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#11282: Cube Engine Development Blog

by Quin on 09/11/2008 16:00

Hi guys, just thought I'd let you all know about something new I'm trying out; a blog dedicated to Cube Engine Development. I hope to use it as a catalyst for sharing *everything* that *everybody* is doing within the community, so I hope you give it a look and consider helping out.

http://cubedev.blogspot.com/

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#11283: Is a world like this possible using cube?

by solifugus on 09/16/2008 00:46

My specialty is coding AI. My brother\'s specialty is making 3D models. He discovered this engine and now I am reading about it and trying out map making with it (I\'m kinda tired of Torque).

1. Do I need to edit the core source code to build AI for cube or is there a special interface/mod framework?

2. Can I keep up a persistent world, editing on the fly? For example, can I add code to birth and grow trees, grass, etc.

My object is to experiment with an intelligence engine that learns and develops culturally in an artificial ecosystem.

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#11284: Re: Is a world like this possible using cube?

by a~baby~rabbit on 09/16/2008 01:06, refers to #11283

1 - you'd have to edit the code to add AI... maybe track down Quin who did AI for his Blood Frontier Alpha mod <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=198419>

2 - to a certain degree you can do this... the usual obstacle is that lightmaps need to be recomputed if you change the world, so it depends on how much incorrect lighting you can live with and if you have opportunities to pause and recalc the lightning

If you're keen then sensible questions usually get sensible answers on the #sauerbraten irc channel on quakenet.

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#11285: How to make my md2 float?

by Softcoder on 09/16/2008 08:25

I am trying to use an md2 model in sauerbraten, but the model always shows as if from the waist down the model is sunk into the ground. Is there some way to fix that? I tried using a LOT of editors (including Blender and various md2 editors) but do not know what needs to change to fix this "half sunken" issue.

Thanks

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#11286: Re: How to make my md2 float?

by Quin on 09/16/2008 13:31, refers to #11285

http://sauerbraten.org/docs/models.html#mdltrans

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#11287: /sendcfg?

by Deehy on 09/16/2008 17:22

I't would be possibble to add command that will send map configuration file to server?

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#11288: Searching an German Sauerbraten DEV

by LinuxDonald on 09/17/2008 03:49

Hello i´m searching an german sauerbraten developer. For an project. And i can pay for the job. When you are intrested replay here or my icq is: 252773163 my mail is linuxdonald@linuxdonald.de

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#11289: Compile error when creating console command for stepspeed

by isuckinthis (NOOB) on 09/21/2008 12:29

Hi, i need help, how can i fix this? i get this error:
error: cannot convert `STEPSPEED' from type `float' to type `void (*)()'|

when compiling this code:

float STEPSPEED=1.0f;
void stepspeed(int *cl_stepspeed)
{
STEPSPEED=(float)*cl_stepspeed;
}
COMMAND(STEPSPEED,"i");

I don't know why, because exactly the same way, but with gravity or jumpvel it does work.

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#11290: Re: Compile error when creating console command for stepspee

by isuckinthis (NOOB) on 09/21/2008 12:33, refers to #11289

Nevermind!, i fixed it. (capital letters was the problem)

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#11291: Message censored by administrator

by Rixxz on 09/24/2008 10:48

#11292: Still very graphic intensive

by chinkeeyong on 09/25/2008 16:03

Although I can see you guys are making efforts to make Sauerbraten run well on both high-end and low-end machines, I have a G4 'bottleneck' Mac (which is faster than you'd think) and it chugs along on big outdoors maps and even some relatively large 'indoor' ones even with all the settings turned down.

I would appreciate it if there were ways to lower Sauerbraten's quality to the point where a Pentium could run it smoothly, such as by lowering texture quality or interlacing. I realize that this may not be feasible, but right now the graphical requirements of Sauerbraten are pretty high and it's kind of at odds with your philosophy.

Thanks for reading.

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#11293: PVS

by Osbios on 09/25/2008 17:44

What GFX card do you have chinkeeyong?
Sauerbraten uses occlusion culling to detect areas that are not visible. So it can ignore this areas and does not have to render them.

Sadly this feature isn't supported by older GFX cards.

But with the CTF Version of Sauerbraten you get PVS. This is a "precomputed visibility" check. You run it once over a map after editing (this takes some time) and it will do optimize the rendering process comparable to occlusion culling.

Because this features was introduced with the CTF edition. Most maps don't have a PVS.

Both systems wont help very much in a outdoor environment. But It will help in big indoor levels with many rooms and walls.

If you have some time where you don't need the Mac you can create the PVS by yourself.

Load the map!

You now can use the command
/pvsstatus
to see if there already is a PVS.

If not you can create it with the command
/genpvs
But this will take some time depending on the size of the map.

After creating the PVS don't forget to save the map:
/savemap

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#11294: sauerbraten Win32 Exception: 0xc0000005 [0x8]

by Jackifried on 09/25/2008 20:43

hi my name is jack and i downloaded saubraten normally then set it up then suddenly when i go onto it it will have the loading screen then the game and then it will cut out with a window saying sauerbraten Win32 Exception: 0xc0000005 [0x8] i am using windows vista home basic, it is a laptop, could someone tell me how to fix it??

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#11295: Re: PVS

by SheeEttin on 09/25/2008 21:09, refers to #11293

Also http://cube.wikispaces.com/Performance+Guide , which suggests some useful commands.

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#11296: Stupid question

by Jahua on 09/25/2008 22:03

I was playing sauer and suddenly everything (crosshair, health/ammo meters, chat etc.) disappeared. How to turn it on again?

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#11297: Re: Stupid question

by mrpiddly_000003 on 09/25/2008 22:37, refers to #11296

type /hidehud 0

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#11298: playlist support

by dobinator on 09/26/2008 11:21

is there any way to let sauerbraten play my own music instead of marc a. pullen's? (instead of renaming my files to 1-41.ogg)

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#11299: Re: playlist support

by Quin on 09/26/2008 13:41, refers to #11298

In autoexec.cfg:

playasong = [ music "my/music/file" playasong ]

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#11300: Re: PVS

by chinkeeyong on 09/26/2008 14:12, refers to #11293

I have a crappy GeForce 4 MX, the one that came with my machine, and thanks for the tip, I'll try that.

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#11301: Scope as crosshair

by 'Redon' on 09/26/2008 21:04

Is it possible to use this scope for sauerbraten somehow?

http://quadropolis.us/node/1568

i need a command to make it as big as the screen - even crosshairsize 50 is way too small

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