Deep Shadows optimises games for Xbox360
The Ukrainian company Deep Shadows widely known in the market of computer games for the personal computer and consoles of new generation, declared successful end of works on realisation of high-grade support of multinuclear processor systems on the basis of components Intel Threading Building Blocks 2.0 (TBB).
Becoming participant Intel Software Partner Program, company Deep Shadows has made the decision on support of multiline calculations and full-scale use of resources of multinuclear processors in own cursor Vital Engine and in theproducts based on it. It is especially actual for the products intended for Xbox360 where three processor nucleuses are used. Corporation Intel grants the convenient and simple tool in use for working out of the program applications using parallel calculations – Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB). Library Intel TBB realises in itself abstraction means necessary for the organisation of the parallel data processing, allowing to avoid nizkourovnevogo programming, and also is capable to work with any compiler of language C ++, that simplifies an applications programming for systems on the basis of multinuclear processors.
«Any modern game cursor of a high level should involve all processor nucleuses, supplying smooth and effective processing of the game worlds», – technical director Deep Shadows considers Novel Lut. « We have carried out careful researches and have come to conclusion, that the most universal and effective decision for reception of scaled productivity are program libraries Intel. In spite of the fact that we considered possibility of use RapidMind or Jibu as a common base for our transferable multiline appendices, we have found out, that the model of programming with use TBB is most simple in understanding. Besides, the library is accompanied by excellent support from company Intel which includes also active forums of users, the good documentation and base with an open code. Thanks to that there is version TBB with an open code, we could transfer without significant difficulties library on platform Xbox360 and receive scalability of appendices without reprogramming on this three-nuclear architecture. Now our games will work equally well both on Xbox360, and on multinuclear personal computers with processor technologies Intel ».
«TBB – the most effective decision for developers in language C ++, creating ON for any multinuclear platforms. Among such appendices now, thanks to company Deep Shadows, and games for the personal computer and game consoles», - were noted by James Rejnders, the director of division Intel Software Development Products of corporation Intel. «Company Deep Shadows was reputable also gratitude from members of community TBB for their investment in library development».
Thanks to optimisation of cursor Vital Engine for support of multinuclear technologies Intel, quantity FPS in both games has increased on 40 %, and background podgruzka resources became practically imperceptible. Support of multinuclear technologies Intel in projects Deep Shadows also has allowed developers to reduce time of initial loading of game and time of loading of the saved games.
