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Posted on January 24, 2010 - by Eric

Ftanks update – approaching beta

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Still late but we think we can go beta this week.  The terrain destruction system is undergoing some heavy optimization because it drops the framerate by 50% when it recalculates the terrain during an explosion. We are trying a ‘grid based recalculation by area’ method to restrict the part it recalculates. The come2play API is quirky and has some learning curve to make it behave optimally but nothing a deep dive can’t fix. Thats all for the technical wizardy my partner is doing. As for my part, here are a few new assets in the repository;

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Related posts:

  1. Ftanks and Pushbutton Engine
  2. Beta Testing Guidelines for iPhone Apps
  3. The English Baron – Project Wordman update
  4. Come ye Fusion Tanks!
  5. Word Mansion Update!

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