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The control optimisations are now also done. There is still something of a framerate hit when the ship is moved, particularly when this occurs close to a planet (each of the planet chunks needs to be moved separately) but this shouldn’t be a problem. When running in the editor, the framerate is still high enough […]

The persistent server refactor is now done. All testing, etc, seems to have worked well, and there don’t seem to be any major issues with it. I will need to extend and improve this system in the future, but it seems solid enough for now. I have also begin improving the control system for translating/moving […]

After quite a lot of work, the persistent rotation works. I have also refactored and optimised the existing system, and removed some inefficient and duplicate code. There are some minor bugs left to fix, but the system seems to be working well now.

The paging system seems to work fine. It works on the client and the server, so the player can move to a specific location, then quit the game, and resume from the same place. The player can also change control objects, etc, and this will all be stored correctly on the server. In future, I […]

I have decided to extensively modify the existing paging system to work better and more efficiently with the loadlevelasync commands. So far, it is going reasonably well, but there is a lot of testing and other improvements left to make.

The loadlevelasync feature is working well with my existing paging system, but there are still some bugs and issues to fix. I will probably still need to make extensive changes to the system to allow it to work reliably in all cases, including over the network, etc. I also need to make sure that it […]

I have added a conceptual system to allow objects to be loaded into and out of the scene with very, very little framerate impact. This is a powerful ability, and I should be able to use this to create a proper paging system for the first time. I will need to modify my existing paging […]

The server persistence system now seems to basically work. The next step is the paging. I need to create and delete objects as they pass in and out of range of the player, and I need this to work over the server. First, I need to do some research into the loadlevelasync and unloadlevelasync functions. […]

I believe that I may have come up with a working solution to the issues that I was having with the persistent server. If I place the player at the origin, create the planets and other stellar objects, and then translate the player to their correct world space position, the system seems to work properly. […]

The persistent server concept is basically done, except for one serious issue that I have found. When the user disconnects from the server and then reconnects, the rotation values of the planets are incorrect. The planet seems to be in the correct positions, but it’s orbit (around it’s own axis) is wrong. This means that […]