sauerbraten iphone

by bishop on 01/12/2009 00:43, 12 messages, last message: 02/22/2009 22:55, 2094 views, last view: 05/05/2024 11:33

i\'ve begun a mission to port sauerbraten (cube 2, not 1) to iphone.

If anyone out there is already working on a port or is interested in contributing, let me know.

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by ZGMF-X20A on 01/12/2009 05:04

this guy is funny ... iphone barely has the power to run cube 1 ...

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by demosthenes on 01/12/2009 05:09, refers to #1

You could talk to him, rather than about him.

But bishop, ZGMF is right. How will you deal with the lack of 3d acceleration hardware?

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by Retsam09 on 01/12/2009 06:16

Good luck.
Cube (the buggy version) works damn fine on my iPod2 after a few tweeks. Average 45fps, everyone is whinging about limits of 25fps and other crap, ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Folks say that iPhone isn't good enough to play cube but don't underestimate the power of the force.
Limits can be exceeded then becomes another reality.
Sauer will one day be on iPhone.
There will be a way.
I say go give it your best shot.

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by ZGMF-X20A on 01/12/2009 06:20

when the iphone gets 3d hardware acc that's worth a shit then maby

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by eihrul on 01/12/2009 06:48, refers to #4

The iPhone has an OpenGL ES compliant 3D accelerator.

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by ZGMF-X20A on 01/12/2009 07:51

the key PHRASE there was "worth a shit"

-_-

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by demosthenes_ on 01/12/2009 10:33, refers to #5

Hmm. It doesn't seem to be a very *fast* accelerator, judging by the Cube port. I wonder if that's an issue with the Cube port itself, or the iPhone/iPod Touch?

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#8: hopefully optimizations...

by bishop on 01/12/2009 16:00

...and lots of optimizations.

You're right, I often wondered if it's even worth the effort, judging from the cube 1 port. Then again, I have other porting plans for the engine & figured doing so will help me learn the engine more intimately. So it'll be a win either way.

Obviously, alot of shader features will have to be removed and IPhone specific optimizations implemented. I'm aiming for a feature set similiar to cube 1.

I've thought about hacking cube 2's octarender code into the cube 1 port... a 'cube 1.5' of sorts.

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#9: um

by $k!llz on 02/03/2009 05:31

the new update u control where u aim with our thumb and now i can get 55fps on metl3 with NO TWEAKS! it might be possible hopefulkly

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by SanHolo on 02/03/2009 09:18

I guess when you apply the needed downgrades to Cube 2 it will look like Cube 1. But then, faster iPhones will come to the market, and if in 2 to 3 years Cube 2 can run with most features enabled, it won't hurt to have it already ported. :)

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#11: i have an idea

by [Enzo]Louis on 02/22/2009 17:44

look at the game 3Dworld in the app store. it has good controls try that.

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by Julius on 02/22/2009 22:55

There might be someone working on a OpenPandora port, which also needs a OpenGL ES renderer.

Maybe ask over at gp32x.com

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