At 7/2/09 10:34 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: The reg lounges epic 49001th post.
50000 isn't so far away.

I still don't understand why every "landmark" post/page/whatever needs to be full of spam all the time

At 7/2/09 10:38 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: I still don't understand why every "landmark" post/page/whatever needs to be full of spam all the time

Or how 49001 is an epic number, in any sense :P

Nice one using multithreading, I've never even looked into it never mind played around with the idea.. I'm sure you won't notice much of a performance boost, but it must be nice to be able to leave all the separately threaded code to do it's thing and focus on the game code..

At 7/2/09 11:07 AM, liaaaam wrote:

At 7/2/09 10:38 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: I still don't understand why every "landmark" post/page/whatever needs to be full of spam all the time

Or how 49001 is an epic number, in any sense :P

Nice one using multithreading, I've never even looked into it never mind played around with the idea.. I'm sure you won't notice much of a performance boost, but it must be nice to be able to leave all the separately threaded code to do it's thing and focus on the game code..

I'm gonna be decoding and streaming 5 OGG files concurrently, i pretty much need a thread for that if I don't want it to interfere with rendering/gameplay.

Loading needs to be on a separate thread so I can preload the next level while the current one is being played. Even though I have no idea if the game will end up on a console (there's a good chance it will), I need to prepare for the fact that consoles have really really slow hardrive read/write speeds.

Although fuck I just realized that a few of my loading functions use openGL (to set up textures and process data into graphics, etc), which could potentially fuck over my rendering if they mix up like that... I'll probably use the time to just load the file into RAM and decode it at the time I'm currently "loading" it.

It's quite a fun concept though. Shaders, multithreading, etc they're all good stuff and forces you to think in more than one dimension

At 7/2/09 10:38 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 7/2/09 10:34 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: The reg lounges epic 49001th post.
50000 isn't so far away.

I still don't understand why every "landmark" post/page/whatever needs to be full of spam all the time.

It's tradition.

At 7/1/09 10:54 PM, fluffkomix wrote: the only course i ever failed was japanese 9.

but this year i took Jap 9 in the first semester, and Jap 10 in the second. i passed both so now i can go into Japanese 11.

honestly, i'm stupidly lazy. it's a wonder i finish things at all.

I usually start out failing a class, but I always bring my grades up to A's and B's by the end of the semester.

Game of the Moment

lolwut?

In other news, I love Kayn.

At 7/2/09 02:36 PM, MichaelHurst wrote: Game of the Moment

lolwut?

It's going to be the new craze on all the game sites, ultra featured content!

At 7/2/09 04:08 PM, Coaly wrote:

At 7/2/09 02:36 PM, MichaelHurst wrote: Game of the Moment

lolwut?

It's going to be the new craze on all the game sites, ultra featured content!

it is game of the moment, when that moment it gone. nothing

At 7/2/09 02:36 PM, MichaelHurst wrote: Game of the Moment

lolwut?

Jesus Christ, did Zeebarf save Tom's life or something? I mean, it's a good series, but that's like twenty times the display area of anything else on the front page :P

At 7/2/09 04:14 PM, Paranoia wrote: Jesus Christ, did Zeebarf save Tom's life or something? I mean, it's a good series, but that's like twenty times the display area of anything else on the front page :P

Tom's just playin around on the front page. Bob wasnt around so he tried that to see if it would break the css and it didnt.

At 7/2/09 04:14 PM, Paranoia wrote:

At 7/2/09 02:36 PM, MichaelHurst wrote: Game of the Moment

lolwut?

Jesus Christ, did Zeebarf save Tom's life or something? I mean, it's a good series, but that's like twenty times the display area of anything else on the front page :P

Zeebarf is Tom's long lost twin. They just reunited recently. Give the guy a break.

At 7/2/09 04:51 PM, KaynSlamdyke wrote:

At 7/2/09 02:45 PM, MichaelHurst wrote: In other news, I love Kayn.

And there followed another moderator, saying, The Regs Lounge has fallen - that great thread because she made all threads drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

You don't half chat a lot of shit mate.

haha so i guess getting a game of the week is everyones new target? :)

I got my macbook yesterday, i love it so much already. Shit this things fast. Ive been trying to push it, hasnt really hiccuped once. Very happy :)

Have you guys heard about what mochi are doing with MochiCoins?

Basically you sign up, buy "MochiCoins" with real money, and can than spend these on extras in flash games that support them. I think it has huge potential, 100% of the money currently made from these games is from advertising, the players pockets havent even been touched yet...

Obviously the main problem is that one of the biggest attractions of flash games are that they are free. If people just start charging for all the decent games out there, it could just fuck up the industry. If developers dont get greedy it could work really well though. The way I would do it:

Develop a game to a standard that delivered the main experience to all players, to the level I develop my current "free" games already, then spend a few more weeks developing extra content for the players that really love the game and want to take the experience further (by spending a quid or so).

I think it would be a lot more efficient way of making games. I find once you have perfected an engine, got everything working, got all the character animations and styles decided, it feels like a waste to throw it away and start a new game. This will give us a chance to take our games further and probably make twice as much money for them.

Lets just hope people dont get too greedy :)

Anyway sorry for the long post, what do you guys think?

At 7/2/09 04:38 PM, Luis wrote:

At 7/2/09 04:14 PM, Paranoia wrote: Jesus Christ, did Zeebarf save Tom's life or something? I mean, it's a good series, but that's like twenty times the display area of anything else on the front page :P

Tom's just playin around on the front page. Bob wasnt around so he tried that to see if it would break the css and it didnt.

So is that going to be a regular thing then? in which case there should totally be a Movie of the moment too :P

At 7/2/09 05:24 PM, Jimp wrote: haha so i guess getting a game of the week is everyones new target? :)

I got my macbook yesterday, i love it so much already. Shit this things fast. Ive been trying to push it, hasnt really hiccuped once. Very happy :)

Welcome aboard brother. You wont regret this, what specs did you go for in the end?

At 7/2/09 05:27 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Welcome aboard brother. You wont regret this, what specs did you go for in the end?

Cheers man, everything is so shiny here!

I went for the top spec 15 inch macbook pro, so 2.8ghz, 4 gb ram, 512mb graphics cards, plus I spent the £30 or so for the 7200rpm HDD. Runs like a dream :)

At 7/2/09 05:27 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Welcome aboard brother. You wont regret this, what specs did you go for in the end?

I want a mac, but they are so expensive. You can get an equivalent spec laptop for £300 less if its a pc. Anyone know anywhere to get cheaper mac books/imacs?

At 7/2/09 05:44 PM, Depredation wrote: I want a mac, but they are so expensive. You can get an equivalent spec laptop for £300 less if its a pc. Anyone know anywhere to get cheaper mac books/imacs?

People are really careless with laptops. I'm sure if you go near a university or college then you'll see quite a few nice laptops, you can probably just pick them up - long as you don't act too suspicious I'm sure there'll be no problem. Try to stay away from CCTV cameras. They might not catch you but no point taking a risk if you can help it. Some people also leave their windows and doors unlocked while showering or maybe taking a nap so you could try going into a house and seeing if there's any available but this is slightly riskier ("Sorry! Wrong house" remember that phrase).

Enjoy your new Macbook.

Btw guys, what sort of battery life do you get on your laptops? I've read about 8-9 hour but I just don't believe this. I can get 2 and a half hours if I turn my brightness down, turn on "Power Saver" mode and don't do anything too processor intensive. If I use it properly it only lasts about an hour and half.

At 7/2/09 05:52 PM, liaaaam wrote: People are really careless with laptops. I'm sure if you go near a university or college then you'll see quite a few nice laptops, you can probably just pick them up - long as you don't act too suspicious I'm sure there'll be no problem. Try to stay away from CCTV cameras.

Oh yeah students are so easy to rob it's actually insulting. So many people don't lock their doors on campus it's a joke. The amount of times after a night out where we've wondered into people's houses is astonishing.

As for battery life, I get about 5 or so hours proper usage (t'interwebs + MSN + iTunes (sometimes Flash)) outta my Mac. Bout 8 if I just left it with nothing running.

At 7/2/09 05:52 PM, liaaaam wrote: Btw guys, what sort of battery life do you get on your laptops? I've read about 8-9 hour but I just don't believe this. I can get 2 and a half hours if I turn my brightness down, turn on "Power Saver" mode and don't do anything too processor intensive. If I use it properly it only lasts about an hour and half.

Mine lasts an hour. I'm not kidding. They ALWAYS say 8-9 hours. Don't listen. BUT Macs can actually last that long. My older bro just baught a new Macbook Pro and it's just incredible. If i set mine to Power Saver it lasts about 2 hours but runs like absolute shit.

Xbox 360

I got a 360. I don't have Live yet, but will soon. It's bullshit how you have to pay for live on ALL accounts. My older bro has live so far, not me.

At 7/2/09 06:03 PM, Blackfang wrote: I got a 360. I don't have Live yet, but will soon. It's bullshit how you have to pay for live on ALL accounts. My older bro has live so far, not me.

My friend is preaching that they will ditch the cost thing somewhat soon.
No, he doesn't have inside information; it's just that it seems Microsoft are heading that way to compete with the other consoles.

My 360 has decided to commit video suicide recently, and Microsoft don't offer a free/cheap repair service for it. Their repair costs are pretty much the same as buying a new console, so it really sucks.
I'm hoping that the place down the road can fix it; otherwise I'm screwed out of my birthday money. And my girlfriend won't like that.

Anyway, I hope yours doesn't die, and you enjoy many years of fun on your new console!

At 7/2/09 06:03 PM, Blackfang wrote:

At 7/2/09 05:52 PM, liaaaam wrote:

Xbox 360

I got a 360. I don't have Live yet, but will soon. It's bullshit how you have to pay for live on ALL accounts. My older bro has live so far, not me.

oh man, I hate the 360. it's not that I don't like playing it or anything like that, but a bunch of my friends got them, and now whenever I call and ask if they want to hang out, they always tell me they're too busy playing their xbox 360.

At 7/2/09 07:29 PM, Magical-Zorse wrote: oh man, I hate the 360. it's not that I don't like playing it or anything like that, but a bunch of my friends got them, and now whenever I call and ask if they want to hang out, they always tell me they're too busy playing their xbox 360.

i was supposed to be working on that game art today but i was playing call of duty 4 on my xbox 360.

At 7/2/09 05:52 PM, liaaaam wrote: Enjoy your new Macbook.

Awesome, it worked, i got me a new macbook, a ps3, a iPhone and a large collection of gentleman's literature.

This post was written from Manchester Juvenile Prison.

At 7/2/09 07:38 PM, fluffkomix wrote: i was supposed to be working on that game art today but i was playing call of duty 4 on my xbox 360.

tee hee

At 7/2/09 07:50 PM, Magical-Zorse wrote:

At 7/2/09 07:38 PM, fluffkomix wrote: i was supposed to be working on that game art today but i was playing call of duty 4 on my xbox 360.

tee hee

no seriously. i might not finish the bedroom scene today (kinky :3)

At 7/2/09 07:29 PM, Magical-Zorse wrote: oh man, I hate the 360. it's not that I don't like playing it or anything like that, but a bunch of my friends got them, and now whenever I call and ask if they want to hang out, they always tell me they're too busy playing their xbox 360.

Video gaming is much more social today than it was before, me and my friends play Xbox more than anything else we usually do when we hang out. Don't any of your friends have Rock band, or some other nice multiplayer game?

At 7/2/09 07:57 PM, knugen wrote: Video gaming is much more social today than it was before, me and my friends play Xbox more than anything else we usually do when we hang out. Don't any of your friends have Rock band, or some other nice multiplayer game?

They do have multiplayer games like halo and call of duty, but they don't like to play with me because I'm terrible at video games.

At 7/2/09 05:26 PM, Duchednier wrote:

At 7/2/09 04:38 PM, Luis wrote:

At 7/2/09 04:14 PM, Paranoia wrote: Jesus Christ, did Zeebarf save Tom's life or something? I mean, it's a good series, but that's like twenty times the display area of anything else on the front page :P

Tom's just playin around on the front page. Bob wasnt around so he tried that to see if it would break the css and it didnt.

So is that going to be a regular thing then? in which case there should totally be a Movie of the moment too :P

I doubt it. The narrow width of the site makes it take up too much space to be worthwhile, i think tom just wanted to highlight something and see how that would affect views to that and the stuff below. Social experiments, hes been doing all those surveys i guess he really wants to get mileage out of users feedback