FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
*thumbs up*
Megaton. Durante helped Xseed fix up the Little King's Story port
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firebricks3
Member
Was waiting for this. Bought.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
DeuceGamer
Member
Devs/Pubs should definitely consider hiring him. Not sure what his employment status is but maybe he prefers to "freelance"?
Refreshment.01
Member
Are we witnessing the dawn of a new seal of quality?
"POWERED BY DURANTECH"
Small sand grain by small sand grain keep changing the videogame world Durante.
"POWERED BY DURANTECH"
Small sand grain by small sand grain keep changing the videogame world Durante.
Just for the record: the 60 FPS mode is not perfect. In fact, I refused to charge XSEED my full rate because I'm not happy with it 
So really, if you want to play the entire game at 60 FPS then you shouldn't buy the Steam version (then again, there isn't any version of the game you could buy)
So really, if you want to play the entire game at 60 FPS then you shouldn't buy the Steam version (then again, there isn't any version of the game you could buy
)FWIW, all the comments and documentation for the LKS source were in Japanese. But I'm used to reverse engineering things!
Crankshaft
Member
Durante.
Winner of Gaf's first Lifetime achievement award.
Winner of Gaf's first Lifetime achievement award.
Obliterator
Member
Durante is a beast. Good job man
Nice work, Durante. More publishers should follow XSEED's example on this one.
There's one thing I've been wondering for a while, though. You clearly know your stuff when it comes to graphics programming. Is that what you specialized in for your master's/PhD or is it something you learned purely out of personal interest?
There's one thing I've been wondering for a while, though. You clearly know your stuff when it comes to graphics programming. Is that what you specialized in for your master's/PhD or is it something you learned purely out of personal interest?
pantsattack
Member
Disabling the intro videos in the launcher? What a novel idea! If they are unskippable I always try to take them out, especially if it's a game I return to regularly.
Megaton indeed, kudos to XSEED.
This pique my interest, given Tecmo's past with PC ports.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
When you opening that sick PC port focused studio?
I like 'Durante Softworks'.
Edit:
Holy hell you got some talent in them fingertips!
Abilidebob
Member
Now Koei Tecmo knows what to do.
ethomaz
Banned
That is really cool... congrats I did not play the game you looks like you did a good work.
Yeah... I mean for projects like 3-4 months... it is really good deal for both sides.
brainzelda
Member
Can you reverse the X-axis now? I recall not being able to do that when it first came out.
Eolz
Member
There's actually a Nick Fury of PC gaming going from door to door to ask if they want to help make good PC ports.
Dragon1893
Member
This is awesome.
Kudos to Durante and also to XSeed for reaching out to him.
Kudos to Durante and also to XSeed for reaching out to him.
ramoisdead
Member
Well he did post some photos of the upcoming K-T games coming out on PC soon, Atelier Sophie and Nights of Azure, over at the Steam thread. Since they are not officially out yet, I'm guessing Durante is going over how the ports are running, maybe even providing some feedback to them. I'm pretty sure we'll find out more in detail during the first few weeks of their release.
WIll buy this tomorrow. Thumbs up for XSEED for actually caring and getting help from the Durante.
Problem is that it was KT America that contacted him. It's KT Japan that do all the porting stuff and somehow I don't think they want help with the ports.
Mama Robotnik
Member
I don't understand a lot of technical stuff,
And yet, your blog post was really interesting and a pleasant read. You made a complex subject (for me) easy to read about.
The industry should recruit you more, and you should write more blog posts when they do!
And yet, your blog post was really interesting and a pleasant read. You made a complex subject (for me) easy to read about.
The industry should recruit you more, and you should write more blog posts when they do!
JigglesBunny
Banned
Durante continues to be a certified bad ass.
Excellent job, sir.
Excellent job, sir.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
I enjoyed that blog post. Optimization in action always gives me the fuzzies.
I'll probably pick the game up soon.
I'll probably pick the game up soon.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Ha! Now that's something I hadn't seen in a while ; )It's also pretty amazing how they wrote a bespoke engine, memory manager, scripting system and VM for the original Wii game. Impressive on the one hand, infuriating on the other
And all of it only commented in Japanese and compiling correctly in SHIFT-JIS of course!
I did provide them with feedback, including what I'd consider the priorities list for the port.
As far as I can tell, this is accurate.
Half of the time I spent on this is due to codepages. No joke.
R_thanatos
Member
No just fixes , even some tweaks
Kudos to you Durante
Well I hope they finally add resolutions above 1080p. I wont purchase any KT games until I can play them at native 4k of my monitor.
NM, LKS working now after a reboot. I wonder if it is the stupid CAM software I installed for my NZXT cooler. So flaky.
They did for Atelier Sophie and Nights of Azure, coming out in a couple days. They both support resolutions above 1080p and 60fps, though Nights of Azure not in its launcher for some bizarre reason.
formasymphonic
Member
So on a serious level, Durante:
Have you ever thought about writing a book or teaching an online course or something. I feel like you've done more than enough to prove your credentials and I'm sure there are a lot of people who would like to get into the industry (or maybe are already in it) - who would like to learn if you are willing to teach.
Have you ever thought about writing a book or teaching an online course or something. I feel like you've done more than enough to prove your credentials and I'm sure there are a lot of people who would like to get into the industry (or maybe are already in it) - who would like to learn if you are willing to teach.
RustyNails
Member
Durante is the hero GAF deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Wow, awesome of Durante to do this.
Yes. This week, in fact.
I hope so. This week, I threw around some ideas regarding making a general open source free launcher/configuration framework that could be used by indie- to mid-tier PC ports/versions. I also honestly considered changing my day job and working full-time on ports. But it's all very volatile.
FunkyDealer
Banned
I bought the game probably around the initial steam release, but because of its state at the time I put it on hold.
Sounds like it should be good enough to get into now. Lovely!
Much kudos to Durante! I'll buy you a beer should we ever meet at a bar.
Sounds like it should be good enough to get into now. Lovely!
Much kudos to Durante! I'll buy you a beer should we ever meet at a bar.
Wowfunhappy
Member
I'm still a little confused as to how the 60 fps mode works in practice. Assuming the player doesn't want to manually engage 30 fps mode at points, what will happen exactly?
Bosses will move twice as fast as they should, and perform their attacks twice as fast, making them really hard / almost impossible.
Some boss animations might not play correctly.
Text in scripted events might proceed twice as fast as intended.
If I have the right gist of it, some boss battles may not behave properly.
Thankfully there's a very easy toggle between both frame rates; with just one key press, like in DSFix. A toggle like that is a big lifesaver in PC games that don't cooperate at high frame rates all the time.
EDIT: Oh hey, I was right!