Auecs on 6/3/2007 at 19:52
What would YOU do if the day came where the game was released completely open source? If you could tamper around with anything in the Dark Engine, what would you do? How would yo make Thief a better experience?
I think (if I had any clue as to how to program and mod) I would improve graphics and AI for the most part. I would try to make the AI a little more unpredictable and more human like. Also fix the door problem where you can K/O through the door. (I know everyone knows about this one).
As I am writing this, more ideas pop into my head but I want to hear what you would do with it....
Yandros on 6/3/2007 at 20:02
Increase polycount limit
Increase object/light/ambient count limit
Increase texture support to 512x512 or better
Add dynamic shadows
Of course, you get all that with The Dark Mod. :cheeky:
Dr Sneak on 6/3/2007 at 21:20
Yandros has the right idea, I'd love to see the dark engine able to support large open spaces.
Displacer on 6/3/2007 at 21:46
Meh, source code shmorce code. I'm halfway through reverse engineering SS2's dark engine, check the shock forums...
Auecs on 6/3/2007 at 23:30
Quote Posted by Displacer
Meh, source code shmorce code. I'm halfway through reverse engineering SS2's dark engine, check the shock forums...
How about a some links?
New Horizon on 6/3/2007 at 23:54
Quote Posted by Auecs
How about a some links?
Click on his username and then click the option to find more posts by him. ;)
Auecs on 7/3/2007 at 00:25
I just had an Idea.
I would finally make that damned bow upgrade.
Peanuckle on 10/4/2007 at 16:24
Where would you hide it? The Alarus Extension?
I would change it so that you could hide bodies in narrow places, bending their arms and such.
I would also make it so that you could chop zombie's arms and head off so it cant hurt you. Imagine doing that in bonehoard!
:D
RavynousHunter on 13/4/2007 at 14:07
:ebil: :ebil: :ebil:
God, waaaaaaay too many things to list! So I'll save myself some time, AND NOT POST EM!
:)
Volca on 13/4/2007 at 14:18
I've got a few on my mind just now:
* Fix/Improve dromed
* making it easier to write scripts (interpreted languages for example)
* Bugfix the whole thing
* Allow outdoor missions (Portals are not good approach on those)
* enable some gameplay modifying plugins (ghosting rules?)
* multiplayer
* Port the sources to other OS/platforms
* Improve graphics - shaders, shadows, hi-poly objects
* ... and more :)
@Displacer: How far is your effort? This is not an easy thing to do, the Dark Engine is very large. I don't think all things can be fixed in the binary itself, only minor bug fixes.
