I own 3DGS pro,im going to tryout locoweeds TUT but i was woundering if anybody has tried out POPULACE,the site dosent have a lot of info and before i drop 150$ some good revews would help.

thanks-CRISTABALLA
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May I ask what version you have, there are some problems with contain versions of GS and Populace.

a6 6.40

Well my experience with populace wasn't great. They let me buy the software at a discounted price since they wanted some people to review their software. After trying it out I was having a bad time with it. Back then they didn't have any good documentation, so it was rather hard for me to figure out what to do really. Later they promised to send me a check for the amount i paid and they let me keep populace for free, which was great only problem was that I un-installed it. I never got a check in the mail for the money nor do i have a key for it. I remember even when i 1st got it, it wouldn't work right. They had to send me all this other stuff. Long story short I upgraded to commercial and that was it. I wish they would give me my populace key back at least.. I'd love to try it again. but oh well

Prence -

Just sent you a personalized version of Populace to use. All you need to do is drop it into your project directory. You should be good to go.

ECG

Cristabella - We have been toying with reducing the price of Populace to 50 bucks per unit. If your interested in trying that out for that price send me an email at support@ecgames.com. That goes for anyone else.

Happy NewYear.

ECG

Yea.........ill be in contact.........
But....its not the price i care about,its the product....
Is it just code?,is it a program with a UI?,Does it come with a manual?,stuff like that.
Even if its just a bunch of text files with just code i would still use it just fine,it would just be cool to know.

Thanks-CRISTABALLA

They gave me a great manual, a sample game. Populace is a dll, so you get to use it with 3dgs. I actually liked the idea because it's basically an extension to the A6 engine's functions

Cool.........
Just what i was looking for.
I think ill give it a try.

-CRISTABALLA

Hi Cristaballa,

Here is my take on it for what it is worth.

I have not played around with the actual Populace dll yet, but I have been programming with a game specific hybrid of it for about 5 months now.

There is absolutely no comparison in efficiency.

The hybrid I have been using is so unbelievably more effecient then 3DGS multiplayer that it will make you cry.

It is set up quite a bit differently on how things work then 3DGS networking, but I am guessing the hybrid I have been using is basically the same other then additions such as pathfinding and other unique dll functions, if not it will be.

After I get done with getting the beta out for this game I working on that uses the hybrid code Populace I have told East Coast Games I will put out some tutorials of how to use it correctly and add some other missing functions that I know that would make it even more efficient. I am considering bringing in some special help to really tweak this dll.

If the Populace dll is not similar to what I have been working with, in about a month or so, it will be, with detailed tutorials on how to use it written by me.

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You can quote me, "It's no contest, the Populace is 75% more effecient than 3DGS networking over the internet!"

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It will be about a month before I get involved with documentation, tutorials, and additions to the dll I think need to be done, but it will happen, and if you have already purchased the product you will receive the updates and tutorials also.

I am really not trying pimping this, the truth is, it's just not even close and if you want to do real multiplayer over the internet with 3DGS, this will be the way to go unless my friend fastlane69 has put something together that is better. The effeciency is just not even close or I would not be mentioning it and I know 3DGS networking inside and out.

Loco