Update PR:BF2 v1.6/WW2 Status Update March 2019 - Page 3

WeeGeez · 2019-03-04, 18:16

Poor [R-DEV]W0lf3k is working flat out

This is great but the movies backgorund is a waste of time, a change of little consequence.

Just make it a carefully picked still image and be done with it. Save precious CPU cyles.

The first thing I do with every release is replace the .bik movies in mods/movies with a still .bik image.

WeeGeez · 2019-03-04, 18:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by cribbaaa

The menu buttons should probably align with the logo, like so;

And this is borderline OCD too (I myself have/had run - ins with perfectionism).

[R-DEV]Mats391 · 2019-03-04, 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by WeeGeez

Poor [R-DEV]W0lf3k is working flat out

This is great but the movies backgorund is a waste of time, a change of little consequence.

Just make it a carefully picked still image and be done with it. Save precious CPU cyles.

The first thing I do with every release is replace the .bik movies in mods/movies with a still .bik image.

Iirc you can click one of the corners and it turns into still images in current menu. Dont know if that still works in new one.

[R-DEV]Suchar · 2019-03-04, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mats391

Dont know if that still works in new one.

It did not work when I tested it last time.

Pronck · 2019-03-05, 16:46

Good work 'lads! Might get me back to playing again. I hope the Syrian mod is also slowly progressing.

Outlawz7 · 2019-03-05, 18:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by WeeGeez

Save precious CPU cyles.

Because you want optimum performance in... the main menu?

[R-DEV]Mineral · 2019-03-05, 18:18

Think of the climate Outlawz !

WeeGeez · 2019-03-07, 23:20

Very funny.
I realise the the main menu video would only be a few hundred K but it's not the point. The game needs optimisation. DOn't just mask it with ultra hardware, Why make software bigger than it needs to be? The ONLY primary target audience should be people who cannot afford mega rigs. One would think, for a game that is approaching 15 years old, this wouldn't be a problem, right?

Something I've never understood is why software devs can be so wasteful and make inneffecient software requiring mountains of dependencies. Not PR devs specifically but its true in most software is getting more and more bloated as father always says. PR Windows 11? good luck with that.

It's a philosophy
simplify and simplification becomes extrapolative.
complicate and complications become extrapolative,

WHY even waste time making a movie background when one round of PR already consumes an hour of ones life.

I'm sorry that this is a tiny bit off topic but I needed to be clear.....

Every KB should count!

RENEGADO · 2019-03-08, 14:06

I like the movie background, i already had coffee watching that.

LowSanityMeter · 2019-03-08, 16:21

1.6 content looks really solid. Looking forward to the contemporary Syrian Civil War map, and WWII is gold, like always. Keep up the great work boys!

2019-03-04, 18:16	#21
WeeGeez Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 826 United Kingdom	Re: PR:BF2 v1.6/WW2 Status Update March 2019 Poor [R-DEV]W0lf3k is working flat out This is great but the movies backgorund is a waste of time, a change of little consequence. Just make it a carefully picked still image and be done with it. Save precious CPU cyles. The first thing I do with every release is replace the .bik movies in mods/movies with a still .bik image.
WeeGeez Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 826 United Kingdom	Cheap computer build / fast track upgrade for slow computer for PR > Guide
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2019-03-05, 16:46	#25
Pronck Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,772 Netherlands Location: The Pub	Re: PR:BF2 v1.6/WW2 Status Update March 2019 Good work 'lads! Might get me back to playing again. I hope the Syrian mod is also slowly progressing.
	*We are staying up!*

2019-03-05, 18:18	#27
[R-DEV]Mineral PR:BF2 Lead Designer Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 8,514 Belgium	Re: PR:BF2 v1.6/WW2 Status Update March 2019 Think of the climate Outlawz !

2019-03-07, 23:20	#28
WeeGeez Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 826 United Kingdom	Re: PR:BF2 v1.6/WW2 Status Update March 2019 Very funny. I realise the the main menu video would only be a few hundred K but it's not the point. The game needs optimisation. DOn't just mask it with ultra hardware, Why make software bigger than it needs to be? The ONLY primary target audience should be people who cannot afford mega rigs. One would think, for a game that is approaching 15 years old, this wouldn't be a problem, right? Something I've never understood is why software devs can be so wasteful and make inneffecient software requiring mountains of dependencies. Not PR devs specifically but its true in most software is getting more and more bloated as father always says. PR Windows 11? good luck with that. It's a philosophy simplify and simplification becomes extrapolative. complicate and complications become extrapolative, WHY even waste time making a movie background when one round of PR already consumes an hour of ones life. I'm sorry that this is a tiny bit off topic but I needed to be clear..... Every KB should count!
WeeGeez Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 826 United Kingdom	Cheap computer build / fast track upgrade for slow computer for PR > Guide
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2019-03-08, 14:06	#29
RENEGADO Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 115 Brazil	Re: PR:BF2 v1.6/WW2 Status Update March 2019 I like the movie background, i already had coffee watching that.
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2019-03-08, 16:21	#30
LowSanityMeter Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 15 Canada	Re: PR:BF2 v1.6/WW2 Status Update March 2019 1.6 content looks really solid. Looking forward to the contemporary Syrian Civil War map, and WWII is gold, like always. Keep up the great work boys!
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