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Murder Miners 2v2 Tourney

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:22 -0500

They're running a 2v2 tourney this Sunday at the Murder Miners fan site, go sign up!

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Murder Miners Update 10 details

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:22:36 -0500

Another quick update! We're still having disconnect problems, hopefully this update solves them once and for all (although it's impossible to solve the multiple-people-joining-at-once issue). Should be out tomorrow sometime.

Added a few other little things, such as spectator mode (we'll make it to where you can view other players viewpoints later), score to win on the scoreboard, a range indicator for the hookshot and tentacle grab, and some really cool maps by Kill Domain! Fixed some MTF bugs too.

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Murder Miners Update 9 out now

Fri, 3 May 2013 17:30:15 -0500

See you online! Let us know how stable this build is.

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Murder Miners Update 9 out Friday

Wed, 1 May 2013 21:58:26 -0500

Got another bug fixing update coming out this Friday (if all goes well in peer review). Main things focused on are the frequent disconnections, which got worse after Update 8 due to fixing a previous bug. So that's fixed, plus we did a couple other things to further minimize disconnects:

1. If you're hosting a default map you won't need to send that map to joining players (since they already have it) and thus, they won't have to download it. But if the map has been destroyed at all then it's business as usual. So playing a default map with locked blocks should improve your chances of having a disconnect-free game.

2. We increased the delay time between when the host is able to send a map to another joining player. So all that bandwidth action will be a bit more spread out.

Fixed some other things, like the hold to zoom sniper not being shot out of zoom, and the Gandhi hop (only one in-air crouch is allowed now). Also gave the hookshot a 4 shot clip and toned down those grenade chain reactions. Added 3 infection maps too.

Also, wanna make us a skybox?

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Murder Miners Update 8 out now

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:43:52 -0500

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Murder Miners Update 8 details

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:39:08 -0500

Map Sharing

Now all of your favorite map remakes will be easily available via Map Sharing sessions (we don�t add these maps as default due to copyright reasons). This isn�t like your traditional upload/download maps system like Halo has (unfortunately that�s not possible on the Indie Games channel). It�s more like torrents. So you host a map sharing session, then you can create categories and add maps to it. For each category you can set it to allow submissions or not (and what folder those submissions will be saved to). This way other mapmakers can submit their maps to a session so they don�t have to host one themselves.

I�ll be hosting a session as often as possible with all the best maps for you to grab. I�ll have one category that will only be used for you to submit maps that you want to be in the game. This is the new way we�ll be collecting community maps for default consideration. I�ll post in this forum thread each time I start a new session.

Also voice chat works for the map sharing sessions! Oh and when you see somebody�s name turn blue that means they just downloaded a map.

Map Folders

You can now create folders for all your maps. Really handy for someone who has a bajillion maps!

Murder the Flag changes

Flag carrier can no longer dash, there�s an option for flag at home to score, and you no longer drop your weapon after picking up the flag.

Miscellaneous

Finally added sparks for when your shield is down. Added some shortcuts in mapmaking mode when holding the back button, plus a few other little things. Also fixed some bugs, like the zombie tentacle not shooting out of his hand and only having one shot (this was an accident due to the hookshot being added).

The update should hit sometime after midnight tonight (central time), not sure when.

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Map Sharing NOT coming out today

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:33:32 -0500

We lied again, sorry. Had some bugs crop up. We're shooting for a Tuesday release for Update 8 now. We'll let ya know. I'll have a post up soon with details for this update.

Map Sharing coming to Murder Miners

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:03:22 -0500

We have another quick update coming out this Sunday hopefully. Fixing some bugs from Update 7, and we're finally adding Map Sharing so you can easily get all your favorite maps, like these!

Details later!

Murder Miners Update 7 out now!

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:03:23 -0500

Go play!

Murder Miners Update 7 Preview

Tue, 9 Apr 2013 22:44:15 -0500

Update should be out Thursday night. Thanks to Ex2x for making the video!