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I've been quite busy with College recently... To hell with it. I can make time for an old hobby of mine. Count me in. I might make this one with SMBX 2, that'll mean learning how that works though I've been a 1.3 purist since it came out so many years ago.

Few questions:

-It would be okay to submit the project I've been trying to finish for a really long time, right?

-Do all the judges have fairly decent machines? My level is somewhat demanding on CPU (and maybe GPU depending on how glDraw works)

-The level uses a custom checkpoint system with the same method as multipoints for checking if it was the last level entered. Is there anything in the hub world that might interfere with this?

Quantumenace wrote:-Do all the judges have fairly decent machines? My level is somewhat demanding on CPU (and maybe GPU depending on how glDraw works)

Question: How the bloody hell do you make SMBX struggle to run in 2018? What did you DO?

Ok, started my level yesterday, sure 99,999% that I'll do even the least better than SCC.

I want in

Quantumenace wrote:-Do all the judges have fairly decent machines? My level is somewhat demanding on CPU (and maybe GPU depending on how glDraw works)

-The level uses a custom checkpoint system with the same method as multipoints for checking if it was the last level entered. Is there anything in the hub world that might interfere with this?

Depends on how much you're using glDraw. Should be fine though. Checkpoint system sounds fine as well

Quantumenace wrote:Few questions:

-It would be okay to submit the project I've been trying to finish for a really long time, right?

-Do all the judges have fairly decent machines? My level is somewhat demanding on CPU (and maybe GPU depending on how glDraw works)

-The level uses a custom checkpoint system with the same method as multipoints for checking if it was the last level entered. Is there anything in the hub world that might interfere with this?

You've probably already grouped the draw calls to as few as possible, right? One per texture is generally less expensive than one per object per texture and might save you some performance.
glDraw is demanding on CPU, for the record.

I'm in.

Enjl wrote:You've probably already grouped the draw calls to as few as possible, right? One per texture is generally less expensive than one per object per texture and might save you some performance.
glDraw is demanding on CPU, for the record.

Most of my glDraw calls are either from particles.lua or need to be able to have separate priorities.

Didn't you say your old machine had trouble with the boss in "He's Back"? That one never gets much past 33% on the profiler lag graph for me, but my level gets up into the 40-50% range occasionally.

Quantumenace wrote:

Enjl wrote:You've probably already grouped the draw calls to as few as possible, right? One per texture is generally less expensive than one per object per texture and might save you some performance.
glDraw is demanding on CPU, for the record.

Most of my glDraw calls are either from particles.lua or need to be able to have separate priorities.

Didn't you say your old machine had trouble with the boss in "He's Back"? That one never gets much past 33% on the profiler lag graph for me, but my level gets up into the 40-50% range occasionally.

Ahh particles hm. Yes my old pc had lag with He's Back, but only while also recording, so don't worry about that. Sadly this also means I have no idea how much profiler sage would be the actual limit for my old machine. I do remember getting lag in a level with three seperate snow emitters that draw all the time and have a maximum of 150 particles each, though, FWIW. I know Waddle's PC at least didn't lag in that scenario.

Quantumenace wrote:It would be okay to submit the project I've been trying to finish for a really long time, right?

assuming you mean a standalone level by "project" then yes. (there's no rule that everything has to be started from scratch, it just must not have been published before)

I hope the judges, are ready for a unforgettable, trash level from me

Mable wrote:I hope the judges, are ready for a unforgettable, trash level from me

Can't wait for Stormhead Sanctuary 2.

Aye, I definitely have time for this. Maybe you've heard, but a snowstorm unlike any I've seen in my life has gripped pretty much all of Europe. Playing in deep snow for the first time in nearly 10 years felt guuud.

Yoshi678 wrote:Aye, I definitely have time for this. Maybe you've heard, but a snowstorm unlike any I've seen in my life has gripped pretty much all of Europe. Playing in deep snow for the first time in nearly 10 years felt guuud.

Yeah, I know it, in my country it became quite a meme.

The snow has not affected my ability to take part in the contest, for better or worse

AndrewPixel wrote:

Yoshi678 wrote:Aye, I definitely have time for this. Maybe you've heard, but a snowstorm unlike any I've seen in my life has gripped pretty much all of Europe. .

Yeah, I know it, in my country it became quite a meme.

Italy? Aye. I hear Rome's been blanketed in it for the first time in over a decade.

Yoshi678 wrote:

AndrewPixel wrote:

Yoshi678 wrote:Aye, I definitely have time for this. Maybe you've heard, but a snowstorm unlike any I've seen in my life has gripped pretty much all of Europe. .

Yeah, I know it, in my country it became quite a meme.

Italy? Aye. I hear Rome's been blanketed in it for the first time in over a decade.

Most of my friends got mad posting on instagram things about it lol

Oh cool, another official contest owo

I might join this one.

WerewolfGD wrote:Oh cool, another official contest owo

I might join this one.

Do it