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AppGameKit Classic Chat / To Paul - Compilation time fix?

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 5th May 2013 19:36
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I was just wondering if there will be a 108.12 that fixes the compilation problem in 108.11? I have clocked the times with Rush to Adventure. In 107.6 it takes 8 sec. With 108.11 it takes 32 sec to compile. That's 4 times as long! I just can't work with 32 sec compilations.

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Ian Rees
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Posted: 5th May 2013 22:58
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I agree - we need this fixed. 108.11 Compile times are ridiculously slow. 4 times slower for me too.

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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 20th May 2013 19:39
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Beta 12 will return to the faster compiler
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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 20th May 2013 20:29
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Nice

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Ian Rees
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Posted: 20th May 2013 21:52
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Excellent - that's great news. Thanks Paul.

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Cliff Mellangard 3DEGS
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Posted: 20th May 2013 21:55
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Any date for beta 12 ?
I would really nead it as it takes forever to write the enemy ai with the slow compile times

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Quote: "Beta 12 will return to the faster compiler"

er, why the change in the first place? I had assumed that all of the add ons over time simply slowed down compile time. What exactly are the benefits of the current compiler?

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Cliff Mellangard 3DEGS
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Posted: 21st May 2013 00:05
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They probably havent optimized the compile with all the new additions to get it as fast as possible.
And probably have some slow safety checks while they add stuff to the beta.

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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 21st May 2013 00:26
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The compiler was modified to make it suitable for Freedom Engine, now that that is no longer a concern we can go back to the older, faster version.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 21st May 2013 02:40
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Doesn't feel slow to me. I have thousands of lines of code spanning multiple files and it only takes a few seconds.

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Posted: 21st May 2013 03:29
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I just timed my 5000+ lines of code t1 app (using beta 11) and it took 19 seconds, this is spanning 23 files.
Just to let you all know

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 21st May 2013 12:44
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The current compiler takes 4 times as long as the previous one. With over half a minute to compile I don't use it.

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Posted: 21st May 2013 17:51 Edited at: 21st May 2013 17:56
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Quote: "Beta 12 will return to the faster compiler"


Well, hooray for that. But I need the faster TIER 1 compiler back right now; not "two weeks from now", not "two months from now".

Let's get it back ASAP! I don't give a darn about Freedom Engine compatibility, I need a TIER 1 compiler that doesn't crawl through my source at a snails pace.

Quote: "The current compiler takes 4 times as long as the previous one. With over half a minute to compile I don't use it."


"4 times as long" - this estimate is roughly correct on my PC also. And with a project that has well over 20000 lines of code in total, that's a LONG compile.

And I'm not boasting about the size of my source code. At this line count, it's a small project.

(Besides, the number of source code lines tells nothing about how well designed the code is, which is what developers always forget to discuss when "comparing sizes".)

But... the current 108.11 compiler is just dead stop slow.

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I hope this is just some temporary glitch that happened while building the latest 108.12 Beta,
but the faster compiler didn't make it to 108.12. It's still just as slow as it was in 108.11, and
that includes all of the same compiler bugs as 108.11 had. Hmmz!

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 23rd May 2013 12:08 Edited at: 23rd May 2013 12:16
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AgentSam:
Did you uninstall 108.11? Have you tried rebooting your PC? I had some weird collisions with 107.6 and 108.11.

Edit:
Apparently an old version was uploaded. Download it again

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Markus
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Posted: 23rd May 2013 13:20
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yes , now the beta 12 is much faster at compile time
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Van B
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Posted: 23rd May 2013 13:39
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That's great news, may well save my sanity as well as my time

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Posted: 23rd May 2013 14:16
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Great, I'll be picking up RTA next week. I am about to move to a new apartment.

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Ian Rees
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Posted: 25th May 2013 13:18
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I have just tested 108.12 and it's great to have the faster compiling back!

Thanks Paul - great work.

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