Well… okay then! Keith already moved the simulation off the main thread in the course of just this morning. Unbelievable. On my main machine, a GT72VR GRE Dominator Pro (so GTX 1070 and latest i7), I’m sitting pegged between 180fps and 200fps during the opening battles with all the settings cranked up and 8x MSAA…
Okay, so… “funny” story? I’ve been mostly running ubuntu in a Parallels VM on my Macbook. It’s worked well for the last number of years. However, now… well, it’s a combination of drivers and just other accumulated issues. Basically, the short of it is that my linux install still works, kinda-sorta, but it’s buggy as…
My Mac at present is an aging MacBook Pro, Retina, 15 inch, Early 2013. I’m still running 10.10.5, because I like to stay kind of out of date on that for testing purposes. Worth pointing out for anyone not up on that hardware: the GPU is a measly Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024MB, and it’s running at 2880×1800.…
We’re headed for alpha of AI War 2 on Monday, and that’s for the people who want to get into the game “earlier than early,” which I’ll write more about later. One of the things I wanted to talk about right now, though, is some hitching and jitter that will likely still be present to some…
Spent a fair bit of time yesterday, and then this morning, looking at the speed of some of our most core alternate-math work. Floating-point math is too slow as well as being inaccurate between various computer architectures. So back around 2009, I switched to fixed-int math in AI War on the advice of my friend…
Chris here! Lots to share today. Obligatory: 106 of you still have yet to send in your surveys, so please do that soon if you have a chance. Thanks! Marquee Video In this one, recorded just moments ago, I walk you through some things that are happening in the game right now: Highlights: Lots of…
Chris here! Last update I talked about a variety of random things, and that’s what’s in store once again. Later this week, Keith will have another update for you in the running series about the AI. 🙂 The Ark Is Finished! Mostly finished, anyway. And bear in mind that this is just the first Ark…
Chris here! Okay, so this is a whole lot of random stuff from the last month, and these are some of our internal videos that I did a quick vetting of and figured were safe to release for those people who might be interested in them. These are all unlisted on our youtube channel, to…
Chris here! On behalf of Keith and the rest of us: you folks seriously rock. We’re grateful for all the support you’ve shown us and this project, which has really brightened the end of a hard year. Now for some housekeeping and general timeline information. This is a long post broken into sections, so feel…
TLDR: Here’s our BackerKit store page! Chris here! If you missed the kickstarter campaign for AI War 2, you’re not alone. Sometimes news just takes a while to percolate around, and that’s no reason for you to be unable to get into the alpha or whatever tier if you want to kick in for the…
