Cool. Good work Greg! Zach On 1/7/06, Gregory Hermann <gregoryhermann at yahoo.com> wrote: > 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! 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