Especially when you’re viewing them from several kilometers above. Here’s the first screenshot of MMORPG Tycoon 2 running with mesh instancing support for trees (as well as buildings, although not many buildings are visible here). In this screenshot, 488 trees are visible (my debugging information tells me; I didn’t actually count them). As noted yesterday,…
I’m currently working on the next RenderTech build of MMORPG Tycoon 2, which will finally be using OpenGL 3. The big feature which made me finally switch to OpenGL 3 is its guaranteed support for instance rendering, in which you can draw lots of copies of a model using a single draw call, instead of…
Milestone 4: Windows build OSX build (requires OSX 10.7 or later) Overview: There’s no real new gameplay in this milestone build. The big new features here are just additional mechanics on the placement of roads and buildings. Check the ‘New in Milestone 4’ section below for details. Instructions: Click on a region, then click the…
Literally the morning after that last update, I was knocked off my feet again by whatever gastro bug has a hold of me. Not a whole lot of work getting done at the moment; I’m mostly trying to rest up and recover. Have thought about posting the current build I have as MS4, since it’s…
Apologies for the recent quiet — I’ve been rather ill for the past week, and am only just now getting back into a state where I’m really functioning at a sane level. And much of today has been spent slowly coaxing my digestion back into gear. The MS4 build is coming along slowly; after a…