Week 51-53 - Update

Yarr... Now I have nice setup and its almost completely up and running. I also was able to continue developing TSOTR. I already coded few hundred lines, but I haven't been able to set up new repository, because I used some old early 00's router that couldn't handle all traffic and lost some packets etc. So I had to buy new one and now it should be ok. I'll just have to install repository software for my new server and everything for TSOTR developing will be there. I think I'll use rhodecode this time.

In other news... Go to hell apple.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/apple-wins-eu-wide-ban-on-galaxy-tab-7-7-tab-10-1n-not-covered/

I hate when companies do something like that and because of that I'll not make TSOTR for any apple product(for now).

Yeah, they will be losing a lot. /sarcasm

There is a new page on this blog and its called downloads. TSOTR for windows will appear there on 12.12.12.. There is also page called support. TSOTR is donationware so if you like my small project and want to support my work you can find at least paypal donation button from there. Occasionally I might need help with stuff testing etc.. Information about those might also appear on that page.

Week 48-50 - Update

Some problems with redmine again, but I were able to fix them with help of basse(Thanks!). Not sure will I be able to do anything next week, because I am going to get my new server and I have to move my software for it and configure my new router.

- Planet generator

I have started making planet generator and so far everything seems fine. After I get planet generator ready next step would be to make my 3D engine to understand generated planets and to show them visually.

Oh and there is a release date for TSOTR now and its 12.12.12.

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Week 36-47 - Update

Nothing has really happened. First debian update broke redmine, which contains all information about features & stuff in TSOTR and I really didn't have time to fix it until my vacation started. Of course when I was on vacation I really didn't want to do anything and just wanted to recharge my batteries. Eventually I got bored and fixed redmine and I think I might have some time this week to continue where I left 11 weeks ago.

Week 35 - Update

- Resizable window
Window is now resizable and resolution can be from anything to anything. Even menus will be resizable. Not sure can I keep this feature as it is now, because it currently freezes program when resizing window.


- Mouselook & free movement
When in 3D mode engine can handle mouselook properly and also it can calculate movement properly.


- Sounds
Sounds are now supported too. Engine can use various sound formats.


What next?
I am trying to figure out how to make planets procedurally. In TSOTR there will be at least two planets. First one is Minarus. Minarus is the main world where player will be able to move/live/die. Second one is moon of Minarus and it will be procedurally generated just like Minarus itself. Also star map will be procedurally generated so every world will have different kind of star map. Later on I might even add other planets into lore, if civilizations on Minarus have equipment to see them.

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Week 34 - Update

- Diagnostics

I made simple Diagnostics class for cpu usage tracking in TSOTR.

- Config files comments

Configuration files now support comments(Incredible!).

- Multi-core support

TSOTR now supports multiple cores and has configuration for amount of cores it may use and TSOTR can now identify how many cores current system has. With default configuration it will use all it can find.

- TSOTR testing project

I made testing project and recruited few testers. For now I don't need that many testers, but its good to try TSOTR on more than one machine in its early stages.

- Model loader

TSOTR now supports few different kind of model formats.

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Week 33 - Update

(First person state & logging)

States are done for now and also I finished logging. I was able to create two states, first person state and main menu state. Moving in first person state works and main menu state seems to work perfectly. I have made few tasks, but I am not sure which one I will do next. Diagnostics maybe?

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Week 32 - Update

I designed some parts new parts and redesigned some stuff. Logger is almost done and interfaces between model, view and controller are almost done. I also found some strange opengl feature. When I ran TSOTR something was eating more and more mem all the time. After unit testing I found out that it was opengl that was responsible for it. Fortunately it stopped after I left TSOTR to run for a while. Anyway, I was able to code few hundred lines.

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Weeks 29-31 - Update

I am still doing the States part. Actually it got a bit bigger as I had to design and make state loader, model loader etc. before I could use states, but its going along nicely now. There is only few tasks to do with states. Just some string parsing and state information saving. After those I have to test how system actually works and start making some resources for states I am going to test.

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Week 28 - Update

Few lines of code and lots of redesigning. Next I have to implement new action system and make simple state loader that loads stuff from txt and try to use it to make few states and switch between them.

Weeks 26-27 - Update

Well, there is some progress with engine integration, but there is still a lot of work to, before there is anything I can show you.

In other news my google adsense account has been banned for a while already. Why it was banned? Well it was my mistake. I had old account, which I tried to disable and then apply for another account. Of course my old account didn't get disabled and google posted information about it to my old accounts email, which I don't use anymore. So I had no idea that it was still active and two adsense accounts means ban in adsense. And that ban is forever. I tried to appeal, but got no response. I can't even make account for my company, because it was I who was banned, not just my account.

I guess I should try alternatives, like yahoos ads or something.

Week 25 - Update

So... I was trying to integrate my 3D engine with current code. I checked what I had to do, made few tasks, designed some new actions and put up redmine on my server. I will be using redmine to track what I was doing and what I have already done. There will be some code & stuff on redmine so I won't make it publicly available.

Weeks 19 - 24 Update

For weeks 19 - 23 nothing happened mostly because of xmas, but on this week I was able to get back in business. I didn't code anything, but I went through my documentation and tried to figure out what I was doing. There was just too few lines about what I did last year so I need to put some more effort for documentation. Hopefully next week I can tell you where I was and what I was doing. :D