Only one light source at a time?

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Also coming back to topic....

As for light sources, ED is currently bound to DirectX10. FD plans to move to DirectX11 solely. We don't know when and how, but that's most likely gonna happen with next expansion.

Guess what DirectX11 introduces....

multi-threaded rendering. While it might directly impact ED at the moment, in future it will.

Dont forget DX12 support as well. It may not be optimized for DX12, but it will give the game access to spread all of the multi-threaded rendering evenly across all gpu and cpu cores to maximize efficiency.

I think you saw evidence of it in the Beta when it took less time to plot a 20k ly jump than it used to take to plot a 1000ly jump. It frees up CPU to do more calculations more efficiently.
 
Dont forget DX12 support as well. It may not be optimized for DX12, but it will give the game access to spread all of the multi-threaded rendering evenly across all gpu and cpu cores to maximize efficiency.

I think you saw evidence of it in the Beta when it took less time to plot a 20k ly jump than it used to take to plot a 1000ly jump. It frees up CPU to do more calculations more efficiently.

Well my dream is that FD takes time to rewrite renders to Vulkan / DX12 (both support same shaders and is very similar in construction). That would enable not only better performance on newest cards, but would allow them to do Linux port.

Also DirectX 12 is supported by XBO and variants, so that might open doors to support game better on XBO.
 
On a positive note, many parts of Cobra are modular, so a new render pipeline could be added give enough time/resource.
Although I go back to my earlier point, the API is not holding back the ability to use multiple light sources.

As, technically the engine can support a huge number of light sources (thanks deferred rendering).
I still feel the biggest problem here, is that the wide range of luminosity of stars in a system make the argument rather moot
 

Rafe Zetter

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Get A grip you say. You do not exist on this planet. You have no idea what the real world is about. I was around well before video games were invented and I have seen the whole thing.pretty sure I said that first I am sorry you cannot keep up with modern times or lack the ability and mental fortitude required to keep up. Don't pretend as if it were me that started throwing around generalized anger toward anyone who opposes your views with facts and reality. People had been doing it for several pages and your arguments never changed. I just wanted to see the thread move forward and let the people who actually know what there talking about speak.

Wow. lets let that soak in shall we? * I do not exist on this planet * Peoples arguments are based from a certain perspective - wouldn't be much point in a discussion if I said X, and you said Y and I just went... OK. You've got a real superiority complex going on their friend, it's shining as bright as any star for all to see.

All Graphics and gaming interface APIs are adopted 5 or more years after it has release. It has been that way for 20 years. Its never going to change because technology does not stop moving forward. Simple fact. You either deal with it or quit crying.

You are taking this personally because you have nothing to stand on and you are trying to turn this into a debate. There is no debate. The debate ends here. You are wrong.
You're being fairly personal there yourself - I'm fully allowed to answer to your accusations, and you CANNOT STOP ME

Not only are you wrong you are indignant, ignorant, and desperately trying to grasp as straws to prove your point. Not to mention you seem to take offense at the drop of a hat. That is a personal problem of which you and your therapist can deal.

See above, also; Wow, and you seem to be dropping quite a lot of hats; are you a milliner by trade?

This entire post was started because the OP noticed that there is a singular primary light source in systems even if they contain multiple stars. Everyone told them that yes that is correct, because at the time of the KS and development that is all the average non enthusiast gaming PC could handle at the time. Then some idiot hopped on the hate train and is trying to blame it on the Game Engine and the fact that they are not using an out of the box third party engine.

The people such as yourself hating on the Cobra engine have absolutely less than a clue as to what you are talking about. Not only that but you speak from the platform of authority suggesting that somehow the Unreal Engine is superior. Again you have no idea. Market share is a pretty good indicator You didnt bother to ask what the Cobra Engine was capable of and you have no idea what the Unreal engine can and cant do. Seen unreal games, played unreal games, got a fairly good idea Then you continue your misinformed self righteous tirade against people who differ from you opinion.

Umm, yeah. Pot. Kettle. Black. Also, seeing as I've been informed the COBRA engine is up for commercial use lets give it 10 years and see which is the dominant game engine after that, let the market and the game devs decide - if COBRA has market majority then I'll donate £100 to a charity of YOUR choice and I'll eat my *cough* hat.

Some yahoo started throwing around stock prices and share ownership as if that has 1 thing to do with video game development.

For FDev as ED is their flagship game, it could have a bearing. - if you don't think share prices, stock ownership and company products are linked, I guess you didn't pay too much attention to the last quarter of 2008.

You need to step back and smell what you are shoveling. Then you need to let other people get a word in vertical before you disagree with them.

pretty sure they can, anytime they feel like - I don't own the internet.

That sad sad part of it is unlike the Unreal Engine the Cobra engine can be modified and changed to fit any need of this or any other game. Seeing as how Frontier owns the engine and can continue to update it and change it as they see fit.

Pretty sure the Unreal engine can too within ratings boundaries, otherwise it wouldn't be a viable commercial product, with a signifcant market share - heads up; it is.

When you buy any application or anything for that matter from a third party, you are agreeing with that products limitations and you cannot operate outside of them. If you do, then you lose the third parties support.

So next time instead of getting angry grabbing the pitch fork and going after Frontier, how about you pick up your keyboard open your browser and actually learn something. Its not hard.

I'm allowed to go after FDev, they happily took mine and other peoples money, happily told us the game was going to be XYZ plus ABC and QPR. We are still missing bits, have a look around the forum, other people noticed too, there's a few threads about that, maybe you missed it?

Breath dear boy, breathe.


Oh and one last thing Zambrick. I know all too well what this world is like, I know what humans are capable of in ways no mortal should; if you knew my life, saw my scars and looked into my eyes, you would know without question, that you are p***ing into the wind.

You wan't me to listen, play nice; otherwise go take ........ whatever it is you've got going on there; and take it someplace else, I've had more than enough of that for one lifetime.
 

Ian Phillips

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Time out.

This thread has been mostly off topic for pages and is getting increasingly so.

Cut the personal stuff out. Cut the finacial discussions out. Cut the COBRA engine didn't exist at x date out.

Discuss the OP - multiple light sources - later, when the thread gets re-opened.
 
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