What Do You Do While Your Map Is Compiling?

moultano

<div class="IPBDescription">ns_shiva is up to the 3 hour mark :(</div> What do you do while your map is compiling?

Once_Only

Look around on the web for ways to reduce compile time <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

I tend to just look at websites, mabye play a few games (ones that dont need much processing power) sometimes I just go out.

MrRadicalEd

While I was waiting 30+ hours I was seeding torrents like mad and playing music

Kouji_San

Lock the computer, turn of the tft and go afk. While afk I breath, watch tv, eat cookies, go to see a movie with some buddies or do some random buddy stuff, work on school projects oh and eat some more cookies (not all at once ofcourse <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

BulletHead

Set the compile priority to high, turn off any background programs, start hte compile... then bike up to my g/f's house, we snuggle, kiss, come back down to my house, make some popcorn & watch a movie... make out a lil... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> By the time all that's done, my map's finished <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

moultano

<!--QuoteBegin-BulletHead+Oct 6 2004, 10:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BulletHead @ Oct 6 2004, 10:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Set the compile priority to high, turn off any background programs, start hte compile... then bike up to my g/f's house, we snuggle, kiss, come back down to my house, make some popcorn & watch a movie... make out a lil... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> By the time all that's done, my map's finished <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
man, you just made me yearn uncontrollably for an earlier period in my life . . .

*sigh*

BulletHead

What, can't you do that sorta thing with the wife?

moultano

<!--QuoteBegin-BulletHead+Oct 6 2004, 10:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BulletHead @ Oct 6 2004, 10:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What, can't you do that sorta thing with the wife? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Unfortunately, I don't have a significant other of any kind at the moment. I happen to go to a college at which the number of women is comparable to the number of guys named Dave.

This makes things difficult.

Grizzly

<!--QuoteBegin-Kouji San+Oct 6 2004, 10:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kouji San @ Oct 6 2004, 10:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Lock the computer, turn of the tft and go afk. While afk I breath, watch tv, eat cookies, go to see a movie with some buddies or do some random buddy stuff, work on school projects oh and eat some more cookies (not all at once ofcourse <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
somthing like that <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Lt_Gravity

3 hours???

little bit much.

comparrison:
map - ns_source_b31
architecture - hell! (scratches on each limit)
system - 1.5ghz / 512 mb ram
compile time - little more than 1 (!!!) hour

so where do this 3 hours come from?

what I do in the meantime: go watch tv, go play some games on my ps2, drive to buy some things, tidy up my computer room, eat, call a friend. there are so much possibilities but it would not be enough to fill up 3 hours! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

carioca

after a long day making the map i save the map put to compile and go rest in the morning of another day i wake up and play the map and take some screens.

Belgarion

i had a co_sift compile time of nearly 11 hours with all the extras that make a map look pretty...

Mendasp

Bast takes 4 hours and Sava 30 minutes or so...

I look around forums, kick brute_force a bit, chat in IRC... but if I can I'll just leave it compiling while I'm at class... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Meat_Popsicle

carry on mapping <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Lt_Gravity

<!--QuoteBegin-Belgarion+Oct 7 2004, 02:29 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Belgarion @ Oct 7 2004, 02:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i had a co_sift compile time of nearly 11 hours with all the extras that make a map look pretty... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
belgarion you will get a personal invitation to the betatest... and then will will see if you dare to call it ugly. "just took 1 hour, so its ugly with all the stuff missing thats make a map look pretty!"

<!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Rendy_CZech

ns hulk compilation times are

CSG:7 min
BSP:3 min
VIS:20 min
RAD: 1h 20 min

When I'm doing small compiles (CSG+BSP=10min) I'm messing on NS mapping forum or Score phorum, reading Webmagazines or checking e-mail/icq. Medium compiles (CSG+BSP+VIS=30min) - I eat, read comics/books/magazines or prepare for school ( <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ). Full compiles (~2 hours) I'm doing during night when I sleep.

@Lt.Gravity: Do you invite me to teh private betatest too ? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Crispy

<!--QuoteBegin-moultano+Oct 6 2004, 10:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (moultano @ Oct 6 2004, 10:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-BulletHead+Oct 6 2004, 10:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BulletHead @ Oct 6 2004, 10:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What, can't you do that sorta thing with the wife? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Unfortunately, I don't have a significant other of any kind at the moment. I happen to go to a college at which the number of women is comparable to the number of guys named Dave.

This makes things difficult. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There are so many Dave's at my uni. I'd be sex-rich <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->

P.S. I do nothing because I don't have a computer to compile on. I'm nearing breaking point and thinking more and more that 100 pounds sterling isn't too much to pay for a completed map...

Kester

I generally just keep mapping through it, but othertimes i read a book, watch tv, relax with my fiancée, etc

Rendy_CZech

Oh, I forgott, I pet my cat. She is sooo cuuteeeee <!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif' /><!--endemo-->

MasterG

I check the regular forums (ns.org, spillmodding.no, dtnorway.com, mikeportnoy.com) and then eat something, whatch tv, play a bit on my PS2, go to friends, bandpractice and other stuff.

brute_force

<!--QuoteBegin-moultano+Oct 7 2004, 04:59 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (moultano @ Oct 7 2004, 04:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-BulletHead+Oct 6 2004, 10:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BulletHead @ Oct 6 2004, 10:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What, can't you do that sorta thing with the wife? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Unfortunately, I don't have a significant other of any kind at the moment. I happen to go to a college at which the number of women is comparable to the number of guys named Dave.

This makes things difficult. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
BWAHAHAH! You made me spill cola over my keyboard. Sorry, but that's hilarious.

As for me, I go watch TV, IRC a bit, check out various websites, chat with friends and listen to music.

GiGaBiTe

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->100 pounds sterling isn't too much to pay for a completed map... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

WTH? isnt that like $350 in us dollars?

and while i wait, i turn chair around to other computer and play quake 3.

ns_g0op_siege][ takes about 20 mins to compile

BobTheJanitor

Cook a meal. Brush your teeth. Practice your dance steps. Spy on your neighbors. Enhance your calm through zen meditation techniques. Do some laundry. Play fetch with your dog. Change your oil. Work on that novel you've been putting off. Call your mother; she'll appreciate it. Stare at one point until your vision starts to fade to blackness, then move your head slightly and watch the world light up. Ponder infinity. Scratch an itch. Call an old girlfriend and don't see how long it takes her to hang up while you say nothing on the phone line. Go angsty over whether your compiled map will look any good at all. Take up smoking. Perfect your singing voice. Reminisce over your grade school years, when life was so much simpler. Rearrange the furniture in your living room. Build a tent by putting a blanket over the sofa. Create art projects out of scraps of stuff you find around your kitchen. Give the cat that long needed but long dreaded flea bath. Hunt for patterns in passing clouds. Have a nice nap. Get drunk on extremely cheap boxed wine. Call local restaurants and find the best price on fried chicken, then call the higher priced places and harass them about ripping off their customers. Have a hot and steamy fantasy about TyrNemesis. Shoot water guns at passing cars. Drop jello cubes off 10th floor balconies. Organize your underwear drawer by brand name. Spin around in your chair until you feel ill. Get angry about the lack of quality television programming in the world today. See how long you can stand on one leg. And finally, go check your compile and be horrified when you find out that it's only 10% into RAD.

MasterG

I must say.. THAT IS A FREAKIN LONG LIST!! But many good things to do.. (I like that one about Tyr <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)

Thaldarin

Generally I do a work out <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Go out cycling running to the gym or just sit in doors doing situps. Have a bath, relax, chill, eat alot of food, drink alot of drink, watch a movie, get some friends over.

Have fun <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

ShenTraX

bah, you people have friends? I use to know what that was like.... until you get a wife and kid.... then you have 'neighbors'.

I get evrything i want dont to the map, stat the compile, turn off the monitor and

a) watch CSI
b) get nookie
c) sleep

Usually in that order... followed by waking up and going to work. I normally have to wait 24 hours to see the result.

The_Real_Quasar

I like to compile before I go to school, so I can come back safe in the knowledge that I've got another few hours worth of mapping to do before it all starts again. Overnight is also good.

GiGaBiTe

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Have a hot and steamy fantasy about TyrNemesis.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->


omg....

DarkATi

Optimize my map to reduce compile times. ^_^

Seriously... nulling faces, correcting erroneous cuts or otherwise obsolete geometry, simplifying things.

That and music.

I put on a few good albums and wait for the time to fly by.

During a normal compile I usually listen to "Styx - Renegade" a few hundred times. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

~ DarkATi

Anpheus

I invest a penny a minute in buying more RAM.


And I recommend the lot of you do the same. Jesus, theres no reasonable explanation as to why you should have such high compile times.


Simple solution: Learn to use well placed hint brushes and compile time can actually go down.

Ron2K

During the week, I come back home from varsity, work on the map, and hit the compile button right before I go to bed. At the moment, it takes a little over 3 hours (having lots of memory, even on an old slow 1.3GHz processor works wonders), so it's ready in the morning. Unfortunately, I don't usually have time to look at it in the morning, so I look at it again when I get back home that evening, and the whole process repeats itself.

Over weekends, I try and save compiling for overnight or when I go out. If that's not possible however, I look for my collection of trance CD's (how I find them, I don't know, my room is the biggest bloody mess out there) and bounce around the room for 3 hours.

Worthless sidenote: By the time beta-2 is done (if it's ever done as I have a useless work ethic), it's probably going to take a lot longer than the abovementioned 3 hours.