Spring fixes

Doug Binks - 03 Apr 2001 - edited 30 Oct 2013

[This is an archive post about the first version of Avoyd which we now call Avoyd 1999. The full game is now free to download.]

A month has passed since our first release, and we're still alive and well. Those of you who have been to our forums may have spotted that at least one person experienced a bug in version 1.1 which stopped him from playing it. We've fixed that (thanks Ouroboros for your patience and assistance), and have released a patch. This patch also includes further optimizations, so things should run faster.

Finding the bug (which you'll note we call a fix elsewhere, having learned from Microsoft that there's no such thing as bugs, only fixes) was tough. For technically minded people, the bug corrupted the stack leaving no clue as to where it came from. Isolating the bug during debugging was also a big problem, as any minor change to the code made it disapear, and single stepping through the disassembly was taking forever. This was not helped by the debugger in Visual C++ 6 which seemed to loose track of the 'this' pointer in optimized code. A few tricks and several days later the problem turned up in a really obvious place - as always.

With this patch out the way, we're back to adding functionality. The next update should include some of the features people have mentioned in the forums, though no new game types as yet. We'll be a while making this one, so don't hold your breath!

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2023

 › Optimising Voxel Meshes for Games Using Blender
 › Implementing a GPU Voxel Octree Path Tracer
 › Avoyd Release Streams and Minecraft Lit Materials
 › Avoyd Beta Stream

2022

 › Isometric Render of a Minecraft Map in Avoyd Voxel Editor

2021

 › Importing Minecraft maps in Avoyd Voxel Editor improved

2020

 › Runtime Compiled C++ Dear ImGui and DirectX11 Tutorial

2019

 › Boxes in Space: procedural generation of abstract worlds in Avoyd
 › Procedural python word generator: making user names out of 4 syllables
 › In-game building
 › Player-deployable turrets in Avoyd

2018

 › Avoyd Game Singleplayer and Coop Multiplayer Test
 › Voxel Editor Evolved

2017

 › Speeding up Runtime Compiled C++ compile times in MSVC with d2cgsummary
 › Multiplayers toxic last hit kill and how to heal it
 › Avoyd Editor Prototype

2016

 › Black triangles and Peter Highspot
 › Colour palettes and lighting
 › Concept art by Rebecca Michalak

2015

 › Internals of a lightweight task scheduler
 › Implementing a lightweight task scheduler
 › Feral Vector
 › Normal generation in the pixel shader

2014

 › Python Google App Engine debugging with PyCharm CE
 › Lighting voxel octrees and procedural texturing
 › Patterns and spheres
 › Python Google App Engine debugging with PyTools
 › Interview
 › Domain masking using Google App Engine
 › Octree streaming - part 4
 › Black triangles and nervous_testpilot
 › Presskit for Google App Engine
 › Octree streaming - part 3
 › Octree streaming - part 2
 › Octree streaming

2013

 › LAN discovery with multiple adapters
 › Playing with material worlds
 › Developer Diary archive
 › Website redesign
 › First Person Editor
 › First Avoyd tech update video
 › Implementing a static website in Google App Engine
 › Multiplayer editing
 › First screenshots
 › Thoughts on gameplay modes
 › Back in 1999

2002

 › ECTS 2002
 › Avoyd Version 1.6.1 out
 › Avoyd Version 1.6 out

2001

 › Biting the bullet
 › Avoyd version 1.5 out
 › Monday Mayhem
 › Avoyd version 1.5 alpha 1 out
 › Avoyd version 1.4 out
 › ECTS 2001
 › Fun with Greek letters
 › Closer just a little closer
 › Back already
 › Artificial Humanity
 › Products and promises
 › Ecommerce
 › Explosions galore
 ›› Spring fixes 
 › Open source and ports to other operating systems
 › Avoyd LAN Demo Version 1.1 is out
 › Thanks for the support
 › Avoyd LAN Demo Ready

 › Game Tech

 › Optimising Voxel Meshes for Games Using Blender
 › Implementing a GPU Voxel Octree Path Tracer
 › Importing Minecraft maps in Avoyd Voxel Editor improved
 › Runtime Compiled C++ Dear ImGui and DirectX11 Tutorial
 › Boxes in Space: procedural generation of abstract worlds in Avoyd
 › Procedural python word generator: making user names out of 4 syllables
 › Speeding up Runtime Compiled C++ compile times in MSVC with d2cgsummary
 › Internals of a lightweight task scheduler
 › Implementing a lightweight task scheduler
 › Normal generation in the pixel shader
 › Lighting voxel octrees and procedural texturing
 › Octree streaming - part 4
 › Octree streaming - part 3
 › Octree streaming - part 2
 › Octree streaming
 › LAN discovery with multiple adapters

 › enkiTS

 › Internals of a lightweight task scheduler
 › Implementing a lightweight task scheduler

 › RCC++

 › Runtime Compiled C++ Dear ImGui and DirectX11 Tutorial
 › Speeding up Runtime Compiled C++ compile times in MSVC with d2cgsummary

 › Web Tech

 › Procedural python word generator: making user names out of 4 syllables
 › Python Google App Engine debugging with PyCharm CE
 › Python Google App Engine debugging with PyTools
 › Domain masking using Google App Engine
 › Presskit for Google App Engine
 › Implementing a static website in Google App Engine

 › Avoyd

 › Implementing a GPU Voxel Octree Path Tracer
 › Avoyd Release Streams and Minecraft Lit Materials
 › Avoyd Beta Stream
 › Isometric Render of a Minecraft Map in Avoyd Voxel Editor
 › Importing Minecraft maps in Avoyd Voxel Editor improved
 › Boxes in Space: procedural generation of abstract worlds in Avoyd
 › In-game building
 › Player-deployable turrets in Avoyd
 › Avoyd Game Singleplayer and Coop Multiplayer Test
 › Voxel Editor Evolved
 › Multiplayers toxic last hit kill and how to heal it
 › Avoyd Editor Prototype
 › Black triangles and Peter Highspot
 › Colour palettes and lighting
 › Concept art by Rebecca Michalak
 › Feral Vector
 › Patterns and spheres
 › Interview
 › Black triangles and nervous_testpilot
 › Playing with material worlds
 › Website redesign
 › First Person Editor
 › First Avoyd tech update video
 › Multiplayer editing
 › First screenshots
 › Thoughts on gameplay modes
 › Back in 1999

 › Avoyd 1999

 › Developer Diary archive
 › Back in 1999
 › ECTS 2002
 › Avoyd Version 1.6.1 out
 › Avoyd Version 1.6 out
 › Biting the bullet
 › Avoyd version 1.5 out
 › Monday Mayhem
 › Avoyd version 1.5 alpha 1 out
 › Avoyd version 1.4 out
 › ECTS 2001
 › Fun with Greek letters
 › Closer just a little closer
 › Back already
 › Artificial Humanity
 › Products and promises
 › Ecommerce
 › Explosions galore
 ›› Spring fixes 
 › Open source and ports to other operating systems
 › Avoyd LAN Demo Version 1.1 is out
 › Thanks for the support
 › Avoyd LAN Demo Ready