Comments on: The Making Of: Dungeon Siege http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/09/07/the-making-of-dungeon-siege/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rock, Paper, Birthday: We Are One | Rock, Paper, Shotgun http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/09/07/the-making-of-dungeon-siege/#comment-79786 Rock, Paper, Birthday: We Are One | Rock, Paper, Shotgun Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:18:55 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=214#comment-79786 [...] Settlers II Operation: Flashpoint Cannon Fodder 2 Thief: Deadly Shadows A Tale In The Desert Dungeon Siege Sacrifice Shogun Total War Outcast [...] [...] Settlers II Operation: Flashpoint Cannon Fodder 2 Thief: Deadly Shadows A Tale In The Desert Dungeon Siege Sacrifice Shogun Total War Outcast [...]

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]]> By: Simon Richard Clarkstone http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/09/07/the-making-of-dungeon-siege/#comment-911 Simon Richard Clarkstone Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:05:11 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=214#comment-911 If you want the technical details, read <a href="http://www.drizzle.com/~scottb/gdc/continuous-world.htm" title="The Continuous World of Dungeon Siege" rel="nofollow"><i>The Continuous World of Dungeon Siege</i>,</a>. To avoid floating-point problems and to allow continuous loading, , the world was split up into nodes with specified transformations between them. This resulted in a world that often cannot be mapped, as it would pass through itself. There were also many tricks that were used to fit the huge number of objects in memory. Many things self-destruct, or disappear if out of sight for more that a few minutes. If you want the technical details, read The Continuous World of Dungeon Siege,. To avoid floating-point problems and to allow continuous loading, , the world was split up into nodes with specified transformations between them. This resulted in a world that often cannot be mapped, as it would pass through itself. There were also many tricks that were used to fit the huge number of objects in memory. Many things self-destruct, or disappear if out of sight for more that a few minutes.

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]]> By: Jim Rossignol http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/09/07/the-making-of-dungeon-siege/#comment-870 Jim Rossignol Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:24:20 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=214#comment-870 Heh. I'll fix that. Christ is most proud of his bumper stickers. Heh. I’ll fix that.

Christ is most proud of his bumper stickers.

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]]> By: afray http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/09/07/the-making-of-dungeon-siege/#comment-869 afray Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:56:33 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=214#comment-869 <i>What is Christ most proud of?</i> Intentional typo? What is Christ most proud of?

Intentional typo?

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]]> By: Jonty http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/09/07/the-making-of-dungeon-siege/#comment-865 Jonty Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:09:42 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=214#comment-865 That was a good event. I was going to say I should have recorded my drunken babbling at the lovely Brian Reynolds, but it occurs to me I've got an epic three-hour recording of the closing stages of the night. I'll assemble a CD comprising that and that cab driver in Baltimore: in stores for Christmas. That was a good event. I was going to say I should have recorded my drunken babbling at the lovely Brian Reynolds, but it occurs to me I’ve got an epic three-hour recording of the closing stages of the night. I’ll assemble a CD comprising that and that cab driver in Baltimore: in stores for Christmas.

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