Asset - Demo Voxel Landscape engine

[Mike]

A small (free) asset for doing "retro" style voxel landscapes.

https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/5283/voxel-landscape

Make sure to read up on it (and download better maps) from here: http://simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=comanche

Enjoy!

 

[IGameArt]

Haha I remember making one of these in GM5! Happy to see i'm not the only person interested in classic voxels like these.

 

[Oscar]

Hi all,
very impressive... could be possible use it in GM:S 1.4?

Regards.

 

[icuurd12b42]

hmmm... 15 fps on a i7 and nvidia 1070. runner mode

 

[Mike]

Use YYC then it's 30+ (45 here). Ray-casting is a slow business

Actually... in HTML5 it's hitting 60+ which is interesting...

 

[icuurd12b42]

yes. html5 is faster than native... I dont have the module, but xot was flabbergasted by that. I have not installed MS Dev studio since my last PC build. Thanks for the code btw. Comanche was one of my most enjoyed games growing up.

Maybe there is a way to move the raycast to a shader...

 

[Mike]

yes. html5 is faster than native... I dont have the module, but xot was flabbergasted by that. I have not installed MS Dev studio since my last PC build. Thanks for the code btw. Comanche was one of my most enjoyed games growing up.

Maybe there is a way to move the raycast to a shader...

Yeah, sometimes it is, most times not. Because this is a tight loop with mostly locals, the JIT does pretty well.

Yeah you could. Stick the heightmap into a texture and basically do the same thing.... It'd be slow for a shader, but should beat the CPU one