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Are We Still Using That Old Engine?
Masterlegodude:
--- Quote from: Nexus on July 22, 2013, 05:14:46 PM ---That is a loaded question, and a poorly phrased one at that.
Not sure what you are trying to ask but I can direct you to the "add-ons" subforum if you want to see the "possibilities".
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He wants to know how much more this engine can do, like Badspot was able to remove interiors, terrain and replace them with real time shadows and shaders, but what more new things can be brought in, that's what he's asking if i'm not mistaken
When i asked a similar question in some other topic, i was told that there's a lot more that can be done, which is why the terrains and interiors were removed, not just to add in shadows and shaders, or something like that
Swollow:
I'm honestly very impressed with badspot's work on blockland
Clone2:
We are still using the same engine.
We could update it, but there are two reasons why we haven't.
1. Like Dillpickle said, it's been modified so much, it's basically its own engine.
2. Updating it from Torque to Torque3D would be like changing it to Java or HTML. It would take WAY too long.
coolitic:
Well then thats too bad because AFAIK this engine has MANY limitations, modified or not. For example, you can only render a very limited amount of lights at a time so when you have multiple lights only a few of the closest ones are rendered. There are many other limitations but I'm not going to make a list.
It's time to move on, Badspot, though I understand that you may have lots of work to do, you should at least start working on making your own engine from scratch or porting it to some other engine (there are many, Torque 3D, Frostbite, CryEngine, Unreal, etc.) but this engine is old so at least make it a side-project or hire someone.
By the way, isn't torque 3D also a bit old?
Kalphiter²:
--- Quote from: coolitic on July 22, 2013, 07:29:20 PM ---It's time to move on, Badspot, though I understand that you may have lots of work to do, you should at least start working on making your own engine from scratch or porting it to some other engine (there are many, Frostbite, CryEngine, Unreal, etc.) but this engine is old so at least make it a side-project or hire someone.
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There is no need for a new engine. That would be a monstrous amount of work.