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Old 11-09-17, 15:34   #9681
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I wonder, is it possible yet to have dynamic level loading, or are levels still hardcoded to be fully loaded in before playing?
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Old 11-09-17, 16:02   #9682
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The game loads up the whole thing. It was one of its selling points in its time, actually.
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Old 11-09-17, 16:09   #9683
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I wonder, is it possible yet to have dynamic level loading, or are levels still hardcoded to be fully loaded in before playing?
Wouldn't dynamically loading be more likely to cause lag in systems that aren't running better than recommended specs as the player reaches new areas? Like, I get that anything built in LE can't be THAT graphically intensive, it's not like suddenly stepping into Rise, but, I can imagine it causing issues with TRNG levels with more things to load.
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Old 11-09-17, 17:12   #9684
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I wonder, is it possible yet to have dynamic level loading, or are levels still hardcoded to be fully loaded in before playing?
While I'm not an expert, I'm pretty sure that this function is hardcoded into the engine.

Yet, I might have seen on teme9's youtube channel that he had found a way to do some kind of "Level of detail" effect where objects would gain more polygons when the player approaches them. And it reduced lag considerably even with loads of objects and effects on the screen.
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Old 11-09-17, 19:16   #9685
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Thoughts on episodic releases?

Also, thoughts on switching to a different playable character for a few levels?
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Old 11-09-17, 19:25   #9686
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^ You can use meshswap for that, the animations would be the same, since it just change lara_skin and other slots of the outfit
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Old 11-09-17, 20:28   #9687
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^ You can use meshswap for that, the animations would be the same, since it just change lara_skin and other slots of the outfit
Oh I meant a full episode of a separate character, for story purposes, kinda like Kurtis. Less on the technical side, more on the "how do people like the idea of?" side.
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Old 12-09-17, 14:49   #9688
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Yet, I might have seen on teme9's youtube channel that he had found a way to do some kind of "Level of detail" effect where objects would gain more polygons when the player approaches them. And it reduced lag considerably even with loads of objects and effects on the screen.
This feature is built right into the engine, with ANIMATING objects. Each ANIMATING slot has a corresponding ANIMATING_MIP slot. The ANIMATING_MIP is meant to be a low-res/low-poly version version of its regular ANIMATING counterpart. In game, when the player is far away from the ANIMATING object, the ANIMATING_MIP will be displayed instead.

In regards to dynamic level loading, it won't happen with the TRLE or even TRNG. But it's not a big deal because there are already plenty of good ways to optimize levels. By simply making rooms smaller (no bigger than 10x10), a builder can prevent most lagging.

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Thoughts on episodic releases?

Also, thoughts on switching to a different playable character for a few levels?
I'm all for episodic releases, whether they be single levels or the first half of a multilevel set.

I also like the idea of other playable characters for certain levels, ala Kurtis in AOD, but only if it's done well. From a story perspective there should be a reason for this other character to be in the game, and that reason should be shown to the player in game through some kind of cutscene or dialog. Also, I think it's important for the character to have some noticeable differences from Lara. Inevitably the other character will share some of Lara's anims, but the main ones (running, walking, standing, jumping) ought to be different. A different style of gameplay would be nice too, but I wouldn't say it's necessary.

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Old 13-09-17, 06:43   #9689
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Started school again since Monday, and noticed something (well, someone from here) while running a program.

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Old 14-09-17, 05:15   #9690
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I want to extract some SFX files from TRU, i already have the .mul files extracted and tried mul2wav to convert then but for some reason it's not working.

Any help???
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