Comments for Pixelgel Entertainment http://pixelgel.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Introducing GelNet v0.9 by Eavan http://pixelgel.com/?p=167&cpage=1#comment-55 Eavan Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:46:19 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=167#comment-55 If you may notice, "p" is not the packet's data. It's a pointer. If it points to NULL, then it is pointing to no packet. And it's different from "if(p)" in that it is explicit in its meaning. Should I really obfuscate example code, with only a loss of 4 characters of space used by the source? Are five bytes that important? If you may notice, “p” is not the packet’s data. It’s a pointer. If it points to NULL, then it is pointing to no packet.

And it’s different from “if(p)” in that it is explicit in its meaning. Should I really obfuscate example code, with only a loss of 4 characters of space used by the source? Are five bytes that important?

]]> Comment on Introducing GelNet v0.9 by Nick O http://pixelgel.com/?p=167&cpage=1#comment-54 Nick O Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:20:05 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=167#comment-54 I'm referring to this section: //If there is a packet break out of the loop so that the application may quit. if(p != 0) break; If you send 0, doesn't that appear the same as no packet? Also, you use if(p) How is this different from p !=0? I’m referring to this section:

//If there is a packet break out of the loop so that the application may quit.

if(p != 0)

break;

If you send 0, doesn’t that appear the same as no packet?

Also, you use

if(p)

How is this different from p !=0?

]]> Comment on Introducing GelNet v0.9 by Eavan http://pixelgel.com/?p=167&cpage=1#comment-53 Eavan Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:55:00 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=167#comment-53 Then it would send data 0. Sending a null Packet would just create a null reference exception. Then it would send data 0. Sending a null Packet would just create a null reference exception.

]]> Comment on Introducing GelNet v0.9 by Nick O http://pixelgel.com/?p=167&cpage=1#comment-52 Nick O Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:50:02 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=167#comment-52 A packet with null data, I think. A packet with null data, I think.

]]> Comment on Introducing GelNet v0.9 by Eavan http://pixelgel.com/?p=167&cpage=1#comment-51 Eavan Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:49:51 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=167#comment-51 That's exactly why I'm going to add TCP/IP. Documentation will come with version 1.0, and do you mean send a null packet, or send a packet with null data? That’s exactly why I’m going to add TCP/IP.

Documentation will come with version 1.0, and do you mean send a null packet, or send a packet with null data?

]]> Comment on Introducing GelNet v0.9 by Nick O http://pixelgel.com/?p=167&cpage=1#comment-50 Nick O Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:59:16 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=167#comment-50 Issues: While this is good for some applications, TCP is a far better choice except in the area of VoIP and player updates. When you send UDP, you don't know if the other side got it. So, if a door opens and the client misses that packet, the door will continue to look closed to the client. In addition: it is not open source, the license forbids modification, and there is no documentation. (E.g. What does UDPSocket.getPacket do? Does it use a FIFO or a FILO queue? What does it return if the application changed userlevel and can no longer access the socket? How do I get data out of the packet?) P.S. What if you send a 0 through sendPacket? Is that indistinguishable from no packet at all? Issues:
While this is good for some applications, TCP is a far better choice except in the area of VoIP and player updates. When you send UDP, you don’t know if the other side got it. So, if a door opens and the client misses that packet, the door will continue to look closed to the client.

In addition: it is not open source, the license forbids modification, and there is no documentation. (E.g. What does UDPSocket.getPacket do? Does it use a FIFO or a FILO queue? What does it return if the application changed userlevel and can no longer access the socket? How do I get data out of the packet?)

P.S. What if you send a 0 through sendPacket? Is that indistinguishable from no packet at all?

]]> Comment on Seamless Refracting Water by Eavan http://pixelgel.com/?p=137&cpage=1#comment-26 Eavan Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:45:36 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=137#comment-26 I fixed the controls issue (I had an older version uploaded than I thought) but this program may require OpenGL 3.0, which is very, very low on support right now. Not many cards support it. I fixed the controls issue (I had an older version uploaded than I thought) but this program may require OpenGL 3.0, which is very, very low on support right now. Not many cards support it.

]]> Comment on Seamless Refracting Water by Bugged Guy http://pixelgel.com/?p=137&cpage=1#comment-25 Bugged Guy Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:40:23 +0000 http://pixelgel.com/?p=137#comment-25 It doesn't work for me, but I think it should... I have a Nvidia 8800 ultra. It's not that old. And it seems like only W, S, Q, and E work, not A and D. It doesn’t work for me, but I think it should… I have a Nvidia 8800 ultra. It’s not that old.

And it seems like only W, S, Q, and E work, not A and D.

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