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Faster Game via Compiler Optimizations[message #100969]

Sun, 28 March 2004 15:38

lt411

Messages:3
Registered:March 2004
Location: Grand Rapids

Here is an idea to make the game faster. Try to compile it under the Visual C++ compiler that ships with Visual Studio .NET. That compiler supports optimizations for the latest processors. Visual Studio 6 is limited to Pentium Pro.

I don't know how much processor advancements since the Pentium Pro would speed up the game, but it might be worth a try?

--Leto

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Civilian

Re: Faster Game via Compiler Optimizations[message #100970]

Tue, 30 March 2004 01:37

defrog

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Registered:March 2004
Location: Austria

didn't make a noticable difference to me... I currently compile under VC.net 2002
granted I work on a 2GHZ intel so I wasn't exactly hurting in the performance department...

not sure what is slow for you... the graphics? find that hard to believe... although I am looking at what would be required to port to SDL... would also love to drop these damn STI files.. PCX would probably be what I'd use...

the strategic slow-downs I have seen are based on timeouts, which seem to be bugs in UI locking states... theres a 25 sec timeout... thats typically why you see long clock cursor waits...

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Sergeant 1st Class

Re: Faster Game via Compiler Optimizations[message #100971]

Tue, 30 March 2004 12:33

lt411

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Registered:March 2004
Location: Grand Rapids

Thanks for letting me know it compiles ok under VC.Net. Now I don't have to install VC6, but can go right to .NET.

I was thinking of porting the .c code to .cpp. I've done it before, just change the extension and work through the compiler errors.

Anyway, thanks for the response.
--Leto

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Civilian

Re: Faster Game via Compiler Optimizations[message #100972]

Tue, 30 March 2004 13:01

Digicrab

Messages:253
Registered:December 2003

Leto, that's not a very good approach from a programming standpoint. If you want to port to C++ you'd have to restructure the program to use classes etc. To just make it C using a C++ compiler strikes me as rather pointless.

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