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June 21, 2006
The hardware thing was just mangling me, so I went out and found a way to appease my thirst for all things electronic and shiny.
I was ... uh... surfing NewEgg... for some... totally unrelated things... and just happened by totally pure chance to see that they just dropped the price on the XFX GeFor…
I was ... uh... surfing NewEgg... for some... totally unrelated things... and just happened by totally pure chance to see that they just dropped the price on the XFX GeFor…
June 20, 2006
Hit a big milestone today: the new 3D engine actually draws polygons! Yayy!
Right now, all meshes are untransformed. They are also all quads set to render at 10% of the screen dimensions (both axes). Oh, and they're wireframe, drawn in plain white.
But the scenegraph renders stuff, and that's what ma…
Right now, all meshes are untransformed. They are also all quads set to render at 10% of the screen dimensions (both axes). Oh, and they're wireframe, drawn in plain white.
But the scenegraph renders stuff, and that's what ma…
June 19, 2006
I need a support group.
It started out with the nagging thoughts, but those weren't too bad. I told myself I could handle them. I told myself "Apoch, you're a rational adult, and you have plenty of self control; just block this stuff out." That worked for a while, but then it got worse... once the h…
It started out with the nagging thoughts, but those weren't too bad. I told myself I could handle them. I told myself "Apoch, you're a rational adult, and you have plenty of self control; just block this stuff out." That worked for a while, but then it got worse... once the h…
June 18, 2006
I originally dropped this in a thread in For Beginners, but after thinking about it for a minute I decided maybe someone else could find it handy too, so I'll stick a copy here where it will get a little better visibility.
This is a simple C++ wrapper class for handling bitmasks. It's missing a few …
This is a simple C++ wrapper class for handling bitmasks. It's missing a few …
June 15, 2006
Well, being bored this afternoon (I squandered the day watching football) I figured I'd do some more poking into hardware prices.
Specifically, I was curious about the price gap between the hardware I lined up earlier, and what a more "future-friendly" machine would look like. Socket 939 is venerabl…
Specifically, I was curious about the price gap between the hardware I lined up earlier, and what a more "future-friendly" machine would look like. Socket 939 is venerabl…
June 15, 2006
I'm doing something I've never done before.
Since my debut in the world of Internet forums back in 1998, I've always used the same avatar, everywhere, with no exceptions: the Lunaris from FF6. It's gone through a couple of variants, including a transparent version and the present blue background, bu…
Since my debut in the world of Internet forums back in 1998, I've always used the same avatar, everywhere, with no exceptions: the Lunaris from FF6. It's gone through a couple of variants, including a transparent version and the present blue background, bu…
June 14, 2006
Well, the final barriers are breaking down. It all started back when I asked GDNet to persuade me to buy a new machine. The first campaign was startlingly successful: I went out and got myself an Asus W2JB notebook. It's a delightful little box, and I've dribbled about my infatuation with it at gre…
June 13, 2006
There seems to have been some confusion about my sleep schedule in my last post.
So let be briefly clarify how my sleep schedule works:
- When tired, go to sleep. This often means snoozing in my chair, or, sometimes, stumbling over to the couch. Maybe once a week I'll actually make it into my bed.
-…
So let be briefly clarify how my sleep schedule works:
- When tired, go to sleep. This often means snoozing in my chair, or, sometimes, stumbling over to the couch. Maybe once a week I'll actually make it into my bed.
-…
June 13, 2006
Proactive de-funk step one: chug about 75% of a can of Monster. Guaranteed to at least make your skin tingle, if not actually correct motivational deficiencies.
I know this is annoyingly soon after my last post, but I just have to brain-dump it, and it's too important for an edit. Plus, an edit wou…
I know this is annoyingly soon after my last post, but I just have to brain-dump it, and it's too important for an edit. Plus, an edit wou…
June 13, 2006
X2 has just been released for Linux. Woohoo, etc.
On a less corporate-shill note, this week sucks. I started out this weekend fighting off a nasty runny nose. Mysteriously, it dried up overnight and hasn't been back since, but it left behind it a mild fever and the general achy malaise that tends t…
On a less corporate-shill note, this week sucks. I started out this weekend fighting off a nasty runny nose. Mysteriously, it dried up overnight and hasn't been back since, but it left behind it a mild fever and the general achy malaise that tends t…
June 12, 2006
I'm a fairly big addict of Digitally Imported's Internet radio service. The bulk of my time is spent in the Chillout channel, as I find the selection there (for the most part) to be an incomparable backdrop for late-night hacking sessions.
The mixed blessing and curse of a service like DI is that it…
The mixed blessing and curse of a service like DI is that it…
June 09, 2006
Let me just register my sentiment, for the record, that manual memory management is crap. Therefore, by extension, C++ is crap.
I honestly wonder how much cleaner this stupid scenegraph would be if I could just use a proper garbage collected language. Unfortunately, I don't have that choice right no…
I honestly wonder how much cleaner this stupid scenegraph would be if I could just use a proper garbage collected language. Unfortunately, I don't have that choice right no…
June 07, 2006
I think that puddle of ooze that trickled out of my ear was the remainder of my brain.
So far so good - the basic framework for the scenegraph has been put into place, and the high-level render algorithm is more or less fully stubbed in. I'm about 80% of the way through reimplementing camera abstrac…
So far so good - the basic framework for the scenegraph has been put into place, and the high-level render algorithm is more or less fully stubbed in. I'm about 80% of the way through reimplementing camera abstrac…
June 07, 2006
So XMen 3 was pretty good. I never touched any of the comic books (the medium in general tends to be a little too corny for my taste, with only a few exceptions) so I really don't care about the "canonicity" of any of it. As such it was a good movie, and quite impressive in that it's the third movi…
June 04, 2006
Real World Game Development
How Decisions are Made in a Commercial Game Project
I always enjoy reading this kind of stuff from other teams; it's fascinating to see the parallels between our projects and others'. Sometimes we make similar decisions, other times our needs, preferences, and/or whims sim…
How Decisions are Made in a Commercial Game Project
I always enjoy reading this kind of stuff from other teams; it's fascinating to see the parallels between our projects and others'. Sometimes we make similar decisions, other times our needs, preferences, and/or whims sim…
June 03, 2006
I finally got around to sampling a new local beer today. The brew of choice was Prinzregent Luitpold, another hefeweizen. The color is medium-dark and very cloudy, which is more consistent with the weissbiers I've had in the past. It has a sharper flavor than the Erdinger, and a very rich fruity af…
June 02, 2006
This afternoon I packed up and walked out of the Egosoft office for the last time (well, at least on this trip). I now face a weekend in Germany before flying home Monday morning.
It's been an unbelievable two weeks. In some ways, all manner of things got accomplished - design decisions, planning, i…
It's been an unbelievable two weeks. In some ways, all manner of things got accomplished - design decisions, planning, i…
June 01, 2006
My brain really wants to crawl out of my skull and go... someplace else.
My VS2005 task list nicely summarizes the situation:
This is going to be one heck of a massive undertaking, and the sheer power of it is just overwhelming. On the one hand, I'm rewriting technology that exists already, which mea…
My VS2005 task list nicely summarizes the situation:
This is going to be one heck of a massive undertaking, and the sheer power of it is just overwhelming. On the one hand, I'm rewriting technology that exists already, which mea…
June 01, 2006
I'm literally unable to find words to describe this past week.
Stuff has been insane. The past three days were spent in highly intense meetings, with two other team members coming in from the UK for discussions and design sessions. We've been starting around 11 every morning, and often carry on with…
Stuff has been insane. The past three days were spent in highly intense meetings, with two other team members coming in from the UK for discussions and design sessions. We've been starting around 11 every morning, and often carry on with…
May 27, 2006
Well, I'll say one thing... us Germans sure do know how to make a beer.
Tonight's brew of choice was a nice Erdinger hefeweisse. Light, smooth, and very gentle. It's a good beer, although slightly too light for my personal taste. One thing I've noticed is that the imported shit we get in the U.S. is…
Tonight's brew of choice was a nice Erdinger hefeweisse. Light, smooth, and very gentle. It's a good beer, although slightly too light for my personal taste. One thing I've noticed is that the imported shit we get in the U.S. is…
May 26, 2006
The first word that comes to mind is "enlightening."
Actually, the first thing that comes to mind is rather a phrase, and the words typically average four letters. I won't repeat it here, as I suspect even the veteran sailors among us would be made slightly uncomfortable.
(Now I'm out of hyperbole an…
Actually, the first thing that comes to mind is rather a phrase, and the words typically average four letters. I won't repeat it here, as I suspect even the veteran sailors among us would be made slightly uncomfortable.
(Now I'm out of hyperbole an…
May 24, 2006
OK, now this is just cool.
Here at the office they've got a little mini instant espresso machine thingy. You get a little pre-sealed, individually wrapped chunk of compressed coffee, stick it into a little slot, select your preferred strength, and poke a button - and in 30 seconds you have a nice li…
Here at the office they've got a little mini instant espresso machine thingy. You get a little pre-sealed, individually wrapped chunk of compressed coffee, stick it into a little slot, select your preferred strength, and poke a button - and in 30 seconds you have a nice li…
May 24, 2006
Well, this has been a most disorienting 24 hours.
I arrived in Frankfurt yesterday (I'm pretty sure it was yesterday...) at about 6:30 AM, half an hour early. Let me tell you, these German folks really know how to run a passport control/customs line; I've been a few places and Germany has consistent…
I arrived in Frankfurt yesterday (I'm pretty sure it was yesterday...) at about 6:30 AM, half an hour early. Let me tell you, these German folks really know how to run a passport control/customs line; I've been a few places and Germany has consistent…
May 23, 2006
I'm here, and already busy as all get out.
More later, maybe [smile]
More later, maybe [smile]
May 21, 2006
Woo... now that is the way to crash after a crunch week! I slept pretty much all day today, so really all I have to do now is throw some stuff in a suitcase and burn some time until my flight leaves.
Apparently, Germany is cold, which I do not particularly like (being a tropically-blooded kind of gu…
Apparently, Germany is cold, which I do not particularly like (being a tropically-blooded kind of gu…
May 21, 2006
I hear we have a preview feature in journals now. I must test this rumour to see if it is true.
Also, being a non-mortal, I'm obligated to keep up a quota of journal updates. Or so I've been told.
Lame Excuse for Content
I finally got Milton swapped back over to the public half of my network today. T…
Also, being a non-mortal, I'm obligated to keep up a quota of journal updates. Or so I've been told.
Lame Excuse for Content
I finally got Milton swapped back over to the public half of my network today. T…
May 19, 2006
The hits just keep on coming...
I've gotten the dummy-render hack done for the cutscene system. It's very "dummy" and exceedingly "hack," but it works - I have an entire content pipeline that goes from a nifty little XML file to a moving box on the screen. I'm so proud.
So far, the system weighs in a…
I've gotten the dummy-render hack done for the cutscene system. It's very "dummy" and exceedingly "hack," but it works - I have an entire content pipeline that goes from a nifty little XML file to a moving box on the screen. I'm so proud.
So far, the system weighs in a…
May 19, 2006
Woohoo! My nice shiny new W2Jb has arrived. I type now on the most beautiful and powerful laptop I've ever seen.
This thing is really huge, compared to my old 15" Toshiba. It's like having a small European country of your own, except it's worth more. Despite the bulk, it's a very light machine, and …
This thing is really huge, compared to my old 15" Toshiba. It's like having a small European country of your own, except it's worth more. Despite the bulk, it's a very light machine, and …
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