phpBB3 Boards are now up! Posted by ShadowFang 6/11/2010

We did it live! Twelvebaud and I have brought you the latest and the greatest in PHPBB joy. This should drastically cut down in the amount of spam and forum abuse that tends to come with older software. The administrators will still continue to watch for abusers and spammers and will make the appropriate actions. Also, with upgraded software this means that we're going to continue to tweak these boards both in the visual and functionality departments. That said, if you spot anything that doesn't seem to be working as it should, let us know!

With that, enjoy the new Charred Dirt Forums!

	Lackaday! Posted by TwelveBaud 4/01/2010

Unfortunately, I completely forgot to prepare this year's April Fool's joke. Had it completely sketched out, but didn't managed to get it coded or uploaded.

Maybe 2011 will be a good year for that...

Oh, by the way, we ARE still alive, I swear.

	Otakon Posted by Smackbringer 6/11/2009

Just wanted you guys to know that I am confirmed for being in the Artist's Alley at this year's Otakon in Baltimore. My Charred Dirt merchandise is very limited at this point but if you'd like me to do a quick sketch for you, just mention that you're a Charred Dirt fan and I'd be happy to do one for you free of charge. Last time I went to a con without mentioning it here, I had angry fans at my table.

	We're still not dead yet. Posted by TwelveBaud 2/16/2009

It's been over six months since the last news post, and nearly a year since the one before that, but we are still alive and well, and continuing to visit the forums. Don't expect a new Charred Dirt anytime soon, but we'll still be here to support the existing one.

In other news, unfortunately we've been hit by a small spam wave in the Forums. This is normally no big deal, but we have very few active moderators on the board, and seeing a spam-infested board discourages people from registering. Because the spammers have come from the same network, and because — to the best of my knowledge — we have no legitimate visitors from that ISP, I've banned them from the forums. If you are from China's ChongQing province, you can send me an e-mail at burntsoil@twelvebaud.net any time after about 7 hours from now with your username and IP address, and I'll lift the ban for that IP.
(EDIT: I've decided not to lift the ban anyway; I became inundated with over 4,000 spam messages about search engine optimization within 72 hours of posting that e-mail address.)

By the way, I just remembered I still have this:
Fetching server information...
(Hopefully that works.)

	It's a Girl! Posted by Smackbringer 7/15/2008

My daughter, Brianna Celeste Davis was delivered on July 10th at 3:24PM. Baby and mom are doing great. Its really a thrill to be a parent. True I'm not getting a whole lot of sleep now but its more than worth it. She's really a good girl. There's a forum thread up on it in the general section if you want to discuss.

	Katsucon, Baby and other goodness Posted by Smackbringer 2/29/2008

I really should have made a front page post sooner as some people apparently do read the front page news. My apologies. I was at Katsucon this year and still hand my Charred Dirt Art books for sale. I have a few left but probably wont be at this year's Otakon because....

My wife is pregnant! This is our first baby and we just found out yesterday that its a girl. We're thinking of baby names so if you have any good suggestions, just send me a PM.

For any new people, especially if your planning on network play, download the 0.99c version and then check the forums for the 0.99k upgrade patch. It definitely fixes a few things including network play as well as adding new enemy tank sprites for each of the different computer ai's. Don't forget, if you have any questions, the guys over at the forum will be happy to fill you in, don't be shy, we're extremely friendly here.

	Online Multiplayer Posted by TwelveBaud 10/28/2007

UPDATE: Normal functionality has been restored.

(Whew! So *that's* where the announcement software was hidden!)

A notice to all players trying to run Charred Dirt and play multiplayer games over the Internet:

Online matchmaking through the master server is temporarily no longer available.

Charred Dirt clients try to contact the master server by looking up it's name -- cdirt.dyndns.org -- in a list online. As of yesterday, that name has fallen off the list, for reason or reasons unknown, probably because the master server hasn't bugged the kindly folks at DynDNS in too long. Because of that, clients will have no idea where the master server is.

Game creators will notice their game hang for about 1-1.5 seconds every 10 seconds as those games try to contact the master server. Game browsers will notice the game hang for around 15 seconds before the game select screen comes up, shortly after which the bottom of the screen will read "Master server is not responding."

There is no supported way of turning this off.

If you're building from source, you can change line 11 of server.cpp to read:

char masteraddr[]="cdirt.jaj.com";

	Back From Otakon Posted by Smackbringer 7/26/2007

To any people new to the Charred Dirt Game, welcome!

It was great to talk to so many people from the convention. I did have a few fans stop by to check out the game and sold a few art books. It was definitely a good and smooth con despite us being aimed at a wall. Fake Radish Studios should be at the next Katsucon. I look forward to seeing everybody there. I will still have all prints available as well as a few Tshirts and the new Illustration books. I'm looking forward to it.

If anybody has a problem running the game, please email me at eightman@hotmail.com or smackbringer@charreddirt.com and I'll make sure you get the game working. Some people running Windows XP may need to download the C++ runtime program to get the game to work.

	Otakon, here we come! Posted by Smackbringer 7/10/2007

On July 20th, I will be attending Otakon. I still have Charred Dirt merchandise left so stop by if you want to pick up a souvanier. I'm pleased to announce that I will be making a Charred Dirt Illustration Book available which will include all the illustrations from the game along with the art from the 3 posters. Thats a 20 page, full color book. I'll have limited copies so make sure to snag yours before they go. If you stop by, i'm happy to talk about Charred Dirt with any fans. Remember, I'll be at the Fake Radish booth, just look for the giant happy radish banner.

-smack out!

	We're not Dead, I swear Posted by Smackbringer 7/02/2007

Hey guys. Charred dirt is in its normal state of casual talk on the forums. We do have a new version out for testing so check out the forums if you haven't played it already. Also, my smackbringer@charreddirt.com account now works properly so you're welcome to send me email there. Shadow and I haven't been too involved with Charred Dirt lately and thats namely because we're working on a new game called Morlin the Magician. More to come on that.

Check out the Morlin Poster Here