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[Phantom Brave]

People with old CPUs have been experiencing performance problems since the recent update binge, even last one, which improved performance dramatically.

This is because the movement solver was changed (the code for figuring out character movement when the run into things) to avoid glitching out when you hit doors at the same time as you walk up stairs or hit the ground). I'm not going to bother to explain the technical details. The original overhaul was extremely buggy, and had performance problems, so I decided to go with the obvious solution (other devs suggested against it in the past) and use the old collision system in the new way. Basically, putting the code that GG2 used to move characters around forever, in the place where I had put the overhauled code, and tweaking whatever minor things about it were necessary to make it work.

This hotfix makes the current system only override GM's built in movement only when it needs to instead of every single frame.

Download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1811521/Gang%20Garrison%202%202.6.8%20Performance%20Hotfix.exe

Because this is a hotfix meant to be compatible with the current release, I can't do things like fix setupgates. We're gathering up fixes like that for a bigger bugfix release to avoid shotgunning one after another again.

[Friendly Holocaust]

Good job, it works.

[notarctic]

can you upload the source?

[Phantom Brave]

11:23 AM - Rabbit: replace line 5 of Character Step with
11:23 AM - Rabbit: if(!place_free(x+hspeed, y+vspeed))
    characterHitObstacle();
11:23 AM - Rabbit: these two

[notarctic]

11:23 AM - Rabbit: replace line 5 of Character Step with
11:23 AM - Rabbit: if(!place_free(x+hspeed, y+vspeed))
    characterHitObstacle();
11:23 AM - Rabbit: these two

oh cool

[notarctic]

wait...so why isnt this just a simple plugin?

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object_event_clear(Character,ev_step,ev_step_normal);
object_event_add(Character,ev_step,ev_step_normal,"
    if(!place_free(x+hspeed, y+vspeed))
    characterHitObstacle()
");
EDIT: yep i derped and read line 5 as 5 lines

[Phantom Brave]

1) That code doesn't work.
2) Why would I make something performance critical a plugin. :U

[2D]

1) That code doesn't work.
2) Why would I make something performance critical a plugin. :U

It works fine for me. I haven't had much problem with stairs, but player platforms still hold me down as Pyro and Quote.

[Phantom Brave]

~*~THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T WORK, 2.6.8 ALREADY FIXED THAT BUG AND THIS PLUGIN PROBABLY REINTRODUCES IT~*~

[2D]

~*~THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T WORK, 2.6.8 ALREADY FIXED THAT BUG AND THIS PLUGIN PROBABLY REINTRODUCES IT~*~

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In addition, Quotes will fly strait out of RED spawn on the same map if the right key isn't held down.

[Phantom Brave]

That's a different bug than the one the plugin reintroduces. This is a bug caused by undocumented GM behavior that affected the old collision code but not the perfect stuff. I figured out the solution already but it's not gamebreaking and it's caused by bad spawns which literally put the characters inside of the map.

[2D]

That's a different bug than the one the plugin reintroduces. This is a bug caused by undocumented GM behavior that affected the old collision code but not the perfect stuff. I figured out the solution already but it's not gamebreaking and it's caused by bad spawns which literally put the characters inside of the map.

How is it going to be fixed? It only effects    /  on koth_corinth

[Phantom Brave]

I already fixed it. In beta.

[2D]

I already fixed it. In beta.

Great! Thanks.

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