Stress+DS

Posted by omicron1 on April 4, 2008, 9:03 p.m.

So I purchased an M3DS (homebrew card) in order to play some roguelikes on my DS. I'm still waiting for the SD memory, though…

Apparently, model quantity doesn't make much difference at ALL in terms of game speed. The completed ship (with destruction animation rig) is 1255 polygons; the following image shows 16 ships on screen at once (20k polygons), along with normal-mapped water and full reflection (partly obscured by the not-yet-perfect normal mapping). With one ship, game speed is 90-95fps.

As my plan for the game involves 5-ship-capped fleets (up to 10 ships in a battle) and modeled islands probably consisting of less than 5000 polygons, this is a Very Good Thing (TM). Even in the most hypothetically demanding situation I can think of, the game should still hit 30fps on most modern computers. (That's including game processing, ostensibly the slowest part of the whole affair)

Comments

Scott_AW 15 years, 11 months ago

Go for epic battles! 50 vs 50 ships…well maybe not that epic, but I am curious to see how well that would handle.

Cpsgames 15 years, 11 months ago

Pfft why not 50 vs 1? :p

omicron1 15 years, 11 months ago

Because 5vs5 will already be plenty involving. I'm not trying to simulate the Spanish Armada here - just pirate fleets. Believe me, 5 is plenty.

Cpsgames 15 years, 11 months ago

I was just kidding, and I bet 10 ships uses alot of proccesing power them selfs.

Mush 15 years, 11 months ago
omicron1 15 years, 11 months ago

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Cesar 15 years, 11 months ago

let me get this straight. You ORDERED an SD card instead of going to a local radio shack or wal-mart to get one…

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Also, download the following games:

Mario Kart

Mario Party DS

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates

All Phoenix Wright games

Apollo Justice

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Metroid Prime Hunters

SixWinged 15 years, 11 months ago

also download the following games:

42 Alltime Classics/Clubhouse Games

Elite Beat Agents

Worms Open Warfare 2

Trauma Center

Contra 4

omicron1 15 years, 11 months ago

I'm not using it for illegal roms, though.

Cesar 15 years, 11 months ago

not illegal, questionable legality