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Off Topic / should I do it

« on: July 07, 2014, 02:09:17 AM »

eggs packaged on 6/12/14

consume within 25 days

it is 7/7/14

should I do it

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Suggestions & Requests / Guide to ParticleData, ParticleEmitterData and others

« on: July 05, 2014, 10:07:17 AM »

If someone could make a short, simple guide to understanding what each of the values of ParticleEmitterData, ParticleData, and maybe even ExplosionData/Others do, that would be great.

ParticleData

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{
dragCoefficient      = x;
gravityCoefficient   = x;
inheritedVelFactor   = x;
constantAcceleration = x;
lifetimeMS           = x;
lifetimeVarianceMS   = x;
textureName          = "x";
spinSpeed = x;
spinRandomMin = x;
spinRandomMax = x;
colors[x]     = "x x x x";
colors[y]     = "x x x x";
sizes[x]      = x;
sizes[y]      = x;

useInvAlpha = x;
};
ParticleEmitterData

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{
   ejectionPeriodMS = x;
   periodVarianceMS = x;
   ejectionVelocity = x;
   velocityVariance = x;
   ejectionOffset   = x;
   thetaMin         = x;
   thetaMax         = x;
   phiReferenceVel  = x;
   phiVariance      = x;
   overrideAdvance = x;
   particles = "x";

   useEmitterColors = x;
   uiName = "x";
};

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General Discussion / Why do Nvidia cards run Blockland shaders better than AMD cards

« on: July 04, 2014, 05:30:36 AM »

I got to test out a GT 620 recently. Ran Blockland shaders at max settings without hiccups, somewhat adequate framerate (around 30FPS) at around 30k bricks. The GT 620 is a very low-end card. In other games, performance was comparable to my Intel HD 4600 (with some exceptions such as Skyrim), newer games were completely unplayable.

I try out a 7770, which is a significantly better card then the GT 620. It is able to play all games. Newest games at around medium settings, older games such as Arma 2 at very high settings. I try out Blockland, and I get pretty much identical performance to the GT 620.

The GT 620 was on par with the 7770 in Blockland. What the hell is up with that?

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Games / Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

« on: June 28, 2014, 05:14:46 AM »

http://store.steampowered.com/app/287450/

so one of the best RTS masterpieces EVER was just rereleased on Steam. Kind of like Age of Empires II HD, it got a few graphical updates/fixes, a redesigned menu and some other basic stuff, and now the multiplayer functions through steamworks instead of gamespy. also cloud saves and twitch streaming integration. the gameplay remains the same e.g when you get to modern age the game becomes a nuke fest

obligatory stuffty pun

what the best kind of rice??

rice of nations!11

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Off Topic / stuffty puns thread

« on: June 27, 2014, 11:33:06 AM »

I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck  me.






A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of                      math disruption.