First off, thanks for the kind response. Really quite motivational.
BloodLocust: Nice for the most part. He did cut off my head and put it on a woman's body, but then isn't that every man's dream?
Sybixsus: Yeah, I'd say roll back the drivers little by little and see if the slowdown still occurs.
I retested the snow demo with the lite version- fullscreen no debug, 800*600 32bpp, the usual- and got about 900fps average.
I have never, ever had a good experience with ATI's drivers (hence why I haven't used an ATI card in five years and don't intend to ever again), so if you have an Nvidia card lying around try popping it in and seeing if there's a signifigant difference (in release and debug). I've tested this with my Geforce 2, Geforce 3, TNT 2 (it ran OK, I'll test it later again once I get Win2k working), and my parent's Radeon 9800 and so far have seen no slowdowns, but the Gf2 and 3 are the only ones on PC's with up-to-date drivers.
Anyhow, I need to mention that you don't have to buy R2 if you don't want to. The license allows commercial use and modification given you make those changes available.
Caff: Basically, the features I mentioned I had stripped out in the first post will be in the full version, as well as Tokamak support, an editor, more media, etc. (whether most of those will be added via updates over time or on release I can't say- I've been holding off release for a while not to get things done, but if people wanted to buy it now and would be willing to wait for updates I could probably do that). There'll be no speed increment in the full version unless it's a fix to the update procedure in which case those fixes will be applied to the lite version as well, so they remain useable.
Like I said, if people wanted to buy it now and get what features are finished already I could probably release it now and sell it to those who want it. It all depends on whether or not those looking at buying R2 can afford to wait to include it in their project(s).
Rob Farley: Sorry I didn't respond to your question earlier, was in a rush. My response to Caff should answer your question.
Lumivel: Edited your first posts, have you, yes? -_- Like I said, don't whine about lack of documentation for free software.
BloodLocust: Nice for the most part. He did cut off my head and put it on a woman's body, but then isn't that every man's dream?
Sybixsus: Yeah, I'd say roll back the drivers little by little and see if the slowdown still occurs.
I retested the snow demo with the lite version- fullscreen no debug, 800*600 32bpp, the usual- and got about 900fps average.
I have never, ever had a good experience with ATI's drivers (hence why I haven't used an ATI card in five years and don't intend to ever again), so if you have an Nvidia card lying around try popping it in and seeing if there's a signifigant difference (in release and debug). I've tested this with my Geforce 2, Geforce 3, TNT 2 (it ran OK, I'll test it later again once I get Win2k working), and my parent's Radeon 9800 and so far have seen no slowdowns, but the Gf2 and 3 are the only ones on PC's with up-to-date drivers.
Anyhow, I need to mention that you don't have to buy R2 if you don't want to. The license allows commercial use and modification given you make those changes available.
Caff: Basically, the features I mentioned I had stripped out in the first post will be in the full version, as well as Tokamak support, an editor, more media, etc. (whether most of those will be added via updates over time or on release I can't say- I've been holding off release for a while not to get things done, but if people wanted to buy it now and would be willing to wait for updates I could probably do that). There'll be no speed increment in the full version unless it's a fix to the update procedure in which case those fixes will be applied to the lite version as well, so they remain useable.
Like I said, if people wanted to buy it now and get what features are finished already I could probably release it now and sell it to those who want it. It all depends on whether or not those looking at buying R2 can afford to wait to include it in their project(s).
Rob Farley: Sorry I didn't respond to your question earlier, was in a rush. My response to Caff should answer your question.
Lumivel: Edited your first posts, have you, yes? -_- Like I said, don't whine about lack of documentation for free software.