Author Archives: Eric DeBrosse

About Eric DeBrosse

Lead developer of the Orion Engine.

Game Status

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Eric DeBrosse

Wow, is it February already? Finally able to get busy with the game again. Just wanted to leave a post letting people know that I’m still alive and kicking!

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Client-Server Avatar Movement Updates

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Eric DeBrosse

I’ve never really been totally happy with how my avatar movements are handled by the client and the server. For one thing, dealing with the inevitable network lag stinks. I’m trying to make the server and the client perform the … Continue reading →

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Direct3D 11 Refactor

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Eric DeBrosse

Just about have the new Orion Engine D3D11 driver module finished. Testing should begin soon. I still want to emulate some of the legacy Fixed-Function Pipeline using shaders. I think the generic lighting routines are still useful. Also, FFP processing … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Eric DeBrosse

Can’t believe it’s already 2022. How time flies. Hope everyone has a great year!

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Been There Game Update

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

I’m still learning Direct3D 11, It’s quite a bit different than the DirectX 9 API. Anyway, I do hope to have the new video driver working soon. I’ve been busy with other things lately, but I am finally ready to … Continue reading →

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DirectX 11 Support

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

Finally decided it was time to update the Direct3D video driver currently used by Orion Engine. It seems DirectX9 support in Windows 10 is taking a back seat. Apps no longer run exclusively in full-screen mode, they are now just … Continue reading →

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Render Thread

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

While working on cleaning up the avatar movement messages, I decided to move the rendering and scene updates to their own threads. This certainly smooths things out quite a lot! For one thing, input device updates don’t get starved whenever … Continue reading →

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Enemy NPC Avatars

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

Finally! Everything is coming together in the game to the point where I can finally work on the combat system. Now that the code for the friendly NPCs is progressing well, I’m starting to work out all of the details … Continue reading →

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NPC Avatars

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

Finally got around to adding some NPCs into the game. Currently you can chat with them. Soon, they will be used to start quests, and to provide rewards, etc. It’s very cool that I have this working, since enemies will … Continue reading →

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Large Mesh Files

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

I decided to re-write the mesh load and save routines used by the engine. They were previously using a recursive algorithm, which quickly caused the stack to fill up on larger models with deep hierarchies. Running into a stack overflow … Continue reading →

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