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Re: Reasons why you still use Gamestudio
[Re: CyberGhost]
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08/03/14 22:29
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Mhmmm...,well
1. It`s very affordable
2. Right from the beginning Conitec provided an awesome update activity, critics was taken seriously and suggestions of the customers implemented.
3. I like to be upset from time to time, when things go wrong. When the problem is solved, the way is free go on ;-)).
4. It works, once you understood how.
5. The scripting languages, because they are the best interface between the engine, the maps/worlds and the customer. I really don`t want to become a C++ programmer dealing with all the complexity of a DirectX graphic engine and Windows. I want to focus on my 3D worlds, design and gameplay.
6. Getting older and older, I cannot think about changing to any other game engine, simply because I am used to it.
7. Have a look at "Süpercan", to see what you can do with GSTD.
Uuuups... forgot George Pirveau and the AUM and all other helpful spirits, who make 3DGST a special expierience
Last edited by NeoDumont; 08/03/14 23:02. Reason: What I forgot
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Re: Reasons why you still use Gamestudio
[Re: NeoDumont]
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08/04/14 10:08
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I laugh at yout 2nd point. Although it was true 2 years ago(before the dreaded zorro showed up) but not valid anymore.
5th point is the point of using an engine, all engines provide you with an intefarce that does not require you to touch directx
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Re: Reasons why you still use Gamestudio
[Re: FBL]
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08/04/14 20:41
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some of them mentioned in the beta thread as coming in next update (dll creation, and real-time generated static shadows on terrain). but the date of next update is not mentioned. they were originally said to come with new WED announced at least 2 years ago, but staying on 75% since May 2013.
so another reason beside 3dgs: immutability.
by the way A8.45 is latest version released in Feb.
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Re: Reasons why you still use Gamestudio
[Re: FBL]
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08/07/14 19:24
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I don't use acknex anymore. I stopped for good a couple years ago when I was prototyping a very fast-paced first-person shoot-em-up game and one of the engine's most basic features (think it was the GENIUS flag) didn't work correctly. Got fed up with it and ended the project right then and there. Having said that, acknex is not a great engine, but I might've kept using it today if that hadn't happened to me. If you're not allergic to programming, acknex gives you a convenient way to work and is actually a pretty great prototyping tool. Too bad it always lacked Linux and Mac support. Sidenote: when I was writing Barony's engine, my exposure to acknex meant a number of little things ended up coming from the way it worked. By this point I've forgotten several of them, but a big one was giving all entities a large array of multipurpose variables named "skills".
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Re: Reasons why you still use Gamestudio
[Re: sivan]
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08/07/14 20:03
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That would've been way more elegant, but man, they're so convenient anyway!
And when it comes to my game I'm not all that concerned with memory footprint or anything anyway. If I need more I'll just increase the size of the array, hahaha!
Last edited by Redeemer; 08/07/14 20:03.
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