The Neocosmos

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:33 pm

A little update on this projects length:

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Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:42 pm

Does the size mainly come from the musics?

Postby **ElectriKong** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:43 pm

Approximately how many levels per world are there in the episode? If you only on world 5 then it must be high. And I have no idea how on earth you got it to be so big.

I think we need to know how long the soundtracks are in the game, and you really need to decrease the size by like a lot because the current size alone could make a fair few users lose all interest in an otherwise good looking episode, whether it be because they don't want to wait or use up that much storage and for some, not having good enough internet/PC to download something that large (I have doubts about this myself TBH). If you have 30 min+ extended tracks then cutting it down to just a few minutes would greatly reduce the size of the tracks. There is a reason contests had a rule that penalized music tracks over 6 minutes, which was to keep the size down, and for the most part, it should not be necessary to go over that length. And it might not hurt to change the format to one that would also reduce the size of said tracks.

Also, for reference, this is the size of my entire SMBX2 folder (this includes PGE, the game, a folder which contains Custom GFX packs, all the episodes I have and everything else that SMBX2 has) which is not even 4 times as large as your episode.

Spoiler: show

And the size of my worlds folder which just 3 NSMWXs would almost be the equivalent of (and includes MAGLX2).

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For comparison, Airship Attack (which has 170 levels) is only around 180MB and MAGLX2 (with over 200 levels and has lots of custom stuff) is not much over 2GB when both parts are together (as they are when downloaded).

So you should see if you can improve the efficiency of how you are storing your files for your episode by shortening music tracks to 1 or 2 loops, using a format that could make the tracks smaller (if possible) and maybe seeing if GFX files or music/sound files that are used in many levels could be used outside the level folders and just putting them in the episode folder.

If the size does turn out to be necessary and can't be reduced, then splitting the episode into smaller parts to upload should be done to make it easier to download the episode.

Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 2:40 am

As an fyi, in TGE9 the musics make up for nearly 3 GB, while everything else has "relatively normal" size

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:42 am

First,there are 26 levels only in World 1.Second,38A has a feauture that encrypts the episode so it is much smaller.

Postby **ElectriKong** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:12 pm

Yeah, 26 levels per world is a lot. As for encryption, don't use to the detriment of the player (so don't disable things like cheats or level viewing etc), although offering an encypted version as an option if it is significantly smaller does sound like a good idea.

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:31 pm

Electriking wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:12 pm
Yeah, 26 levels per world is a lot. As for encryption, don't use to the detriment of the player (so don't disable things like cheats or level viewing etc), although offering an encypted version as an option if it is significantly smaller does sound like a good idea.

Well,level viewing will be disabled and only "needamushroom" and "flamethrower" will be usable.

Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:00 pm

don't cheats delete your file already in 38A?

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:48 am

Cedur wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:00 pm
don't cheats delete your file already in 38A?

Yes,they do.But you can use a Password.

Postby **ElectriKong** » Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:16 am

Ludwig_von Koopa wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:48 am

Cedur wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:00 pm
don't cheats delete your file already in 38A?
Yes,they do.But you can use a Password.

That no one knows.

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:38 pm

I just want to tell you that I will work on this episode now.Also,I will make an update all 2 weeks within new screens.
Also,i will post some levels on discord (ONLY discord) soon (don't worry,these levels aren't good,they are only test levels,you won't miss anything if you don't want to join).

GDKeptr · Postby **GDKeptr** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:46 pm

It's good to see that your project is back again.

electro-kun · Postby **electro-kun** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:36 pm

Oh yeah buddy, Ludwig is back to work!

Suckerman7 GM · Postby **Suckerman7 GM** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:08 pm

Hello mate. I see that you're looking somebody. May I sign up for beta-testing? (Not level designing because I'm working on my own project!)

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:57 pm

Suckerman7 GM wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:08 pm
Hello mate. I see that you're looking somebody. May I sign up for beta-testing? (Not level designing because I'm working on my own project!)

Maybe.
Join me on discord so we can talk about it.

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Sat Nov 24, 2018 2:51 pm

Demo 3 will release soon.Release day will be 11/10/2018.
(That's because I need to test some stuff.)

Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:16 pm

I joined your discord server a week ago to find out more details but I found next to nothing, except for the hidden developper channel ... could I maybe get in?

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:55 am

I really should make an update...
Wait for 11/10/18,there are only 5 days left.

Postby **Eri7** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:01 am

Ludwig_von Koopa wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:55 am
I really should make an update...
Wait for 12/10/18,there are only 5 days left.

Would this update contain the third demo?

Luna · Postby **Luna** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:05 pm

Eri7 wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:01 am

Ludwig_von Koopa wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:55 am
I really should make an update...
Wait for 12/10/18,there are only 5 days left.
Would this update contain the third demo?

The 4th.Yes.