Multithreading and SH4

flintlock · 02-21-07, 12:17 AM

Well it's official: SH4 supports multithreading -- sort of.

/sigh (had to get that off my chest)

According to the Daily Dev Answer over at Ubi's forums:

Quote:

Originally Posted by AudibleKnight_US Ubisoft Community Manager

Q: Will SH4 be multithreaded?
A: There are separate threads for minor tasks in the game, so there will be SOME improvement in running a multiprocessor machine.

Not exactly the thundering news I was hoping to read on this front, but I suppose "some improvement" is better than status quo.

Ark · 02-21-07, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flintlock

Well it's official: SH4 supports multithreading -- sort of.

/sigh (had to get that off my chest)

According to the Daily Dev Answer over at Ubi's forums:

Quote:

Originally Posted by AudibleKnight_US Ubisoft Community Manager

Q: Will SH4 be multithreaded?
A: There are separate threads for minor tasks in the game, so there will be SOME improvement in running a multiprocessor machine.

Not exactly the thundering news I was hoping to read on this front, but I suppose "some improvement" is better than status quo.

Agreed.

It's a move in the right direction.

Greggy_D · 02-23-07, 10:02 AM

Was SH3 multithreaded?

Duli · 02-23-07, 05:41 PM

no.

flintlock · 02-23-07, 08:20 PM

Well in fairness, SH4 isn't multithreaded either (in the true sense of the term). SH4's code would require significant re-engineering to implement multithreading correctly, and that just likely wasn't in the cards with the accelerated development schedule this time around. Perhaps down the road some future version of SHx may be multithreaded.

Kapitan_Phillips · 02-25-07, 09:08 AM

A victory for those of us on a budget! :rotfl:

Morts · 02-25-07, 09:11 AM

multithreading

?

flintlock · 02-25-07, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

A victory for those of us on a budget!

Although I wouldn't call that a small victory, you could consider the game being released next month a victory. Had SH4 been redesigned as a multithreaded game, I suspect we'd all be waiting much longer for a launch.

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Duli Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Novo mesto, Slovenia Posts: 198 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	no. __________________

02-23-07, 08:20 PM	#5
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well in fairness, SH4 isn't multithreaded either (in the true sense of the term). SH4's code would require significant re-engineering to implement multithreading correctly, and that just likely wasn't in the cards with the accelerated development schedule this time around. Perhaps down the road some future version of SHx may be multithreaded. Last edited by flintlock; 02-24-07 at 12:28 AM.

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Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	A victory for those of us on a budget! :rotfl: __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

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Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	multithreading ?