Author Archives: Eric DeBrosse

About Eric DeBrosse

Lead developer of the Orion Engine.

Network Code Refactoring

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

Something that has bugged me for a while is the current implementation of the network driver.  It was never meant to be production code, rather just a foundation to test and work from. The new implementation will use Windows Overlapped … Continue reading →

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Web Site Performance

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

I have several domains and sub-domains that I like to have forwarded to various places on the Orion Engine site.  For example, support.orionengine.com redirects to www.orionengine.com/support/.  I used to use GoDaddy for this trivial service, but the performance and reliability … Continue reading →

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Newegg

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

Not very happy with the folks over at Newegg.  I thought I would give them a chance on a recent purchase.  I’ve never used them before.  But now, I don’t think I will ever bother with them again.  They wasted … Continue reading →

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SSL VPN Router

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

It’s time to upgrade the old router.  I really need updated VPN capabilities, so I can access my network while offsite at hotels, etc.  Even if the hotel is not directly blocking VPN ports, IPSec has trouble passing through some … Continue reading →

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Asset Manager Application

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

Finally just about finished with the Asset Manager.  It’s been partially complete for a while now.  Just enough to allow clients to self update from the server when they login. Now I have an application that can be used for … Continue reading →

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Bootstrap and the Self Extractor

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

The old setup bootstrap used to implement a fairly old Visual C Runtime.  This allowed it to run without any dependencies on the platforms that we were targeting.  The new bootstrap is compiled using Visual C++ 2017.  However, I’ve completely … Continue reading →

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Entering the ‘Been There’ World Again

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

I reached a major milestone today!  The game server software suite is working again (now it’s all native 64-bit code) and successfully installed on the new server hardware.  Today, I was finally able to login to the game world again … Continue reading →

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3D in the Real World

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

Finally finished working on this two-gripper robot.  He is one of three in a machine that we recently programmed.  I used some game AI on him, lol.  He is pretty smart.  The customer was pretty impressed. Ok, so robots are … Continue reading →

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Orion Engine Plugin System

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

I’ve been pretty busy at work lately, which has hindered my development on the engine some.  However, I’m still pushing forward! The plug-in system (used by the Orion Engine SDK, Orion Script, Orion Genesis, Been There Game, etc.) has been … Continue reading →

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Bad Capacitors

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

The monitor I use for my dev machine (a 52″ LCD Samsung T.V. LOL) started acting up the other day.  It wouldn’t turn on, the standby relay just kept clicking.  I can’t let this get in the way of development!  … Continue reading →

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