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Discussion topic for post: http://www.starsonata.com/blog/weekly-d ... 9th-march/
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:56 pm |
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Rank: Main: Joshua102 Level: 14714 Joined: Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:19 am Posts: 70 |
Quote: Jeff’s done all our accounting and taxes for the year! He’s also informed us we’re now debt free. When Jeff bought out the rest of Star Sonata from Adum he took out a loan to cover it and it’s all paid off now! But everyone keeps telling me that the game is dying. |
Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:07 pm |
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Rank: Main: Evade Level: 5731 Joined: Wed May 26, 2010 7:51 pm Posts: 3829 |
Maybe there is a secret server, hosting all the other customers!
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:13 am |
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Rank: Main: Dark Steel Level: 9138 Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:35 am Posts: 2068 Location: Netherlands |
Why exactly do you wait on intel vtune free trials? If you actually are waiting for it to give you a trial again then it's clearly worth purchasing, right?
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:16 am |
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Rank: Officer Main: kwilson Level: 5328 Joined: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:07 pm Posts: 105 |
sekret to getting debt free: use free trials
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:20 am |
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Rank: Director Main: Blue Dwarf Level: 2067 Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:39 pm Posts: 3336 |
heylo wrote: Why exactly do you wait on intel vtune free trials? If you actually are waiting for it to give you a trial again then it's clearly worth purchasing, right? Because it's pricey software (iirc the cheapest is 1k USD, not sure if there's per year, per user or per computer or what though) and reasons that Jey knows because it'd be his money (and piracy is wrong, children). _________________ "What you mean you killed him cha cha cha?!" Support |
Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:45 am |
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Rank: Main: Dark Steel Level: 9138 Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:35 am Posts: 2068 Location: Netherlands |
Blue Dwarf wrote: heylo wrote: Why exactly do you wait on intel vtune free trials? If you actually are waiting for it to give you a trial again then it's clearly worth purchasing, right? Because it's pricey software (iirc the cheapest is 1k USD, not sure if there's per year, per user or per computer or what though) and reasons that Jey knows because it'd be his money (and piracy is wrong, children). SS makes over 50k a year easily. Wouldn't 1k for such a huge improvement in performance be a no brainer as an investment? Especially if it's a 1 time purchase _________________ ~DarkSteel / Auxilium Universe Map: http://www.starsonata.com/map/ |
Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:48 am |
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Rank: Director Main: Blue Dwarf Level: 2067 Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:39 pm Posts: 3336 |
heylo wrote: Blue Dwarf wrote: heylo wrote: Why exactly do you wait on intel vtune free trials? If you actually are waiting for it to give you a trial again then it's clearly worth purchasing, right? Because it's pricey software (iirc the cheapest is 1k USD, not sure if there's per year, per user or per computer or what though) and reasons that Jey knows because it'd be his money (and piracy is wrong, children). SS makes over 50k a year easily. Wouldn't 1k for such a huge improvement in performance be a no brainer as an investment? Especially if it's a 1 time purchase Probably, but that's between Jeff and Jey. _________________ "What you mean you killed him cha cha cha?!" Support |
Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:49 am |
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Rank: Soldier Main: LemonPrime Level: 8124 Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:14 pm Posts: 5747 |
nope we have to keep hiring (hahaa) volunteer devs and living off the scraps
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:00 am |
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Rank: Officer Main: SunDog60 Level: 6541 Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:15 pm Posts: 613 Location: Canada |
Quote: Jey Stuff about Jey doing stuff Patch will be coming very soon, a blog post announcing it will be made as soon as a fixed date has been determined. Pixel Didn't know Pixel and Jey were the same person. _________________ T21 Skills and Dailies Guide - Personal Wiki Contributions - Monthly Wiki Contributions |
Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:29 pm |
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Rank: Director Main: Blue Dwarf Level: 2067 Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:39 pm Posts: 3336 |
SunDog60 wrote: Didn't know Pixel and Jey were the same person. I have no idea how that happened, but fixed. _________________ "What you mean you killed him cha cha cha?!" Support |
Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:36 pm |
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Rank: Officer Main: Jey123456 Level: 4359 Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:51 pm Posts: 3366 Location: who knows ? |
While id love to convince jeff to fork the grand for vtune (believe me i would !) I cant really give a good argument to do that every years since generally by the end the trial is over i optimised all that i could and i end up restricted on rather hard to optimise scenarios (like right now with my scenario containing 15000 projectiles and some laser spams) Any further optimisation would have to be more on a structure side of things.
The code that execute the projectile movement and render now use less cpu than the time the cpu spend to read the data from the ram. I did improve that by adding some prefetch hints to the variables we know will be needed shortly but the impact of those is extremely cpu/motherboard dependent. Ram might have high bandwidth compared to hdd/ssd but its still incredibly slow when you look at it in term of latency. Accessing a variable that was not in cache at the time is anywhere between 50 to 300 cpu cycles (in comparison, an if logic operator is 1 to 3) and with that amount of sobs theres very few cpu out there with enough cache to just fit everything and you end up with some cache miss. Not to say i dont have plans to improve that further, but they dont fit in the scope of this optimization pass. _________________ One of the first and proud flight controller. Visit our website: http://www.ef-team.com |
Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:10 am |
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Rank: Main: Dark Steel Level: 9138 Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:35 am Posts: 2068 Location: Netherlands |
Speaking of optimalisation... Any ETA on the patch?
Pixel wrote: No patch _________________ ~DarkSteel / Auxilium Universe Map: http://www.starsonata.com/map/ |
Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:57 am |
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Rank: Officer Main: Jey123456 Level: 4359 Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:51 pm Posts: 3366 Location: who knows ? |
The eta is 2 weeks ago ! as for the specific release, youll know it at the same time i do XD. Still gotta a few issues to fix on it. I rather delay the patch, than patch something i know will crash.
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Fri Mar 11, 2016 5:19 am |
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Main: Almighty Pixel
Level: 4 Joined: Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:22 pm Posts: 346 |
Why I'm i mentioned everywhere in this? Yes I'm totally Jeff + Jey + Ryan into one condensed pixel!
heylo wrote: Pixel wrote: No patch |
Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:21 am |
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