My summer project.

[n0cturni]

I was thinking of contacting a friend of mine, who will be trying to get into a college for game programming or something related to that matter. I was thinking it would be a good experience for the both of us as I would like to learn about modeling and texturing, as well as mapping and a bit of coding, but the main problem is what engine to use. I was also hoping for something that didn't rely heavily on coding, especially of the c++ breed.

It is going to be an FPS. And the engine HAS TO BE FREE.

I thought of retribution, but it would feel more like a mod and everything is grainy.

It absolutely needs to have multiplayer capabilities over a master server?

The highest bidders for me right now are the Sauerbraten and Cube engines.

I may add a poll once people talk about others.

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[Xoax]

.......And the engine HAS TO BE FREE......

Good luck with that.

[Benefit]

Yeah i agree with Xoax, pretty much impossible to find a free game engine.
I think you should work on something else , you don't seem to be a coder or
graphics designer(it will take many months to master coding and modeling).
Also there will be other cost for *Master server hosting(I think you have to pay for server hosting) and modeling program.
So um good luck i guess..

[Antallion]

If you wanna use C++ you could look into using XNA express. I dunno what kind of capabilities you could get though.

[UsernameWTF]

.......And the engine HAS TO BE FREE......

Good luck with that.

I recommend Torque Game Engine.  It's not free though.

ogre3d is free.  But their licensing sucks.

irrlicht is free and it looks ok.

I bought TGE.

[n0cturni]

.......And the engine HAS TO BE FREE......

Good luck with that.

There are plenty, I could even make a list.

[n0cturni]

Yeah i agree with Xoax, pretty much impossible to find a free game engine.
I think you should work on something else , you don't seem to be a coder or
graphics designer(it will take many months to master coding and modeling).
Also there will be other cost for *Master server hosting(I think you have to pay for server hosting) and modeling program.
So um good luck i guess..

It isn't impossible at all considering that there are dozens.

Also, you don't really know me, so you couldn't really say that "I don't seem to be a coder or graphics designer."
I realize it could take months or years to learn a language which is why it is a summer project. I also own MS3D which is a reasonable modeling program with many exporting options. Master server hosting on a free engine I doubt costs money, especially if you look at games like AssaultCube (Free game) and BLv0002. (The engine wasn't free, but I think using its server was.)

I am also working with a friend, which is a thing that some of you seemed to miss.

This is mostly a learning experience, I am not expecting to create a successful free game that has very little bugs in it.

[TheGeek]

ogre3d is free.  But their licensing sucks.

It's licensed under the LGPL, what's wrong with that?

[zackin5]

ogre3D (and irrlicht too i think) is just an engine for the graphics, i think he wants something that also kinda helps with the other stuff too

edit: also what about IOQuake3? a somewhat enhanced version of id tech 3, but then again that might be to much on the "heavily coding" side :/
http://ioquake3.org/

[UsernameWTF]

ogre3D (and irrlicht too i think) is just an engine for the graphics, i think he wants something that also kinda helps with the other stuff too

edit: also what about IOQuake3? a somewhat enhanced version of id tech 3, but then again that might be to much on the "heavily coding" side :/
http://ioquake3.org/

IOQuake3 is the worst engine I've seen yet for 3D.

[n0cturni]

NOU BILD ENGEN. 

[n0cturni]

I'm starting to veer off the course of engines that have MP support, because that would require more frequent updating.

I'm also thinking about engines that can be coded in javascript a bit. Maybe C++ too.

[ChexGuy331]

Don't use cube or retribution because they suck\.

[n0cturni]

What about Sauerbraten?

Also, I agree with you very much with retribution. Cube for me has its ups and downs, the biggest would be the grainy looking textures for most things.

[ChexGuy331]

Sauerbraten is an updated Cube, so it's included in the Cube part.

Try using id Tech 3. You can get a free open source game that uses it, and get the source code. World of Padman is like this.