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Ion Fury  "formerly Ion Maiden, launching August 15!"

User is offline   oasiz 

  • Dr. Effector

#1441

You will want to split sectors in order for the game to know better what to render and what not to as all the visibility is calculated in real time, along with the game having no clue what is actually occluding the skybox when viewed from play area. Sprites are always present (cut outs in this case) as long as you see the sector they're in, it's generally more economical to just do actual sectors due to this.
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User is offline   Shodanbot 

#1442

View PostTerminX, on 15 April 2018 - 12:21 AM, said:

Thanks for the lengthy post, Shodanbot. I read all of it, though it's quite a bit more than I have time to comment on at the moment. You have some good suggestions and a few of them are already on our to-do lists.


I didn't anticipate a full response to my lengthy post, but I appreciate that you read it. I cant give you, Micky C, and oasiz a vote up -- must be a new user anti-abuse thing -- but I appreciate your responses and patience.

Now then, time for another suggestion:

• I'm not sure if you will be adding a Duke3D punch/kick/stock equivalent to Ion Maiden in the future, but if you do perhaps a system based on Newton's third law couldn't hurt. A cartoon execution of it, of course.


I.e. If the player throws a right hook at an enemy from a stationary position or less than max acceleration, apply hook damage and give the enemy a random chance of a small flinch. Otherwise, if the player is running toward the enemy at max acceleration and player throws a connecting hook, then apply the same damage as a stationary hook but give it a full chance of a knockdown of humanoid and bump player a little in the opposite direction. Maybe from a jump or fall too.

I suppose distance traveled would be less abusable than max acceleration.

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User is offline   Forge 

  • Speaker of the Outhouse

#1443

Apparently GoG now has the latest update, did anybody from 3dr get it yet, or is it just me that doesn't have it available on their game page?
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User is offline   MusicallyInspired 

  • The Sarien Encounter

#1444

It's definitely not updated for the Bombshell Digital Deluxe extra yet. It still says build 19934.
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User is offline   Forge 

  • Speaker of the Outhouse

#1445

View PostMusicallyInspired, on 16 April 2018 - 06:46 PM, said:

It's definitely not updated for the Bombshell Digital Deluxe extra yet. It still says build 19934.

Okay.
The people in the gog forum are confusing me then.
A few hours ago someone posted the change log as if update 2 had been distributed.
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User is online   NightFright 

  • The Truth is in here

#1446

I wrote to TerminX and he got me a copy just like he said he would. A man of his word! If you can't wait, do the same. Even though it's probably soon available from 3DR directly, too.
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User is offline   Micky C 

  • Honored Donor

#1447

It's still not available on 3DR? They really need to streamline their system.
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User is offline   Zaxx 

  • Banned

#1448

Anyone managed to complete Queen of the Hill? I'm literally unable to do so: the last wave is so fucking over the top that the game just shits itself and I start getting fps below 10. There is one thing you can't do with that performance: aim. :P

Well, at least I could try the minigun, now let's never play this again.
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User is offline   oasiz 

  • Dr. Effector

#1449

qoth perf fixes for round15 are on the way.
For the time being, try disabling sound effects to see if that changes your perf. For some reason it's locking the game quite a bit with some users (being worked on).
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User is offline   Zaxx 

  • Banned

#1450

View Postoasiz, on 17 April 2018 - 02:18 AM, said:

qoth perf fixes for round15 are on the way.
For the time being, try disabling sound effects to see if that changes your perf. For some reason it's locking the game quite a bit with some users (being worked on).

Interesting, I thought it was simply the combination of one of the more demanding maps of the game and having 100 spiders on screen. :P
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User is offline   Player Lin 

#1451

View PostZaxx, on 17 April 2018 - 01:47 AM, said:

Anyone managed to complete Queen of the Hill?

I do but sadly that run counts as cheated after I save and load my game to get rid the other problem caused me timed out and dead. :P

Some enemies tends like stuck on their spawn point(s) or some terrains on the map, since there is time limit so it's big problem(early stages just worse than later as enemies just not many on early stages) because I have to run the whole map to find out where are they just stuck.

I just hope that stuck problem also will be fixed too...

This post has been edited by Player Lin: 17 April 2018 - 03:02 AM

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User is offline   oasiz 

  • Dr. Effector

#1452

It is demanding, but a lot of the additional FX got removed/redone that existed in the original one in order to make it run smoother.
However it does require a bit of smarter trickling with the spiders than just having all at one go :P
You should see how over engineered the setup is (nobody except me really dares to touch it) :lol:

Spoilers: if you noclip out of bounds (with map cheat), you will find some hints on how the game mode was done.

Player Lin: unstucking enemies is something that's being worked on, I think the current test build works without issues.
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User is offline   DavoX 

  • Honored Donor

#1453

View PostMusicallyInspired, on 16 April 2018 - 06:46 PM, said:

It's definitely not updated for the Bombshell Digital Deluxe extra yet. It still says build 19934.



If I recall correctly, Digital deluxe buyers won't even get the first update even. Just the first version that came out on feb 28.
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User is offline   Forge 

  • Speaker of the Outhouse

#1454

The most upsetting part of the situation is that 3dr can't be bothered to keep their customers informed.
Five days and not one word.

If they came out and explained that there would be a delay, I would be okay with it. Instead we have to hear it from somebody else at a different forum.
I don't do twitter, facebook, or whatever either. I don't know what they're talking about there. 3dr has a website with a forum. They should use it.


I can't afford to spend money on games very often. I saved up a gift-card I had received for Christmas just for the sole purpose of buying Ion Maiden, and this poor customer relations experience is leaving a bitter taste over my purchase.

I'm going back to DOS solitaire and Duke3d user maps from 1997 after this.

This post has been edited by Forge: 17 April 2018 - 07:40 AM

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User is offline   MusicallyInspired 

  • The Sarien Encounter

#1455

View PostDavoX, on 17 April 2018 - 05:40 AM, said:

If I recall correctly, Digital deluxe buyers won't even get the first update even. Just the first version that came out on feb 28.


Incorrect. I definitely have the first update already. As well, the initial release was 80MB and now it's 70MB. A definite change there.

This post has been edited by MusicallyInspired: 17 April 2018 - 07:26 AM

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User is offline   Player Lin 

#1456

View PostMusicallyInspired, on 17 April 2018 - 07:25 AM, said:

Incorrect. I definitely have the first update already. As well, the initial release was 80MB and now it's 70MB. A definite change there.


Check the IM (version of eduke32)'s maiden.log file, seem the first two line:

Ion Maiden Preview Campaign r6825
Built Apr 12 2018 13:07:45, GCC 7.3.0, 64-bit 


This is the PCU2 build, if yours not this then it's old version(PCU1)... I guess. :P

This post has been edited by Player Lin: 17 April 2018 - 07:34 AM

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User is offline   MusicallyInspired 

  • The Sarien Encounter

#1457

I know it's the first update because the armour shards look different and light up more which I believe was one of the things mentioned by someone when it was first released. I'm at work right now and can't check the log.

This post has been edited by MusicallyInspired: 17 April 2018 - 09:20 AM

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User is offline   Mr. Tibbs 

#1458

PC Gamer: The joy of returning to the early days of the FPS in Ion Maiden

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Duke 3D was pretty much built on the principle that if something exists you should be able to mess with it, and that's the same for Ion Maiden. The result is a far cry from the non-interactive nature of most modern shooter level design, which might have a handful of physics-enabled objects but few crafted details to play around with. You feel a flash of connection with a game's designers when you realize they foresaw that you'd want to hit an office chair with a nightstick to push it across the room, and that they thought to make it visibly damaged before being completely destroyed.

And then there's the size of the levels. Ion Maiden's scale is ridiculous, with everything too wide and too tall, but that's totally fine because of your equally ridiculous run speed and jump height. You don't need special abilities to traverse the world, not even a sprint meter, because you can just run everywhere. Ion Maiden has the old school's vital kineticism, a sense of speed that more earthbound modern shooters has forgotten. I'm not saying that making everything fast is ideal in all cases, but when environments are this enormous zooming through them feels great.

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User is offline   Jblade 

#1459

No mention of Voidpoint though, just Interceptor which is a dumb oversight to make.
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User is offline   Hendricks266 

  • Weaponized Autism

  #1460

View PostJblade, on 17 April 2018 - 12:20 PM, said:

No mention of Voidpoint though, just Interceptor which is a dumb oversight to make.

Yeah, Gggmanlives made the same mistake in his video. Can people comment on this article to point out the mistake?
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User is offline   Forge 

  • Speaker of the Outhouse

#1461

So I broke down and asked Tx for the update, and he was nice enough to hook me up.

I'm enjoying queen of the hill, but I don't know if I'll get much farther than stage 6. My poor little 2gb 650ti & fx 8320 start choking in the middle of it when there are too many enemy on the screen.

Still having fun though.

Be cool if this mode had several different arena styled maps to choose from.
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User is offline   Forge 

  • Speaker of the Outhouse

#1462

-the trick that worked for me to keeping the fps at a reasonable rate is to stay off the top of the hill until most of the enemy are dead.
I got to phase 8 until I died from wounds - I think with enough practice and position control, I can probably finish it.
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User is offline   Micky C 

  • Honored Donor

#1463

View PostForge, on 17 April 2018 - 07:27 PM, said:

My poor little 2gb 650ti & fx 8320 start choking in the middle of it when there are too many enemy on the screen.


Don't worry, by the time Update 2 comes out at 3DR, Update 3 with improved performance will be ready Posted Image
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User is offline   TerminX 

  • el fundador

  #1464

Can someone who bought the game on the 3DR site confirm the update is appearing now?
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User is online   Danukem 

  • Duke Plus Developer

#1465

View PostTerminX, on 17 April 2018 - 09:50 PM, said:

Can someone who bought the game on the 3DR site confirm the update is appearing now?


Yes, update 2 is live, I'm downloading it now.
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User is offline   Jimmy 

  • Let's go Brandon!

#1466

Why does 3DR have such a hard time giving Voidpoint credit? It's pretty embarrassing.
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User is online   NightFright 

  • The Truth is in here

#1467

Wow, they even fixed the broken download display and put the new version on top!

Even though I still don't understand why they keep version 1.0 there. I severely doubt anybody will want to get that. OK, it's labelled "update 2", but afaik you don't need to download v1.0 first before updating. All the files you need to play are in the new release. Anyway, I hope the guys at 3DR finally woke up and will be able to respond faster in the future. Nobody expects them to be as fast as Steam, but a reasonable timeframe of maybe 2-3 days would be desirable.

One way or the other, I appreciate the service provided by TerminX for those that couldn't wait. It's the kind of support this game deserves and many other companies fail to provide.

This post has been edited by NightFright: 17 April 2018 - 11:46 PM

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User is offline   Zaxx 

  • Banned

#1468

View PostNightFright, on 17 April 2018 - 11:39 PM, said:

Wow, they even fixed the broken download display and put the new version on top!

If they keep this up they'll become the next Ubisoft!

It's a bit disappointing to see how long it takes for 3DR to get its shit together.
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User is offline   Sanek 

#1469

View PostJimmy, on 17 April 2018 - 10:40 PM, said:

Why does 3DR have such a hard time giving Voidpoint credit? It's pretty embarrassing.

Maybe because Voidpoint is just a developer-for-hire? They don't own the IP, they don't have any other games under their belt, and most publishers don't give the proper credit to the developers unless the team is already well-known across the industry. Heck, even the well-known studios don't get the credit they deserves. It just happens that Voidpoint owns the port, have extremely talented people on board and 3DR obviously don't have the budget for the likes of Nerve or other "professional" developers. Why pay more for less? As far as Build Engine games go, you can't find a better team than this one. :P
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User is offline   Micky C 

  • Honored Donor

#1470

I've tried out Queen of the Hill. Couldn't find the last 3 enemies in round 2. It's not as exciting as I thought it'd be. You spend too much time actually searching for the enemies, all the while the anxiety of the counter ticking down, as opposed to in combat. War of Attrition's challenge mode is much better in terms of the appropriateness of the level layouts, and the visibility of the enemies. Plus its powerups make it much more dynamic. Queen of the Hill feels incredibly rigid by comparison.
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