Dynamic Lighting
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RageCage
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Posted on 2004-07-13 00:19:52 (last edited on 2004-07-13 00:20:36)
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Overkill
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I'd have to say the old dynamic lighting engine worked a lot better. This one gives me 0 fps, it's so slow. It's almost less than 1 frame/10 seconds, with this lighting engine, I'd say.
Of course I have a really shitty computer, so that may well be the reason. But it may look good on someone's extreme high-end computer.
Posted on 2004-07-13 00:44:27
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Technetium
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I haven't downloaded it yet (not something I can do at the moment), so I can't comment. But I just wanted to say that I made a tile-based dynamic lighting system back in V2 that used various types of black/transparent dithered tiles, very much like the lighting system used in Ultima 6. I haven't tried implementing it in V3, but I bet you could get a nice system using several different layers of varying translucency, and several different kinds of edge pieces for the shadow, it would look great and still run at a good pace.
Posted on 2004-07-13 00:50:38
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vecna
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I get 3fps on my Athlon64 3000.
I'd be curious to profile it and see if it could be sped up at all.
It'd also probably be a lot more tolerable at 320x240. Even if you do want to build a game at that res, it might be nice to see a demo build at that res so we could see the effect a bit smoother.
Posted on 2004-07-13 00:51:04
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RageCage
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what old dynamic lighting engine? I wasnt aware there was one for verge... and if your refering to the duskbane one, that wasn't dynamic. And as for speeding it up, I did all I could to get a considerable speed up but nothing works unless I make things look really nasty. basicly I made it, realized it wasnt worth implementing into anything so I released it as simply something to have fun with.
Posted on 2004-07-13 01:37:53
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Overkill
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Quote:Originally posted by RageCage
what old dynamic lighting engine? I wasnt aware there was one for verge... and if your refering to the duskbane one, that wasn't dynamic. And as for speeding it up, I did all I could to get a considerable speed up but nothing works unless I make things look really nasty. basicly I made it, realized it wasnt worth implementing into anything so I released it as simply something to have fun with.
Heh, oops, a mistake on my part. Now that I look at it, Duskbane definitely isn't dynamic. Oh well, good work, just wish it ran considerably faster, but that most likely won't happen.
Posted on 2004-07-13 02:11:17
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Omni
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You're drawing those angular shadows with those circular constructions you were talking about in help, right?
It's not worth it. Draw rougher polygons that shoot out at the correct angles. Using a ton of lines is not going to be efficiently done on this...EDIT: although you're right, sacrificing presentation for speed may not be worth it.
Although, it makes for very impressive screenshots. I too get a very minimal FPS.
Which, by the way, how does it actually run on yours, RageCage?
I seem to have lost a bit of faith in Line and Triangle. They don't seem to be as fast as I thought they were...
Posted on 2004-07-13 02:36:16 (last edited on 2004-07-13 02:39:48)
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rpgking
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Heh, strangely enough, I get 0 fps on this thing with my PIII 600mhz. But it does look interesting.
Posted on 2004-07-13 16:54:00
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RageCage
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yeah I get a max of 4 fps if I tweak the thing. after a lot of tweaking all I could ever get was 10 fps but at that point it was awful.
Posted on 2004-07-13 18:30:30
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Alex
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I'm getting 2fps. But well done Rage, that's some nice line of sight goodness, just like in Nox.
Posted on 2004-07-13 18:35:01
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Gayo
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It does look nice, but I have to agree with everyone else that it's the slowiest bunch of slows that ever slowed.
Posted on 2004-07-13 20:42:00
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zaril
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7 fps :D weeee
Posted on 2004-07-13 22:33:29
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Interference22
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Quote:Originally posted by zaril
7 fps :D weeee
Zaril clearly has a computer that's main CPU is in fact the disembodied brains of Japanese computer programmers in a huge tank.
Posted on 2004-07-13 23:18:55
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Alex
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His tank of Japanese brains must run at around 5ghz... I wonder how I would go about obtaining some of those?
Aha! This is how!
Posted on 2004-07-14 00:43:50
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blues_zodiakos
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Is this anything at all like the dynamic lighting that was used in Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen? That game probably had one of the best 2d lighting systems ever.
Posted on 2004-07-14 15:33:13
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RageCage
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never played it. I just got the idea from a gamedev.net article. Their method is nothing like mine though.
Posted on 2004-07-14 20:33:14
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zaril
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Quote:Originally posted by Interference22
Quote:Originally posted by zaril
7 fps :D weeee
Zaril clearly has a computer that's main CPU is in fact the disembodied brains of Japanese computer programmers in a huge tank.
Nah, just a 3ghz, 800mhz bus. I had it run in 320x240 fullscreen mode. :)
Posted on 2004-07-14 20:56:54 (last edited on 2004-07-14 20:57:11)
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Interference22
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The screen res would have helped, then. Cheat!
Posted on 2004-07-14 23:26:03
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