Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

DarkBASIC Discussion / My retro game(final version), please look...

Author
Message
cusoi
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 10th Mar 2003 17:00
Link
This is packageman(http://www.welpen.tmfweb.nl/Packageman.zip.
Please download it. Now there are monsters and 6 levels, what do you think of it. How can I make it better? And in the middle of the screen is a number(the framerate), what's the framerate on your computer? It's a remake of Pacman, but I think you know it already.
Current project: Earth Chaos, a FPRTS
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Danmatsuma
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Posted: 10th Mar 2003 17:32
Link
Well I downloaded your game, it's 12 to 15 fps on my athlon 1800xp 256DDR geforce2 mx400 and that's frightfully slow.
I think maybe you should at least include an option to remove the background (trees etc..) cos they don't really add much except processor overhead just the pipes and the music are cool. Even if you get the fps up he could turn a bit faster so you can have a check for the monsters and get more involved in the game.

Cool Idea though, real simple yet effective.

ZX Spectrum 48k Issue 3, Radio shack Tape drive, Rank arena 12" T.V. set.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
cusoi
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 10th Mar 2003 19:01
Link
Thank you. My computer is just new so on my computer the framerate is 50 FPS(I've limited the sync rate to 50). Now I know I have to make it faster. And I know 15 FPS is very slow... The background removing thing is a good idea. I will do it.

Current project: Earth Chaos, a FPRTS
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
cusoi
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 10th Mar 2003 22:45
Link
Please, could please other people download it as well. I know, on some systems it runs very slow. But I could also use some more feedback on the gameplay and graphics. Thank you very very much for your time.

Current project: Earth Chaos, a FPRTS
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Hamish McHaggis
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 13th Dec 2002
Location: Modgnik Detinu
Posted: 10th Mar 2003 23:00
Link
Sorry, but I really couldn't find anything wrong with the game running at 4fps. Maybe post a faster version and I will see.

Why the hell'd you ask me for crying out loud!?!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
cusoi
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 09:21
Link
Ok, I'm sorry. I didn't realise the game was that slow on that much computers. I will make a faster version soon. Thank you for downloading.

Current project: Earth Chaos, a FPRTS
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Superbeest
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Mar 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 13:53
Link
Allthought i wasn't really able to run your game (7fps), it think it looks nice though. You might be able to speed some things up by lowering your amount of ghosted objects, or like said before remove some environmental things. The music and the other objects look cool! You can also try to make your texturefiles smaller, for instance use 128x128 or even 64x64 textures. That speeds up a lot too. And I noticed a lot of dots in your game that the pacman had to pick up. I couldn't really see them from upclose due to speed problems, but maybe you can use plain objects for that or so, that is faster than cubes.

Magister Mundi sum!
Back to top
Profile PM
Dave J
Retired Moderator
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2003
Location: Secret Military Pub, Down Under
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 14:45
Link
Ran at 7fps, wasn't particularly nice but it was playable. I have a 400mhz with Radeon7000 by the way. I think getting rid of the ghost objects would greatly speed up the game and sizing down your textures would also be good. And if worse really comes to worse, you might even consider changing the resolution to 640*480 - I think it's currently running in 800*600 right?

"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
Back to top
Profile PM Email
cusoi
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 17:31
Link
You're right. it's running in 800*600 currently. But removing the ghost objects and setting them untransparant is something I don't like to do. Than you can't see everything any more. But I will give the option to hide the enviromental things and I will size down the textures. Changing the resolution is something I will try, but I hope it wont be nessacary.

Current project: Earth Chaos, a FPRTS
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Danmatsuma
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 17:40
Link
Hey why don't you make the ghosting dynamic, like as you approach a new section of pipe, that pipe ghosts. If you do the same for the pipes that ghosts(monster ghosts) are in then you might be able to see 'em just as well. as you leave a pipe behind it goes solid again...

I agree about simpler dots, that's what the original had.

ZX Spectrum 48k Issue 3, Radio shack Tape drive, Rank arena 12" T.V. set.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
lcfcfan
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Feb 2003
Location: North East, UK
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 21:07
Link
What you guys talkin about i was getting 40fps on my xp 1800+ 256mb ram geforce 4 ti 4200, your game is quite cool.

Sweet
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
cusoi
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 21:44
Link
Thank you. At least somebody where the game runs fast. I wont remove the transparant pipes but I will give options to delete the scenery. I will also decrease texture size and I will give a option to use less detailed dots.

Current project: Packageman, a remake of pacman.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
freak
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Jan 2003
Location:
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 21:56
Link
thats coz you have a GF4... I also have one, a Ti4800 and it also runs at 40 fps, which is very slow if you look at the graphics detail

not that I say your game isn't good... it's just great!
I think thats a DB problem... games like Q3 run at about 200 fps on a GF4 in that resolution I guess
Back to top
Profile PM
Hamish McHaggis
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 13th Dec 2002
Location: Modgnik Detinu
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 22:09
Link
are u hiding objects out of view?

Why the hell'd you ask me for crying out loud!?!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
cusoi
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 22:44
Link
Yes I am. Every object out of view is hided.

Current project: Packageman, a remake of pacman.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
QuothTheRaven
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Oct 2002
Location: United States
Posted: 11th Mar 2003 22:47
Link
a bit slow, mainly because your textures are very dense on the character, matrix and trees. I wasn't very fond of the music or sounds at all, and it was usually pretty hard to find where I wanted to go. And it seemed very slow paced. But it was cute, I just wish it was a bit more exciting

Darken the skies, we are god
Back to top
Profile PM
Marcus
23
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Mar 2003
Location:
Posted: 16th Mar 2003 22:38
Link
Hi,

Nice Retro

I have run it on my AMD 1.2 Ghz, 128MB Ram and GForce4 MX - 64MB DDR-Ram (It's the Mystify 440 MX from Terratec).

The FPS is different by the level maps, I've got Rates from 45 up to 57, but its ok and I can play it.

N-P-G.de rulez
Back to top
Profile PM
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2026-06-12 03:35:38
Your offset time is: 2026-06-12 03:35:38