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+ <H1>[Nel] Greetings! And some questions / comments</H1>

+ Sal

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+ TITLE="[Nel] Greetings! And some questions / comments">sferro@wojo.com</A>

+ Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:18:21 -0500

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+<PRE>Hi,

+First a little rant to explain my being here: :-)

+ I am also a Worldforge developer, like Bryce. Though not nearly as

+famous ;-) I stumbled upon Nevrax the other day and am very interested in

+its development. My goal a few years back was to help create a free,

+massively multiplayer online RPG system, one that I could enjoy myself and

+that others could build from to make their own persistant online worlds.

+And a commercial effort such as Nevrax could be a powerful force in helping

+to achieve such a goal.

+ Most opensource projects that start up have caught my eye, the first

+being the Ultima online emulator scene which I was a part of for a long

+time, coding admin tools, NPC ai, network code, etc. Whatever seemed the

+most challenging task. I got soon fed up with having to deal with the idea

+that all the hard work might not even turn out to be legal, and all the

+problems that OSI provided for the emu scene I didnt care for. So I then

+came across Worldforge, and that is where I am. Finally a totally free

+opensource project that met, if not exceeded my own standards for an online

+gaming system.

+ So I took on the responsibility of developer XClient, a 3d client. The

+root of its homepage is here, if anyone's interested:

+<A HREF="http://www.worldforge.org/website/clients/xclient/">http://www.worldforge.org/website/clients/xclient/</A>

+ Some shots of its recent developments (a terrain engine) are here:

+<A HREF="http://www.worldforge.org/images/screenshots/terrain1.jpg">http://www.worldforge.org/images/screenshots/terrain1.jpg</A>

+<A HREF="http://www.worldforge.org/images/screenshots/terrain2.jpg">http://www.worldforge.org/images/screenshots/terrain2.jpg</A>

+ (Its very early in development)

+ Some old out of date client shots:

+<A HREF="http://www.worldforge.org/website/clients/xclient/screenshots/">http://www.worldforge.org/website/clients/xclient/screenshots/</A>

+ And lastly, a goals paper that I've recently written to illustrate what

+the goals are in XClient development. This one I recommend reading above

+the others.

+<A HREF="http://www.worldforge.org/website/clients/xclient/developer/goals">http://www.worldforge.org/website/clients/xclient/developer/goals</A>

+ I've also created a Map editor (XEdit) a UDP networking library based

+off of the GPLd quake code (XUDP) and a simple test server (XServer). All

+of this and XClient are in Worldforge cvs for those interested. If there

+are questions about any of these things, please ask!

+ Anyhow, yes there is a point to all this. It seems that a lot of

+Worldforge's goals and development are in tandem with Nevrax's. So, I

+thought it would be worth it to see 1) how compatible our projects are and

+2) if we might be able to help each other out in any form, whether it be

+artwork, code, or knowledge. 3) how much interest, if any, there is in

+sharing efforts.

+ So if I could ask a few questions. I tried finding out some information

+through the website, but some questions remain:

+1) I understand that Nel will be a library to create games, but is this

+project also developing a specific game that uses the library? If so what

+details of it are known? As far as ruleset... gameplay...

+2) What is the development strategy? For example Worldforge will be

+developing several smaller diverse games in succession (Acorn, Mason... etc.

+etc.) until we reach the final goal, entitled 'BelchFire'. Will you guys be

+doing a similar thing?

+3) What features/goals are there for the 3d engine? What's being targeted

+(high end/low end hardware)? What rendering APIs? Software mode?

+4) I get this question a lot :-) Why develop a 3d engine from scratch? Why

+not use/build from an existing engine, such as Crystal Space?

+5) What are the capabilities of the current codebase?

+6) Is development open to outside influence? Or are you following an

+internal-only plan, and just opensourcing the results?

+7) Was there knowledge of Worldforge when this project was started? And if

+so, why was it deemed necessary to start another, independant effort with

+the same goals?

+8) Would it be possible to get a brief description of what Nevrax will use

+in the following areas:

+ - Protocol (UDP? TCP/IP?)

+ - Mapfile format (Custom? XML? Binary? Database-Driven?)

+ - Mapfile editors (What existing tools will be used, if

+any?)

+ - Model format(s)

+ - Texture format(s)

+9) How the heck do you guys manage to pay a full development team off of

+free software? :-)

+ Thats about all I have for now. I'm sure more will come up in the

+future. You might want to put a few of those in the FAQ, I've noticed its

+in need of some fulfilling... and other people may have similair questions.

+ Anyhow, thanks in advance, and Congratulations and Good Luck in your

+efforts. Its a challenging and rewarding goal that we are working towards.

+I look forward to exchanging thoughts and ideas in the near future!

+- Sal

+<A HREF="mailto:sferro@wojo.com">sferro@wojo.com</A>

+</pre>

+