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It is a set of routines aimed at the +development of multi-user virtual environments in an IP network. It is used as +the core for client and server software to create various forms of Internet +entertainment.</P> + +<!-- Is this for a game? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Is this for a game?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> +<P>Yes and no. NeL is technically available for all forms of Internet +virtual environments, but is clearly aimed toward making a +Massively MultiPlayer Online Role Playing Game (or <B>MMORPG</B>) as its +first commercial application. The associated client and server software, +which are distributed along NeL are for that type of game.</P> +<P>Details on the game itself are not available right now, for commercial +strategy reasons. However, a sample game will be available along with the +code base.</P> + +<!-- Any other games? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Any other games?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> +<P>Nevrax, as a commercial entity, does not have other games scheduled +right now. However, nothing stops anybody else from using the NeL platform +and making a strategy wargame, or a virtual city, or anything else.</P> + +<!-- Have you checked WorldForge/Crystalspace/QuakeForge/others...? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Have you checked WorldForge/Crystalspace/QuakeForge/others...?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> +<P>We have looked carefully at the other Free Software projects available, +before reinventing the wheel. They're all more or less compatible with ours, +on a purely license level, thanks to the <A HREF="free/GPL.php3">GPL</A>, but +that does not mean they can fit in our development. We (the NeL maintainers) +are a commercial entity with a specific product to be delivered on time.</P> +<P>We want to keep a tight focus on the game we are doing right now, and +thus did not want to get involved in political struggles to get the code +we would need in, and did not want to create resentment by "taking over" +and steering other projects toward our goals, or creating a code fork +for our own purpose. Our timetable requires us to be more or less in control +of things.</P> + +<!-- How can you make money if you're writing Free Software? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>How can you make money if you're writing Free Software?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> +<P>That's the catch. Free Software doesn't mean free content, or free +service. While the software will be free, we retain property of our game +data and game servers. Free Software and OnLine games are a perfect match, +as these games are not really just code, but rather a service provided +to subscribers which will pay a monthly fee to access our servers to play +our game.</P> +<P>We believe that we have everything to gain, and nothing to lose by +opening the source code.</P> + +<!-- I have found this bug... --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>I have found this bug...</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> +<P>The <A HREF="/">site</A> has a <A HREF="bugs/">bug +report</A> section devoted to this. The easiest thing is to report the bug +using the appropriate tool, which ensures that your bug will get attention +and you will be notified of the bug's progress and eventual eradication.</P> + +<!-- I have a question on NeL architecture... --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>I have a question on NeL architecture...</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> +<P>Have a look at the various NeL +<A HREF="index.php3">documentations</A> available.</P> + +<!-- What kind of APIs do you support? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>What kind of APIs do you support?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> +<P>NeL uses an abstraction layer to separate the engine workings from the API +use. In theory, any API can be supported. Right now, NeL uses OpenGL to +get more portability across operating systems. Any card with an OpenGL +driver will thus work fine.</P> +<P>Other divers can be added, including a software mode for those who really +want one. But performance without a 3D accelerated card will probably be +abysmal.</P> + +<!-- footer --> +<BR><FONT Size=+5> </FONT> +</TD> +<TD WIDTH=15><IMG SRC=/inc/img/pixel.gif WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> +</TR> +</TABLE> + +</BODY> +</HTML>
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