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Program Announcements / AXeS of EViL DEMO is released!!

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Yarbles
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Posted: 24th Oct 2003 19:39
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As mentioned in Newsletter 10. The demo is out and available here:

http://darkbasic.thegamecreators.com/?m=showcase_view&i=153

Here are some more screenshots in addition to the ones in the newsletter:









Enjoy everybody!

Please let me know what you think.

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David T
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Posted: 24th Oct 2003 19:42
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Hey, I remember this one. I'm downloading now

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Dsarchy
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Posted: 24th Oct 2003 20:43
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This is the most playable game i have ever downloaded made by DB/DBpro right up there with Starwraith.

Normaly when i download a game. I play it for about 20 mins say great work (because I respect how much time the person has put into it and it does have some good areas) and never play it again.

But this one i have played for about 1hour now and I plan to play it again soon.

The only bad side to it (and this is me being realy picky) is the main charcter. In the intro i can actually see through parts of the head where there are small gaps in the model.

But apart from that I think the game is realy good. Reminds me a little like morrowind and a little like Neverwinter.

vivi

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Is there going to be much magic in the final version.

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David T
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Posted: 24th Oct 2003 21:24
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Hehe reminds me of XenithYore, right down to the odd bit of pixel swimming

I found the control system a bit hard to get to grips with, especially when the camera was constantly swinging round and I did get dizzy after a while - but otherwise it's a really cool game

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Posted: 24th Oct 2003 21:36
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lol... the screenshots looked better from my system
good to see you've finally released the demo, you fixx that nagging speed problem with the models?


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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 00:13
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Thanks for all the nice comments so far guys!

Quote: "In the intro i can actually see through parts of the head where there are small gaps in the model."


I just fixed this, it was easy! I disabled backface culling on the model for the intro sequence. It'll be in the next release.

Quote: "odd bit of pixel swimming

I found the control system a bit hard to get to grips with, especially when the camera was constantly swinging round and I did get dizzy after a while"


The pixel swimming can be fixed in many ways: 1) Enable mipmapping in the settings screen if your gfx card has enough video memory (32megs I think, although 16megs may work). 2) Force anisotropic filtering on your gfx card if it supports that. 3) Visually, the best solution is to enable mipmapping AND force anisotropic filtering!

As for the control scheme, some people really love it and others just can't get used to. Personally, I love it, so it stays!


Quote: "you fixx that nagging speed problem with the models?"


Yes, I fixed it as best I could by implementing simple vis culling of the level. At default setting, it get's decent (15-20) frame rates on my p3-800 with a Radeon 8500 (hehe maybe that's why your screen captures look better), with static objects turned off. With statics on, I get about a 2-3 fps boost overall.

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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 06:06
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really should get your artist to redo the models to more sensible polycounts though.
but then the huge amounts of alpha can't be doing the speed any favours lol

be nice to see this ported to Pro, if only for the speed boost it'd get


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Is it 3rd or 1st person?
I hope it's 3rd.
NIICCCCEEEE!!!!
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Quote: "Is it 3rd or 1st person?
I hope it's 3rd.
NIICCCCEEEE!!!!
RPG_Freak. "


Hve a look at the screens. You tell me

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Its both!

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Quote: "The pixel swimming can be fixed in many ways: 1) Enable mipmapping in the settings screen if your gfx card has enough video memory (32megs I think, although 16megs may work). 2) Force anisotropic filtering on your gfx card if it supports that. 3) Visually, the best solution is to enable mipmapping AND force anisotropic filtering!"



I knew there must be a mipmap option

Quote: "Its both!"


Looks pretty 3rd person to me

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If you hold the scroll wheel down, you can use first person mode

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Just foudn that

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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 03:37
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it's 3rd person with Diablo controls
very responsive even when your getting pathetic screenfps


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http://www.gamershell.com
checkout who made the frontpage ... not bad to become one of the featured demo's eh yarble


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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 08:44
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Wow! That's amazing! I never submitted it to them.. this is all by word of mouth I guess. Very exciting indeed!

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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 22:27
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Heh, someone must've read the darkbasic newsletter and then submitted it.

I did enjoy the demo.
The controls were a bit difficult.(Moving with the mouse) Perhaps, a click to move would be a lot easier, unless it's too late.

Praise:
-Battle
-Graphics
-Ran fine on system (1.7ghz 8500 radeon)
-Just good to see what db can do.

Suggustions:
-Well, this one's probebly outta the ballpark, but it'd be interesting for a port to DBP.
-Movement(as mentioned above)

I can't wait for the full version, keep up the good work.



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Suggustions: Redo the main character.

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I haven't been able to play it due to crashes, but he looks pretty good to me. A bit of touch-up wouldn't hurt, but I think 'redo' is a bit harsh.

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Posted: 28th Oct 2003 21:57
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Great game, do not redo the main character. I am particularly impressed by the animation of the guy.

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Here, Here

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This is the most polished game i've seen in DB for a while.

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