This post was published 7 months 1 day ago and as such probably does not reflect my current opinions, knowledge or ability.In preparation for my second honours project meeting I was asked to report my progress by under several headings. Additionally, I have prepared an updated Gantt chart reflecting the changes mentioned.
Progress
- As intended, A* path-finding for characters is complete.
- A better visual demonstration of this will be required later.
- Several example applications were created to test MPI.NET.
- A communications library has been started.
- Supervisor has been met once, will be met again later on the 9th.
Problems
- MPI install completed.
- However, using MPI.NET over multiple networked computers will not be possible with the
currently installed OS. This misunderstanding was caused by misleading documentation,
but mainly the inability to test the situation until the library was already installed. - Alternatives are installing Pure MPI.net, or writing a more substantial communication
library. - Pure MPI.net may still not work without administrator privileges, and could take some time
to install. - A more substantial library can in some parts be based on my networking coursework, and as
such this option was chosen and the Gantt chart modified to reflect it.
Aims
- Communication library should be complete and tested.
- Decision should be made concerning whether MPI.NET will still be used locally.
- Cell based world and storage for this should be in progress, ready to start adding characters
to navigate it.