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Title: [News] D2X-XL: Web hosted tracker service, post process filters, optimizations
Post by: karx-elf-erx on March 23, 2011, 02:14:01 PM

D2X-XL news time again! :)

#1 In cooperation with the Koolbear, Ryujin and Jeff250 from DescentBB.net a web based tracker service for D2X-XL has been created, allowing to check available Descent 1 and 2 game hosts via a web site. For an example, go here: http://www.descent2.de/trackers.html and click on "Active Servers" to the left.

#2 D2X-XL offers a new explosion shockwave effect realized by a post process filter (shader program modifying the entire frame after it has been rendered). Check out my Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqsf7VYgDjc).

#3 While building the shockwave shader I found a spot in the code unnecessarily slowing down soft particle rendering - which should now be quite a bit faster. So this time, owners of powerful hardware get a goodie here for a change. :)

Title: Re: [News] D2X-XL: Web hosted tracker service, post process filters, optimizations
Post by: Foil on March 24, 2011, 07:16:14 AM

Oh, sweet!!

Title: Re: [News] D2X-XL: Web hosted tracker service, post process filters, optimizations
Post by: Scyphi on March 24, 2011, 11:30:46 AM

Hmm, the shockwave's look cool, but I dunno if I'd really want it in-game.

However, everything else looks/sounds good, and it's made me realize just how much I've fallen out of the loop regarding everything D2X-XL related.  :)

Title: Re: [News] D2X-XL: Web hosted tracker service, post process filters, optimizations
Post by: -<WillyP>- on March 24, 2011, 03:18:28 PM

Quote from: karx-elf-erx on March 23, 2011, 02:14:01 PM

a web based tracker service for D2X-XL has been created, allowing to check available Descent 1 and 2 game hosts via a web site. For an example, go here: [url]http://www.descent2.de/trackers.html[/url] and click on "Active Servers" to the left.

It says server didn't respond, does that mean there are no servers, or is there a problem?

Title: Re: [News] D2X-XL: Web hosted tracker service, post process filters, optimizations
Post by: karx-elf-erx on March 24, 2011, 04:37:58 PM

Problem. The tracker has returned a server, but the server doesn't respond to game info requests.

Title: Re: [News] D2X-XL: Web hosted tracker service, post process filters, optimizations
Post by: karx-elf-erx on March 28, 2011, 01:15:33 PM

Ryujin has proposed a few improvements to D2X-XL's auto-launch capability as cherry on top of the tracker service cream we have created recently. I have implemented these, and you can now see this all working at http://www.DescentValhalla.com/tracker .

You can read what Ryujin has to say about it himself here: http://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?style=16&f=20&t=18223 .