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Re: Void Destroyer is here! (Space Sim Kickstarter)

  • Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:59 am
    • #166 by chaosavy
    The shaking screen thing - that's a performance issue - you must be a bit too far below 30fps.

    In game the performance counter is CTRL + ALT + F8

    In the beginning there's nothing going on but your ship and the base, so there's very little happening performance wise. Plus - the game actually runs faster than part 1 - because of the super simple texture files - there's 2-3 texture files (for ships and bases) and they are far less than a mb - combined.

    Your chip might not support the shader level or some such - do you know how old it is?
    Check out my space sim - Void Destroyer http://store.steampowered.com/app/259660/
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    Re: Void Destroyer is here! (Space Sim Kickstarter)

  • Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:39 pm
    • #168 by chaosavy
    I looked up its stats - its most likely able to support the shader level (I think 3 to get that effect).

    Hmm...

    27 FPS when nothing is going on is a bit low - on a 2 year old (non integrated video card) it should be 100-200+ (when Vsynch is turned off)

    Also turning off the toon+outline effect should just make the game look uglier (the colors less bright, and the outlines gone) - versus transparent.
    Check out my space sim - Void Destroyer http://store.steampowered.com/app/259660/
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    Re: Void Destroyer is here! (Space Sim Kickstarter)

  • Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:18 pm
    • #169 by davdav
    chaosavy wrote:I looked up its stats - its most likely able to support the shader level (I think 3 to get that effect).

    Hmm...

    27 FPS when nothing is going on is a bit low - on a 2 year old (non integrated video card) it should be 100-200+ (when Vsynch is turned off)

    Also turning off the toon+outline effect should just make the game look uglier (the colors less bright, and the outlines gone) - versus transparent.
    Perhaps the game uses the integrated card, it's an usual "bug" of video games.
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    Re: Void Destroyer is here! (Space Sim Kickstarter)

  • Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:30 am
    • #175 by Victor Tombs
    Downloaded and installed the demo, Paul.

    No problems with graphics (GTX 970 SLI). It all looks like it does in your videos except it's sharper. I don't like the blue soup and I find the sphere distracting. It reminds me of the feeling I got in the early iterations of Arena Commander where I felt really confined by the walls. I'm using my trackball to manoeuvre and it's a pretty good experience. :angel:

    You didn't expect three pages of detail from me did you? *chuckle*
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    Re: Void Destroyer is here! (Space Sim Kickstarter)

  • Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:03 pm
    • #179 by wizaerd
    Victor Tombs wrote:You're probably aware of the fact that I didn't play much of your original game mainly because it wasn't what I was hoping for. The ideas you have for this game are much more to my liking. And I think the ships and stations are an improvement. More ships, more stations, more asteroids, more...well you get the picture. ;) :angel:

    It's going to be a triumph, Paul, I'm sure of it. :D
    I agree... I helped fund it, but upon playing it, it turned out it wasn't my cup of tea... I'm hoping the next one is more sandbox and open, and less combat-centric... I like combat just fine, but it seemed that's all there was to the first one.
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    Re: Void Destroyer is here! (Space Sim Kickstarter)

  • Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:04 pm
    • #180 by chaosavy
    Well - most of my games are probably going to be - heavily slanted - towards combat since that's my "definition of cool."

    But this time around there is a lot more emphasis on life, exploration and opportunities - speaking of life he's a new civilian mining ship (a variant of a civilian heavy transport ship).

    Here's a vid that talks about adding a feature to make it even cooler:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XglErpLS_Kg

    Its a bit long - and if you aren't interested in the "behind the scenes game development" aspect skip to the end for the result:

    https://youtu.be/XglErpLS_Kg?t=31m25s
    Check out my space sim - Void Destroyer http://store.steampowered.com/app/259660/
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