This was done using two open source projects - ogre3d and CEGui, a UI toolkit which can be made to dovetail into the Ogre3d rendering engine. It does require a hardware accelerated card of some sort, but most recent computers should be able to handle the baseline. Ogre provides a layer on top of arbitrary rendering engines so can be used for both openGL and Direct3D. Everything is fully 3d. No photoshop involved, except to create textures for the environment and ships. The models (done using blender) are still untuned, needing a better shading model and more, so it should look significantly better in its final incarnation. Coding is done in C++, so no VM required. --- Zach <netrek at gmail.com> wrote: > Wow! Can I ask what tools you used to make this > client? > > How did you create the ship models and weapons? How > did you create the > background? Was this done in photoshop? > > Are the image objects vector graphics? Will you > implememt 3D ray-tracing? > > Are you using a toolkit like OpenGL? > > Is the coding done in C? C++? Java? Did you use any > toolkits or is > everything coded from scratch? > > Zach > > On 1/7/06, Gregory Hermann > <gregoryhermann at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks for reminding me! Screenshots are now > posted in > > the sourceforge project and are available at > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=156216&ssid=24947 > > > > As I said, it's a work in progress. Lots need to > be > > done with the shaders and whatnot, but that's the > > "fun" stuff to implement. <g> > > > > --- "Frank W. Miller" <fwmiller at cornfed.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Are there any screenshots? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > FM > > > > > > On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 16:03 -0800, Gregory > Hermann > > > wrote: > > > > Updated - Now supports pretty much the full > > > default > > > > command map. Plasmas still not in, and cloaked > > > ships > > > > render oddly - Missing visual effects for > states > > > > (repair mode, bombing, tractoring, etc), > however > > > > actions do occur. Hud is in with progress bars > and > > > > whatnot. I hope to have more of these issue > > > addressed > > > > in next weeks release, but I'd appreciate any > > > > feedback. Thanks! > > > > > > > > --- Gregory Hermann <gregoryhermann at yahoo.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Windows only -- In progress - Available from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156216 > > > > > > > > > > Uses Ogre3d and CEGUI, both open-source > projects > > > as > > > > > well. Source for this is available and > should be > > > > > portable to linux and other unix systems, > > > (provided > > > > > someone else really wants to deal with it.) > > > > > > > > > > Client is incomplete, though. Login/etc > works, > > > most > > > > > dogfighting works, however > > > tractoring/pressoring, > > > > > bombing, cloaking are currently > unimplemented. > > > > > > > > > > As such, an RSA key is also not available. > > > > > > > > > > Working on it. Hope to have something more > solid > > > in > > > > > the future - Could use help, though. My > artistic > > > > > talents are quite limited. > > > > > Any questions/etc, please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > - > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > > > > Yahoo! DSL â€" Something to write home > about. > > > > > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > > > > > dsl.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > netrek-dev mailing list > > > > > netrek-dev at mailman.us.netrek.org > > > > > > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > > > Yahoo! DSL â€" Something to write home about. > > > > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > > > > dsl.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > netrek-dev mailing list > > > > netrek-dev at mailman.us.netrek.org > > > > > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > netrek-dev mailing list > > > netrek-dev at mailman.us.netrek.org > > > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. > > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > > dsl.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > netrek-dev mailing list > > netrek-dev at mailman.us.netrek.org > > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > netrek-dev mailing list > netrek-dev at mailman.us.netrek.org > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com