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Sunday, December 5, 2021

End of the forums? - Brian @ 10:58 PM
Even before we started the Discord, the forums were getting essentially no activity. I'm considering shutting them down because they require really old/insecure server software to run and I'm not inclined to spend a bunch of time and money upgrading something that nobody uses. Please see this thread on the forums for more information. If the forums are important to you and you have some programming experience, read the thread for ways you could possibly help keep them open.

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Massassi Server Migration - Brian @ 4:35 PM
I'm going to be moving Massassi to a new server this weekend. Don't be alarmed if you try to access the site and it doesn't work, it should be up again within 48 hours.
Welcome to the new Massassi! - Brian @ 3:11 PM
Welcome to the new version of The Massassi Temple! Almost every section of the site was updated so if you encounter any errors please report them on the forums.

I am aware that some levels aren't rendering properly in the 3dpreview. I will try to fix that this evening or tomorrow.

Improvements include:

  • levels/files pages updated with bigger thumbnails, more detailed 3d preview
  • levels/files list updated with bigger thumbnails, rating highlights, and improved paging
  • tutorials pages updated to match current massassi style (old versions available on tutorials that originally had non-standard formatting)
  • SotD/LotW archive pages have bigger thumbnails and improved paging
  • holiday logos are now rotating and will until January
  • all php and perl is gone
  • the site is now open source! more details to follow

User Account Information:

All the level comment/rating user accounts were imported, however, all passwords have been reset. If you still have access to the original email address you registered with, you can reset your password. If you don't have access to that address anymore, you can either register a new account or you can contact me and we can see if there's another way I can verify you.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

2021 Holiday Logo Contest - Brian @ 6:59 PM
It's time! Well, a bit late. But please submit your holiday logo contest entries for 2021! It's not really a contest -- every logo that gets submitted and abides by the rules will be in rotation every December from now on! You can either post on the Holiday Logo Contest 2021 thread on the forums or just email it directly to me.

Logo Contest Rules:
  • Please put in some effort!
  • Please make it tasteful
  • Holiday themed. Any holiday this month.
  • Minimum width in pixels: 384
  • Minimum height in pixels: 154
  • Maximum width in pixels: 800
  • Maximum height in pixels: 400

I will be taking entries until the end of the month. Thanks everyone who has contributed over the years!

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Smith 2.15 released; adds "3D Screenshot" button - Brian @ 8:09 PM
Smith is a modern re-implementation of the Jedi Knight Engine. It includes numerous enhancements over the original such as direct integration with Ned, an enhanced version of Jed.

BAH_Strike announced the release of Smith 2.15 this afternoon. This version adds a "3D Screenshot" button. While you are playing, just click it to export an OBJ/MTL/TGAs dump of the world in its current state.

BAH_Strike showed off an incredible demo of this in our Discord earlier. It captures the entire state of the scene at the time you take the "screenshot." This state is exported as a 3d model that can be loaded into various 3d modeling tools.

(If you join the #massassi channel on our Discord server you can see screenshots and a video.)

If you already have Smith, it will ask if you want to auto-update.

If you don't have Smith, download the latest build directly here: https://smith.bah.wtf/Smith.exe