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by GroundUpEngine
Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:51 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Were do I put this wrapper? [Resolved]
Replies: 5
Views: 1344

Re: Were do I put this wrapper? [Resolved]

Coding late at night has it's advantages and disadvantages lol... ;) I did the same thing with vertex buffers and kept making new ones every time but didn't notice, tested the program in college the next day and badly segfault/crashed a computer :lol:
by GroundUpEngine
Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:38 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Component based behaviorless entity systems and scripting
Replies: 21
Views: 6344

Re: Component based behaviorless entity systems and scriptin

TheBuzzSaw wrote:...

C++ is the master violinist. Its job is to know how to play any sheet music placed before it. Lua is the one choosing the song. :)
That was beautiful man. :cry: ;)
by GroundUpEngine
Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:37 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: My 3D rendering project
Replies: 33
Views: 12369

Re: My 3D rendering project

Wow, I haven't touched OpenGL mostly since 1.4! I bought the red book on that years ago, now it's just a prop to raise the hight of my monitor :o I'm guessing that OpenGL 3 is more like DirectX 10 and 4 is like DX11. Well, here's another update to show what I've got so far. I can toggle render prof...
by GroundUpEngine
Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:29 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: My Multithreaded Merge Sort Algorithm takes 10+ minutes to s
Replies: 8
Views: 3249

Re: My Multithreaded Merge Sort Algorithm takes 10+ minutes

davidthefat wrote:
short wrote:ok your going for speed ..... are you forced to write it in java...?

(you know somebody was going to ask, might as well be me)
Yes, I am forced to write in java because the class is taught in java.
The joys of life lol ;)
by GroundUpEngine
Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:23 am
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Manaforge Tower Defense
Replies: 88
Views: 16451

Re: Accela Tower Defense

Love tower defence, good stuff! ;)
by GroundUpEngine
Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:57 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Composition?
Replies: 3
Views: 985

Re: Composition?

Pretty much, yes. The general idea is that if you want to make, say, a plane, you just make a new entity, add the components necessary and add it to the scene. Of course there is nothing stopping you from automating the creation, although since the main point of using a component system is flexibil...
by GroundUpEngine
Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:05 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Composition?
Replies: 3
Views: 985

Composition?

So I've changed my entity system in my engine, but it is still inheritance based and I feel it could get bloated in the future. I want to aggregate my inheritance stuff into components, since most of the code does the job ;) My current method: I want to make a new object type e.g. Plane I have to ma...
by GroundUpEngine
Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:47 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: 3D Graphics Engine Progress
Replies: 294
Views: 109316

Re: [GroundUpEngine] 3D Engine Progress

Projects been pretty dead, but heres whats up... :lol:

Image
by GroundUpEngine
Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:02 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: John McCarthy is Dead
Replies: 10
Views: 2233

Re: John McCarthy is Dead

GyroVorbis wrote:I REALLY hope these guys were all atheists. I can't WAIT to go to hell and join the greatest minds of our age... :)
:lol: !
by GroundUpEngine
Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:25 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: My first game: A Zombie RPG
Replies: 163
Views: 45834

Re: My first game: A Zombie RPG (POSTMORTEM)

dandymcgee wrote:
EdBoon wrote:Period Statistics
Trials: 24285
Purchases: 15453
Purchase/Trial Ratio: 63.63 %

Not bad for a hobby in my spare time!
Not bad at all! Grats on the well deserved rewards! 8-)
Agreed, very good turn out!!
by GroundUpEngine
Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:33 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Viv Online Development
Replies: 15
Views: 4778

Re: Viv Online Development

Very nice update! ;)
by GroundUpEngine
Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:51 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Overgrowth Alpha
Replies: 11
Views: 3034

Re: Overgrowth Alpha

TheBuzzSaw wrote:I have been subscribed to their video feed for a long time. GOOD STUFF.
Same! Very good quality game! ;)
by GroundUpEngine
Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:57 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: About Me and Some Sites I've Used
Replies: 18
Views: 9998

Re: About Me and Some Sites I've Used

Sorry for late reply. Thank you for the links, that's given me a lot to look at over the weekend! I've found 3D Buzz very useful, they have a wide variety of topics (including Unity and Unreal SDK) and I bought a couple of their DVD's Strangely very entertaining and you do learn a fair bit as you wo...
by GroundUpEngine
Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:17 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: Buh-Bye, Windows Vista!
Replies: 6
Views: 1882

Re: Buh-Bye, Windows Vista!

ParticleGames wrote:The main computer I use just got upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. This is arguably one of the best days of my life.
I did the same a while back, totally agree!
XianForce wrote:
GyroVorbis wrote::shock:

I completely skipped Vista and went straight to 7. 7 is a dream.
Boy are you lucky...
Smart choice ;)