Yeah so basically, when you perform some function in an app, it has a series of jobs it needs to finish. Let's say an action involves 3 jobs. The program splits these up and sends them to 3 cores. Job 1 and 2 take 2ms to finish and job 3 takes 4ms - core 1 & 2 will be in use for 2ms and will then wait on core 3 to finish…
Thanks Justin. I searched for an older steambox thread but decided combing through (x)pages wasn't worth it. :/ My opinion on this whole shebang: support the crap out of valve. I doubt they plan to make something that can't run the games they intend to sell on it. it may look a little suspect as we see it now but I'll give…
HELLO! Thanks to everyone for the comments/feedback thus far! Definitely helping me along! I feel like I finally got somewhere decent. I just realized the head flashing a bit as it comes up (darn it!) and the tail could use some work (stupid tails!), but it's generally near the end stages. Definitely will revisit in the…
Thanks for the reply, I looked in the logs folder but theres no logs with Lightmass or Swarmagent in the filename, and I checked the logs tab of the Swarmagent too, and the only things it says about the error is:- -The task failure count is non-zero -Task killed locally, counted as failure I dont know where the lightmass…
Wow, I haven't been on PC for a few days and wasn't expecting to see my thread still active! Thanks so much for all your comments guys, really happy to be able to share this stuff with everyone...I'll do my best to address your comments :) @ Poffington - thanks so much dude, i've just started a new job but will be posting…
It's all just theory in the end but... I think art, the creative process in general, only hits pleasing notes after long hours of studied and focussed concentration. I think it is the length of hours awake rather than the time of day at which we settle down to work that is the key factor. Certainly , I also feel there's an…
Yea anyone using loops and rings is crazy... all those dumb bastards have it backwards, how dare they think to mimic the underlying muscle structure and open their work flow to easy and simple ways of working, crazy I tell you! =P Saving a few polys isn't all its was cracked up to be back in the day. Most processors, yes…
It's an interesting read Ben and is most definitely sound advice for the most part. I do feel it could use a little 'optimization' though. It's just a little on the fat side. Also I think it's written slightly too much from your personal perspective with your experiences woven in there as If it were fact. For example I…
i got HL2 the day after Christmas. i go to install it and it wont install due to InstallShield being broken. (due to Doom3 ginving me an error when i tried to install it back in August(?), i searched online and some supposed 'fixes' for the error i was getting didnt work and Microsoft thinks that since Windows Installer 2…
Yes because a 'like' measures the quality of the artwork. OH MY! CHART MUSIC GETS MORE LIKES THAN MY FAVOURITE SUPER SRS INDEPENDENT FOLK SONGWRITER!!! Sexual imagery is just liked more because people like it more. Thing is though, its not like other stuff doesn't get likes - go have a look at rolegio or someone and see…