be up for the 12th. Probably can not do the 15th. Probably can do the 16th.

egg

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Ok i think egg pez maz and pavelo should play because they won't be available to some of the future matches. I heard from both click and nemo that they could play too, so i guess they should fight it out who gets the last spot in an all out cagefight... or paper rock and siscor. Or if pavelo can't play click and nemo just fill the open places.

Lack

Oh, before i forget, joda is planning to join a team in the spoon because he heard that he still can. We are his first choice, as long as we decide soon enough if we want him (because i actually asked him to join more than a month ago). So, what do you guys think? are we already with enough people or could we use another player?

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OK... now it's a definite no-go for me..... so there's no need for any cagefights or sth similar. though i always wanted to see a cage fight :)
I have no problem with joda joining... he's a very good player and there are larger teams than ours.....

pavelo

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no probs with joda joining at all, he's a quality player. you never know if everyone is gonna turn up and better to have too many than forfeit. if we do have too many then whovever doesnt play should get priority next match.

pez

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ok i think im going to let him if he's still available, especially seeing we are low on players this weekend.

Lack

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any news on playing FE or are they out? kinda funny that fotress elite haven't played any games in a fortress tourny O.o

pez

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Yeah, there are topics from every other team on their [http://fe-clan.mlbel.de forums] but noone has been able to arrange a match.
Very disappointing indeed for a clan called Fortress Elite, you'd expect them to show that the whole clan thing is a bit more than just a tag.

Lack

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for teh next matches we should get more organised. it took bloody ages to get the match against mbc started due to both teams being badly organised with tags etc. think we started 40 mins late!!
pez
:Z-man reverted the [TS*] thing quite a while ago, but he accidently re- activated it. It's disabled again. He also disabled the team color thing, teams are only blue and gold now :) --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 09:30, 14 April 2006 (CDT)

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bit quiet at the moment on here. Any news on the tourny matches?

pez

== Seeding System ==

ooh, nice seeding system :) we get to play one of the best teams in the tourny in first knockout round after winning all our matches? not complaining just seems a bit messsed up... --pez

:Well, that's because they're late and therefore count as the worst team in the seed rounds. Before they entered you weren't scheduled to play the first round at all because there was no enemy ;) --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 08:29, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

::Technically, that makes them not seeded at all. We don't know how good they are because they haven't played any games. I think the two teams that didn't play many games (FE played one, this new team played none) should face each other instead of fighting teams that ''really'' seeded. -- [[User:Nemostultae|nemostultae]] 09:28, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

:::Then do so, I don't really care, but that will basically throw the seeding results all over and make the seed rounds useless except for practice. --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 12:49, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

::::still seems messed up :p I dont care who we play just commented on it while i thought of it! --Pez

<HR>
Gratz to All re the 1st Play-off

A very useful victory over a team that contains some very good players. 3-0 turnover was a great result, and as 8T was the only side we didn't beat in the seeding round the others will have something to think about if/when they meet us for the second time!

Gnice :)

Roll on the next round.

Talk:Team somethingsomething

2006-04-27T22:54:14Z

Gnorty: /* == */

tryin the talk page out.

do you want me to set up a forum for us to use? i can just add it to existing forums i'm already an admin for on another game
Pez

----

Yeah, I've been thinking about maybe creating something of the likes, but well, theres already alot of going on on the wiki and on the armagetron forums, so it's really just another place there is to go to/register for. Although if theres enough people willing to go trough the (minor) hassle it's cool.

oh btw, it seems xevi stole ed from us, so we have two places open. If anyone knows someone who you think should join our team, i wouldn't mind if you'd ask them to sign up.

lack

----

also, only just seen the dates n if its defo the 15/16 of apr i wont be about for all of it. big night out in london on that sat and aint gona be back till sun afternoon.

pez
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Do we have room for me???? garis
----

this is gonna be an awesome team :D

from what i've read winzones will be active and as this is a comp we should use em as everyone else will be. Also holes will feature quite a lot even tho they aren't deliberately used so much these days.

pez

----

yeah, winzones being legitimate changes the way we should play the game. I'd like to go a bit deeper on the subject (and on the use of holes) but i'm not sure if it's good to have a discussion about it where anyone can see it. So i'm thinking of a password protected shoutbox and put a link of it on the wiki.. I'll send you all another email when i get it.

Gar, it's fine you join but we are getting a bit big now, so you probably won't be able to play every game. Seeing all three teams getting big i think it might be worthwhile to form a fourth team. Oh and I saw that you were also listed for the anarchic wanderers?

Lack

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sorry couldnt make the practise. my router died on sat afternoon and i didnt get a chance to get it sorted. all ok now tho

pez

----

The recording doesnt seem to work here...

Lack

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Lack said:

>> we can only get a game up with MBC at 12am BST (or 11pm GMT)

would that be 'April 12, 11PM GMT' ? if that true i just might be able to come.... can't tell for sure yet... will know tomorrow

pavelo

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the 12th is no problem for me but defiantely not on the 15th. i'll be about for the 16th from midday or so (when i get up and recovered from night before ;-) )

pez

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Unless I travel for work, I should be up for the 12th. Probably can not do the 15th. Probably can do the 16th.

egg

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Ok i think egg pez maz and pavelo should play because they won't be available to some of the future matches. I heard from both click and nemo that they could play too, so i guess they should fight it out who gets the last spot in an all out cagefight... or paper rock and siscor. Or if pavelo can't play click and nemo just fill the open places.

Lack

Oh, before i forget, joda is planning to join a team in the spoon because he heard that he still can. We are his first choice, as long as we decide soon enough if we want him (because i actually asked him to join more than a month ago). So, what do you guys think? are we already with enough people or could we use another player?

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OK... now it's a definite no-go for me..... so there's no need for any cagefights or sth similar. though i always wanted to see a cage fight :)
I have no problem with joda joining... he's a very good player and there are larger teams than ours.....

pavelo

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no probs with joda joining at all, he's a quality player. you never know if everyone is gonna turn up and better to have too many than forfeit. if we do have too many then whovever doesnt play should get priority next match.

pez

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ok i think im going to let him if he's still available, especially seeing we are low on players this weekend.

Lack

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any news on playing FE or are they out? kinda funny that fotress elite haven't played any games in a fortress tourny O.o

pez

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Yeah, there are topics from every other team on their [http://fe-clan.mlbel.de forums] but noone has been able to arrange a match.
Very disappointing indeed for a clan called Fortress Elite, you'd expect them to show that the whole clan thing is a bit more than just a tag.

Lack

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for teh next matches we should get more organised. it took bloody ages to get the match against mbc started due to both teams being badly organised with tags etc. think we started 40 mins late!!
pez
:Z-man reverted the [TS*] thing quite a while ago, but he accidently re- activated it. It's disabled again. He also disabled the team color thing, teams are only blue and gold now :) --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 09:30, 14 April 2006 (CDT)

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bit quiet at the moment on here. Any news on the tourny matches?

pez

== Seeding System ==

ooh, nice seeding system :) we get to play one of the best teams in the tourny in first knockout round after winning all our matches? not complaining just seems a bit messsed up... --pez

:Well, that's because they're late and therefore count as the worst team in the seed rounds. Before they entered you weren't scheduled to play the first round at all because there was no enemy ;) --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 08:29, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

::Technically, that makes them not seeded at all. We don't know how good they are because they haven't played any games. I think the two teams that didn't play many games (FE played one, this new team played none) should face each other instead of fighting teams that ''really'' seeded. -- [[User:Nemostultae|nemostultae]] 09:28, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

:::Then do so, I don't really care, but that will basically throw the seeding results all over and make the seed rounds useless except for practice. --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 12:49, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

::::still seems messed up :p I dont care who we play just commented on it while i thought of it! --Pez

==================================================================================

Gratz to All re the 1st Play-off
<HR>

A very useful victory over a team that contains some very good players. 3-0 turnover was a great result, and as 8T was the only side we didn't beat in the seeding round the others will have something to think about if/when they meet us for the second time!

Gnice :)

Roll on the next round.

Talk:Team somethingsomething

2006-04-27T22:53:25Z

Gnorty:

tryin the talk page out.

do you want me to set up a forum for us to use? i can just add it to existing forums i'm already an admin for on another game
Pez

----

Yeah, I've been thinking about maybe creating something of the likes, but well, theres already alot of going on on the wiki and on the armagetron forums, so it's really just another place there is to go to/register for. Although if theres enough people willing to go trough the (minor) hassle it's cool.

oh btw, it seems xevi stole ed from us, so we have two places open. If anyone knows someone who you think should join our team, i wouldn't mind if you'd ask them to sign up.

lack

----

also, only just seen the dates n if its defo the 15/16 of apr i wont be about for all of it. big night out in london on that sat and aint gona be back till sun afternoon.

pez
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Do we have room for me???? garis
----

this is gonna be an awesome team :D

from what i've read winzones will be active and as this is a comp we should use em as everyone else will be. Also holes will feature quite a lot even tho they aren't deliberately used so much these days.

pez

----

yeah, winzones being legitimate changes the way we should play the game. I'd like to go a bit deeper on the subject (and on the use of holes) but i'm not sure if it's good to have a discussion about it where anyone can see it. So i'm thinking of a password protected shoutbox and put a link of it on the wiki.. I'll send you all another email when i get it.

Gar, it's fine you join but we are getting a bit big now, so you probably won't be able to play every game. Seeing all three teams getting big i think it might be worthwhile to form a fourth team. Oh and I saw that you were also listed for the anarchic wanderers?

Lack

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sorry couldnt make the practise. my router died on sat afternoon and i didnt get a chance to get it sorted. all ok now tho

pez

----

The recording doesnt seem to work here...

Lack

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Lack said:

>> we can only get a game up with MBC at 12am BST (or 11pm GMT)

would that be 'April 12, 11PM GMT' ? if that true i just might be able to come.... can't tell for sure yet... will know tomorrow

pavelo

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the 12th is no problem for me but defiantely not on the 15th. i'll be about for the 16th from midday or so (when i get up and recovered from night before ;-) )

pez

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Unless I travel for work, I should be up for the 12th. Probably can not do the 15th. Probably can do the 16th.

egg

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Ok i think egg pez maz and pavelo should play because they won't be available to some of the future matches. I heard from both click and nemo that they could play too, so i guess they should fight it out who gets the last spot in an all out cagefight... or paper rock and siscor. Or if pavelo can't play click and nemo just fill the open places.

Lack

Oh, before i forget, joda is planning to join a team in the spoon because he heard that he still can. We are his first choice, as long as we decide soon enough if we want him (because i actually asked him to join more than a month ago). So, what do you guys think? are we already with enough people or could we use another player?

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OK... now it's a definite no-go for me..... so there's no need for any cagefights or sth similar. though i always wanted to see a cage fight :)
I have no problem with joda joining... he's a very good player and there are larger teams than ours.....

pavelo

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no probs with joda joining at all, he's a quality player. you never know if everyone is gonna turn up and better to have too many than forfeit. if we do have too many then whovever doesnt play should get priority next match.

pez

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ok i think im going to let him if he's still available, especially seeing we are low on players this weekend.

Lack

----

any news on playing FE or are they out? kinda funny that fotress elite haven't played any games in a fortress tourny O.o

pez

----

Yeah, there are topics from every other team on their [http://fe-clan.mlbel.de forums] but noone has been able to arrange a match.
Very disappointing indeed for a clan called Fortress Elite, you'd expect them to show that the whole clan thing is a bit more than just a tag.

Lack

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for teh next matches we should get more organised. it took bloody ages to get the match against mbc started due to both teams being badly organised with tags etc. think we started 40 mins late!!
pez
:Z-man reverted the [TS*] thing quite a while ago, but he accidently re- activated it. It's disabled again. He also disabled the team color thing, teams are only blue and gold now :) --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 09:30, 14 April 2006 (CDT)

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bit quiet at the moment on here. Any news on the tourny matches?

pez

== Seeding System ==

ooh, nice seeding system :) we get to play one of the best teams in the tourny in first knockout round after winning all our matches? not complaining just seems a bit messsed up... --pez

:Well, that's because they're late and therefore count as the worst team in the seed rounds. Before they entered you weren't scheduled to play the first round at all because there was no enemy ;) --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 08:29, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

::Technically, that makes them not seeded at all. We don't know how good they are because they haven't played any games. I think the two teams that didn't play many games (FE played one, this new team played none) should face each other instead of fighting teams that ''really'' seeded. -- [[User:Nemostultae|nemostultae]] 09:28, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

:::Then do so, I don't really care, but that will basically throw the seeding results all over and make the seed rounds useless except for practice. --[[User:Wrtlprnft|Wrtlprnft]] 12:49, 24 April 2006 (CDT)

::::still seems messed up :p I dont care who we play just commented on it while i thought of it! --Pez

==================================================================================

Gratz to All re the 1st Play-off
================================

A very useful victory over a team that contains some very good players. 3-0 turnover was a great result, and as 8T was the only side we didn't beat in the seeding round the others will have something to think about if/when they meet us for the second time!

Gnice :)

Roll on the next round.

Team List

2006-04-05T11:27:44Z

Gnorty: /* Team somethingsomething */

Feel free to contribute your name to the lists here. If you are not affiliated, then add your name to one of the random team lists eg team somethingsomething, fighting smegheads, or [[anarchic wanderers]], otherwise use one of the teams that is organised by your clan. Finally, if you are new to the game since 0.2.8 came out recently and you still want to play... join the noob.2.8 team unless you get invited to an existing team... or create your own...<br>
Could you make sure you are only on one team list. And, at some point, if there are more than 8 players on a team... work out what to do about that when the time comes to play...

==[[fe goes spoon]]==

* [fe]Speed
* [fe]meriton (permitting time and a sufficiently large team)
* [fe]belenus (same as meriton)
* [fe]Ossi
* [fe]radian sounds good..im,e up for it
* [fe]Nazgul hmmm...

==[[MBC (Tronic SPOON)|mbc-clan]]==
* amboosh |mbc|
* demomatt |mbc|
* Eagle Eye |mbc|
* ender |mbc|
* fireball |mbc|
* ota|mbc|
* wizzee |mbc|
* wrtlprnft |mbc|

==~"XzL.Accel Clan==
* ~"XzL.Abby
* ~"XzL.Ace
* ~"XzL.Destructo
* ~"XzL.Punch
* ~"XzL.Rebel
* ~"XzL.Shaggy
* ~"XzL.Solidus
* ~"XzL.Smart

== [[Knights of Ni]] ==
'''Ni!'''
* Lucifer
* anjori
* Your_mom
* Dookatee (mkzelda)
* Tank Program
* hang3r
* hank
* Manta
* Cray Supercom

==Lobster Mafia==
'''Left Claw North, Right Claw South! >-;;,ccc3'''
* DrJoeTron
* Kamp
* Gomes
* Sepiku
* Fonkay
* LinuxLizzard
* Invader
* Gopherman
* TiS

==[[anarchic wanderers]]==
* Vanhayes - admin
* psyko - admin
* 2020
* ghableska
* featherfcuk
* madmax
* TBL
* 127.0.0.1
* gArIsImO
* Pyr0tek
* zop (as joker... or wild-card... will play for any team with incomplete team... a true anarchist)
* HEY UMMMM...AREN'T SIGN UPS CLOSED BY NOW? BECAUSE I SEE NEW FE AND SOME OTHER TEAM MEMBERS..

==-=:[Clan]== [http://mec-clan.character48.com Clan Site]
* -=:[zero]
* -=:[Broken]
* -=:[the_ungawa]
* -=:[Joker]

==[[Team somethingsomething]]==
* [??]Lackadaisical
* [??]MaZuffeR
* [??]nemostultae
* [??]Pez
* [??]Gnorty
* [??]click
* [??]Pavelo
* [??]newbie
* [??]eggcozy (my weekend on april 15-16 will be busy, I have a guest in town, but I should be able to play if the time is right)

==[Crazy Tronners]== [http://www.crazytronners.tk Clan Site]
'''Sing with us: lalalala!'''
* [[User:xevic|Xevi.C]]
* Skip
* 1394-freak
* ed
* The King
* D3m0n
* Om3g4
* Tchii

==noob.2.8==
In case noobs want to join in... PM [[User:2020|2020]] if you need help...

Team List

2006-03-24T16:29:01Z

Gnorty: /* Team somethingsomething */

Customizing the game

2006-03-06T01:07:40Z

Gnorty: /* Problems */

Often people ask how to install a moviepack, how you make your cycle color different from your tail's, etc. Read on if you want to know how.

== Moviepacks ==
=== Installing a Moviepack ===

[[Moviepacks]] are packages that completely change the look of the game. the floor, the walls, the cycles, everything. Nowadays, you can download many from different places around the net; for pointers, consult the [[Moviepacks list]]. They usually come in a ZIP file containing a ''moviepack'' folder. This folder goes into your armagetron advanced installation or user configuration directory:

'''''Default armagetron advanced installation folder'''''

'''Windows''': C:\Program Files\Armagetron Advanced\

'''Unix/Linux''': /usr/local/share/games/armagetronad/

'''Mac OS X''': /Applications/ArmagetronAd(.app)
Right click on the application, select "Show package contents" and open folder 'Contents'.

'''''Default armagetron advanced configuration folder'''''

'''Windows''': C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Armagetron

'''Unix/Linux''': ~/.armagetronad

'''Mac OS X''': Home/Library/Application Support/Armagetron(Ad)

''TODO: put folder locations in a single wiki entry and validate''

''The armagetron installation and configuration paths should be somewhere else on the wiki, too''

=== Problems ===

sometimes you get errors after installing a moviepack, such as
[[Image:moviepack_err.gif]]

this means that the moviepack you installed is not complete, i.e. Armagetron Advanced looks for files that are not present in the moviepack. The easiest way around this is to first install the [http://armagetron.sourceforge.net/old/addons.html original moviepack (get the ZIP)] and install the moviepack you actually want ''on top of it''.

In *nix based OS, where file case is important, sometimes a texture doesn't display even though it appears to be installed correctly. to correct this, manually change the case of the file to suit. In particular, upper case extensions can cause problems. ie, change filename.JPG to filename.jpg and it will probably be OK.

== Customizing default textures ==
=== Installing a different default texture ===

ArmagetronAd allows to change textures of the floor, the walls, the cycles and the sky.
All textures are contained in the "textures" folder. Textures are images displayed during the game.
For exmaple the image on the outer wall can be changed by exchanging the '''rim_wall.png''' file.
Instead of replacing any texture files, you should rename the original file and then copy the new one into the folder.
Now you have a backup available if you want to restore the original.

'''''Where to find those textures ?'''''

'''Windows''': C:\Program Files\Armagetron Advanced\

'''Unix/Linux''': /usr/local/share/games/armagetronad/

'''Mac OS X''': /Applications/ArmagetronAd(.app)

Right click on the application, select "Show package contents" and open folder 'Contents'.

''''TODO: put folder locations in a single wiki entry and validate''''

'''''Which file is what ?'''''

'''rim_wall.png''' = texture for the outer walls

'''sky.png''' = texture for the lower sky (the upper sky uses the floor*.png)

'''floor.png''' = single textured floor (and upper sky)

'''floor_a.png, floor_b.png''' = dual textured floor

'''bike.png''' = cycle's texture

==Cycle Colors==

=== The basics of cycle color ===

First you have to understand how computers understand colors. In armagetron, colors are saved with three values: the ''red'', ''green'' and ''blue'' (R, G and B) parts.
Each of these three so-called RGB values can hold a number from 0 to 15 - 0 means none and 15 means as much as
possible. A few examples:

r 15, g 0, b 0 : strong red
r 0, g 15, b 0 : strong green
r 0, g 0, b 15 : strong blue
r 8, g 0, b 0 : darker red

you can also combine the colours (follows the same rules as when you combine red,green and blue light):

r 15 g 0 b 15 : strong pink
r 0 g 15 b 10 : strong cyan
r 15 g 15 b 0 : yellow
r 15 g 8 b 0 : orange (less green => more red than yellow)

you get the gist. So how do you set these colours ? you can set them via the player setup menu, but if you want to have
different cycle and trail colours, you have to use the [[Console]]. The commands are

color_r_1 X # set red component of the 1st player's cycle to X
color_g_1 Y # set green component of the 1st player's cycle to Y
color_b_1 Z # set blue component of the 1st player's cycle to Z

The best way to learn how to write the colour you want is to experiment a bit.

=== Different Cycle and trail colors ===

Remember me saying that the colors were saved as numbers between 0 and 15 ? Well, that was not entirely true. If you set
a color to a value over 15, the trail part is set to 15 and the cycle is (usually) set to the actual value minus 16.
For example:

r 16 g 16 b 0 : yellow tail (r 15 g 15) and black bike (16 - 16 = 0)

higher numbers can give you multi-colored trails. Again, experiment.

''TODO: exact explanation''

Developer's note: this behavior of the game is technically a bug and is officially unsupported. It is tolerated, though, because it's fun :) But some servers, especially team play servers where your color is no mere decoration, will clamp your color settings to 15 and this trick does not work.

==Chat Colors==

If you want to use different colors when chatting you have to use a different syntax for colors. For example if you want to say a text in red you would enter (at the chat prompt):
0xff0000 this appears in red
note that this is '''all''' zeroes (not o's), so zero-xff-zero-zero-zero-zero. This is important since it won't work otherwise.

The first two digits after the "0x" indicate the red part of the color, the two digits after that the green one and the two last ones the blue part. They signify numbers from 00 to ff (0 to 255) written in hex (base 16); people who ever used color
codes in HTML or CSS will be familiar with this. Only lowercase letters are accepted in the code.

A few different two- letter combos are as follows:

* ff: works like 15 in the bike color
* ee: like 14
* dd: 13
* cc: 12
* bb: 11
* aa: 10
* 99: 9
* 88: 8
* ...
* 00: 0

Note that you can use different hex numbers like in 0xab1234 which lets you chose your color more exactly, but in most cases you won't need this. If you are so paranoid that you think you need exactly ''your'' shade of pink feel free to read the article [[Bases]] on this.

Other combos to get you started are:
0x00ff00 this is green
0x0000ff this is blue
0xff8800 this is orange
0xffffff this is white
0xffff88 this appears in the normal chat yellow (no change)

Developer's note: these color codes were not intended for use by the players; the choice of 0x as intro string was a bit unfortunate. Some servers will filter away your codes, so do your testing in a local game. Since it was not intended for use, no thought was given on usability, and for example upper case codes are not accepted. So use 0xff0000 for red, not 0xFF0000. And don't be angry about future unannounced changes to the format.