Category:  Dev

By Mak, July 20, 2016 Comments Off on Space Flight Mechanics – Check! Design, Dev, News

The first phase of development on the Flight Mechanics is now complete, and I have to say, I’m pretty chuffed with the results! Let me begin by saying that this doesn’t mean ‘Flight Mechanics’ is completed and now final. I’ve… Read More »

By Mak, July 8, 2016 Comments Off on Back to Dominium, huzzah! etc. Design, Dev, General

Hi folks, and a return back to Dom Dev for those tired of the flood of book updates! To avoid getting dragged into the mire with bug-fixing the vessel mount code (which is not really a priority at the moment),… Read More »

By Mak, June 29, 2016 Comments Off on Visual tweaks;it’s all about the speed! Design, Dev, General

I’ve been back visiting the unpleasant Bugland this past week or so, and also tinkering with some visual effects; velocity markers and course tunnels. Velocity Markers have two tiers; HUD markers which are projected by the ship-board systems, and ‘real’… Read More »

By Mak, June 5, 2016 Comments Off on PBR Article Published! Articles, Dev, News

Hi folks! I’ve finally managed to polish up the article – it’s amazing how much time it takes to put something together, then edit and format it to be suitable for an article, and then do it all again to… Read More »

By Mak, May 18, 2016 Comments Off on PBR still on the horizon… Dev, General

Another ping-keep-alive I’m afraid… I’ve created the article, reverse engineering the ‘working’ PBR shader I had built… and then found it wasn’t working the same way… on further investigation I found the ‘working’ PBR shader wasn’t quite working as it… Read More »

By Mak, April 24, 2016 Comments Off on All Hail Microsoft Surface Book! Dev, General, News

Well (in a move that probably won’t encourage much in the way of sympathy!) I have moved to the Microsoft Surface Book for my mobile Windows development. I’ve scoured the current flotilla of laptops available today, and frankly, the MSB… Read More »

By Mak, April 22, 2016 Comments Off on PBR on the Horizon Dev, General

Due to having no laptop šŸ™ this past week, I decided to do some research on Physically Based Rendering. I’d been planning to tackle something along these lines since I first created 666’s material system back in 2003. Back then,… Read More »

By Mak, April 13, 2016 Comments Off on Much ado about Mountings Dev, General, News

A dull, keep-alive post I’m afraid… The past couple of weeks has seen me close in on zero know bugs… But rats, I got stymied by the third from last! The innocuously titled bug ā€˜Vessel mounts no longer orient correctly.’… Read More »

By Mak, March 29, 2016 5 Dev, General, News

Whilst it’s been a dry news month – I’ve been busy behind the scenes… Thanks to my offline Redmine workflow, I’ve busted an amazing 24 bugs this month, and logged an incredible 38.58 hours! That’s a full working week on… Read More »

By Mak, March 11, 2016 Comments Off on More Bug Zapping Dev, General, News

Development wise? Nothing new. Bug wise – there are far fewer than the last post šŸ™‚ I think at the close of the last blog post – there were 35 open bugs, at the time of writing this one –… Read More »

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