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Post by powdergamefreak on May 26, 2010 1:29:51 GMT
 why cant there be infinate dots?
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Post by whoknows on May 26, 2010 3:47:47 GMT
Infinite dots would render some older computers incapable of running powder game as it would be too taxing on the system.
(In other words older computers may lag too much o.o)
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Post by Qwerty on May 26, 2010 3:48:03 GMT
I'm afraid it is a matter partly of programming capabilities, and also of lag. It would be practically impossible to do so in the current system without MASSIVE reprogramming, and even then it would mean a game at one frame every ten seconds.
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Post by Rabidbadger on May 26, 2010 15:10:02 GMT
One frame every ten seconds? Are you sure you didn't mean 10 fps?
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Post by pir8ozzy on May 26, 2010 15:47:27 GMT
One frame every ten seconds? Are you sure you didn't mean 10 fps? I think he may actually have meant 0.1 FPS. Surprisingly enough, some games do lag that much. I remember one internet game called 'battleships forever', which could slow down to 2 frames per minute during the laggiest matches. Now that is bad. |
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Post by Rabidbadger on May 26, 2010 17:35:25 GMT
I never thought that kinda lag existed... o.O
10 fps is still very slow for PG.
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Post by Elmach on May 27, 2010 6:44:30 GMT
Once, I got PG down to 2 fps, or something like that.
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Post by vaconcovat on May 27, 2010 8:20:24 GMT
By my calculations, the play area supports 120,000 dots. That's alot of computing to do.
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Post by GGoodie on May 27, 2010 11:47:15 GMT
AKA your one multiplication problem xp And yeah, like everyone said, It would megalag |
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Post by microfarad on May 27, 2010 13:33:15 GMT
We need to make a computer specifically for the purpose of running a powder game. We would code it in ML and the computer would literally be wired to best support a powder game. You could have a giant screen area and as many birds as you would like! LOL
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Post by Qwerty on May 27, 2010 13:49:22 GMT
It was 0.1 fps, not 10 fps. 10 fps is ten frames per second, I mean ten seconds per frame.
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Post by Rabidbadger on May 27, 2010 18:40:07 GMT
That lag is almost as fail as the 5-post-dictator... And we have just had a lag reduction update!
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Post by Qwerty on May 28, 2010 6:50:47 GMT
That is why we don't do this. I agree, if it were feasible it would be absolutely epic.
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Post by secret on May 28, 2010 8:43:18 GMT
technically that's not infinite dots as the play area is finite even if it is in full screen
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Post by Qwerty on May 28, 2010 17:18:43 GMT
What if it is an infinite play screen?
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Post by aWeSum on May 29, 2010 9:55:46 GMT
it would still be confined to your computer screen
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Post by tackew on May 29, 2010 22:15:57 GMT
i put all birds on to see how slow it could get  |
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Post by Elmach on May 30, 2010 21:03:07 GMT
it would still be confined to your computer screen It could be bigger and you scroll by moving your mouse. |
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Post by darkchaos10 on May 31, 2010 6:31:32 GMT
it would still be confined to your computer screen It could be bigger and you scroll by moving your mouse. That's way too troublesome. |
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Post by ~Memzak~ on May 31, 2010 7:23:45 GMT
Agreed. By Far.
I like the system the way it is though. Its enough for me.
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Post by Qwerty on Jun 1, 2010 1:03:23 GMT
I was considering something similar to "World of Text", but I agree, that would be too complex.
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Post by Rabidbadger on Jun 8, 2010 16:09:19 GMT
What we have is good enough. Agreed, though, limited dots did make my map uploads a lot harder. But if I still got about 1500 votes, it proves that we have enough dots.
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Post by D_M-01 on Jun 8, 2010 20:01:29 GMT
Even if you tried using a hack tool (i.e. Cheat Engine) to get infinite dots, Powder Game will freeze in place once passing the max dot limit. Most likely because the game is not programmed to function with more dots than the limit provided. I know this from personal tests.
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Post by Qwerty on Jun 10, 2010 1:32:26 GMT
Yes, we have mentioned this. It is a thing with the programming. Or maybe he just wants to cheat cheaters, like in SR.
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Post by disabled on Jun 13, 2010 0:42:06 GMT
Its no question of programming (unless you count changing 40000 to 120000):  Those are (neraly) 80k dots, indicated by the -53000 dots and the DOT S (still 20k) and of course the massive amount of dots in the screen... |
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Post by Qwerty on Jun 13, 2010 5:23:04 GMT
Oh. So it's just really laggy?
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Post by disabled on Jun 13, 2010 7:03:26 GMT
Yepp.
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Post by Rabidbadger on Jun 13, 2010 10:04:39 GMT
And we don't want Lag. We just had a lot of lag removed...
EDIT: I just realised how true this is for both the forum and Powder Game...
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Post by Artifact123 on Jun 13, 2010 10:09:22 GMT
I would even be happy with 50.000 dots.
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Post by Qwerty on Jun 13, 2010 19:44:27 GMT
50 dots?
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why cant there be infinate dots? 
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