Quake 2 GPL'd - Source code available

[Chris Edwards]

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/12/22/053211.shtml<br><br>Any takers? *cough* dan *cough*

[Phantom]

Ah, this is cool. I'm downloading it right now. Let's take a look at this baby. I have heard the Quake2 engine was a total rewrite, not a modification of the Quake1 engine, so it might look a bit better. Very interesting.

[Phantom]

Aw... It's still pure c and it contains LOTS of asm code... Not good news.

[Phantom]

Hm I made a mistake. All asm has equivalent c implementations (to make it portable), so a port like PocketQuake can be done. It won't be fast of course. <br><br>Well with the recent discussions about ARM asm we might be able to come up with a good fixed point replacement for all the floating point stuff... That would be VERY cool.<br><br>Well I'll see what Dan comes up with for now.

[Paul]

muhahahaha

[Avenger]

lol, now the only thing missing is a fast PocketPC, right?

[gamefreaks]

All we need now is OpenGL hardware acceleration for PPC's (HaHaHa!!!)<br><br>Ummm...Dont you think the poly's would kill the PPC? You can change the code until you are blue in the face, but no amount of ASM (which will make it a pain in the ass to port to other CPU's) will help if the hardware itself cant shake and move polys fast enough.<br><br>Having said that, I actually get better performance out of QuakeII than QuakeI in software mode on my PC. I think this is probably because the FPU in my Cyrex3 is dumpy.

[R0B]

What we need is a pocket pc designed for gamers (and possibly by gamers).  I mean, here is what I think that the idea ppc would come with. (note: some of these things are already in some ppcs)<br>1. Direct hardware access<br>2. 3d acceloration (I'd say, have like directX 6 or something built into the chip).<br>3. Math coprocessor<br>4. A good button interface (like a d-pad on the left, 4-6 buttons in a gem formation on the right, 2-4 triggers on the back, and maybe a button that can be used as enter if you push the d-pad straight in (i.e. all directions are triggered).<br>5. Good hardware support for the button interface.<br>6. a built in type to CF slot<br>7. You choice, a built in 56k modem or ethernet port. (low power consuming, like the 720).<br>8. Changable resolution. (320 x 240 and 640 x 480) which would allow better quality games.<br>9. 16-bit color support (no need for 32 yet)<br>10. designed with a lot of the same libraries as win 9x/me, for easy portability.<br>11. A screen that is good in all light.<br>12. A very durable screen that doesn't scratch, like on a ti-83 or something (may be difficult and expensive, and this is not that important)<br>13. Extreamly fast CF slot access with dirrect hardware access ability (for possible 3d upgrades latter.<br>14. It should be free

[Avenger]

[Paul]

[Chris Edwards]

[Dan East]

[Phantom]

[Chris Edwards]

[Mr Nibbles]