Tag Archives: been there game

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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Animation Controller Scaling

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

Turns out I wasn’t extracting scaling properly in my 3ds Max exporter plug-in. For one thing, if the local transformation included any scaling, it could cause NAN problems to arise while converting the matrix rotations into quaternions for the keyframed … Continue reading →

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Networking Code

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Eric DeBrosse

I finally feel the game’s network code is very stable. I found a pretty major bug on Christmas day that would cause file downloads to randomly stall. It had been nagging me for a while. Of course, this severely hurt … Continue reading →

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Client Avatar Updates

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Eric DeBrosse

The game client now queues up all avatar update notifications. For example, if you walk into an area with a LOT of avatars, they are slowly and gracefully “spilled” into the current scene. Instead of trying to load all of … Continue reading →

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Game Server Avatar Updates

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Eric DeBrosse

The game server finally properly handles avatar update messages. Basically, all avatars are grouped into small areas. These areas align with the land block grid system used by the terrain renderer. As a player moves in and out of a … Continue reading →

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False Positive

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Eric DeBrosse

Have you ever written and compiled an application that instantly gets flagged as a Trojan? Windows Defender thought my Setup.exe bootstrap program was a virus! This cracks me up. I reported it as a false positive to Microsoft and all … Continue reading →

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Been There Radar Window

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Eric DeBrosse

The radar window now works in the game. It shows all avatars that are nearby. It can also be used to select an avatar. Once the combat system works, it will also show the enemies/monsters. In addition to a few … Continue reading →

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Object Identification

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Eric DeBrosse

The examine dialog can now be used to identify all objects in the game that can be interacted with. This includes everything in your backpack. New treasure chests have been added to the areas where the portals take you, all … Continue reading →

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