massive RTS problems

sofsenint · 2003-02-14T18:55:50

I''m working on filling out a design idea for a massive RTS game. Instead of having a small play area for a large number of missions like in most other RTS''s, mine would be the same place the whole time, only the place is absolutely gargantuan(spelling, anyone?), so there''s always somewhere new to explore. I know that I''ll have a problem with keeping track of game data. I think I''ll have the info stored on the hard drive. Then, the data surrounding where the player is watching would be in RAM. This will be hard enough- for example, how would you handle an animated computer controlled character whose data is only on the hard drive? Even harder would be things like guard towers and controlling the player''s units who are only on the hard drive, but have been given commands. You could have all the active units in RAM, but this has the possibility of causing a crash if you had many teams involved in fighting/building at once. Does anyone know how this could be implemented? I think I''ve seen an article about this type of thing somewhere, but I can''t remember exactly. Do you know of any good articles? Thanks!

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Started by sofsenint January 26, 2003 04:44 PM

10 comments, last by sofsenint 21 years, 11 months ago

Taco

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January 30, 2003 03:48 AM

Well let us know if/when you finished it

sofsenint

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February 14, 2003 06:55 PM

I am trying to learn Direct3D so that if I ever get around to finishing this game (which I would REALLY like to do) that it might be able to compete in the real professional market. Or do you think that the idea is original enough that even with good 2D graphics it could succeed? Would 3D add a lot of overhead? It seems like it would really be worth a small performance drop. What are your thoughts?

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