Comments on: Updates, Updates Updates

By: LostOverThere

LostOverThere — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:21:34 +0000

You can always unload variables from the system memory. AFAIK, David won’t, and never has released a sloppy game to the public (NE being an exception)

By: ashkan_gc

ashkan_gc — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:38:38 +0000

hi dear david i was not online for one month do to the error of mi ISP but i read most of the blogs now.
oh and about those global variables always from viewpoint of S E you can change all of them by OO methods they are not a good method 160*8bytes means 1K update per step and some of them are string it will become worse than and … a 2D game must have a low system requirement and something like vivid conseptions is not a good game from viewpoint of system requirement.

and you want to sell your game to all customers (all of them do not have modern PCs)

By: chubigans

chubigans — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:35:41 +0000

“Constantly” wasnt the best choice of words…and I’m making sure it doesnt bog down the game.

By: joe_042293

joe_042293 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:45:00 +0000

All sounds good!

By: minmay

minmay — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:30:29 +0000

160 global variables being CONSTANTLY updated? That’s going to lag. Lag lag lag.

Also, Nocturnal Emission was a good name. Well, it’s a good name if you ignore the fact that…