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Per wrote:

macuser wrote:Would it be possible to just use a 3d engine that is already made?

We are considering doing that, but it will not solve any of the problems I mentioned. There are no quick fixes here.

Chojun wrote:» Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:15 pm

.....To summarize, the best remedy for Warzone is a well-designed, clean application framework. Like I said earlier, the original game was sufficiently modular enough that you can easily wrap existing functionality in C++ class objects (had a great deal of success with this), and then provide a clean way to remove components like the renderer. If you were to do that and then amputate the renderer and graft in ....... (take your pick .. Ogre3D, Torque, Irrlicht, etc), you'd be a hero in my book..........

Per wrote:» Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:41 am

The current c++ port is based on a very simple rule of thumb: If a change to c++ way of doing things makes the code better (shorter, less hacky, faster, etc) then it is good. If there are only ideological reasons (OO rules, c++ rocks, classes are pretty, whatever), then it does more harm than good. This means it will be a slow port, with focus on features instead of language religion, and that is intentional.

Per wrote:>> Today

@macuser: The problem right now is that all handling of graphics data inside the game is a long series of dirty hacks, and needs to be cleaned up before we can make much use of another graphics engine. This is a work in progress. I intend to look at adding support for normal maps soon, as well. About animations, I am trying to think of a better way to get them into the game as a first step.