Lavos

welcome back

lol that opt menu is oversized, the interface still needs work with consistency.

its not bad, and its not good either.

Where is the server located on earth?

@'Mohenjo: > That makes me feel better XD I've debated on switching to dx9 for awhile but didn't want to change all the code since I had other things to do. As for the FMOD to FMODex, from what I googled, you have to pay for FMODex? If so then no. The GDI might be do-able but we'll see if it'll fit in this update or if it has to wait for another one (time frame and all). I've made a wrapper for it, use it if you think you can replace the old FMOD. Download: [CLICK HERE](http://www.mediafire.com/file/91ttx254r1g8o5w/FMOD-EX.rar)

-Get rid of the GDI crap for the game menus and render everything in DX8 -Switch to DX9 -swap out FMOD to FMODex

^ what or3o says is a critical clue. You're doing things wrong way.

Did some tweaking to get to work with my engine. I could say that Matts code is safe to use with little adjustments. Good Job matt! 

I started working on that example code MATT, though some of the code is like wtf? lol im cleaning it off now. Its missing a lot.

Well helladen, you know what to expect on eclipse… Just pave the road and people will walk thru it.

@'Ambardia': > Put in a fake one or don't download the game. Richy if thats you, you should just come back to eclipse and pimp out an engine.

@'Ambardia': > Not a scam, it's a download for the client. I don't like the idea of giving out my billing address just to download a game.

Nice good to see that you're still around, is this still being worked on? That Download link of the store webpage looks like utter scam lol.

Dual Screen mapping like a boss. Still looking for good mappers though.  Working on drafts as well. 

ooooOOOO!OO!O!OOOOOOOOOooooO! brb im gunna do it now. * * * @'Growlith1223': > nono, you don't have to reset the GetTick, only the tmr variables within the Loop(both client and server), basically, that first if for GetTick < 0, create an End If and within that, just do HasRollBack = True. in the loop, around the beginning of the loop, check if HasRollback = True, if so, reset values and HasRollback = false So heres what i did. ``` Public Sub GameLoop() Dim FrameTime As Long Dim Tick As Long Dim TickFPS As Long Dim FPS As Long Dim i As Long Dim LoopI As Long Dim FogTmr As Long Dim ClockTmr As Long Dim Result As FMOD_RESULT MenuType = 1 ShadeOut = True If hasRollback = True Then ' reset timers FogTmr = 0 ClockTmr = 0 Menu_Alert_Timer = 0 TradeTimer = 0 LastUpdateTime_ElasticBars = 0 LastUpdateTime_GameInput = 0 LastUpdateTime_WalkTimer = 0 LastUpdateTime_MapAnim = 0 LastUpdateTime_Ping = 0 LastUpdateTime_TextureReset = 0 hasRollback = False End If ```Etc. Etc. then ``` Public Function GetTick() As Long GetTick = GetTickCount If GetTick < 0 Then hasRollback = True GetTick = GetTick + MAX_LONG End If End Function ``` Do I have to reset timer from data type recs and other places as well? like player(myindex).attackTimer ? or Just the timers from the loop?

@'Growlith1223': > only thing i will warn you about, is, i suggest checking to see if GetTick has rolled back, and do like a global value, check that global var if it's true, and if it is, reset all tmr vals to 0\. this will prevent everything from locking up as while it rolls back, this function makes sure it's always a positive, so if getTickCount = -MAX_LONG, then GetTick will = 0 because of that, and increment from there, resetting those tmr values will prevent everything from locking up, rendering, game logic, etc. Okay I have the function setup this way. ``` Public hasRollback as boolean ``` ``` Public Function GetTick() As Long GetTick = GetTickCount If GetTick < 0 Then GetTick = GetTick + MAX_LONG If hasRollback = True Then If GetTickCount = -MAX_LONG Then GetTick = 0 End If End If End Function ``` how do you suppose i do a check with the boolean if it is true?

@'Growlith1223': > @Lavos, the bytes would be removed by not initializing a second variable, which is the Dim Result As Long, you can use the function name as the variable, being as it doesn't return until it exits out or hits the end of the function. > > As for the 64-bit timer, what do you mean? if you mean timeGetTime, that one still rolls back but it takes a little longer You're right, I swapped TimeGetTime back out with using GetTickCount and it had a big difference in performance.Ended up using your method in the end. :D

@'Growlith1223': > You /should/ be fine? i don't remember there ever being an issue with doing this on one side only. Does it really conserve bytes just by removing a few lines of code? P.S: Thanks for the optimization idea, i managed to clean up a lot of code using the 64 bit-system timer.

bump!

@'Growlith1223': > ``` > Function GetTick() As Long > Dim Result As Long > Result = GetTickCount() > If Result < 0 Then Result = Result + INT_MAX > GetTick = Result > End Function > > ``` > this is another way of doing it as well. im sure there are better ways of doing this but this is a more efficient way as it's not doing a double call on GetTickCount. and also, if you're really having performance issues with this, i suggest you optimize your code. I have my engine ticks setup like this: ``` Public Function GetTick() As Long If GetTickCount < 0 Then GetTick = MAX_LONG + GetTickCount Else GetTick = GetTickCount End If End Function ``` I think its much better now.

I've tried this method and it seemed a little sluggish and clunky, i don't like it. My fps seemed to be getting its normal rate at 64 but something did not seem right on the eyes.

The turtles will die if they try to eat the toads.

i want to throw a frog in there :angel:

Did more work on the title screen and the launcher, but with all the coding there wasn't that much to show but a crap load of bug fixes. =( anyway , i've uploaded a video. https://youtu.be/VxjSCUYCq1c  P.S.: Just quit your project and help me!

Agh, at this point im already pulling my hair, I give up. Thanks for the support though.