Posts by clankill3r

  • [CS:GO]de_zoo

    Haha that blood paint on the floor

    And I think no one will use those signs to figure out where the bomb spots are. It's an nice idea as a small detail but personally I would go for colors that match the subject. Like you did already halfway (water related blue etc).

  • Good engines for a city

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    what are you really concerned with ?

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    -occlusion ?


    With source I do. Since brushes don't support LOD I would go for models if I use source. But then I need to hide simple null brushes inside the models to deal with the occlusion I guess.


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    -distance lod ?

    Yup.


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    -streaming ?

    What do you mean?


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    -performance ?


    Yes, smooth movement is one of the main important things. Having a framerate of 60 or higher is a must for me.


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    -memory footprint ?


    Well this raises a question. Does source for example have a limit of models it can load?

    The last time i was active was on gold source and there was a entity limit of 512 by the map if I remember correct.


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    -dynamic lighting ?


    Not needed. I do like it but it's more a plus then a requirement.


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    -dynamic collision ... can i blow up a house ?!?

    Not needed, although I do like it. But from what I have seen I don't like current implementations of destruction.I can be wrong but from the videos I have seen the debris doesn't destruct. --- I only have experience with gold source. I mapped for source a little but hammer was full of bugs that I hated it.What I like about source is that most pc's can run it. On the other hand, if something is ambiguous then it can save so much time choosing the right engine at the start. I have no hurry at all. First I want to make a small prototype anyway to test the fun of the gameplay mechanics. About the maps in garry mod. They are really abstract.I might do a test with combining some different cs maps to see if it still compiles.

  • Good engines for a city

    What are good engines for a city?

    Upcoming engines are also good.

    The crysis engine looks good for this. Anyone experience with it?

    Also, some might have used dota2 tools. I'm wondering could source 2 be a potential engine for a city? Bit early to say probably

    O yeah, for the size. It doesnt have to be insane huge. 3x3 times the size of dust2 will do.

    I'm more worried about performance when you can see pretty far and a lot of buildings as well. To make it even worse, most buildings should have access to the inside.

  • A* Pathfinding for Procedural Platformer Levels

    This is quite an interesting problem.

    I don't have time to look into it but I did some quick thinking.


    First, have you experience with A* PathFinding? I programmed myself A* Pathfinding that deals with the sales man problem for an iPhone app.

    I think a good start would be to start with just getting a A* algorithm to work cause that is just the basics.


    Also I think you will get much better answers if you ask on http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/ .


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    This might be a start but I didn't think long for this problem! (weeks of programming can save hours of thinking).

    I only thought of the jumping problem.



    Find for every platform the left and the right end (see squares).

    Find other platforms (below) within the maximum jump range (see arcs).

    If it intersects with a platform below then the intersection might be a good start as a jumping point (purple).


    However, the idea above doesn't deal with a lot of situations.


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    While writing above I got a new idea. The pathfinder should be aware of the acceleration, speed, direction etc.

    You have a certain amount of "fuel" for a jump, i call this 'J'.

    Let's say 'J' is 10 by default (meaning you could jump 10 units up).

    You allow access to access isolated white cells, as if it is a RTS game seen from above. However, accessing a white cell in the up direction decreases J. If J == 0 then you no longer can go up, so the next nodes to look for are down (gravity).


    While writing above:

    Instead of 'J' for jump it should be related to upwards acceleration. So on the start of a jump the acceleration in an upward direction get's added. (And some boolean canJump will be set to false until you hit the ground again).


    That's it for now. I might have more time in like a few weeks from now. I really love to solve those problems.

    It would be nice if it could also take time into consideration to deal with moving platforms.


    O yeah, about F = G + H. Last week I did a quick test where I reversed an array that had the best options for the next node sorted. By adding one line of code I had an algorithm that was almost taking the longest path possible