I hate 1280x1024. It gives the wrong width:height ratio.

Anyway I use 1280x960 on my desktop, but whenever I play a recent game (ie any game released within the last 6 years) I play on a low resolution, like 640x480 or (sometimes) 800x600.

1280x1024

@Redeemer

just of curiosity - does it give a big performance boost in most cases?

Screen resolution and lighting/shadow effects are the two biggest performance killers in almost all 3D renderers. Shaders can be a big one too.

The best available:

video_set(sys_metrics(0), sys_metrics(1), 32, 1);

AFAIK, shaders are the reason screen resolution matters so much. Pixel shaders, in particular. I haven't forgotten about your computer, Redeemer, for which I'll have some lower settings.
Of course The bootstrapper sets those as the default setting (if there isn't a config file to trump it), but I don't want to automatically start the game like that -- I like when games have a bootstrapper that allow me to play in windowed mode (depending on the kind of game), or at least choose my settings beforehand (most games seem to default to my secondary monitor's resolution, which is smaller).

Jibb

Discrepancies between client and server experience get more severe when playing with boost, and even more so with sapoi. By changing video_alpha on the client I can more easily see when and how badly this is happening:





In motion, it's easy to see which is the client and which is the server, because the client is always a little behind.

Jibb

I'm working on music for KarBOOM, but not sure what style to go with. If anyone has examples of music they think would go well with KarBOOM, please post a link where I can listen to it for inspiration!

Jibb

just think this needs something light and fast, it still is a car game afterall, needs a certain pace..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-atQAvUc0E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vxJ2XAKopE&feature=related

I was looking at Crash Bash stuff before. Classic!

Part of me feels that the style doesn't fit my game's "character", but I can't figure out what KarBOOM's "character" is, and perhaps the music it ends up having will play a large part in determining that.

Jibb

Funny. I was asked nearly the same thing this evening. I then browsed for about 2 hours iStockPhoto for their audio stuff, brainstorming for some new ideas for Razor, if it ever happens that I develop it.

So have a look at iStockPhoto.