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Yves 8e30410109 Improve PickEntitiesAtPoint
First, do a ray intersection test with the bounding-sphere for all
entities on the map and then check the more detailed selection shape for
the remaining candidates. Do checks that require component lookups after
the ray intersection tests because these are relatively expensive.
The old method for figuring out which entities are below the mouse
cursor was incorrect because it does a 2D check to filter out the first
candidates which can lead to incorrect results with lower camera angles
and high buildings or buildings with a large footprint. Such problems
were avoided with quite a large radius for this 2D test and resulted in
a large number of candiate entities after this first test (200-500).
Also rename PickEntitiesAtPoint to PickEntityAtPoint and make it return
only one (the closest) match.

I've tested performance with the tracelogger by starting a map and then
moving the mouse in circles for one minute. The results were relatively
stable. I've compared the total time percentage of input.js:836, which
spends nearly all of the time in PickEntityAtPoint.
Ardennes Forest - Normal size:       Original: 41.46%    Patched: 31.6%
Ardennes Forest - Giant size:        Original: 40.59%    Patched: 51.55%

As we see, it's faster on normal map sizes but slower on giant maps with
a lot of entities.
This approach can be further improved with some kind of spatial
subdivision for the culling (like an octree), which would help the unit
renderer too. This way it should be possible to make it faster (and
still correct) on all map sizes and with a large total numbers of
entities.

This was SVN commit r16098.
2015-01-01 23:05:26 +00:00
binaries Improve PickEntitiesAtPoint 2015-01-01 23:05:26 +00:00
build Fixes build errors on Windows introduced in c813a11427 and 1a0f9b086e. 2014-11-13 22:37:43 +00:00
docs Changes various urls to point to the new website and fixes some broken forum urls. 2012-12-11 23:04:03 +00:00
libraries Removes bundled MiniUPnPc source, it is now a required system library on *nix. NOTE: update-workspaces must be run. See the updated BuildInstructions for details. 2014-10-15 03:47:13 +00:00
source Improve PickEntitiesAtPoint 2015-01-01 23:05:26 +00:00
.gitattributes Deletes internal mod (see SVN history if needed) 2013-02-14 22:32:17 +00:00
LICENSE.txt Updates LICENSE.txt files for recent changes 2014-06-28 06:21:27 +00:00
license_dbghelp.txt Initial attempt at describing licensing details 2009-06-20 17:45:51 +00:00
license_gpl-2.0.txt Initial attempt at describing licensing details 2009-06-20 17:45:51 +00:00
license_lgpl-2.1.txt Initial attempt at describing licensing details 2009-06-20 17:45:51 +00:00
README.txt Changes various urls to point to the new website and fixes some broken forum urls. 2012-12-11 23:04:03 +00:00

 0 A.D. Introductory Information
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0 A.D. (pronounced "zero ey-dee") is a free, open-source, cross-platform
real-time strategy game of ancient warfare.

This is currently an incomplete, under-development version of the game.
We're always interested in getting more people involved, to help bring the game
towards completion and to share the interesting experience of developing a
project of this scope.

There are several ways to contact us and find more information:

  Web site: http://play0ad.com/

  Forums: http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/

  Trac (development info, bug tracker): http://trac.wildfiregames.com/

  IRC: #0ad on irc.quakenet.org


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Running precompiled binaries on Windows
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Open the "binaries\system" folder.

To launch the game: Run pyrogenesis.exe

To launch the map editor: Run Atlas.bat or "pyrogenesis.exe -editor"


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Compiling the game from source code
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The instructions for compiling the game on Windows, Linux and OS X are at
http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/BuildInstructions


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Reporting problems
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Bugs should be reported on Trac. For information on reporting problems
and finding logs, see http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/ReportingErrors