Updates of the Week (ongoing discussion)

[at0m]

Oh, sounds good then.

[Kirby]

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[quote author=Hobospartan link=topic=206.msg192897#msg192897 date=1295477511]
Updated several models with optimizations and new LODs.

Best Update EVER!
[/quote]I honestly don't even know what that note means
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Short answer, your game runs better.

Long answer, they included Level of Detail models which are models the weapons are swapped out for as you walk away from them. Basically, before this update, if you and a spy holding an ambassador stood on opposing balconies on 2fort, the gun he's holding would make up more than 85% of the spy's total polygons. Reason being was because you were rendering the gun at the same detail that far away than if you were to stand right next to him.
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Best part is, that sort of stuff was already available in the textures. Only took them about a decade to port the idea to models too.
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[HeK]

Best part is, that sort of stuff was already available in the textures. Only took them about a decade to port the idea to models too.
b)

Pretty sure lod was available on models for a long time, I know Source had it from the getgo.

The 'original' TF2 (unreleased, circa 2000, the milsim) had model lod.

[Kirby]

[quote author=Kirby, the Spyro link=topic=206.msg192976#msg192976 date=1295543064]
Best part is, that sort of stuff was already available in the textures. Only took them about a decade to port the idea to models too.
b)

Pretty sure lod was available on models for a long time, I know Source had it from the getgo.

The 'original' TF2 (unreleased, circa 2000, the milsim) had model lod.
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Did it? I wasn't too familiar with the original Source engine

[Reevesith]

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/110122.jpg  :p

[[SiN] Merc]

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/110122.jpg  :p

http://www.brbuninstalling.com/forum/ind...#msg193457

<3

[Wyrmidon]

Improved engine handling of server queries

hopefully this means there won't be any more stuttering.

[Spore]

Improved engine handling of server queries

hopefully this means there won't be any more stuttering.

Doesn't this just affect the server browser?

[Wyrmidon]

[quote author=Wyrmidon link=topic=206.msg194002#msg194002 date=1296174512]

Improved engine handling of server queries

hopefully this means there won't be any more stuttering.

Doesn't this just affect the server browser?
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I'm pretty sure it is involved in any information between the game and the server, like player position and stuff. Though I'm not good with computers and could have misinterpreted this.

[Versus]

i was thinking server browser too

[Kirby]

It has to do with the fact any SourceDS server can be DoS'ed by simply spamming it with thousands of requests for the player list and rule list per second, the engine wasn't good at dealing with that and would exhibit many bad behaviors, like the recent "server randomly freezes for 30 seconds and drops every player" bug, that wasn't a bug, that was servers being DoS'ed. THe engine was so pooly coded to handle loads like that, that it was possible to crash/flood any SourceDS server with pretty much any home broadband, it didn't take much bandwidth to do it.


The update in no way has anything to do with the end user.

[PyroZombie]

This new Monday Night Combat update is absolute shit.

You couldn't pay me to buy that game again.

[copulatingduck]

didnt valve already pay you to buy it once with hats?

[backfire]

Hey, did that promotional stuff get old yet?


Cause they're doing it again.

[CaffeinePowered]

Hey, did that promotional stuff get old yet?


Cause they're doing it again.

Just don't buy it then, the most it can do is be an inconvenience where they push an update right as a match or community event is about to start  >



Also sort of a game update, make sure to update your favorites lists, stats should be streaming already if i got the URL pointing correct and HeK doesn't need to do anything else. I'll post a group announcement about it tonight

[shoopfox]

[quote author=backfire link=topic=206.msg195008#msg195008 date=1296762420]
Hey, did that promotional stuff get old yet?


Cause they're doing it again.

Just don't buy it then, the most it can do is be an inconvenience where they push an update right as a match or community event is about to start  >



Also sort of a game update, make sure to update your favorites lists, stats should be streaming already if i got the URL pointing correct and HeK doesn't need to do anything else. I'll post a group announcement about it tonight
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Except you still have you look at all the tards with ugly unoptimized weapons that don't really fit the whole TF2 aesthetic

[backfire]

alright, apparently after the game comes out, you'll be able to craft these ones since they actually have different stats and not just reskins.

brb saving metal.

[[SiN] Merc]

alright, apparently after the game comes out, you'll be able to craft these ones since they actually have different stats and not just reskins.

brb saving metal.

The pyro one seems pretty baller. Afterburn that doesn't vanish until you get healed.

[[fr31ns]Karrde]

JFK just stop it, please.  I think Valve's finally gone off the deep end and said "fuck balance" completely.

[backfire]

Karrde link=topic=206.msg195067#msg195067 date=1296794445]
JFK just stop it, please.  I think Valve's finally gone off the deep end and said "fuck balance" completely.

It's a glitch I'm sure. Death by afterburn from that has the killicon of whatever flamethrower you're carrying.