Momen 3d

[paul_nicholls]

Very very nice work

[Ñuño Martínez]

Thanks Paul.

I've lost the week-end with a height-map system. The problem was that I tried to link it with the octree and use the octree for culling and collision, but I did something wrong because it wasn't works. Finally I changed my mind and now it worked:

Also I've discovered that maps created by my plasma program didn't look nice in 3D, but that doesn't bother me ATM.

So I'm again out-of-time. BTW there are a few things to do before to start the gameplay itself: 2D sprites (for explosions, smoke...) and write text on screen (for GUI, scoring...).

[paul_nicholls]

I think the plasma still looks good in the screenshot and I really love the planet in the background

[Ñuño Martínez]

Actually the landscape of the screenshot wasn't created by my plasma program. I found it on the Internet a lot of years ago in Geocities (IIRC) so I can't give the actual credits for it.

BTW I've found that I can use my plasma to create a rough terrain description and then use The Gimp to fix the height-map layer.

[Ingemar]

I think the plasma still looks good in the screenshot and I really love the planet in the background

I am more interested in the terrain, but the skybox is nice too. And skyboxes aren't very easy to make. I tried making some for the previous challenge, but ended up using an existing one that didn't have any visible seams at the edges.

[Ñuño Martínez]

Today I've added an "Explosion object" and some sound. Also I've compiled and tested it on Windows (I was coding on Linux) and it runs reasonably fast in my old PentiumIV, since I didn't optimized anything from the engine (except the octree for objects, and I think I can do it "better") and I forget to use -O3! So once I optimize the engine may be you can play in a PentiumIII...

Then I did some cleaning on my code so tomorrow I'll start with the "mission description" and AI. So two weeks to code the UI and create the game missions. Not bad.

I am more interested in the terrain, but the skybox is nice too. And skyboxes aren't very easy to make. I tried making some for the previous challenge, but ended up using an existing one that didn't have any visible seams at the edges.

The problem with skyboxes is to create the texture. Render it is quite easy. I just draw a 10x10x10 cube with rotation and no translation (and no Z-Buffer, no fog, etc).

If you have problems with it, I can post the code here.

[Ñuño Martínez]

I've used GW-BASIC to study an algorithm I've stolen from Shawn Hargreaves' Marauder. BTW Marauder is written in C++. This disqualifies me from the competition?

[paul_nicholls]

I've used GW-BASIC to study an algorithm I've stolen from Shawn Hargreaves' Marauder. BTW Marauder is written in C++. This disqualifies me from the competition?

Not as long as you rewrite it in Pascal

[Ingemar]

The problem with skyboxes is to create the texture. Render it is quite easy. I just draw a 10x10x10 cube with rotation and no translation (and no Z-Buffer, no fog, etc).

Absolutely. The code is no problem, but you can't draw a skybox by hand.

[Ñuño Martínez]

Absolutely. The code is no problem, but you can't draw a skybox by hand.

That's why I use the ones I've found at Open Game Art website.