1.08 Bug Reports

[Shadow Hog]

...wha?

Er, you did do the whole "weather=1" in your map header, no?

 

[a441]

Are you just discovering that precipitation doesn't work in netgames, or did I misunderstand?

 

[hotdog003]

Would you like an audio file of what I'm hearing all the time?

It's just KABOOM... (wait 1 seccond) BAM... (wait 1 seccond...) KABOOM... (wait 1 seccond) BAM... (wait 1 seccond...) KABOOM... (wait 1 seccond) BAM... (wait 1 seccond...) KABOOM... (wait 1 seccond) BAM... (wait 1 seccond...) KABOOM... (wait 1 seccond) BAM... (wait 1 seccond...) KABOOM... (wait 1 seccond) BAM... (wait 1 seccond...)... or something like that. I can put up an OGG if anyone wants it...

 

[a441]

Oh right. The thunder sounds aren't random.

 

[hotdog003]

Yes! Finally, someone understands me!
Would you like the WAD, a441?
Here's the sound file of what I'm hearing...
http://home.ripway.com/2004-10/190157/Secret/Rain.ogg

 

[JTE]

No, no, it's SUPPOSED to be like that. :|

 

[SSNTails]

LOL.

Well, I guess you could make a bubble patch under some water in a hidden sector to try to randomize the thunder...

 

[JTE]

... Or just put enemys, bubbles, random monitors, etc. in your level and FINISH IT before complaining about stupid stuff like that. :|

 

[hotdog003]

Ok, SSN. Thanks. What if that doesn't work?

 

[Chaos Zero 64]

What if you try it first?

 

[hotdog003]

You have a point there.

 

[SSNTails]

Once you finish your level, random rain shouldn't be a problem, because you'll have so much more stuff in the level that'll be accessing the random table.

With computers, there is no such thing as random. You have to simulate it.

 

[JTE]

With everything, there is no such thing as truely random, SSNTails. :|

 

[hotdog003]

It just points to a sequence based on what time it is.

 

[JTE]

Most games do that, HotDog, but SRB2 actually has a list of random numbers instead. :| That sucks.

 

[SSNTails]

Generating random numbers by querying the system clock takes a long time.

 

[hotdog003]

Really?

 

[SSNTails]

Yeah, because you have to query either the BIOS or the operating system for the current time. It's so much faster to just pluck a value from a linear array already in memory.

 

[Mystic]

I think what they mean is to generate the linear array in memory randomly on startup using the time.

 

[SSNTails]

You have to maintain synchronization for network games.