I uploaded a preview build (executables only, no data files) so you can try out the new Lua "ephemera" feature, which can be used for precipitation or other render effects; or the new "editor" feature which improves visual editing scripts like Visual Mode or Vasara.
Should offer improved performance on mac OS and Windows as well.
https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/a ... e-20201026
Aleph One 1.4 preview 1
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herecomethej2000
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Wow,
Great job Treellama!
I think it runs a little faster in linux as well.
Unless I'm crazy...which I suppose the two aren't mutually exclusive.
Great job Treellama!
I think it runs a little faster in linux as well.
Unless I'm crazy...which I suppose the two aren't mutually exclusive.
If you’re on Windows, it's definitely faster for some maps. If I’m remembering the discussion in the Discord correctly, 1.3 and 1.3.1 were mistakenly built without some of the optimisations found in previous releases, which caused slowdowns on visually complex maps (e.g., seemingly half of Eternal). 1.4pre1 has those optimisations reintroduced. As a result, it should run “Where Giants Have Fallen” at 30 fps where 1.3.1 may chug. If you’re on Windows and having performance issues, I’d recommend grabbing this.
Great stuff all around – I’m massively impressed at how far the engine has come over the last few months.
Great stuff all around – I’m massively impressed at how far the engine has come over the last few months.
“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” —V, V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to lose hold of everything else. We have almost lost hold; we can no longer describe happy man, nor make any celebration of joy.” —Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.” —William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.” —Frank Wilhoit
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“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to lose hold of everything else. We have almost lost hold; we can no longer describe happy man, nor make any celebration of joy.” —Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.” —William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.” —Frank Wilhoit
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Ares Ex Machina
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I'm having some pretty major issues since updating to the latest stable version, which I wanted to bring up here because I'm hoping they can be addressed in the next stable release.
The first issue I'm having is that I can't replicate the same mouse sensitivity that existed in versions from 2007–2014 at least, and possibly later. What I'm experiencing in the game is off by a large enough margin to screw with my ability to play. Is there a way to replicate the mouse sensitivity of previous versions?
The second issue I'm having is that I can't figure out how to deactivate "Fill the screen." Was this option stripped or am I just not seeing it?
The first issue I'm having is that I can't replicate the same mouse sensitivity that existed in versions from 2007–2014 at least, and possibly later. What I'm experiencing in the game is off by a large enough margin to screw with my ability to play. Is there a way to replicate the mouse sensitivity of previous versions?
The second issue I'm having is that I can't figure out how to deactivate "Fill the screen." Was this option stripped or am I just not seeing it?
“Classic” mouse should replicate the old mouse controls more or less exactly. I find it almost unusable, but other people find the “modern” settings almost unusable. ¯\(°_o)/¯
I don’t see the “fill the screen” option any longer; no idea if it was stripped out.
Aleph One 1.4pre2 was released last month while the Pfhorums were down, by the way. I strongly recommend updating to get 60 fps interpolation. There’s a tiny bit of latency, but it’s worth it for the vastly increased smoothness and responsiveness. The only big issue is that there are occasional crashes when loading levels, but that should be fixed in the next build.
I don’t see the “fill the screen” option any longer; no idea if it was stripped out.
Aleph One 1.4pre2 was released last month while the Pfhorums were down, by the way. I strongly recommend updating to get 60 fps interpolation. There’s a tiny bit of latency, but it’s worth it for the vastly increased smoothness and responsiveness. The only big issue is that there are occasional crashes when loading levels, but that should be fixed in the next build.
“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” —V, V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to lose hold of everything else. We have almost lost hold; we can no longer describe happy man, nor make any celebration of joy.” —Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.” —William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.” —Frank Wilhoit
Last.fm · Marathon Chronicles · Marathon Eternal 1.2 · Where Monsters Are in Dreams · YouTube Vidmaster’s Challenge
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to lose hold of everything else. We have almost lost hold; we can no longer describe happy man, nor make any celebration of joy.” —Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.” —William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.” —Frank Wilhoit
Last.fm · Marathon Chronicles · Marathon Eternal 1.2 · Where Monsters Are in Dreams · YouTube Vidmaster’s Challenge
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Ares Ex Machina
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I tried 1.4 preview 2 and I'm having the same issues. As for the mouse sensitivity, selecting Classic doesn't restore the sensitivity from the previous versions I mentioned.
The old behavior is either the Classic mouse preset, or the same but with the acceleration box unchecked in advanced prefs, depending on whether you used to have the acceleration box checked. The prefs ought to have upgraded to those settings, but it's possible you changed them after that.
The "fill the screen" option has been removed
The "fill the screen" option has been removed
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Ares Ex Machina
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Thanks. Why was it removed?