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GreggD
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Joined: 05 May 2008
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lucius wrote:
GreggD wrote:
Hey, Lucius. Long time no posting, on my end. The newest build is great, everything seems good. I'm especially happy that extra mouse buttons are supported for control mapping, considering that any game featuring a dash control I use one of my buttons on the left side, as well as for slowing down(in which case, I use the one next to it). One complaint I have is that the soundtrack changes every so often, but I'm not sure if this was part of the game already. Either way, it tells me when it changes, in the upper-left corner of the screen, where all the other game messages display. Also, and this can definitely be attributed to my PC being older, there is some substantial slow-down. Oh, one more thing, and this is a biggy, when I jumped onto those moving turbine platforms in the second mission(the ones surrounding the control panel that gets them moving, I think), and Kyle fell through and got stuck for a moment, until I jerked my way out of it. Could be problematic. Otherwise, great work, Lucius.
Thanks for trying the build. Some responses to your comments:
*The latest build is a compatibility test for the midi, it is not complete yet. The music in DF does change tracks while playing, but there are transitions whereas its an abrupt change in DarkXL right now. Also the text is just a debugging tool, it will not display anything when its finished (hopefully the next build). So how did it sound to you? Was it too fast? Did it play at a consistent speed?
*The renderer will be optimized much more for build 9, right now all the level geometry is treated as dynamic and the buffer management isn't as good as it should be. In addition there isn't much batching going on right now. I expect a large increase in speed for most people as of build 9 and even expect the lower-end GeForceFX cards to run decently.
*The bug with falling in the rotating turbine sectors has been reported. If you get stuck, hold 'G' and you should pass right through the edges. 'G' is a built in cheat that cause you to move through adjoins regardless of height differences.
Thanks again for the comments.
The music doesn't sound bad, it's just the abrupt interrupt that gets to me, as well as the message. I'm running on a GeForce 5700 FX right now, which explains the slow-down. Thanks for the tip on the G key. I'll let you know if I run into any more issues like it.
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Gez
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2008 15:30 Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, I had a similar problem with that area too. It seemed that whenever I jumped from one of those structures, I would somehow get "caught" and I wouldn't make a successful jump, almost like Kyle is jumping over an invisible rail. Then I'd fall in the water and have to do it over.
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2008 18:08 Post subject: |
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There are two problems there:
1) somehow getting stuck inside the sub-sector - this is a essentially the same problem as the turbine blades issue, although its weird you're getting it when the sectors aren't moving.
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2) The sewer bug's collision cylinder is way too tall, which causes it to get in the way when trying to jump sometimes.
Once the midi is finished, I'll be addressing some of these other issues.
Thanks for reporting the issues.
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2008 22:26 Post subject: |
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lucius wrote:
There are two problems there:
1) somehow getting stuck inside the sub-sector - this is a essentially the same problem as the turbine blades issue, although its weird you're getting it when the sectors aren't moving.
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2) The sewer bug's collision cylinder is way too tall, which causes it to get in the way when trying to jump sometimes.
Once the midi is finished, I'll be addressing some of these other issues.
Thanks for reporting the issues.
Oh is that what that was? I couldn't figure out why that only worked part of the time and why I was getting caught.
LOL, Dianogas still impede my journey even when I'm 30 feet above them 
Edit: I also noticed with MIDI that Secbase worked okay (as far as I remember) but the intro, Talay and Sewers played really fast. Kinda weird sounding but in a good way, I found it rather amusing.
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sep 19, 2008 00:54 Post subject: |
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For some reason midi plays faster on Vista for me than XP. I have a Vista machine, so I can test this directly and hopefully figure out a nice fix, but the XP machine is my primary dev machine for DarkXL. (I use the other machine for other projects that can't be mixed up with hobby work). Anyway I'll get the speed problem fixed.
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vertex
Dianoga
Joined: 12 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2008 03:21 Post subject: |
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someone on vogons forum suggested good (aka beats the crap out of M$ GS midi)
playback using roland virtual sound canvas software. After much hunting down in uk
finally compared to microsoft GS and the difference is huge.. in a good way 
specs updated:
E6700 Core2Duo
3gb ram
soundcard = Auzentech X-Meridian
default midi device = Roland VSC
XP sp2
the hung note bug seams to be even more present with VSC, every song change
means another note hanging. interestingly theres some hung note solutions in the
help file which im planning to test out.
edit:
the default response time was 400ms after changing to
68 im only getting hung notes moving around (like M$ GS midi), music is ok staying still at the start.
hope it helps
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Ryuichi91
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Oct 02, 2008 20:57 Post subject: |
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I think everyone has been getting the hung notes. I just got my new computer just yesterday afternoon ago and have recently been enjoying DarkXL although I do get the hung notes every time the music changed.
Anyway Lucius here are my new specs:
Computer: Dell OptiPlex GX280
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Ram: 512 MB DDR2-RAM
HDD: 80 GB
Video Card: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family 122 MB of video Memory
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz Processor
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Oct 03, 2008 01:58 Post subject: |
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Oh, forgot to mention I get that issue to. Only pauses for about a second.
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GreggD
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Joined: 05 May 2008
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| Posted: Oct 03, 2008 05:02 Post subject: New PC |
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My new PC is en route, and should be here by Wednesday next week. Lucius, one of the first things I'm going to do when I get it set up is download DarkXL and install Dark Forces, so I can tell you if that framerate issue I've been having is still there. It shouldn't due to the specs (XP Pro, Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz, 2gb ram and a GeForce 8600 GT w/1gb vram ) but I'll let you know, regardless.
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Oct 03, 2008 07:29 Post subject: |
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Sounds good. I mentioned this before but the engine should be much better optimized in the future.
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GreggD
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| Posted: Oct 07, 2008 20:27 Post subject: |
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Well, my new PC arrived today, but I can't get it set up yet, due to a corrupt install of XP. I should have the problem resolved by the end of the week, and then I'll let you know how it runs.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Oct 09, 2008 02:29 Post subject: |
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Well you should always reinstall the OS on new PCs anyway. That's my rule of thumb.
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GreggD
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| Posted: Oct 09, 2008 15:55 Post subject: |
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As expected, Lucius, it runs flawlessly on my new rig. Though, I wasn't able to get through the third mission, due to time constraints.
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lucius
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GreggD
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2008 05:10 Post subject: |
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I'm going to try and finish the demo by the end of the week, Lucius. I'll let you know when I have results.
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GreggD
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2008 05:34 Post subject: |
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Alright, Lucius, am I supposed to be able to get to the fourth mission? If so, I'm not experiencing any damage when I fall from great heights. Of course, I'm not sure whether or not that was in the original version, so I don't have much in ways of a frame of reference.
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
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GreggD
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2008 00:23 Post subject: |
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Sounds keen.
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Ryuichi91
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2008 20:26 Post subject: |
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Hey Lucius I'm sorry to ask but how is the status of this project?
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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Jimmy Chicken
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Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2009 00:05 Post subject: |
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I just tested the current build of darkxl on my vista machine. It ran great!
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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eargosedown
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Joined: 12 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Jul 23, 2009 04:22 Post subject: |
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Played through the first 3 levels (And a little of the unfinished fourth, just for old times sake )
Bugs:
*Note seems to hang on music, after a few music changes this gets fairly annoying.
*On the second mission, the one of the first bridges seems to have buggy walls; In the case if I jump I can see over them into a HoM.
*Cannot shoot through windows when you're against the wall with the adjoin.
Amazing work so far
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lucius
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| Posted: Jul 23, 2009 07:36 Post subject: |
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Thanks. I'll be ramping up development again in the next few weeks and finally get the endless build out. Fortunately everyone has been very patient.
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