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Botanic Serenity Version 2 in 0 days! UPDATE: 9/16/2007
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lucius octavion
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Wow, I thought you said you were done with this! :)
Even though I can run this at high end no problem, I've got a few suggestions. Little things.
There were a few waterfalls that were going into nowhere. There were rivers above the ground, and also the "blocks" of flower bed are a little weird.
Even though I can run this at high end no problem, I've got a few suggestions. Little things.
There were a few waterfalls that were going into nowhere. There were rivers above the ground, and also the "blocks" of flower bed are a little weird.
Preliminary tests show promising results, I think. Standing still in the same area, BSZv1 hovers around 12-13 FPS, while BSZv2 hovers around 14-15 FPS. If I remember correctly, that holds at least a bit of significance. More optimizations will be pursued, if I can try to do so. :)
Thanks for all your support so far, guys. I quite appreciate it!
I dunno. I'm thinking of ways I can make that idea a little more obvious, since you did raise an interesting point.
Though, on another topic, I actually thought of bundling a decoration pack with BSZv2. I'd construct one example map showing various visual decoration techniques that others would be free to use. The main driving point behind this is that the flowers aren't even mine; I just edited them.
And that gives me an interesting idea: let's bundle multiplayer maps with BSZ. I'm not thinking of anything too crazy, and this is only if I have the time, but maybe I could redecorate some Match maps etc. from the community all super-detailed and in BSZ-style (not slow, though,) and then package them with BSZ. They'll be available at the start of the game, too.
Given that, who likes that idea; and who'd like to donate some maps? (You get credits! And they don't have to be GFZ-themed, either!) :)
Thanks for all your support so far, guys. I quite appreciate it!
No problem, sir. I don't mind that at all. :) It's always good to have a little competition, so long as it's healthy!DashFox2007 said:
At one point, I was! :Plucius octavion said:
Yeah. I guess one would have to be familiar with NiGHTS Into Dreams to get the feel of the above-ground rivers and the going-nowhere waterfalls. It's a dream world, see, so I thought I'd go a little abstract with that.lucius octavion said:
I dunno. I'm thinking of ways I can make that idea a little more obvious, since you did raise an interesting point.
Yeah. :PGCFreak said:
Funny story there, actually. But let's not talk about that right now! *tease*Dude_ said:
Though, on another topic, I actually thought of bundling a decoration pack with BSZv2. I'd construct one example map showing various visual decoration techniques that others would be free to use. The main driving point behind this is that the flowers aren't even mine; I just edited them.
And that gives me an interesting idea: let's bundle multiplayer maps with BSZ. I'm not thinking of anything too crazy, and this is only if I have the time, but maybe I could redecorate some Match maps etc. from the community all super-detailed and in BSZ-style (not slow, though,) and then package them with BSZ. They'll be available at the start of the game, too.
Given that, who likes that idea; and who'd like to donate some maps? (You get credits! And they don't have to be GFZ-themed, either!) :)
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What part of 'RETIRED' don't you understand?
Optimization tips:
If you have any completely solid (non-transparent) textures on any midtextures of linedefs, remove them and instead use line type 242 to make the ground intangibly extrude (well, 242 in 1.09.4, at least. Forget what it is now).
Using 242 is also faster than making a FOF, too.
Sprites take less time to process and draw than a wall. If you wanted, you could create a flag that tells the game to ignore certain sprites when clipping for draw distance (i.e., draw them no matter how far they are away).
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As for multiplayer, I'm not sure if that was originally considered and may not work. Might want to test it out, first.
If you have any completely solid (non-transparent) textures on any midtextures of linedefs, remove them and instead use line type 242 to make the ground intangibly extrude (well, 242 in 1.09.4, at least. Forget what it is now).
Using 242 is also faster than making a FOF, too.
Sprites take less time to process and draw than a wall. If you wanted, you could create a flag that tells the game to ignore certain sprites when clipping for draw distance (i.e., draw them no matter how far they are away).
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As for multiplayer, I'm not sure if that was originally considered and may not work. Might want to test it out, first.
lucius octavion
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Woops, I wasn't familiar with NiGHTS.
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I personally would like to have BSZv2's item placement well-suited for "Score Attacking", as much of the original NiGHTS's level designs and object placement were designed with score attacking in mind. However, you might have a little trouble doing this due to the large size of each mare, as much of score attacking consists of making multiple laps for getting big links, and just plain racking the score up in general. However, throwing in a lot of content in each mare could be the solution I guess.
UPDATE: 9/16/2007 - New screenshots!
How does the second screenshot look? That's BSZ's "upper area". The entire ground is covered with flowers like that.
As for the report on performance, it's a little uneven right now. Darn it. Fortunately there are a bunch of optimizations I can do. I'm almost done with revamping the appearance; optimizations come next.
Linedef flowers have been completely eliminated. I identified those as the biggest framerate culprit.
A better boss is on the horizon. It's starting to shape up nicely.
How does the second screenshot look? That's BSZ's "upper area". The entire ground is covered with flowers like that.
As for the report on performance, it's a little uneven right now. Darn it. Fortunately there are a bunch of optimizations I can do. I'm almost done with revamping the appearance; optimizations come next.
Linedef flowers have been completely eliminated. I identified those as the biggest framerate culprit.
A better boss is on the horizon. It's starting to shape up nicely.
Item placement, yes. I recognize a few places where it can be tightened up a bit; you know, for continuous links, since right now it actually feels a little weird trying to keep that up. I'll put it on the to-do list!Titanium said:
That big thok barrier in the middle of the level, I know it has to be to either help remove lag, or to help avoid those annoying HOMs, but couldn't you give a GFZROCK to not make it look weird? You've got your beautiful scenery all around, but some kind of space-time mirror in the middle.
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