Is Dom3 built on a new engine?

Edi · #1 May 25th, 2006, 02:46 PM

There are differences in how the units and some of their abilities are handled, but how much differences, I don't know.

Edi

Gandalf Parker · #2 May 25th, 2006, 04:07 PM

I doubt they started from scratch. But I remember Johan saying that they went to compressed .rgb (sgi) files for maps and sprite images. Plus the changes to how sound files are done, different screen resolutions, different audio support, adding a map generator, rewriting the AI fairly extensively it sounds like, zoomable commander tokens. Then there is all the network code to allow for compression and transmitting of maps along with turn files.

All in all I would hate to guess the percentage of code that has changed.

Argitoth · #3 May 26th, 2006, 06:11 PM

Just to comment on the "get a laptop" thing, I'm going away for a year to do something like the mormons do, like a mission, except different. 0 access to any kind of entertainment.

Endoperez · #4 May 26th, 2006, 06:47 PM

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Argitoth said:
Just to comment on the "get a laptop" thing, I'm going away for a year to do something like the mormons do, like a mission, except different. 0 access to any kind of entertainment.

Oh, I see. You will wear your robe and robe-belt, travel by foot and starve yourself, and then start reanimating ghouls in a far-away province so that your undead masters can claim the province to their ancient empire. I've read about that somewhere.