Ng3d 2.0

[Bardar]

The biggest thing I'm waiting for is performance increase.


Way to go, NGD!

[DuoMaxwell]

Awesome work guys, you gotta get the lag worked out better so we can get you slashdotted and have a million people trying to play all at once lol.

Hows the server side looking though? I know it's not as glamourus as new engine demos, but it's still very important. I take it you guys have looked at discussions like the one on /. the other day on the feasability of single server MMOs and how EVE Online messed up early on in development concerning multicore capabilitis of modern CPUs, as I've read they can't split up processes to acomodate more then about 1500 ships in the same area at a time in a game where a 200 ship battle is a common occurance and wars of 800+ ships aren't uncommon.

So, where can we find pics of you guys rockin' the cluster farm?

[ArcticWolf]

Originally Posted by Nightchill

oh yeah, don't listen to xeph, do it the arch way!

Debian has Sid, Squeeze, Lenny and Etch. I'm testing Sid, so I'd like to have a look at the new engine now, but it's not ready for production yet, as some dev stated before.

A new engine can break a lot of things, so let them take as much as they need to finish the tests.

[niclam]

Originally Posted by Miraculix

But RO will have the new character models displayed on the Tower Demo, right? and character model animations as well?

No, the models are going to be similar (maybe better) than this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nfbbA2KyNM

Then again, that is a prototype and nothing is set on stone but of course, redoing all the models could take a LOT of time so we have to balance out the cost/benefit equation.

There are some details that have been not disclosed yet but could also come as a consequence of redoing the characters, which by the way, are 5 years old!. Our artists proficiency has certainly improved a lot (Tower demo is the proof ).

Regards

[niclam]

Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

Awesome work guys, you gotta get the lag worked out better so we can get you slashdotted and have a million people trying to play all at once lol.

Hows the server side looking though? I know it's not as glamourus as new engine demos, but it's still very important. I take it you guys have looked at discussions like the one on /. the other day on the feasability of single server MMOs and how EVE Online messed up early on in development concerning multicore capabilitis of modern CPUs, as I've read they can't split up processes to acomodate more then about 1500 ships in the same area at a time in a game where a 200 ship battle is a common occurance and wars of 800+ ships aren't uncommon.

So, where can we find pics of you guys rockin' the cluster farm?

Hold on to your horses! We have been wanting to appear on /. for a while now but we always doubted about being, ahem, slashdotted.

We will probably be ready when the new client engine arrives. The server is being continously improved in terms of performance as well.

And regarding every tiny bit of information about the big boys out there, we usually read all of that in a jiffy

Regards

[DuoMaxwell]

Originally Posted by niclam

Hold on to your horses! We have been wanting to appear on /. for a while now but we always doubted about being, ahem, slashdotted.

We will probably be ready when the new client engine arrives. The server is being continously improved in terms of performance as well.

And regarding every tiny bit of information about the big boys out there, we usually read all of that in a jiffy

Regards

Lol, bold claim of being ready to handle a /.ing, many a brave server has tried and met a firey fate. But really, we just gotta get the forums to hammer you through the firehouse on a slow day to get you as much time on the front page as possible. Get phorinix and linux.com to do a feature on the new engine, maybe get a Mac version going as well so we can try and get you featured in MacWorld, Mac Addict and Mac Life magazines.

Seriously though, you wouldn't be able to hook us up witth nice sized posters to plaster on other people's wall would you? Maybe some nice stencils too lol.

[DemonMonger]

Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

Lol, bold claim of being ready to handle a /.ing, many a brave server has tried and met a firey fate. But really, we just gotta get the forums to hammer you through the firehouse on a slow day to get you as much time on the front page as possible. Get phorinix and linux.com to do a feature on the new engine, maybe get a Mac version going as well so we can try and get you featured in MacWorld, Mac Addict and Mac Life magazines.

Seriously though, you wouldn't be able to hook us up witth nice sized posters to plaster on other people's wall would you? Maybe some nice stencils too lol.

Remember the "gibson"

[-Edge-]

Originally Posted by niclam

No, the models are going to be similar (maybe better) than this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nfbbA2KyNM

Then again, that is a prototype and nothing is set on stone but of course, redoing all the models could take a LOT of time so we have to balance out the cost/benefit equation.

There are some details that have been not disclosed yet but could also come as a consequence of redoing the characters, which by the way, are 5 years old!. Our artists proficiency has certainly improved a lot (Tower demo is the proof ).

Regards

Thats good

I don't want those giant 3D models in regnum, the video you showed with character changes is nice. Because its not too little, and at the same time its not too much. Just keep it easy on the female models will you ?

[UmarilsStillHere]

Yeah, I dont want Faith fighting half nude,

and tut tut Niclam double posting :P

[Mattdoesrock]

I'm sure others wont mind, you could even distract the enemy with a new spell:

Pole Dance (5)

Distracts the enemy with a series of boobs and stockings.

-100% spell focus
-100% hit chance

Not but seriously, I hope NGD doesn't make RO another Guild Wars / WoW flesh fest.