Is it really a "3D client" or a 2D client with better bitmaps and different window placements/sizes? What is your timeline for completing the first release? -Joe >From: "Roger de Borg" <rogerborg at gmail.com> >Reply-To: Netrek Development Mailing List <netrek-dev at us.netrek.org> >To: netrek-dev at us.netrek.org >Subject: [netrek-dev] 3D client RFC > >And yes, I know that a "3D" representation will for the most part be used >to >just display a top-down or nearly top-down view, but it *can* be used to >produce beauty shots, and beauty shots can be put on websites to lure in >unsuspecting noobs to feed the DD runnerscum, particularly if we can trick >them into using some god-awful chase cam mode. ;) > >My intention is to have the tactical fill the whole window, with the >playerlist overlayed in the bottom left, a single unified message window >overlayed in the bottom right, and a (relatively small) galactic window >overlayed in the top right. As normal, the galactic area will be usable >for >sending events. I intend to put as much known (i.e. not "infoborged") >information on the screen as possible by default, to reduce the requirement >to keep infoing planets and players. > >I feel that I may also want a full-screen galactic mode, as the galactic is >the most important window. I mean, apart from the message window, which as >we all know is the most important window. The most important apart from >the >playerlist, obviously. > >The other major possibility is to have the tactical fill a square viewport >on the left 3/4 (or 9/16ths) of the screen, with the other 1/4rd or 7/9ths >of the screen being used for galactic, playerlist and message-list stacked >vertically. A square tactical avoids issues with aspect ratios or freaky >camera frustrums, although I don't want to get too cute in a first version. > >Right, that's me done expounding the Grand Plan. "Meh", "Implicit!", "OMG >INFOBORG HAXXORZ", or a world weary silence would all be appropriate at >this >point. > >Kind regards, > >-Colin MacDonald- >_______________________________________________ >netrek-dev mailing list >netrek-dev at us.netrek.org >http://mailman.us.netrek.org/mailman/listinfo/netrek-dev _________________________________________________________________ Get in the mood for Valentines’ Day. View photos, recipes and more on your Live.com page. http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701