Author Topic: Outpost 3d Development (Read 134143 times)

AmIMeYet · « **Reply #150 on:** August 04, 2009, 04:15:12 PM »

Great news

WooJoo · « **Reply #151 on:** August 04, 2009, 09:24:18 PM »

news are allways great ^^

Celledor · « **Reply #152 on:** August 20, 2009, 02:30:16 AM »

The computer is in for repairs and will be so until next week but I have a question for you... As I was working on the landscape handler I found that I have to decide between two ways of displaying the landscape.

As it is in 3D and you can rotate the camera you are able to see outside of the play area so the question is. Should I code so that the landscape extends outside the playarea or should it just end?

I think most modern games have so that the landscape is extended, this is more work but will in the end look better.

Do the border where the playarea ends need to be marked with a line or such or is in enough that the player cant place buildings of move units there?

Kayedon · « **Reply #153 on:** August 20, 2009, 03:39:32 AM »

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The computer is in for repairs and will be so until next week but I have a question for you... As I was working on the landscape handler I found that I have to decide between two ways of displaying the landscape.

As it is in 3D and you can rotate the camera you are able to see outside of the play area so the question is. Should I code so that the landscape extends outside the playarea or should it just end?

I think most modern games have so that the landscape is extended, this is more work but will in the end look better.

Do the border where the playarea ends need to be marked with a line or such or is in enough that the player cant place buildings of move units there?

Have the camera angle limited. And just have it so you can see a little beyong "invisible wall" but you can't look to the stars.

WooJoo · « **Reply #154 on:** August 20, 2009, 04:10:42 AM »

maybe you can create a effect to make it look like a horrizon?

AmIMeYet · « **Reply #155 on:** August 20, 2009, 10:08:15 AM »

Yeah, extended mode would be best, if you're willing to make it.
Just make sure the cursor changes to let you know you can't go/build there.

Are you going to have a minimap of some sort?
If so, it might be worth it to show some kind of line on that.

Will these playable areas be rectangular, or will there be _shapes_ ?

Kayedon · « **Reply #156 on:** August 20, 2009, 08:32:35 PM »

Also, my personal update. The Client/Server is going slow, due to half of it being coded in ways I haven't bothered to look into before but for the most part it's all stuff I know just put together in a way I haven't tried before. It should be done within the next decade or three.

Celledor · « **Reply #157 on:** August 23, 2009, 06:40:14 AM »

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Have the camera angle limited. And just have it so you can see a little beyong "invisible wall" but you can't look to the stars.

I will play around with the camera angles to see what works best.

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maybe you can create a effect to make it look like a horrizon?

There will be a fog system that will make the transition to the view distance look better so you can only look a certain distance. It will kind of look like a horrizon. But if I change the camera angle you won't see much of it but that might be the best in the end.

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Are you going to have a minimap of some sort?

Yes there will be a minimap over the playable area.

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Will these playable areas be rectangular, or will there be _shapes_?

Rectangular or square.

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Also, my personal update. The Client/Server is going slow, due to half of it being coded in ways I haven't bothered to look into before but for the most part it's all stuff I know just put together in a way I haven't tried before. It should be done within the next decade or three.

Well that you are working on it is good enough.

Kayedon · « **Reply #158 on:** August 23, 2009, 03:39:49 PM »

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Also, my personal update. The Client/Server is going slow, due to half of it being coded in ways I haven't bothered to look into before but for the most part it's all stuff I know just put together in a way I haven't tried before. It should be done within the next decade or three.
Well that you are working on it is good enough.

Just don't ask for a copy yet, lol. It makes the Leaning Tower of Piza look like it was built on stable ground.

Hidiot · « **Reply #159 on:** August 24, 2009, 02:06:41 AM »

1. It used to be stable when they built it. (From their point of view)
2. What stretch of land has always been and will forever be stable on this planet?

Just take care not to make it too messy, so you can return to fix it if needed later. Without spending 3/4 of the fixing time finding the issue.

Kayedon · « **Reply #160 on:** August 24, 2009, 03:47:03 AM »

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1. It used to be stable when they built it. (From their point of view)
2. What stretch of land has always been and will forever be stable on this planet?

Just take care not to make it too messy, so you can return to fix it if needed later. Without spending 3/4 of the fixing time finding the issue.

...damn ye, almighty Smart one...

And don't worry, I usually fix things after I break them.

Celledor · « **Reply #161 on:** September 02, 2009, 01:30:27 AM »

The computer should be fixed today or tomorrow it was the motherboard that had crashed in some way and needed to be replaced... but production will be up again soon.

Celledor · « **Reply #162 on:** September 09, 2009, 01:28:22 AM »

Finaly... the computer is back and I have already started to work on the next release and its starting to look good. Have changed the camera a bit and I like results, but it still needs some work.

Hidiot · « **Reply #163 on:** September 09, 2009, 01:57:21 AM »

Glad you fixed your PC issue. Hope it didn't burn a hole in your budget as well.

I'll be waiting to try the next release, but I'm wondering if that error will go away.

Celledor · « **Reply #164 on:** September 09, 2009, 06:05:38 AM »

It didn't cost that much... whar error was that?

Hidiot · « **Reply #165 on:** September 09, 2009, 08:37:07 AM »

The error me and another person posted about in Source Files on pages 1 and 3.

Celledor · « **Reply #166 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:45:55 AM »

Ah, that error... will try to find out what causes it.

Hidiot · « **Reply #167 on:** September 10, 2009, 10:38:05 AM »

I think you shouldn't bother too much yet, until someone who's had the error decides to install .NET Framework and then test.

It's been on my mind, but I still don't want to risk breaking anything...

Then again, for a game it is best to not depend on anything more than what resources it provides within its own package, plus graphics, processing power and the other standards.

Celledor · « **Reply #168 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:39:51 AM »

True and at a later time I will see what I can do about it.

Celledor · « **Reply #169 on:** October 28, 2009, 03:40:39 AM »

I'm afraid I haven't been able to get much done in a while now, to much work and other stuff gets in the way but during this week I plan to atleast test a new shadow system.

Celledor · « **Reply #170 on:** December 08, 2009, 04:00:28 AM »

Time is against me, its so fun to sit dwon and work on the project but no time so do it more than an hour here and there... so I'm thinking on releasing the code I have so far but I'm not sure thats a good idéa as I would like to have much more done before. It might be hard for you guys to do stuff right now but perhpas the best way is to let you look at the code.

Celledor · « **Reply #171 on:** January 23, 2010, 04:20:27 AM »

Using a program to visual studio called resharper to clean up the code a bit, I can really recommend it for those that is programing in c#... it cost money but I got it through work. And I'm working on changeing the way I sav things in the game to files.

Celledor · « **Reply #172 on:** January 31, 2010, 07:14:03 AM »

I have made a few nice improvments to the overall structure of the code and have the uints moing along thier paths (will need to make sure they don't collide with eachother though)... after I have multiselection up an running I will release a new version.

jcj94 · « **Reply #173 on:** January 31, 2010, 09:14:08 AM »

hey i have people tryng to help me on one of my projects http://forum.outpost2.net/index.php?showto...t=0&#entry70556
if no when we finish (im making level 1 map now ) could u try to 3d it?

jcj94 · « **Reply #174 on:** January 31, 2010, 09:15:20 AM »

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Using a program to visual studio called resharper to clean up the code a bit, I can really recommend it for those that is programing in c#... it cost money but I got it through work. And I'm working on changeing the way I sav things in the game to files.

Im flat broke for buyin stuff (bein only 15 and all) but i would love to help... if posible

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