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2 months ago

PRISM-Engine Update

After a couple of months I return with a new update. Summing it up, it is an entire rewrite of the original engine, making it much faster than before. The map editor still lacks a save-function, and a few optical features.

Felix


To explain it in more detail what exactly this update brings, I have to explain the process behind it. I noticed that the engine became slower and slower over time especially at bigger screen sizes, rendering it impossible to keep a steady 60 FPS frame rate, especially when using maps with numerous sectors. The rewrite required me to split up the custom objects into arrays of primitive data types such as Integer, Float, Boolean, Uint, etc., interestingly making the code more readable (?). There are also many, more efficient loops, algorithms, and so on implemented, intertwining to some extent the rendering and game logic. This version is called ULTRA, always when creating a rewrite of the engine I for some inexplicable reason that way. Anyways, I will soon create my GitHub repository to share the source code of the engine. As of now the UI is very rudimentary and basic, however soon the font rendering will be reintroduced.

Felix

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