Yes
#22262 posted by
negke on 2012/12/16 10:41:24
Email willem at quaketastic.
PiThan
I have only tried Raspbian, the one recommended for beginners - but yes, the performance was insanely slow. I don't really understand why. Sure, the hardware is underpowered, but as you say it should be more than good enough to run a web browser.
I can only imagine that there's some pretty unoptimised stuff in there, or other underyling issues that have yet to be resolved. Perhaps someone with half a clue can get it running more efficiently, but not me - within the GUI it was so slow that even just moving the mouse around rapidly causes it to go > 50% cpu usage.
That's the main reason I gave up tinkering with it and set up the Raspbmc media center instead - I just couldn't put up with how sluggish it was. If I can't even view a web page and mess around with stuff at the same time, I'm not going to get anywhere!
Don't believe the hype with Q3 either. I did get it running, but the frame rate was like... 15 fps average. With no sound. Mind you, that's running from within the GUI - I saw someone claiming to get 30-60 fps running it direct from the command line and with a bit of tweaking. So again in theory the hardware is capable of more.
Pi Power
One thing I should add is this: as many people have said, the power supply is critical. If you can't give it enough power, it will be unstable and performance can suffer. In my case, I was using the apple charger - which many people have claimed is adequate for the job - but it just wasn't enough (either the peripherals I was connecting needed more, or the AU version of the power supply isn't as good as the US one).
So while I thought at the time I had enough power (it wasn't crashing), what was happening was that my mouse and keyboard would just intermittently lose power because the board couldn't give enough to the USB ports. This contributed to the sluggish and unresponsive feel.
When I wiped wheezy and installed Raspbmc instead, I also ditched the ipad charger and got a powered USB hub instead (one of the recommended ones). This helped with stability and performance, as well as allowing me to connect extra peripherals without issues.
Now that I've sorted the power situation I want to try running the proper OS again, but I need to get another SD card to mess around with first. I have a feeling it will be slightly better. but still not fabulous (Raspbmc runs pretty well, but I imagine that's simply because it's a lot leaner).
Compiler Support For Floating Point Coordinates
#22266 posted by
SleepwalkR on 2012/12/20 23:56:34
Someone recently talked about how they tried the support for floating point coordinates in modern bsp compilers. Does anyone remember who that was / which thread it was in?
SleepwalkR
The discussion began around here:
http://celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=3&start=8207
There's executables linked later in the thread, not sure about code.
Thanks, But That's Not It
#22268 posted by
SleepwalkR on 2012/12/21 07:29:43
Thank you Frib, but I meant floating point coordinates for brush boundary planes, not the face attributes.
BIG UP.
#22269 posted by
Shambler on 2012/12/22 20:05:58
Sock.
Than.
Fern.
Tronyn.
Necros.
For recent Quake releases. Been some great and varied Quake action in the last month.
#22270 posted by
necros on 2012/12/22 21:36:34
Yeah, definitely. I still have Fern and Than's second map to play!
I hope to release a map myself soon. I'm slowly working through a large collection of changes that Sock suggested, so maybe next year in the first quarter...
Which Was The Necros Release??
#22272 posted by
nitin on 2012/12/23 02:10:10
Nitin.
#22274 posted by
Shambler on 2012/12/23 11:27:22
Scraps in Wicked. Even tho Tronyn bashed it together each scrap is probably a full map size!
#22275 posted by
necros on 2012/12/23 16:46:00
There is less necros in Wicked than you think. :)
I remember way back when I originally made those scraps, it was basically the frontage with the blue windows (the rear of the first building), the lower area of that one place where you jump out of the water and are attacked by knights and the tall metal towers way at the back of the map (after traversing the first 'sewer' tunnels with all the zombies).
#tf
#22276 posted by
DaZ on 2012/12/24 04:22:55
Happy Christmas Eve Morning Fribbles!
#22279 posted by
- on 2012/12/24 15:00:28
Hmmm....
#22280 posted by
Hrimfaxi on 2012/12/24 15:32:17
It's that time of the year again.
So merry christmas every one!
And thank you for all the fantastic maps you still make!
Frohe Weihnachten From Deutschland!
#22282 posted by
SleepwalkR on 2012/12/24 20:56:08
Feliz Natal
#22283 posted by Trinca on 2012/12/25 00:03:01
And many thanks to those that keep this comunity alive!
My big thanks to then
cheers
Rui Neto
Nightmare Quakemazz
#22284 posted by
madfox on 2012/12/25 03:15:51
many happy returns of the pint!
cheerz
Merry Christmas!
#22286 posted by
than on 2012/12/25 13:46:39
I presume most of you are just celebrating it because the tree is cool and stuff, just like me. For the rest of you, enjoy, and make sure Jesus doesn't get too drunk this year.