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[Greiger]

I also personally like B a bit better than A.  But the difference is really subtle to my eyes, and I'm not sure I would actually notice the difference ingame.

Also doesn't A (I assume it's the current method) enable the fancy underwatery look that we currently have when the camera is under the surface?  Seems to me that B would be slightly better looking from the surface, but if B looks anything like that image without the water surface when the camera is underwater I'd say A is better.

[Shagomir]

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I'm getting a weird error "Cannot Load Image: stonesense.png". I can clearly see stonesense.png below the executable. Already tried admin mode and compatibility modes.

I am getting the same error msg using windows 7 32 bit Radeon HD4670. Updated drivers, etc no go. Also tried admin and compatibility. I changed to DIRECTX in init file, which allows it to load but it sits at "connecting to DF" screen and does nothing, same for software mode. up until most recent DF/Stonesense release worked just fine with same setup.

I also got the same error. I have win 7 64 bit and ati radeon 5850

This. Me too. Windows 7 64 bit with a Radeon HD5770

[Rose]

okay, ATI people, your only hope is using Directx, it seems.

[revereddesecration]

I'm getting an error just after the client opens with a black screen within:

NVOGLDC invisible: Stonesense.exe - Application Error

The instruction at "0x69b1020c" referenced memory at "0x00000328". The memory could not be "read".

What now?

[Deon]

Hey Japa, I think there were some instructions how to compile the source... Basically I've got codeblocks, which compile settings should I set to compile the SVN source?

[Rose]

I don't use codeblocks, so I wouldn't know, but Cmake with MinGW works fine.

[Deon]

So I just make a project, put all source files in and compile it in EXE? No specific settings needed?

[Rose]

I don't actually know.

[Deon]

But you compile it somehow so I wanted to ask you . What do you mean "I don't actually know". Do you just have a mood not to answer or is there something else I missed?

[Rose]

I don't know what stuff is needed for codeblocks

I do know that you ahve to ling DFhack and Alegro 4.9.21

[Deon]

Actually, the last time I asked about MinGW.

Anyway, I'd better try to make it first, and ask only if it fails. Sorry for random questions .

[Rose]

for MinGW, use Cmake, there's an On Compiling.txt that you can look at

[Valathil]

I was a little bothered by the poor performance of Stonesense when you enable hidden tiles and have multiple z-levels displayed. I like to use that to scout out my maps. Then I thought "Why would the framerate take such a sharp drop?". Took a little stroll through the source code and found out that EVERY tile is rendered. Even the ones that are obscured by other tiles. So a night of heavy coding and cigarettes later here my rendering optimization to only render the tiles that are really displayed. Hidden tiles mode actually renders faster now then normal mode =). Maybe you want to integrate it in your next release if you like it.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Replacement for drawAllBlocks in WorldSegment.cpp
http://pastebin.com/3QwkzWY1

PS: Yeah it still renders tiles that are 2 or more levels below something that obscures it. But in my opinion that isn't such a big performance hit because it only happens when you have hidden tiles disabled and only happens in forts that have mostly empty z-levels. So yeah.

[Rose]

right, I had a look at it, and it seems okay. after a bit of testing, it'll probably go into trunk

[Valathil]

nice glad i could help