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Re: scripts.dll 3.0 is finally out [message #234229 is a reply to message #234049] Thu, 14 December 2006 17:08 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Dan
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What the hell is this crap? This release brings a shitload of bugs and problems into the game. For example, decals have suddenly gotten violent and start z-fights for no reason, as shown by these screenshots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/TheDan/zfight1.jpg
(I move the camera ever so slightly)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/TheDan/zfight2.jpg
No imagine that flickering for all decals (bullets, scorch marks etc...) hundreds of times as I move around. Annoying as fuck.

I did however notice the bloom:
(The bloom is roughly where I'm aiming)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/TheDan/bloomfight1.jpg
No... wait. I moved my camera and it's gone again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/TheDan/bloomfight2.jpg
Again, popping in and out of existance.

So lets look at sdbedit.exe. I open it up, add a post processing shader with default settings, save and close. I open up Renegade and this happens:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/TheDan/wtfren.jpg
WOAH SUPER AWESOME GRAFICKS!!!!!!!

Okay.. So obviously the default settings must be screwed up so I open up the .sdb file but wait... where the hell have the shaders I made go? Great.. so now I can't delete them and revert back to working settings.

All this at the low-low cost of just a ~50% frame rate hit...

I'm not against the idea of having shader support in Renegade, it's just a tad annoying that someone would release something that works like shit and is very unstable. Couldn't you have worked these bugs out before you released it?
 
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