Natural Selection 2 News Update - Friday Update - Engine Test Status

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Crispix

Woo Hoo!!! Can't wait until next Friday. Thank you for setting a date.

Commie Spy

i came

johnny truant

Absolutely brilliant, well done guys. Very much looking forward to April 9th :D

muffins

so pumped

SgtBarlow

Excellent stuff but are we going to get culling in the Editor because it is dieing as the map gets bigger :(

* Actually, Give us a Dynamic Max draw distance slider! Please!

Icejelly

finally, all those naysayers can finally shut up and enjoy walking around an empty map

NeutralX2

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->For the past month we've been working on improving network reliability, optimizing the Lua interface and<b> tightening up the graphics</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Hahaha. Be sure to get level 3 done.

<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/users/Jeff/video_player?id=IiMzwjGt5bsF" target="_blank">http://www.gamespot.com/users/Jeff/video_p...id=IiMzwjGt5bsF</a>

Max

<!--quoteo(post=1761330:date=Mar 26 2010, 05:21 PM:name=SgtBarlow)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SgtBarlow @ Mar 26 2010, 05:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1761330"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Excellent stuff but are we going to get culling in the Editor because it is dieing as the map gets bigger :(<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's coming shortly afterward.

trinity.ns

soooo excited!

devicenull

So will it include a way to actually run the LUA code and see what effect it has, or are we just getting the API?

Thaldarin

<!--quoteo(post=1761334:date=Mar 27 2010, 12:25 AM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Mar 27 2010, 12:25 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1761334"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That's coming shortly afterward.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Just set your lights and spot lights to false, it's not difficult.

schkorpio

*runs to the store to purchase sli nvidia GTX480's*

UncleRay

<!--quoteo(post=1761334:date=Mar 26 2010, 08:25 PM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Mar 26 2010, 08:25 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1761334"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That's coming shortly afterward.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Thank you Max! As a mapper my self, I believe it's a lighting issue. I've added over 1,000 props into a single map, and no problem. The second I add lights, it starts going downhill from there. Also, could you also look into this following problem please?

Add a light, colored at pure white, edit the color to any other color, hit ctrl-z to undo, and it changes to another color such as a rough pinkish purple. It might just be me.

bHack

brilliant news!

TrC

Cool stuff. We learned that shortly > 1month.

TychoCelchuuu

<!--quoteo(post=1761332:date=Mar 26 2010, 07:21 PM:name=NeutralX2)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NeutralX2 @ Mar 26 2010, 07:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1761332"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hahaha. Be sure to get level 3 done.

<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/users/Jeff/video_player?id=IiMzwjGt5bsF" target="_blank">http://www.gamespot.com/users/Jeff/video_p...id=IiMzwjGt5bsF</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Someone beat me to it :(

Jibrail

EXCELENT very good news god job guys, Ill be dreaming of that day starting tonight :D allso I was wondering are we gonna get any more updates today?

BreadMan

<!--quoteo(post=1761339:date=Mar 26 2010, 06:32 PM:name=UncleRay)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (UncleRay @ Mar 26 2010, 06:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1761339"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Add a light, colored at pure white, edit the color to any other color, hit ctrl-z to undo, and it changes to another color such as a rough pinkish purple. It might just be me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Actually Ray that's because each of the color values changing, R, G, and B, are recorded as a separate step in the undo history. You just have to undo a couple more times before they're all back to 255.

Dalin Seivewright

Yay.
That is all.

UncleRay

<!--quoteo(post=1761344:date=Mar 26 2010, 08:38 PM:name=BreadMan)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BreadMan @ Mar 26 2010, 08:38 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1761344"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Actually Ray that's because each of the color values changing, R, G, and B, are recorded as a separate step in the undo history. You just have to undo a couple more times before they're all back to 255.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

That's what I thought at first, but I've only changed the color once, and it would still happen.

HoAx

Amazing!, gonna skip work for this.

Thrillseeker

I think that those who bought most keys should test first :P!

BiGBearKeith

Nice. I pre-ordered the game but i never recieved an email about the testing.

slayer20

What will our limits be as far as showing off the engine to those that can't play it?

Xerond

"Nice. I pre-ordered the game but i never recieved an email about the testing. "

Ditto. =( I must have pre-ordered the SE a few hours from the opening of the NS2 pre-order page and I haven't received any engine test info. =(

Thaldarin

You're not under NDA, so far.

Phase

Sweet mother of pearl, they do read the forums and listen to my occasional comments :D Can't wait to play around with LUA inside the engine environment.

Drown

<!--quoteo(post=1761354:date=Mar 26 2010, 09:09 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Mar 26 2010, 09:09 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1761354"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You're not under NDA, so far.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm not sure NDA is in UWE's vocabulary. They seem to be one of the most pornographic developers, in terms of reveals, ever! ;)

Cereal_KillR

Besides, I'm not really an expert at these things, but isn't putting an NDA on something that's sold (as in, you can get in the alpha just by paying, and not by being a journalist or critic) somewhat counter-intuitive? And nearly impossible? (Because an NDA only works because you will not disclose info only because you are getting a service you can't easily get)

Dupox

Great job :-).