Random Chitchat 2012-2016

[tonibm19]

Yay!
Finished my exams and "recovered" my computer!

[xoft]

Everyone's done with their exams, we'll have so much new code written

[worktycho]

I'm currently trying to figure out the cubic noise algorithm. What is the algorithm Unoptimised?

[worktycho]

Also. Is Generate2D functionally equivalent to

Code:

for (int x = 0; x < SizeX; x++)
{
    for (int y = 0; y < SizeY; y++)
    {
           CubicNoise2D(x, y);
    }
}

[xoft]

Almost. It has an additional coord scaling into the CubicNoise function, but the principle is the same - generate an array of values:

for (int x = 0; x < SizeX; x++)
{
    double NoiseX = StartX + (EndX - StartX) * x / SizeX;  // Go from StartX to EndX in SizeX steps
    for (int y = 0; y < SizeY; y++)
    {
        double NoiseY = StartY + (EndY - StartY) * y / SizeY;  // Go from StartY to EndY in SizeY steps
        CubicNoise2D(NoiseX, NoiseY);
    }
}

Similarly for a 3D version, it adds another dimension.

[worktycho]

Okay. I'll use that algorithm for the GPU version. The for loops can be made parallel easily.

[NiLSPACE]

Jeb finaly showed his new underwater mob: http://instagram.com/p/pYcww-pMHC/# It's going to be in the snapshot today.

[FakeTruth]

What's that. Instagram for screenshots now? O.o

[xoft]

I just re-did a profiling session of MCS with a single player online. I am pretty surprised.
The chunk generator ran at some ~120 chunks per second, which is more than enough for a regular server.
The world ticking took about 6% of the CPU, which is near to nothing.

[NiLSPACE]

Is there a cWorld:IsChunkLoaded function? Or just any way I can check if a chunk is loaded.