Dark Knite Engine

[DarkX]

Ok I have now nearly finished my Gameloop code, and jumped the FPS a bit. FPS=303 from 90 this is with the same amount of players online, extra animations, and npc's on the map. 303 was the lowest I had aquired in a 10 minute test here's the image for proof



I'll post more updates later on this week

[Labmonkey]

Give computer specs or your fps means nothing. If you have a really really crappy computer, then anything above 30 is good, if you have a newage computer with a super fast graphics card, then your going to have an extremely high fps.

[ExoShox]

well Lab the chat box says the FPS was 303. at least in the latest picture. and what the hell is wrong with the picture. it looks like my sister went thru it and picked random colors and then used the pencil tool in paint (oh god she sucks so bad with graphics that it is embarrassing)

[Matt]

well Lab the chat box says the FPS was 303. at least in the latest picture. and what the hell is wrong with the picture. it looks like my sister went thru it and picked random colors and then used the pencil tool in paint (oh god she sucks so bad with graphics that it is embarrassing)

Nobody cares about your sister.

He used a lossy format for saving the screenshot, that's all.

[Labmonkey]

its a jpeg with the file extension .bmp lol

[ExoShox]

well Lab the chat box says the FPS was 303. at least in the latest picture. and what the hell is wrong with the picture. it looks like my sister went thru it and picked random colors and then used the pencil tool in paint (oh god she sucks so bad with graphics that it is embarrassing)

Nobody cares about your sister.

He used a lossy format for saving the screenshot, that's all.

Matt it was a comparison.

[Matt]

well Lab the chat box says the FPS was 303. at least in the latest picture. and what the hell is wrong with the picture. it looks like my sister went thru it and picked random colors and then used the pencil tool in paint (oh god she sucks so bad with graphics that it is embarrassing)

Nobody cares about your sister.

He used a lossy format for saving the screenshot, that's all.

Matt it was a comparison.

ExoShox, I'm an asshole.

I'm fully aware that it was a comparison. However, you went into much more detail than was required.

[GIAKEN]

I HIGHLY doubt that 303 FPS...seriously...

I wouldn't doubt it, however, if we knew your computer specs...

[DarkX]

amd Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 4800+ on interegrated graphics card
2.50GHz, 896 mb of ram

and it ran 198 on my old AMD K62 single core 400+

[Coke]

Thats a pretty crap PC these days *no offence*, 303 is believable, I've had nearly 2k on my old machine on one of Robin's crazy fooking tests.

[DarkX]

Well I test on the worst of my machines because when I got into internet gaming I was playing Diablo 2 and it didn't work to well on that amd K62 400+. So I remember that just because my better computer can run it fine doesn't mean that the ones who still have old computers will be able to.

[Robin]

Thats a pretty crap PC these days *no offence*, 303 is believable, I've had nearly 2k on my old machine on one of Robin's crazy fooking tests.

My old Mirage sources were so fucking fast ;DD

[GIAKEN]

How?

If I do even 4 or so BltFast calls I only get like 300 FPS...

[Labmonkey]

32 fps on old computers is all you really need.

[GIAKEN]

32 FPS is all you need period.

But when you're optimizing, unlock it.

[Labmonkey]

Its a closed source engine, so why do you all care if the fps is 90 unlocked?

[DarkX]

Because it gives them something to talk about in hopes to keep MS Forums alive and well, plus maybe there "thinking in the long run for anyone who would use it"
Who knows, but it's there opinion. Can't argue with them might get locked again.

[GIAKEN]

Why do you care that people optimize?

You should try to get your FPS as high as you can go. The better the FPS, the better your code. It's like saying you can work out really good and you can run the mile really fast, but hey if you go ahead and eat a Big Mac' and only run the mile a few seconds slower then why not? Seriously Labmonkey.

[DarkX]

Hey guys, I am off from both jobs for the weekend and have been plowing in to DKE again, trying to fix some of the bugs caused by features installed in to the last version of the source, taking forever but hopfully I should have it up and running soon.

Keep ya posted

-Korrey A D

Edited
my unlocked fps now

my locked fps still sits at 320 but hey I'm not complaining.

[DarkX]

Hey guys, I am making this post(don't beat me for Double posting) because there is new work to DKE, I can't get the download link to work so go to
http://kazmostech.com/DKE2.3.9.zip and download the latest copy and test out the things that are in it.

here's the new list since it has changed since June

FEATURES:
Visual Banks
Loading % when starting server
Clean Client Folder
Clean Server Folder
frmMapEditor
Fill and Clear Buttons
Item Names Above Them When Dropped
Spawn Npc Attribute
Enter Password Twice to Delete Accounts
Enter Password Twice On New Account
Set other players sprites & Button on Admin Panel
Jail players & button On Admin Panel
frmAdmin Panel
Increase Max Map NPC's
Server Status On main Menu
Heal HP Attribute
Heal MP Attribute
Heal SP Attribute
Attacking tiredness
Movement tiredness
Music Demo
Looping Music
Private Messaging
Jail System
Extra Layers
Arena Map Moral
Hotel Map Moral
text in Chat box instead of frmmirage
New Interface
Increased characters per account
Signs
Npcs Names above them
Live Stats
Custom Experience
Removed frmTraining
Added Buttons To picStats to use remaining stat points
lblpoints to see how many you have left
Player to Player Trading
Display Sprites On Character Create
Show Accounts/Players online serverside
Warp Spell Type
Multiple Drops
Genders
Dawn/Day/Evening/Night (thanks to Forte)
Customizable GUI
Quests (thanks To help from Sonire and Forte)
HP Bars on MainScreen
Visual Inventory, with Visual Equiped
Npc's drop single or multiple items
Added extra Item Types (boots, Gloves)
Memorize Spell
32x64 Npc's, and Sprites
Remember id, and pw on login
Added FrmIpConfig
Removed picGuild and added to the stats pic
Customizable Game Name
Kill player Attribute
News System
Set NpcHp, and NpcExp
MapEditor Selector
Can't run anymore if SP runs out
Fishing
Radar Maps
Mining
PaperDoll(only armors for now)
Moveable picture boxes
Open shop on left click
Forget spell
Requirements To Use Item(str, Def, Magi, Speed)
Visual Spells
Fullscreen option
New item requirments(Access,Class)
New Quest requirment(Class)
Guild Members Online List
Class Descriptions
Semi-advanced server menu
.Dll/.Ocx registration program
Visual Parties
PlayerShops

REMOVED:
25 x 20 scrolling maps
Guild creation removed check that wouldn't allow uses to make guilds only admins
Set messages for ShopKeepers, and Friendly npc's(use the cannot attack npc message now)
Particle System

BUG FIXES:
Music
Npc Attacksay
Destroy Banlist
Error Message & Shutdown
Target Type
Spell Type AddSP
Update Item
Server Shutdown Timer
Item Type Key
Item Equip Requirment
Spell Level Requirment
Delete Account
LeftGame
Map Respawn after editing a map
Blting on the Item, and Npc editors
Blting the shield image on visual equipment
Delete char
Server loading %
MapEditor Bug
Proper Walking
Spell Casting
Class Names
Map editor fill button
Bank(accepts all items now)
SpellLvl Requirments
NpcHp Bars
IpConfig
PicScreen_MouseDown
Admin panel
Open shops on click(readded items to list everytime you clicked the npc)
Spell's didn't save
Charlist.txt didn't save

OPTIMIZATIONS:
Don't Blt when Minimized
Converted to Binary
Replaced Trim with Trim$
Replaced ChrW with ChrW$
Replaced Mid with Mid$
Lowered Max_Chars from 10 to 3
Replacd Left with Left$
Replaced Right with Right$
Replaced Mid with Mid$
Visual Banks constantly looped through(only looped through every half a second now)
Replaced all Next(Variable) With just Next
Replaced all """ To vbNullString
Cleaned up some DX coding

SECURITY FEATURES:
Prevent Duplicate Accounts Online at Once

let me know what you think

[buggames]

Huh?

[Kevin49]

Huh?

Go download the DLLs

[DarkX]

actually you don't need to download them, Client

[Xlithan]

Reading through the post. Just to let you know that M:RPGe was released WAY before Konfuze was even made, it was based off Mirage Source 3.0.3. And I'll have you know that it was the first publically released open source engine with additions not seen in other sources.
It even had pets!

[DarkX]

I just posted it in that order because everytime I asked about MRPGE on some of the old forums I would get E-mails saying it was based off of Konfuze(probably a bunch of people who didn't know which one came first)

And I removed 2 from that list, so that subject can be left alone.