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[dvoid]

Yes the terrain has different lodlevels. theres two kinds of lod systems, all heightmap data is transmited from the server , so heightmaps far away is transmitted at lower detail , also i generate lodlevels for each tile (about 128x128m) .

Press F1 to toggle mouse capture, i think it says so in the bottom right corner.

FPS wise i have not done any optimization at all, kind off. it runs fine on my computer (100-200 fps)..thats about it . i might do more opmizimation in the future.

 

[devMidgard]

Tested it and looks really good, it haves fluid controls and I really feel like I'm controlling this guy in another world :O

Gonna keep an eye here. Looks very very nice. Looking for how it progresses.

[dvoid]

Test with a lot of lights with shadows.


Another sunset =D

[pluckyporcupine]

Looking good. The design for that vehicle doesn't look to bad either!

[dvoid]

Looking good. The design for that vehicle doesn't look to bad either!

=), about the vehicles. will probably go for a more open design for future ships, i want the player to be able to move easy over the ship and between ships. especially the bigger ones, imagine an old classic pirate duel , but with big ass flying ships , people using grappling-hooks and jump-jets to jump between the ships etc.

[dvoid]

Started working on engine tools, some work to be done here. so far the world is generated, and stuff in it
is created from a blueprint system ( in unity they call it prefabs ) . These blueprints are XML files that i have created by hand, this works fine until one want a very complex blueprint, Say a blueprint for a house with doors, lights, furnishing etc. So its time to create some tools for ZeroFps , in the past we have had a quite powerful level editor in ZeroFps called ZeroED. ZeroED was a massive pieces of software much like Unitys everything-in-one editor. To make the engine less monolithic and more flexible, the idea for this new version of ZeroFps is to create many smaller tools that can work together. How this will work remains to be solved, but there will probably be some kind of network backend for communication between the tools.

[dvoid]

Creating this blueprint editor is taking longer time then i expected, 2 reasons: #1 i have never worked with QT before, so its taking some time to solve some problems. #2 Work, i have been very busy at work, shipping our latest game =). but soon, soon the editor will be complete, and i will be able to create better, more detailed game objects!!

[dvoid]

Still working on the blueprint editor, its almost done now =)



would you be able to understand and use it? 

[pluckyporcupine]

would you be able to understand and use it? 

I won't lie. At first, I cringed a little. Then I actually made an attempt to read it. Doesn't look TOO bad.

[dvoid]

would you be able to understand and use it? 

I won't lie. At first, I cringed a little. Then I actually made an attempt to read it. Doesn't look TOO bad.

haha =D , dont know if thats good or bad.
but i can almost use it to create game objects for Tolroko now, a few missing pieces though.
and its alot better then hand editing xml files :D

[Quarry]

Reminds me of Roblox with the subfolder system

[dvoid]

Reminds me of Roblox with the subfolder system

hum..
"Roblox, stylized as ROBLOX, is an massively multiplayer online game " ?
it has some kind of editor i can see on wikipedia.

[Panurge]

Writing update!

Pirates: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/91016307/Pirates.html

Tolrokians: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/91016307/Tolrokians.html

Kakari: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/91016307/Kakari.html

Just a little bit of background lore to start fleshing out the world, building on the Tolroko stories from a while back (here, here, here and here).

[Derqs]

Awesome I'm definitely following this! The background lore also sounds really good. (and reads easily for me as a non-native english speaker)

[Panurge]

Thanks! All kudos to dvoid for generating a world that is really fun to write about.

[dvoid]

Hello, its BUILD TIME!!!

Its been a very long time since i made a public build of Tolroko, but alot of
stuff has been done. Like new render system, new tools, some new gameplay, better weather effects and so on. Please try it and tell me what you think and/or give me ideas for future features =).

Tolroko-0.30.exe http://goo.gl/ONn8i

[dvoid]

Today i have added water to tolroko =)

[dvoid]

More images on the water, its nice to be able to render lit transparent objects =)

[S-ed]

Hm. Tried to play, but:

• There is no Ground texture (all transparent).
• Gui cutted on lower resolutions
• Resolution settings applied only on client restart.
• No close button in stashes (boxes) while mouse cursor exist.
• Client stucking on attempt to connect to server, and if fails music stops.

Can't go far away cause of invisible wall.
Log + Server Log.

[dvoid]

yea some ati cards seems to have problems with the lateest build, i dont have access to any ati cards so cant fix that atm   =(.

who uses low resolution anyway? :D, yea may be alot of problems with the gui there, i dont really have time to fix that.

the stach gui needs some fixes, close button etc, you can press I to close it, not very userfriendly , im very well aware of that

invisible wall? what? you can actually go on forever, the world is generated as you move.