Category Archives: Vector-field Consistency

This section is about part of my progress in my Master’s thesis, using the prototype game NetRumble.

The final masters thesis is available in my publications:
https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist150977/publications

Vector-field Consistency

NetRumble – fixed bugs & new features

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List of fixed bugs in NetRumble Starter Kit:

  • The game couldn't find network sessions. This bug is already fixed in the latest version available from the XNA Creators Club online.
    File: MainMenuScreen.cs
    Method: FindSession
    • - searchResultsScreen = new SearchResultsScreen(NetworkSessionType.PlayerMatch); 
+ searchResultsScreen = new SearchResultsScreen(sessionType);

  • Projectiles could pass the barriers

    File: CollisionMath.cs

    Method: CircleRectangleCollide 

    • - if((distance > 0) && (distance < radius)) 
+ if((distance >= 0) && (distance < radius))

New features added:

  • Full screen view - hard-coded for now, will add as an option in menus;
  • Configured to use current windows resolution;
  • Scaled the game world so it's possible to view a larger portion of the arena;
  • Circles with different radius and colors around the player's ship (for now these are mere drafts but will correspond to the consistency areas)
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Vector-field Consistency

Introduction

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In this blog I'll be posting the work I'll be doing for my masters dissertation in Computer Science and Engineering which I'll be doing at INESC-id and Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.

The main goal of this project is to adapt and implement Vector-Field Consistency model in the communication used in a multi-player game.

I'll be using a XNA starter kit game: NetRumble, a two-dimensional shooter where, originally, up to sixteen players compete online in a death match arena filled with asteroids and power-ups.