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New version of demo available

Kevin Hawkins · 2003-08-04T10:36:55

I may have fixed the majority of the crashes and problems that everyone has been experiencing. I think there will still be some issues with people using older video cards (i.e. TNT2), but I hope more people are able to use the demo without it crashing or causing problems. The download is now only 1.59mb. I decided to switch the bot model to another model I was using during development. It makes things a little more "cute" I guess. http://www.gamedev.net/community/contest/gdarena/gdarenabin.zip If you have a problem, don't just say you have a problem. I want two things: machine specs and a detailed process of how the crash came about and when (i.e. what steps did you take to achieve your crash).

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Started by khawk July 17, 2003 01:31 AM

76 comments, last by khawk 20 years, 11 months ago

TempusElf

186

July 18, 2003 03:15 PM

You're probably already aware of this and I don't know how high priority it is but I think that there may be a slight timing issue...

I tried the new smaller demo on my machine at work and not only do the animations run faster but things seem to happen faster... for instance, it's very rare that the bots ever spot each other on my machine at home... but here at work I ran it a dozen times and every single time they see each other in a matter of 30 seconds or so... I guess it's not really a big deal but I am curious what functions you are using for timing

[edited by - TempusElf on July 18, 2003 4:22:18 PM]

khawk

3,752

Author

July 18, 2003 04:12 PM

quote: Original post by TempusElf
You''re probably already aware of this and I don''t know how high priority it is but I think that there may be a slight timing issue...

I tried the new smaller demo on my machine at work and not only do the animations run faster but things seem to happen faster... for instance, it''s very rare that the bots ever spot each other on my machine at home... but here at work I ran it a dozen times and every single time they see each other in a matter of 30 seconds or so... I guess it''s not really a big deal but I am curious what functions you are using for timing

[edited by - TempusElf on July 18, 2003 4:22:18 PM]

The timing issue is the animation itself (a quick fix), but everything else is ok. I''m also locking the framerate in this version. (btw.. using the performance timers).

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Erunama

168

July 18, 2003 04:35 PM

Hmmm, it ran much more smoothly this time (no flickering), but I ran into another problem:

The bots took some shots, then got pretty close to one another. Then I think they got stuck in a loop where they both stayed still for awhile, just saying "I see him" over and over again, without shooting. Then I got bored and closed the app (after about a minute).

P4 2.53 GHz
256MB RAM
ATI All-in-Wonder 9000
Windows XP Home (SP1)

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Anonymous

July 19, 2003 04:57 AM

quote: Original post by Erunama
Hmmm, it ran much more smoothly this time (no flickering), but I ran into another problem:

The bots took some shots, then got pretty close to one another. Then I think they got stuck in a loop where they both stayed still for awhile, just saying "I see him" over and over again, without shooting. Then I got bored and closed the app (after about a minute).

P4 2.53 GHz
256MB RAM
ATI All-in-Wonder 9000
Windows XP Home (SP1)

How many times I have to remind you that those bots are just test bots... and besides that problem is not about executable but bot''s code.

Anonymous

July 19, 2003 08:08 AM

i also think the fast animations are great.

works fine on my machine.

athlon 550
win 98se
gf2 mx
128 mb

any idea of what the start date will be?

Sly

128

July 19, 2003 08:38 AM

Kevin has said that he will be most likely releasing the bot generator and source early next week.

Steve 'Sly' Williams Monkey Wrangler Krome Studios
turbo game development with Borland compilers

UltimaX

468

July 19, 2003 08:47 AM

The last demo ran fine on my computer. This one wont even start, it crashes as soon as I hit the .exe

XP Pro
1.6 P4
512 DDR Ram
128 DDR Radeon 9500 Pro

-UltimaX-

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[edited by - UltimaX on July 19, 2003 9:48:12 AM]