2d / 3d ??

Omegamrk · Post by **Omegamrk** » 09 Feb 2003 08:43

i dont think a huge game such as TDD in 3d could be supported with todays avg pc 3dtt isnt an example cuz half the stuff is still missing...

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 09 Feb 2003 08:50

my comps only 533mHz, but i hear the average is around 1 gHz

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 09 Feb 2003 09:06

We should not make hard limits based on people's current processor speed. A computer that's cool now is laughed at next year. This game is going to take a lot of time to devellop.

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 09 Feb 2003 09:11

I agree, no hard limits, but we need to make sure it is reasonably accesaable to older computers.

Peter Dobrovka · Post by **Peter Dobrovka** » 09 Feb 2003 09:40

Very interesting that after discussing the advantages of a 3D engine and seemingly agreeing on some things the poll is going more and more towards 2D.

So you think you will still have no GHz computer in 2-3 years?

3DTT runs quite well on 500 MHz and a GeForce 1. And the engine is not well optimized since it origins from 1998 when a Voodoo 2 was what the GeForce 5 is today.

There is one big thing in 3DTT that could not have been foreseen and that was the overload of textures that the graphics artists habe done. They exceed 90 MB and consist of about 1200 bitmap images. What slows down the engine is the texture switching during rendering and that the textures do not fit all into the video card.

Solution: Packing textures into fewer but larger single pics and having fewer textures at all.

To do this I would have to change all the models that have been added since 2001. So I don´t do it.

You have the opportunity to do it better.

Forget about the missing features, they do not consume cpu or graphics power.

Peter

PS: This was my last posting here until somebody mails me that the programming has been started.

SHADOW-XIII · Post by **SHADOW-XIII** » 09 Feb 2003 09:53

Peter Dobrovka wrote:PS: This was my last posting here until somebody mails me that the programming has been started.

as soon as it seriously start we will send mail you

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 09 Feb 2003 20:23

SHADOW-XIII wrote:
Peter Dobrovka wrote:PS: This was my last posting here until somebody mails me that the programming has been started.
as soon as it seriously start we will send mail you

If people still use e-mail then... lol

SHADOW-XIII · Post by **SHADOW-XIII** » 09 Feb 2003 20:30

what you mean 'still' ??

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 09 Feb 2003 21:43

He means that there is a lot of talk but nothing happens.

SHADOW-XIII · Post by **SHADOW-XIII** » 09 Feb 2003 21:48

... he is right

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 09 Feb 2003 21:49

anyone ever considered that part of ttd's longevity stems from the fact that it will run on almost anything from a 386 up?

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 09 Feb 2003 21:57

No, why should I like a game on my 1.7 GHz PC because I know it also runs on a 500 MHz?

SHADOW-XIII · Post by **SHADOW-XIII** » 09 Feb 2003 22:07

I don't really care aboutminimal requipments ...
btw. Nice brain .. new avatar mp3pro .. is this yours ???

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 09 Feb 2003 22:09

I do care, when they are too high...

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 10 Feb 2003 05:25

Arathorn wrote:I do care, when they are too high...

Hear Hear!

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