2010-05-13, 04:23 PM
Yeah I agree, SoM is a fabulous learning tool for any would be builder, I have gotten so much from SoM, and when things work , SoM can be fun........ In fact Working on FBTW, I stopped having fun, and thats why I knew I had to seek another engine...... I had to build Crystalspace myself...... Full build..... no pre fabs...... it accepts any source code you can throw at it........ Thats the challenge..... Making your parameter editor, map editor, ect..... All must be MADE, unlike som that does the 6 hardest parts for you, all you do is build......... but luckily for me I have a great college near by with a good stock of C++ nerds ready to "geek" away.......... What I am doing for FBTW, is using much of the sorce code from other open source games to make my editors, and "gameplay engine" call it cheating, I call it intuitive...... besides thats what open source is anyway...... AND I can get a pre fab design to fit what I looking for....... as long as I realese the source all is legal........ but as I said before the main reason I am using CS, is is't full intergration with Blender...... like a dream come true......... and it makes GREAT STUFF, I included some examples of projects made with CS, to show that with even basic sorce code one can make great stuff........ now if I had the source code of SoM, then I just redo SoM to add the missing features....IE reverse rotation...... Particles and true fog....... NON tiled maps....... Mp3 Sound engine..... OGG support, smoke effects...... the list goes on......but FROM will never come off of it..... and with CS that is what I am doing, I am taking other open source projects, out there and making MY SOM......... will take a while, but once done , it will be a snap to make FBTW .... Marketable, and most of all PRETTY.............Anyway I have boring stuff to do on Mytrosia, I am making more of thoses trees map parts:)............ Take care all..........https://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Projects_Using_CS#Precursors