@ES(@ruantec Entertainment Software) codename Darksamus - Page 4

Bogard · March 17th, 2009

Welcome LessX!

Phil · March 17th, 2009

Hey @ruantec, have you implemented the hot sexy female voice for the help file in this version

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**@ruantec** · March 17th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haruhi

Hey @ruantec, have you implemented the hot sexy female voice for the help file in this version

if you send me the voice maybe i will

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shafeen · March 18th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haruhi

Hey @ruantec, have you implemented the hot sexy female voice for the help file in this version

Fantastic idea...........what about asian girls dancing while the thing is laoding

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Phil · March 18th, 2009

Exactly

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**@ruantec** · March 18th, 2009

Well it´s possible to show dancing girls while loading but i don´t see any sense on doing that

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Phil · March 18th, 2009

We won't tell your wife, honest

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**@ruantec** · March 18th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Phil

We won't tell your wife, honest

sadly she test every single build so it´s not a good for me.... i want to live few more years you know?

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Phil · March 18th, 2009

Upload the....eh "enhanced" version to mediafire and slip her the tame one

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**@ruantec** · March 18th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil

Upload the....eh "enhanced" version to mediafire and slip her the tame one

i think that works

thanks for the idea hehehehe.

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Phil · March 18th, 2009

ok

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**@ruantec** · March 19th, 2009

At the moment am experienting a very strange problem... @ES runs very smooth with the computer i use at work(P4 3Ghz and 1GB ram integrated intel gpu) while it lags on my Q6600 3,4GB 800 rams, Geforce 8800 GTS 640 OC at home using XP..

so i think it´s very clear for everyone that my pc at home is a beast in comparation to the one i use at work eventhough it works pretty smooth at work while on mine lags.... i asked 1000 times to myself "WTF why is that???" just as you i can´t understand why is happening.. i´ve tried several tools and even XP´s refine to set the .exe to one or two cores but without results.... that was until i came with an idea that may explain why @ES behaviour is different at work..

the thing is while i use Windows XP SP2 at work am using Windows XP SP3 here so......... it´s something wrong or something has changed in SP3??? well i don´t know but i would like to proof if my theory is right.

all i need are people with different XP SP´s such as SP1, SP2 or even without any SP´s... if you have one of them please contact me and lets see what´s going on...

last but not least am aware of XP´s refresh lazyness but that doesn´t explain why it works so smooth for me at work while here not... anyways it works perfectly on Vista and above.

Regards
@ruantec

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Last edited by @ruantec; March 19th, 2009 at 00:17..

BigIg · March 19th, 2009

I could uninstall SP3 and do some testing. My PC is about the same as yours. (Only differences being that my ram is DDR2-1066 and GPU is a GeForce 9600GT).

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**@ruantec** · March 19th, 2009

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Originally Posted by BigIg

I could uninstall SP3 and do some testing. My PC is about the same as yours. (Only differences being that my ram is DDR2-1066 and GPU is a GeForce 9600GT).

got it

i´ve added you to my msn contact list but you haven´t accepted my invitation i think.

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BigIg · March 19th, 2009

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Originally Posted by @ruantec

got it

i´ve added you to my msn contact list but you haven´t accepted my invitation i think.

I accepted your invite but I haven't been on too much lately, because I've been stuck with dialup for a few weeks and MSN randomly disconnected due to lack of bandwidth or something. My cable internet is getting hooked up tomorrow, so I'll be on then.

Btw, if anything it sounds like your issue may be related to a driver issue. I've had similar problems caused by outdated drivers. (In the case that you have the latest drivers, you may have to try and older version of the drivers, even.)

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bobrocks95 · March 19th, 2009

It's hard to carry on a conversation with BigIg when he disconnects every 4 minutes.

As I said, I haven't noticed any significant lag in SP3, though I don't have Vista to compare the two directly. However, SP3 breaks ActiveSync so I can't connect my phone to my PC. Not sure about it really.

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**@ruantec** · March 19th, 2009

Ok after several tests i´ve found out that SP3 is not the reason for the issue but it seems like the driver am using(the latest one) is causing some problems. at work i´ve SP3 installed and the latest Ati 2400XT drivers and @ES still works very smooth.

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Silenus · March 21st, 2009

Yeah it could be with some driver settings because I had a problem but resolved it with putting the nvidia 3d settings to default or better say "let the application decide the 3d config."

Hey guys.

I've been testing @ES in a vista laptop and it's working good at this early build.
Aside from a little buffer for the music playing that we need, it's looking and feels responsive.

Here's a shot.

Also welcome LessX.
Glad to know another dominican here.

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**@ruantec** · March 22nd, 2009

after testing, re-searching, debugging and almost getting crazy i´ve found the reason why @ES lags on XP computers... to be honest i knew about that but somehow i was looking the problem in the wrong place lol.

Reason:
@ES render graphics by using the DirectX pipeline. In DirectX 9.0c, the IDirect3DSurface9::GetDC method does not support transparency effects that use an alpha channel... since am creating a surface with full transparency the whole skin and even objects gets rendered in nothing more than "SOFTWARE" modus!!!! which as you may guess is hell slow and of course it cause the lags.

ok that´s the bad part of the news now lets go to the good one

since i never give up i´ve found a way to manage that and maybe bring a solution to the problem.... Vista users are save but it is recommended to install Vista´s SP1 because even if IDirect3DSurface::GetDC() in vista does supports hardware acceleration it still fails at some areas and may cause some lags sometimes(am working to fix that)... Microsoft seems to be aware of that and they added some fixes on Vista´s SP1.

Conclution:
now that i know where the problem is and also have and idea how to get rid of that problem, the XP bug should dissapear soon but anyways @ES will always work better on Vista as it supports hardware accelerated rendering on your desktop while XP doesn´t support that natively.

so over and out

Regards
@ruantec

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · March 22nd, 2009

Awesome, that also means I was sorta right when I speculated on what the problem might be a few days ago.

@ES(@ruantec Entertainment Software) codename Darksamus

You gotta listen to me more mate

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March 17th, 2009	#61 (permalink)
Bogard Maverick Hunter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: United States Posts: 114	Welcome LessX!

March 17th, 2009	#62 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,965	Hey @ruantec, have you implemented the hot sexy female voice for the help file in this version __________________ A Mac is like an escort, you pay a ton and get nothing. A PC is like a hooker, it's a lot cheaper and gives you what you're after.. and if unlucky some diseases as well, that's why you gotta use protection. -CC

March 18th, 2009	#65 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,965	Exactly __________________ A Mac is like an escort, you pay a ton and get nothing. A PC is like a hooker, it's a lot cheaper and gives you what you're after.. and if unlucky some diseases as well, that's why you gotta use protection. -CC

March 18th, 2009	#66 (permalink)
@ruantec Emu author Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Austria (originally from Dominican Republic) Posts: 2,380	Well it´s possible to show dancing girls while loading but i don´t see any sense on doing that __________________ Current development tools: Visual C++.net, Visual C#.net Visual VB.net, Visual Webdeveloper.net Bloodshed Dev C++, Borland C++ Visual Basic 6

March 18th, 2009	#67 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,965	We won't tell your wife, honest __________________ A Mac is like an escort, you pay a ton and get nothing. A PC is like a hooker, it's a lot cheaper and gives you what you're after.. and if unlucky some diseases as well, that's why you gotta use protection. -CC

March 18th, 2009	#69 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,965	Upload the....eh "enhanced" version to mediafire and slip her the tame one __________________ A Mac is like an escort, you pay a ton and get nothing. A PC is like a hooker, it's a lot cheaper and gives you what you're after.. and if unlucky some diseases as well, that's why you gotta use protection. -CC

March 18th, 2009	#71 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,965	ok __________________ A Mac is like an escort, you pay a ton and get nothing. A PC is like a hooker, it's a lot cheaper and gives you what you're after.. and if unlucky some diseases as well, that's why you gotta use protection. -CC

March 19th, 2009	#72 (permalink)
@ruantec Emu author Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Austria (originally from Dominican Republic) Posts: 2,380	At the moment am experienting a very strange problem... @ES runs very smooth with the computer i use at work(P4 3Ghz and 1GB ram integrated intel gpu) while it lags on my Q6600 3,4GB 800 rams, Geforce 8800 GTS 640 OC at home using XP.. so i think it´s very clear for everyone that my pc at home is a beast in comparation to the one i use at work eventhough it works pretty smooth at work while on mine lags.... i asked 1000 times to myself "WTF why is that???" just as you i can´t understand why is happening.. i´ve tried several tools and even XP´s refine to set the .exe to one or two cores but without results.... that was until i came with an idea that may explain why @ES behaviour is different at work.. the thing is while i use Windows XP SP2 at work am using Windows XP SP3 here so......... it´s something wrong or something has changed in SP3??? well i don´t know but i would like to proof if my theory is right. all i need are people with different XP SP´s such as SP1, SP2 or even without any SP´s... if you have one of them please contact me and lets see what´s going on... last but not least am aware of XP´s refresh lazyness but that doesn´t explain why it works so smooth for me at work while here not... anyways it works perfectly on Vista and above. Regards @ruantec __________________ Current development tools: Visual C++.net, Visual C#.net Visual VB.net, Visual Webdeveloper.net Bloodshed Dev C++, Borland C++ Visual Basic 6 Last edited by @ruantec; March 19th, 2009 at 00:17..

March 19th, 2009	#73 (permalink)
BigIg I tell you what. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 2,273	I could uninstall SP3 and do some testing. My PC is about the same as yours. (Only differences being that my ram is DDR2-1066 and GPU is a GeForce 9600GT). __________________ Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand

March 19th, 2009	#77 (permalink)
@ruantec Emu author Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Austria (originally from Dominican Republic) Posts: 2,380	Ok after several tests i´ve found out that SP3 is not the reason for the issue but it seems like the driver am using(the latest one) is causing some problems. at work i´ve SP3 installed and the latest Ati 2400XT drivers and @ES still works very smooth. __________________ Current development tools: Visual C++.net, Visual C#.net Visual VB.net, Visual Webdeveloper.net Bloodshed Dev C++, Borland C++ Visual Basic 6

March 21st, 2009	#78 (permalink)
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,379	Yeah it could be with some driver settings because I had a problem but resolved it with putting the nvidia 3d settings to default or better say "let the application decide the 3d config." Hey guys. I've been testing @ES in a vista laptop and it's working good at this early build. Aside from a little buffer for the music playing that we need, it's looking and feels responsive. Here's a shot. Also welcome LessX. Glad to know another dominican here. __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

March 22nd, 2009	#79 (permalink)
@ruantec Emu author Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Austria (originally from Dominican Republic) Posts: 2,380	after testing, re-searching, debugging and almost getting crazy i´ve found the reason why @ES lags on XP computers... to be honest i knew about that but somehow i was looking the problem in the wrong place lol. Reason: @ES render graphics by using the DirectX pipeline. In DirectX 9.0c, the IDirect3DSurface9::GetDC method does not support transparency effects that use an alpha channel... since am creating a surface with full transparency the whole skin and even objects gets rendered in nothing more than "SOFTWARE" modus!!!! which as you may guess is hell slow and of course it cause the lags. ok that´s the bad part of the news now lets go to the good one since i never give up i´ve found a way to manage that and maybe bring a solution to the problem.... Vista users are save but it is recommended to install Vista´s SP1 because even if IDirect3DSurface::GetDC() in vista does supports hardware acceleration it still fails at some areas and may cause some lags sometimes(am working to fix that)... Microsoft seems to be aware of that and they added some fixes on Vista´s SP1. Conclution: now that i know where the problem is and also have and idea how to get rid of that problem, the XP bug should dissapear soon but anyways @ES will always work better on Vista as it supports hardware accelerated rendering on your desktop while XP doesn´t support that natively. so over and out Regards @ruantec __________________ Current development tools: Visual C++.net, Visual C#.net Visual VB.net, Visual Webdeveloper.net Bloodshed Dev C++, Borland C++ Visual Basic 6

March 22nd, 2009	#80 (permalink)
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corrupt Rapist run South Africa Posts: 11,333	Awesome, that also means I was sorta right when I speculated on what the problem might be a few days ago. @ES(@ruantec Entertainment Software) codename Darksamus You gotta listen to me more mate __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!