ba7rain Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 there are many websites with freelance programmers, game developers, etc.... wouldnt it be worth a shot to speed up the game development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTreePaladin Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 It's not so easy. We have enough to pay a developer for a little while, but they would have to get familiar with the code first. That takes awhile and once you factor that in, there's not really much money left. We fell short of the amount needed to really hire someone full time (once you account for all the fees and then paying for shipping the perks). Also, there is the issue of code quality. If someone isn't really interested in our project and we can't pay them long term, then they probably aren't going to have much incentive to really delve into the difficult performance issues. Why would they want to start a project they won't have time to finish? It's highly unlikely that they would return and finish fixing whatever difficult performance issue they were tackling once the funds run out.However, having said that, we are currently considering a potential paid development opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zreezy Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Curious... Any new updates with all this? It would be nice if more blog posts on http://play0ad.com/ were posted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTreePaladin Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 There is definitely a lot of progress being made by the developers currently, but right now all of the people who would post updates are busy. As for paid development work, we are working on getting that lined up. Can't make any short term promises, but we are optimistic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I see a lot of changes about that matter, but I have a question, why in the same machine linux(Mint andUbuntu) version are more optimizated than Windows 7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 It's because those OS use less RAM memory (Most of the time) Disk partionning is different etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki1950 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 It's because those OS use less RAM memory (Most of the time) Disk partionning is different etcMost of that memory efficiency comes from the Linux kernel's memory management algorithm which is just better than Windows.Enjoy the Choice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Most of that memory efficiency comes from the Linux kernel's memory management algorithm which is just better than Windows.Enjoy the Choice yeah suposse , and the videocard hardware, firmare is most updated than official. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I may be wrong but even though linux supports ati drivers there is a lack of support mostly because of the differences between kernels. Moreover i don ´t think nvidia is well supportedI wonder about intel hd graphics though...Another thing is with switchable graphics which you should only worry if you have 1-2 years old pc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niektb Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 NVidia does well on linux, including switchable graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast. Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 RedFox has put some efforts in, no doubt. Though the megapatch might not have been seen as a trouble first, but we learn. What really concerns me is if Philip is still around ... many rather difficult files I came across seem to be written by him .. even in the heart of the engine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Philip is still around. So you can still ask him questions (though he's not very active on the forums, mostly on IRC). But as he has a different job now, his time is limited, and he can't do big features. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast. Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 I call this semi-good-bad news. At least that's still a bit a shocker. Though we still have a very active team. 0AD is highly capable. Wasn't it once created due to limitations of an engine (AoK)? That's the reason why everything is moddable I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddchild Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Why not use freelancer.com and just put up projects for specific tasks? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeXoR Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) Why not use freelancer.com and just put up projects for specific tasks?I like the idea of giving freelancers an opportunity in 0 A.D..However, it might be difficult to make this work for both sides:- For 0 A.D.it's vital that things really improve by payed work.- For the freelancer it would be vital to know he gets the money for his work.So for 0 A.D. it would be optimal to set some (well defined) goals and offer payment for a solution (after it is done and tested).(the problem here is the "well defined" I guess since solving one issue e.g. should not result in adding a new (maybe worse) issue)For a freelancer it would be optimal if the payment is guaranteed (if the issue is solved by her/him) e.g. not dependent on the team liking the solution.I don't know if this can be solved. Edited March 28, 2014 by FeXoR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba7rain Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Why not use freelancer.com and just put up projects for specific tasks?there are even more websites too... looks like we both did our searches i would have thought that with the amount of money donated a portion of it could still have gone towards some of the programming..at the end of the day you have to excuse our passion for this game, we are so eager for the next release, its very playable now online and all that so i really want to see what the next one would be like...and i think i speak for many passionate players here too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddchild Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I use freelancer.com to get animations done all the time. That would be an easy way to allocate resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 i would have thought that with the amount of money donated a portion of it could still have gone towards some of the programming.We have a candidate for the paid programming work, someone on the team who is very very familiar with the code. Someone you all will like very much. However, there are still some issues to work out to make sure they can do it and we're not ready for an official announcement yet on who it is and the details of their work. at the end of the day you have to excuse our passion for this game, we are so eager for the next release, its very playable now online and all that so i really want to see what the next one would be like...and i think i speak for many passionate players here too We appreciate the passion. You don't ever have to apologize for that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 We have a candidate for the paid programming work, someone on the team who is very very familiar with the code. Someone you all will like very much. However, there are still some issues to work out to make sure they can do it and we're not ready for an official announcement yet on who it is and the details of their work.We appreciate the passion. You don't ever have to apologize for that. I can twit this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I can twit this?Please no not yet. We'll let everyone know when we have things finalized or when we are to a point when spreading the word about it is a good thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Please no not yet. We'll let everyone know when we have things finalized or when we are to a point when spreading the word about it is a good thing. understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast. Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Thank you, omg, who is it. I wonder if we just couldn't start another fundraiser. If we start often enough then we might get enough for Philip even. Then we can pay you and RedFox too. And if we have enough fundraiser to get enough aside for a huge amount of interest. Then we could lift off just directly to the moon just as we are. If it's one of the team, we will like it anyway. External developers might do it just for the unimportant thing (the money). Though there might be exceptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 I see one problem with this : Quality. If you hire dev's that have not interest whatsoever in the game, they propably will not be as good as someone who likes it IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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