Open question another direction for this board?

[benny!]

@ninogenio

Yup. This idea came up before I think - and it is a good one IMHO ...
We just have to think about some guidelines and rules. E.g. which language,
which engine (OpenGL,DirectX ... ), which resolution ... and so on !!!

[ninogenio]

i think opengl would be the languge as most of know it but not a lot of us know dx. as to whether its in c++ or freebasic i dont mind .

what we really need to do its draw a plan of how the demos going to be placed together i e the effects that are going to go in and how there going to transition from one to the other, Then someone should make a frame up and people could work on what effects they like the sound of like i might go ohh i wouldnt mind working on the vector bobs or whatever.

something like that perhaps?

[benny!]

i think opengl would be the languge as most of know it but not a lot of us know dx.
as to whether its in c++ or freebasic i dont mind.

Yup. OpenGL seems to be more used in this forum. But I think the majority would
prefer Freebasic. Personally I would go with C/C++, but I might have no time for
an additional project anyway ...

what we really need to do its draw a plan of how the demos going to be placed
together i e the effects that are going to go in and how there going to transition
from one to the other, Then someone should make a frame up and people could
work on what effects they like the sound of like i might go ohh i wouldnt mind
working on the vector bobs or whatever.

something like that perhaps?

Yup. Definately a good idea. Woudl be interesting to see such a dbf - megademo !!!

[ninogenio]

actually now i think about mabey jims pimpkin engine would be just the tool its definitly the engine for the job!

i know that not a lot of members know c++ so i would be up for translating there effect over. and this way all members could code there effects in a languge of there choice and also it wouldnt limit them to opengl.

[benny!]

actually now i think about mabey jims pimpkin engine would be just the tool its definitly
the engine for the job!

i know that not a lot of members know c++ so i would be up for translating there effect
over. and this way all members could code there effects in a languge of there choice
and also it wouldnt limit them to opengl.

If you don't mind porting the freebasic fx over to c++ then open up a new thread and
ask about if people are interested in it. Then convert Jim's engine to a solid framework
and maybe ask Shockwave about it - if the demo is released as an official dbf-forum
release. Maybe he wants some quality assurance about it

Would be definately an interesting project ... good luck !!!

[ninogenio]

we will see i guess ive got some stuff im finishing atm and i guess with this place being shockwaves its all at his pearil i just think it might be cool.

[Shockwave]

Listen, I pay the cash for this place, but as far as ownership of it goes, I am just one of the caretakers. If you want to make a co-operation demo, go ahead There is a whole admin team who can verify it's quality, if an admin or mod thinks a production is good enough, then I am more than happy to trust thier judgement

I will not be able to code in the production myself due to personal reasons at the moment, well not at first anyway, maybe I might chip in later if it is possible, but there's plenty of people here who are better at coding than I am so you don't need me

[ninogenio]

right well let me get all my stuff im working on atm together then like benny said ill have to build a frame work and post it then we can talk buisness it could be a long process taking months but it would really be something to showcase a demo from the whole dbf team from beginers right through to advanced programers!

ohh and btw jim would you mind your pinkin engine being yoused as a base?

[Jim]

I'm not particularly interested in working on a demo with other people, but feel free to cut and paste bits out of the pumpkin source - that's what it's for.

Jim

[Ghost^BHT]

Good luck dudes Coop Prod would be awesome. U really need a coordinator/director to take charge and sort out problems. These things are hardly ever easy to do esp online.  Looking forward to the result.

[Voltage]

I'm in.  OpenGL and FreeBASIC are my preferences, but C/C++ is an option.

[rain_storm]

Sounds Like the wheels are in motion