#Dropzone

[highretrogamelord]

Super Programs 10 for the ZX81

[enjoyfreefall]

Where Do Skydivers Land?

The final and most important part of skydiving is the landing! After the freefall and canopy ride, a skydiver needs to accurately prepare and execute the landing procedure. There is little room for error.

Read the article here: https://enjoyfreefall.com/where-do-skydivers-land/

[gamesthatwerent]

XMAS UPDATE 7 - Unseen Dropzone 2 assets, International Karate prototypes and IK graphical assets

Check out never seen before screens from the lost Dropzone 2 on the #Atari and #Commodore64, along with a strange Arcade edition of Dropzone for A8. Also various International Karate prototypes and IK+ graphical assets from the late Archer Maclean:

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/12/archer-maclean-a8-prototypes-and-unused-assets/

We have also produced a video which showcases the recoveries and findings of Dropzone 2, Dropzone Arcade and the various International Karate prototypes and IK+ graphical assets from the late Archer Maclean:

It is with huge thanks to Chris Wilkins (https://fusionretrobooks.com/) for kindly allowing Archer's disks to be preserved and for us to showcase materials from his archive.

[hoppynsc]

"Drop Zone" score by Hans Zimmer

Solid action score by Zimmer for a mostly forgettable movie that is most notable to snippets of two tracks, "Too Many Notes" & "After the Dash", that have since been combined for use in countless trailers ever since, such as the "Mark of Zorro". Solid listen though not one of Zimmer's best.

[acaj2018]

(C#)讓dropzone可上傳heic&hief的照片

概述

目前大部分瀏覽器還不能直接解讀heic及heif的圖檔，甚至很多套件預設都是會阻擋這兩種類型的上傳，所以本篇文章介紹如何���客戶端可以上傳這兩種類型的圖檔，並且透過Magick套件將其轉成jpg使其可以正常在網頁上使用。

Dropzone的相關處理

1. Nuget安裝Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU 2. Dropzone的acceptedFiles: "image/*,.heic,.heif",因為就Chrome的判斷這兩種不屬於image的mime type類型 3. Dropzone的init內新增，沒有更改會顯示錯誤

4.接下來是後端的部分，透過file stream判斷檔案是否為heic格式

a.檢查file stream的前幾碼是否是heic格式 byte[] header = new byte[12]; if(header[4] == 'f' && header[5] == 't' && header[6] == 'y' && header[7] == 'p' &&header[8] == 'h' && header[9] == 'e' && header[10] == 'i' && header[11] == 'c'){}

5.如果是的話

a.將原檔案名稱的.heic替換掉 string newtemp = pathtmp.Replace(".heic", ""); b.將舊檔案heic圖片轉換輸出到新jpg圖片路徑 ConvertHeicToJpg(pathtmp, newtemp); c.刪除舊檔案，避免相簿同時出現兩張照片 System.IO.File.Delete(pathtmp);

ConvertHeicToJpg內的處理

由於這個function寫入檔案的時候不會自動判斷原檔案是否存在，如果原檔案存在會直接覆寫，所以我們得要另外做處理

先判斷原檔名的檔案存不存在

若存在則在原檔名後新增數字編號 Ex:若已存在test.jpg則命名為test(1).jpg

將heic圖檔轉換為jpg儲存

若有需要��將轉換後的圖檔位置return回前端

完整的function如下:

總結

圖片的格式推陳出新，在瀏覽器尚未支援之前需要在前後端做許多額外處理，目前能想到最好的模式還是先將為支援的圖檔轉成瀏覽器普遍支援的格式，讓大部分使用者可以正常瀏覽是首要目標，但此解法仍然有一個問題待解決，就是在上傳heic及heif等不支援的圖檔時dropzone是無法預覽圖片的，該如何解決待日後再來思考。

[ilwolhongdam]

Beach Style Entry - Mudroom Example of a medium-sized mudroom with white walls, a gray floor, and porcelain tiles in the beach style.

[ueblog]

Mudroom - Beach Style Entry Mid-sized beach style porcelain tile and gray floor mudroom photo with white walls

[tinman-musings]

And now I’ve found true power depends much Less on what than it does on why One more down Let’s go now Time to fly

A drawing of the Seeker Trio from @tiesthatbind-tf 's AU! Go check it out to see what these goofy guys are up to!

I like to think that at the beginning, there was at least a few good times for the trio when it came to flying. They probably would have had to put in a lot of practice with formations, maneuvers and proximity, especially account for Skywarp's teleportation. I referenced the pose off a trio of skydivers doing formation diving.

Thundercracker's Design is referenced from here

Starscream's Design and the base design of the armor can be found here

Skywarp's Design is referenced from here

[auxryn]

Playing Mechwarrior again has reminded me how much I love the Battletech video game, and in particular the massive Battletech Advanced mod. Particularly that it lets you use land and air vehicles as well as infantry to support your battlemechs.

I'm probably the only one who would be interested, but it would be cool to rework the missions to reward/require using infantry to perform objectives.

I really appreciated that in (the tabletop wargame) Dropzone Commander. Only infantry can go in buildings, which is usually where all the Objectives are. So the game is about getting them safely to where they need to be, while stopping your opponent from doing the same.

In Mechwarrior, there are lots of moments where they say things like "we'll send commandos in to recover the mcguffin after you kill all the baddies" and it always makes me hungry for combined arms.

[utaesthetics]

DM-DropZone

[teensywars]

Why Tiny-Scale Wargames?

For me, a wargame succeeds or fails based on how it makes me think. When I look down at the pieces on the table, am I thinking about strategy? About the drama of my little guys? Or am thinking about little plastic toys on a table?

The default scale for miniatures games is just close enough that you can see your individual figures doing things. That makes sense. The companies want to sell toys, so you want to make a game where the toys do cool things.

But, once you zoom out far enough that individuals no longer matter, something amazing happens. Your perspective shifts, and you begin thinking of your little tabletop battle in the same way you'd think of a real battle. The game is no longer about individuals, but lines of battle, flanks, and C&C.

Space Marines in Epic Armageddon don't win because Lieutenant Ironpecs is really good at hitting things with a sword, they win because they follow orders when other armies would be struggling with morale.

Battles in Drop Zone Commander aren't won on shooting, they're won by seeing ways to use the terrain to create a place for your transports to land.

Darth Vader may be terrifying, but in Star Wars Armada, he's one guy in one TIE Fighter among hundreds.

That's something you can't get from squad-scale wargames, and that's why you should care about games with tiny miniatures.

[savingcontent]

Revisit the dropzone with Archer Maclean's DropZone 40th Anniversary, a remake releasing in December onto PC and consoles

Continue reading Revisit the dropzone with Archer Maclean’s DropZone 40th Anniversary, a remake releasing in December onto PC and consoles

[gamesthatwerent]

The origins of Dropzone by Archer Maclean

Our second Christmas update sees a hugely important discovery from the disks of the late Archer Maclean. Before Dropzone, there were almost conversions of both Defender + Stargate for the #Atari. See them now for yourself! (Thx @Retro_Fusion 4 the disks)

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/defender-and-stargate-discoveries/

In addition, we have also produced a video that talks through the discoveries and how it all eventually built up and led to Dropzone in the end. Strange to think that had Stargate been taken on, Dropzone may never have existed! #Atari

[owlbear33]

I'm also bothered by how much of the official Dropzone commander city terrain looks fundamentally 20th-century

100% does not look like a sci-fi city, even with the monorail

[techemit]

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