Sauerbraten Colaboration

by SilentFox2000 on 02/17/2006 13:04, 41 messages, last message: 02/23/2006 20:20, 17703 views, last view: 05/05/2024 02:57

I was thinking that all mappers, music makers, and modders get together and make a slew of maps on one cgz. file. But everyone has to be willing to do that of course.
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#22: Re: game design document

by Aardappel_ on 02/19/2006 01:40, refers to #15

I have a summarized game design document for the RPG. And trust me, you will all get to see it and have a chance to suggest changes etc.

But I want to do things in order. Right now, the first priority is polishing off the FPS DM gameplay, and we're getting close. Next up will be the FPS SP gameplay. At some point I will declare the FPS "mostly done" and from there on it will only get minor tweaks.

Then the gameplay code will get forked, and a seperate RPG game will be started. We already have some great maps in the making, and other content production can start already.

Yes, the main theme will be medieval/fantasy. That is not because I think its such a great theme, it is rather unoriginal. It is only because art is hard to come by, and this theme will be the easiest for art.

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#23: Re: ..

by Aardappel_ on 02/19/2006 01:46, refers to #13

drian, I am not sure I will continue the wiki, it has been a complete disaster from an administration pov, and contribution hasn't been great either.

I hope instead to find people that want to work on documentation that simply is part of the distribution.

The docs already explain that the source is OS and the media is not. I am not sure why all these people would read the wiki if they don't read the docs. I will work on stating it even more clearly... but I don't feel I can do more short of placing big things in exclamation marks at the top of sauerbraten.org. Even that gets skipped (quite a lot of people have downloaded/played cube without ever seeing cubeengine.com, thru all these "free game" download sites).

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#24: Re: ..

by Aardappel_ on 02/19/2006 01:58, refers to #21

mitaman, the language I was planning was meant for implementing the entire gameplay code, i.e. a replacement for about a quarter of all C++ code (see src/fps/). Level scripting is a different thing altogether, and will still be possible thru the current mini scripting language that is already in sauer. There will be triggers and doors, eventually.

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#25: Re: ..

by Passa on 02/19/2006 11:56, refers to #24

fair enough.
i did sorta get carried away abit ;)

so back to the community project. are you talking like a similar thing to the unreal tournament 2004/2003 CBP things?

btw, ive noticed that pretty much everyone that is a cube regular plays either UT or quake and in most cases both. whats with that?

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#26: Re: ..

by >driAn<. on 02/19/2006 12:23, refers to #23

> drian, I am not sure I will continue the wiki, it has been a complete disaster from an administration pov, and contribution hasn't been great either.

Thats sad :(
I tried to add some lines on md3 usage when I saw it was still read-only. I see the spam is a big probem, but I think a wiki is somehow still the most convenient way for a community to create documentation, even if registration would be required.
Yes, contribution hasn't been great, but maybe we set a wrong basis for the wiki. I assume contribution would have been better, if we had imported the current doc's (editref, *_readmes, etc) at first to make a basis where people can easily add and update content. Maybe link from the ref commands to howtos that explain its usage better, etc.
The idea of putting posts from the forum into the wiki wasn't bad though. Maybe a more powerful wiki software would help on the administrative side.

Just some thoughts..

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#27: Re: ..

by >driAn<. on 02/19/2006 12:25, refers to #24

Btw, if found the useful command 'listlen' in cube, its not in the editref though.

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#28: crap

by kurtis84 on 02/19/2006 19:05, refers to #20

All I have to say about this kind of thing is, WHY?!?

Sauerbraten ALREADY has every single thing mentioned here...wtf people, read the docs, and keep up to date with the engine changes for this game. Maybe try dropping in on the IRC channel, and talk to the people that work on this thing already...I'm sure theres a place for you here, as long as you can do more than talk about work.

Sauerbraten has been stable for a long time now, MP has been working for a long time, and the master server has recently been added as well!

Contribute if you want to build a map, model, or textures...don't take the engine and make a "new game", as it's not your engine to do so...show some respect for the REAL workers, the guys that sit and code for years. I wish people would realise the difference between making a game, and making a mod.

BTW..."game maker" programs are all over the net. These programs already have an engine in place, as well as a good start on resources. In my opinion, this is not "creating a game", it's just making maps and/or resources for something already built. I can see how morons would mistake sauerbraten or cube for such a program...if they didn't read any docs, or didn't yet play the game.

ALSO, cube and sauer already have a front end...it's called a .bat, and IMHO, if you are too dumb to use that, you definately should stick to commercial games that install a nice shortcut on your desktop/start menu for you.

I could keep going, but I don't want to seem like too much of an asshole...so I'll shut up now :)

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#29: Re: crap

by Passa on 02/19/2006 21:39, refers to #28

dude this has already been discussed. relax man.

btw if you create completely new content you can use the source code of sauerbraten with no problems. but that (as i have now realised) is not what this is.

do you remember the community bonus packs for unreal tournament 2004? thats what this is. (am i right this time?)

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#30: Re: ..

by Aardappel_ on 02/19/2006 22:28, refers to #26

drian, you have CVS access, so if you see documentation issues, please fix them :)

the whole reason I took such a simple wiki is that most CMSes are terribly complicated. I don't want to have to deal with that.

Yes I agree a wiki could be great for documentation. Every time I type an explanation of something here in the forums I feel it is wasted because it will slip away.

I will give it some thought.

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#31: Re: crap

by Aardappel_ on 02/19/2006 22:31, refers to #29

no, you're not. I am not going to repeat myself. read my (and Makke's, kurtis') posts.

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#32: Re: ..

by Passa on 02/20/2006 09:11, refers to #30

i rekon scrap the wiki. people should post tutorials here, and then if they are helpful enough they should be added to the cube/sauerbraten docs. also there should be a documentation.html or something file in the main sauerbraten folder so that is is obvious as most new players simply open the .bat and start playing.

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#33: Re: ..

by Aardappel_ on 02/20/2006 09:12, refers to #32

the problem is not large tutorials, but small snippets of useful info... for that a wiki is ideal.

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#34: Re: game design document

by Passa on 02/20/2006 09:13, refers to #22

when you say a seperate RPG game do you mean a seperate .exe file and all?

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#35: im stupid

by Passa on 02/20/2006 09:14

sorry but ive read all over the posts and i dont get it.
i though silentfox said this was a mappack.
meh

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#36: Re: game design document

by Aardappel_ on 02/20/2006 13:02, refers to #34

it will actually sit in the same exe. you'll select which game the engine runs thru a command line parameter (so can be a 2nd batch file). The 2 games could sit in 2 DLLs, everything is possible.

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#37: Re: game design document

by Passa on 02/20/2006 20:58, refers to #36

how much will the rpg deviate from the normal game code? will it still be the same gameplay etc?

also, will the RPG just be like other SP maps with no story or is there some limited story development?

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#38: Re: game design document

by Aardappel_ on 02/21/2006 02:51, refers to #37

The RPG will be very different.. it will not share much if any game code. There will be story, but purely defined by dialogue and your actions, not by cutscenes or other direct story telling.

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#39: Re: game design document

by (spy) on 02/22/2006 20:27

If the RPG code is different then the game code, will RPG games made before the change still work?

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#40: Re: game design document

by Passa on 02/23/2006 07:54, refers to #39

do you mean the RPG maps? as they are just ordinary maps in .ogz format im guessing that they will work with the rpg game as is still uses the sauerbraten engine.

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#41: ..

by (spy) on 02/23/2006 20:20

OK Ty

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