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Signing off!
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Dev Environment Installer Available!
Probably the biggest barrier people have to helping out with MV3D is getting a development environment set up. It's pretty easy (on Windows) to run from the prebuilt binaries, but those don't allow you to edit the source code. As of today, a Windows install package for the development environment is now available! This includes:
- Python
- Panda3D
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- Python
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MV3D 0.60 Released!
We are pleased to announce the release of MV3D version 0.60! This release focused on scalability of worlds and includes support for splitting a single area across multiple server processes with automatic load balancing and redundancy. Areas can now be connected together using gateways to build worlds limited in size only by the amount of available ( Read more... ) -
Testing MV3D v0.60
The next release is nearly ready. We're looking to get some people to help with testing before officially giving it the thumbs up. You can grab the latest binaries and check it out. The demo server will be updated over the next week, and expect to see a new and improved demo world. Here's a little preview:
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MV3D 0.44, 0.50, and beyond.
MV3D 0.44 is ready, and 2 days ahead of schedule! The release was focused around building an asset tool-chain to facilitate adding content to MV3D worlds. In that respect, it was an outstanding success. The sprint only lasted about 3 months, which is a lot shorter than most MV3D releases. I'd like to keep up that pace moving forward. The most ( Read more... ) -
New Release and Moar Content
MV3D 0.42 released today! Check out the release notes or download the MV3D Windows Client! In this release, the core systems were made ready for tool building and content creation. This included a redesigned persistence mechanism and a cross system GUI layout.
The Good:- New persistence system is pretty awesome.
- For the first time ever, you can ( Read more... )
- New persistence system is pretty awesome.
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Storage Space
I've been trying to come up with a better way to persist MV3D state info. Basically, I need a solution that meets the following:
- Synchronous when saving data
- Transactional
- Extremely Fast when saving data
- Maintains data consistency
- Supports queries
- Externally available (i.e. you can view/modify/query the data outside of MV3D)
- Low CPU overhead ( Read more... )
- Synchronous when saving data
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Ship it!
MV3D Version 0.40 will be officially released today. I'm building the Windows binaries and source release now. I'm happy with the release, but visually, it's a bit of a step backwards. I don't have any good screenshots to show, or a movie detailing the new features. There are new features though. They just aren't visible, and if they are working ( Read more... ) -
No news is.. Well, no news.
It's been quite some time since I've posted anything here about MV3D. Things have definitely been going slowly recently in that regard, though they are picking up again now. I work on an MMO all day, so when I get home, I generally want to do something else for a while. However, now that I'm more settled in, I've been able to start putting in the ( Read more... )