About the new map format...

Post by **jcnossen** » 20 Feb 2006, 19:28

I intend to finish the new map stuff after the next release of spring. It might take a lot of time to get the little bugs out and have a proper tool and spring integration.
Part of it will be to abstract the current spring map system, so multiple map formats can be used (including the current map format, for backwards compatibility).

Any time frame when the new Spring version is going to be released?

days, weeks? Little bugs keep popping up every time, and certain bugs take longer than you expect, so it's really hard to say. asap afaic

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 21 Feb 2006, 02:54

A log of whats being done would be nice.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 21 Feb 2006, 03:26

Access to the developers blog is a premium service.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 21 Feb 2006, 03:35

Not a blog, blogs are for retards, I just want a general idea of whats being worked on, but less general than what Zaphod has already told us...

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 21 Feb 2006, 03:39

good point.

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 21 Feb 2006, 16:40

genblood wrote:I have a question to ask... When the new map format comes out
will the old maps still be playable...?

For probably the tenth time: yes

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 21 Feb 2006, 22:51

FizWizz :

For probably the tenth time: yes

Are we having a bad day or something ... I asked a simple
question ....

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 21 Feb 2006, 22:55

genblood wrote:FizWizz :
For probably the tenth time: yes
Are we having a bad day or something ... I asked a simple
question ....

No, it acctually was the tenth time that has been answered.

Post by **jcnossen** » 22 Feb 2006, 00:38

If you want the real development log:

Mainline code:
http://svn.berlios.de/viewcvs/taspring-linux/trunk/

Tobi and greenail are working on sync and cegui experiments here:
http://svn.berlios.de/viewcvs/taspring- ... ches/tvo1/

The change to crossplatform code has introduced and enormous load of bugs, combined with the christmas inactivity, thats what has taken so long.

What's currently being done:
-bugfixing
-we are writing the code towards sync support, (which includes savegame support)
-bugfixing
-model rendering changes are being discussed and worked on, although in a seperate branch for now.
-bugfixing
-Greenail has added a CEGUI console in a branch, Chris Han volunteered to do a new CEGUI based in game gui, and as opposed to jouninkomiko he has contributed a lot to spring itself already, so we're likely to get actual results from him

-I have to start integrating my map renderer once I have it debugged.

Neuralize · Post by **Neuralize** » 28 Feb 2006, 07:02

When do we get this, and could we debate a total purging of the map archive based on the upgrade to a new map format? Probably not, as people will feel rather nasty when their 28 hour terrain render becomes obsolete. :/

BvDorp · Post by **BvDorp** » 07 Mar 2006, 16:47

Any progress being made, zaphod?

Spring RTS Engine

About the new map format...