The magic flag in the executable project was called LARGEADDRESSAWARE and even though it's been available since Windows XP, it proves that programmers always have something new to learn.
Unlike my enemies, who are now hiding their heads in sand bags, I can almost see the finish line for a first version of this product as more functionality is added to the mix. Currently finishing off the MEDIUM and HIGHEST shaders to match the light balancing of the LOWEST shaders which look great now, and then Thursday I tackle multi-level loading from both the WIN ZONE trigger zone and also a new LUA command so you can move to new levels via scripting too. I dare say loading the new levels will be the easy part, and preserving game state data across the levels and player will be the mystery grey area I am not fully dreading yet.
In other news, just had a death-match with the latest multiplayer, which now has realistic ragdoll impacts based on bullet direction. It has a raw game play to it that I think will be very contagious when we release this part of the software, and any doubts about it's rightful place in this project will be dispelled. It is SO much fun, and when you can modify your levels and re-play within 'minutes' I think a new kind of social experience will be born and a great foundation will be established for the Reloaded universe moving forward.
great news on the upto 4gb memory extension :) better than 3 ish gb limit..
ReplyDeletecant wait for the release looking forwards to it a lot keep it up m8 not long to go now right?!
the doubts are about not finishing other things multi player yeah great if you like, but i am concerned you will forever leave everything else.
ReplyDeleteI have to say the sandbag ostrich made me laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteGreat news about 4gb memory!! Now I think my compition level will no longer crash! Cool
ReplyDeleteAwesome! 4gb is a big step in the right direction!
ReplyDeleteMP is co-op or just competitive?
ReplyDeleteProbably just competitive at the mo, but co-op and such should be available by the time it reaches us I imagine. Earlier blogs mentioned adding the ability to script a multi-player game so you could change things as you go, so competitive could change to co-op or vice versa or something else. We will have to see if this happens or not of course.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit ashamed to say I was fully aware of the LARGEADDRESSAWARE flag, but opted not to inform you because A) I kind of assumed you'd know about it, and B) I seem to remember reading it has some disadvantages as well.