Alpha 4.3 new rendering mode & Interview

Working on Alpha 4.3. Yep.

Video & Sound engine config
RS uses Managed DirectX for rendering. It runs fast and is nice, but has the interesting side-effect of crashing the game on some computers... and the audio API  can't render MP3s on some computers...

RS will now include setup program to allow you to choose different rendering or audio engines.

Managed DirectX is the best but less reliable.
GDI+ should work for everyone but is slower, especially on Windows XP as it does all the rendering in software on this OS. At least more people should be able to play the game!
I had the bright idea to abstract rendering into an interface since the beginning of the project so it took me only a few hours to code the GDI+ engine.

Despite sharing the same interface in the game, Managed DirectX and GDI+ renders things slightly differently.
Catch the differences!

GDI+

 

 

Managed DirectX

There's only one choice for Sound, but I'll add at least one more engine for people who have no sound.

Blog Interview
For hardcore fans I did an interview about the game for a blog: read it there. You might learn stuff. Or not.

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Need tester(s)...

Allright, let's try something else.

If you have the following bug and are willing to test a small executable (691kb), mail me. I'll send you the file with instructions. I need to be sure where the problem comes from, this will help me greatly.

THE BUG
You either always have the bug and can't start the game, or you don't.
The game crash soon after starting.
The game log looks like this:

0 init main : starting program...
1 init main : date : xxxxxxx
2 init main : game version : alpha 4.2.
3 init main : creating main form...

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Bug Hunt!

Need your help guys for fixing an extremely annoying crash bug.

THE BUG
You either always have the bug and can't start the game, or you don't.
The game crash soon after starting.
The game log looks like this:

0 init main : starting program...
1 init main : date : xxxxxxx
2 init main : game version : alpha 4.2.
3 init main : creating main form...

THE HUNT
 If you have this bug, please follow these steps.

1. Download ASoft .NET Detector X here: http://www.asoft.be/prod_netver.html
2. Extract somewhere and run it, it tells you what .NET versions you have installed.
3. Copy all the text in the textbox and post it there + your OS version (eg: Win7 64 bits).
4. Feel warm and fuzzy inside for helping fixing a bug.

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