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How can I efficiently make a delta snapshot that accounts for entities/components that have been added/removed?
In reference to the snapshot and delta compression approach popularized by Quake 3, but with ECS.
Understand the delta should only contain changes — makes sense.
However, if a snapshot delta no longer ...
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Does anyone know any 'no-interface' game engines? [closed]
What I'm looking for:
I've been searching for a while now for any no-interface game engines (What I mean by that Is something like the Source Engine where other than than the level editor It's nothing ...
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Interpolation hitches caused by Quake-like client-server design
I'm building a very small multiplayer shooter game. I'm facing a problem related to interpolation. In order to explain the problem I have to give an overview of the client-server design of my game (it'...
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Is Quake 3's shader language copyrighted?
Right now I am using Quake 3 tools to make maps for my graphics engine, to have some kind of start and an idea on how to build one from scratch. I know that the BSP format is copyrighted and maps made ...
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Lightmaps from RTCW BSP file not being rendered correctly
I'm trying to recreate a Return To Castle Wolfenstein renderer using Direct3D 11, but I can't seem to be able to render the lightmaps as they should be. I have not found much information on the ...
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Quake Physics ported to Unreal Engine? [closed]
My eSport mod needs the Quake 3 physics -- as well as some modern engine features.
Options are either:
Quake Engine: Upgrade/develop new rendering,etc component(s)
Unreal Engine: Port physics.
Going ...
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Missing faces in Quake 3 BSP [closed]
I'm attempting to write a level viewer for Quake 3 levels (repo here). I've got some of the way towards it, but for every level I try to view with it I get lots of missing faces.
(image from Dustbowl)
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Quake 3 Gravity
From "Quake 3 Networking Primer":
The server accepts client commands as they arrive. It makes one call
to the VM per client command. This is the only time that players are
ever updated. (That's ...
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Understanding some variable names in the quake engine
I am doing a bit of research for a project about air acceleration in the quake engine. I have a question about the names of the variables and their definitions. The code that I am looking at is
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What does this code mean in the source engine [closed]
I am working on a project in which I analyze acceleration in the Source engine. Being that I have very basic knowledge of computer science, I am not very proficient in understanding the syntax.
The ...
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postprocessing shader destroying viewport on linux?
Basically I implemented gamma correction into a q3 based game to get rid of the annoying SetDeviceGammaRamp.
On windows and macosx everything works fine, but on linux it draws garbage. It looks like ...
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Event-driven vs state synchronizing networking model
I was going through the Tribes network model and the network model used in Quake3. What I understand is that Tribes is more of an event based model where as the Quake model uses game states and delta ...
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Books that discuss practical rendering techniques? [closed]
I'm looking for some books that discuss practical rendering topics like say rendering a bsp level or md2/3 mode, making a little quake like game as the goal or something to that effect. Any ...
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How do I disable the graphical output of Quake 3?
I have been working with the Quake 3 source code for a few weeks now and am in the process of integrating a custom bot as part of my M.S. thesis. I am using a machine learning algorithm to allow the ...
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OpenGL quake 3 shader file for objects (for trees)
I decided to add to my game few trees, I already quake 3 model loader (md3) its for characters and method for texture drawing is store in *.ini file. I found a package of trees in MD3 and I have no ...
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