:: From: Jeff Nelson  To: Charles Foster Subj: Duke3D ::
 CF>  JN> 7.) Silencers would be nice. Grappling hooks to climb up buildi
 CF>  JN> would be cool. 
 CF>  
 CF>  Silencers should be easy enough.  Who needs a grappling hook when y
 CF>  have a jetpack?  ;)
 JN> 
 JN> Yeah, silencers would be easy enough but programmers can't seem to 
 JN> grasp that fully for some reason. I would need a grappling hook if I 
 JN> didn't want to make so much noise and be seen easily.
 Well, a silencer WOULD be easy... just change the sounds for the guns when 
o
grab the silencer. A grappling hook... I dunno... just adding a silent 
unning
option to the jet pack would be easier. (It can run silent, but uses up fuel 
faster when you do it, for example.)
 JN> It's not like the computer has to process these on the fly. You always
 JN> say things arent possible. Nothing is impossible. Just go and see that
 JN> new movie Mission Impossible.:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
 JN> I don't think you need the "latest" processor to perform such a task. 
 JN> If it was included in the code I think it could be performed quite 
 JN> easily. 
 I'm afraid the computer DOES have to process it on the fly, in a 3D action 
game like Duke, Doom, or Quake. Stuff like node trees for Doom can speed 
things up (as the map of the level generally doesn't change too much), but
the stuff you are talking about can't use shortcuts so easily. It may be 
POSSIBLE, but I doubt it's so on, (here comes the phrase again) TODAY'S 
MACHINES. It can be done, but you'll have to wait for technology to catch up
with the vision. Considering the rate things are getting improved now, it
won't be a long wait, luckily. :-)
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