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Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2: Then and Now
2008-11-07, 8:11 AM #41
ooo look at mzzter hes so smart :eng101:
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2008-11-07, 1:09 PM #42
If I were to make a video like this and actually try to do a decent job I would, first use music from the game or star wars music in general. I would also use video clips.
"Nulla tenaci invia est via"
2008-11-08, 8:13 PM #43
While I share pretty much the same sentiments for the video, I thought Area21 was a good level of choice. I also thought Purgatory and Baron's Hed RPG were fun back in the day--almost makes me want to re-install JK for nostalgic purposes.

Originally posted by The Mega-ZZTer:
Back in the JK era, to draw to the screen with DirectX you usually had two surfaces, a primary and a secondary. The primary would be shown to the user, while the secondary was hidden. To draw a new frame, you'd draw it to the secondary surface... and then swap them to show the frame. This would prevent the user from seeing an incomplete frame.


Double Buffering is still used today. :eng101:
2008-11-11, 1:52 PM #44
gotta love the anthemic techno in this vid. song name?
2008-11-11, 3:56 PM #45
See 3rd link. ;)
Edward's Cognative Hazards
2008-11-11, 5:35 PM #46
Yes well today computers are a LITTLE bit faster so they usually fill the secondary surface with black so there's no HOM problems. Also no rendering limits anymore.

2008-11-11, 10:07 PM #47
Edward, got any more recommendations from modarchive.org? Something with a catchy upbeat anthemic tune like the one you used for the video would be nice.
2008-11-12, 4:07 PM #48
Originally posted by ragna:
Edward, got any more recommendations from modarchive.org? Something with a catchy upbeat anthemic tune like the one you used for the video would be nice.


Can't really say. You could do some searching for popular and classic names from games or something. There is Jarre, Gldier Rider, Bubble Bobble, Axel F, Flimbo's Quest, and the list goes on. Then again, you could start from the top: Browse by Alphabet. ;)

/Edward
Edward's Cognative Hazards
2008-11-12, 8:40 PM #49
Quote:
Yes well today computers are a LITTLE bit faster so they usually fill the secondary surface with black so there's no HOM problems. Also no rendering limits anymore.


Eh, no, most games just render properly. You know. Like JK does. Unless you, the level maker, **** up.
2008-11-13, 6:40 PM #50
As I recall, not clearing the buffer is used to fill in the seams of the level geometry that result from single precision float errors.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2008-11-18, 7:51 PM #51
Where are Tee's and MaDa's levels? And what about Piggott's awesome MotS single player campaign levels (Tales of a Mercenary IIRC)?
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