Author: riverg

Change of Pace

So this feels weird after disappearing for how long but here goes. After the last post, I have had a lot of things happen some good some not so good. I will not go into detail but life loves to get in the way. The upside is it was not all bad I managed to … Continue reading Change of Pace →

GUI Expansion

So I really need to break the habit of posting whenever is convenient so here goes. So in order to progress further, I needed to further expand my GUI systems to allow for more complex tasks. In order to achieve this, I opted for an event-driven system and ran across a fun issue that had … Continue reading GUI Expansion →

New IO Systems

So I spent a while overhauling the IO system in the Engine. This came about from me having to write the same IO code over and over again when I was loading a file from a different file system. The solution was to spend some time ripping out all the boilerplate code and replace it … Continue reading New IO Systems →

Programming Rant

This is something that I need to get off my chest and out into the open. This might be very opinionated and from someone that is still green in the field. Beginners I tend to see a lot of people scared away from programming by the entry bar that comes from learning their first … Continue reading Programming Rant →

Erde Physics

While developing the engine it was becoming more and more apparent that I could not put off working on the physics engine. Seeing as many of the physics engines out there work for primitive objects and meshes rather than distance fields this was a little tricky to figure out. The Solution After experimenting with several … Continue reading Erde Physics →

Project Nepgeardam

A little while ago I was playing around with intercepting DirectX calls and re-familiarize myself with C++. A project that was hinted at that spawned from this is as the title says Project Nepgeardam. I have made a few additions that are hopefully noteworthy. Without further ado let us dive into it. Sending Input So … Continue reading Project Nepgeardam →

DX11 Hook Challenge

So this is a bit of a fun one. I figured seeing as I hardly use C++ these days and I am probably rusty I decided to test my knowledge by creating an API to intercept DX11 calls. Warning going to be a long one. Those that want to see the result scroll to the … Continue reading DX11 Hook Challenge →

The Discord Update

I realized I had not posted in a while again so I figured I should post again to give an idea of what is happening with the engine. Most of the work has been under the hood but there are a few notable changes. User Interface The lack of user interface was becoming apparent … Continue reading The Discord Update →

Major Overhaul

So after a while, I have decided that I am not happy with the current performance of the engine. Side note for those that say to use C++ yes generally faster than C# because of the extra control. It, however, does not solve the problem of being slow it just masks it(As I like to … Continue reading Major Overhaul →

Erde Engine

So after a long time of though I have finally decided upon a name for the engine and from now on it will be know as Erde. Just to note when looking at past posts Erde and PerTerra are the same engine. I will be migrating posts to the new name. Other then that I … Continue reading Erde Engine →