New DirectX9 DM clone - entombed

Post by **Gambit37** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:10 pm

you? really! wow!

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:26 pm

next to beowuuf and beowuuf, me as well.

But the computer is too slow I believe
not that I would not try it , though

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:30 pm

lol, i intercepted and added and forgot to delete the original

Toni Y · Post by **Toni Y** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:12 pm

DSE wrote:Quick question - is anyone not using Windows XP ?

And me. Windows 2000 (the computer is up to date in other ways though, GF7900, AMD64X2 4200+, 1 gig)

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:39 pm

I use linux; forgot to tell..

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:46 pm

Bless you!

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:03 pm

Well, the game now works in Windows 2000. What was the delay I hear you say ? Well, the physics engine I am using has a very serious bug in Windows 2000 which entailed me rewriting the entire event system in the game. I have found a work around which has no impact on the performance and it works perfectly.

Toni Y - it will run amazingly well on that machine, its very similiar to my brothers and he gets around 250-400 fps (when I dont cap it). FYI - my windows 2000 machine is a AMD XP 2400+ with 7600GS and (with the right settings) never drops below 85 fps (capped).

More very soon, I still have some more testing to do on a couple of machines...

Erik Bauer · Post by **Erik Bauer** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:38 pm

All dedication in the first Alpha release...
What can I tell... your game WILL be

indeed!

Trakl · Post by **Trakl** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:46 pm

Well I hope it will actually display anything. I'd be glad to play it with 15 fps...

Well I'm using as I said Win2000 and a Transmeta 5800 CPU with roughly 900mhz-1Ghz and a SIS315_315E with 32 MB Video-DDR-SDRAM ...

This will be the ultimate test although I must say I had absolutely no performance problem with Escape from Dragon Mountain.

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:31 pm

We will see .. but I am not sure its going to work at all, sorry.

I loved "Escape from Dragain Mountain", it was awesome, a truly great peice of work. However there are significant differences between their game and Entombed when it comes to rendering and physics. For better or worse effect (you decide) my engine is much more hardware reliant and requires a more modern graphics processor. Basically, if your computer will play modern Directx 9 games, it will play Entombed ...

We will have to see how the demo plays on everyones computers ... and yours may well pose and interesting challenge. Who knows I may do a simpler shader for people with less powerful computers. I will wait and see what the response is first.

I am genuinely nervous about releasing Entombed. Its difficult to put your 'baby' up for general download and to then deal with the inevitable flaming that it will get from some members of the online community.

Dave.

Trakl · Post by **Trakl** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:34 pm

You have all respect of the world from me, that's for sure. Regardless of any success on MY machine...

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:41 pm

People on this forum are great, very supportive ... very cool community.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:50 am

I'm sure people will be kind to your baby!

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:25 am

I think the only person who was nasty over the other one was twinfalls .. and that was in part to promote his own engine it seemed..

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:29 am

Cowsmanaut - I have sent you an email to . I purchased a model from TurboSquid to finish the 3D contents on the demo, but it turns out that the zip file was corrupt (they have refunded my money). I have attached the bits I could extract from the zip and have sent it to you. Is there anything you can do with the info I have sent ? Please let me know.

Thanks again (and sorry to keep bugging you) :O)

Dave.

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:52 am

so you have meat, bread, and a wineskin... where's our demo?

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:11 am

I know, I nkow. Yesterday I worked (at work not on the game) from 8.30 am until midnight ... so I havent had time to relase it. Ok here goes.

THE DEMO WILL BE RELEASED THIS SATURDAY (TOMORROW), I PROMISE ...

cowsmanaut - thanks for all your help and support, the models are great.

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:21 pm

ENTOMBED ALPHA DEMO RELEASED

Well here we go, please download the first alpha demo of Entombed. There are 3 levels to test and you can get support by emailing me on daveemmett@hotmail.com.

Its a free large file sharing site, so its not perfect.

ABOUT THE DEMO - THIS IS *NOT* A FINISHED GAME. THE AIM OF THE DEMO IS TO GET INITIAL THOUGHTS, PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK AND BUG REPORTS. THERE IS STILL A FAIR BIT LEFT TO DO ON THE GAME, BUT THERE IS ENOUGH FOR AN ALPHA DEMO.

ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD - PLEASE NOTE, WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK BELOW YOU WILL SEE A 'LOADING FILE INFO ... PLEASE WAIT'. THIS WILL DISAPPEAR INSIDE 20 SECONDS, THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD THEN APPEARS.

http://www.4shared.com/file/11634436/e0 ... ombed.html

I am going out for the next hour so I will respond to any posts on my return.

Thanks,
Dave.

Trakl · Post by **Trakl** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:17 pm

One Question: which Version of .NET do I have to install in order to run the game properly? (win2k)

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:22 pm

Trakl - if you are trying to run the demo on your laptop (spec posted before), I am 90% sure it wont even load ... really sorry.

But just in case, you need this version of .net (1.1) -

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

There is also a service pack for the .net 1.1 which it might be worth downloading. Dont know if it makes a difference.

Good luck,
Dave.

Trakl · Post by **Trakl** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:26 pm

Sorry, DSE, I've been looking forward to it for months, now I'll just give it a try. Don't worry, I won't blame it on you if this doesn't work!

Post by **Sophia** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:34 pm

It won't run for me either.

It says:
"The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application."

So I did.

However!
I don't know if I need to download something else, or for that matter, if my computer (2.5ghz, 1GB ram, some crappy old GeForce) is up to the specs.

Maybe you could post some rough required specs and links to any packages that you need to download besides this on your download link

Trakl · Post by **Trakl** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:04 pm

Hmmm now it starts the menu but I get an error message. I also did not find any AGEIA win2k version.

Suule · Post by **Suule** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:04 pm

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Nie znaleziono pliku lub zestawu o nazwie Microsoft.DirectX lub jednej z jego zależności. (File or set called Microsoft.DirectX not found)
Nazwa pliku: "Microsoft.DirectX" (File Name)
.....

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:20 pm

You need to have installed -

1. Microsoft .Net 1.1 redist/run-times
2. DirectX (Feb 2007 redist package from Microsoft or equivalent)
3. Ageia system software (the xp/vista installer works on windows 2000 also).

Thanks,
Dave.

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:22 pm

Trakl - no harm in trying - best of luck

Sophia - your graphics card wont be good enough to play it, unless it has
shader model 2.0 support, which model is it ?

Suule - you need to install a more recent DirectX redist. Make sure it has the managed runtime in the redist you install.

Thanks,
Dave.

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:25 pm

Thanks Sophia for the reminder about posting what is required to run it (install wise). Totally forgot about this.

FYI - If your machine will run a modern DirectX 9 game then it will run Entombed.

If you need any more help, let me know.
Dave.

Suule · Post by **Suule** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:37 pm

Quits at 10%

System.InvalidCastException: Rzutowanie ciągu "0.0" na typ 'Single' nie jest prawidłowe. ---> System.FormatException: Nieprawidłowy format ciągu wejściowego.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DoubleType.Parse(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.SingleType.FromString(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
....

DSE · Post by **DSE** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:54 pm

can you translate to english the part near "0.0" for me please ?

what OS are you using and what service pack are you on ?

can you send me the full report from your dxdiag.exe please ?