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dbuske · Wed 22/05/2013 14:02:10

It appeares that the engine is a coding nightmare, according to internet skuttlebutt.
Is anyone working to recode the engine, in I assume C++.

Crimson Wizard · Wed 22/05/2013 14:20:33

Quote from: dbuske on Wed 22/05/2013 14:02:10
Is anyone working to recode the engine, in I assume C++.

I do.

Not sure I understand the purpose of the question though. There was quite a lot of discussions about this on this forums.
Are you interested in anything particular?

dbuske · Wed 22/05/2013 20:05:55

I follow the developments. The number of articles that mention the engine codes poorness is surprising.
Just thought i would ask if it is being recoded.
How is the recoding going?

Here is one article
http://www.diygamer.com/2011/05/releases-ags-engine-source-code/

Ryan Timothy B · Wed 22/05/2013 20:13:47

That was CJ talking about his own scripting. It was his warning when he released the source code to the public.

Crimson Wizard · Wed 22/05/2013 20:34:12

Quote from: dbuske on Wed 22/05/2013 20:05:55
How is the recoding going?

We are doing this step by step, changing engine parts, not rewriting it as a whole. This way was chosen mainly because it is difficult to tell when we will have free time to work on this.
So I don't think it makes sense to set a date when the engine will get all recoded (no one can tell anyway).
The 3.3.0 beta release already contains some enhancements. At the moment I am finishing the changes that would remove most of the game object limits (number of room objects, etc).

Knox · Thu 23/05/2013 03:43:20

Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Wed 22/05/2013 20:34:12
At the moment I am finishing the changes that would remove most of the game object limits (number of room objects, etc).

OOOOoooh yah!

dbuske · Thu 23/05/2013 11:51:46

I agree with the approach.
I currently am using SkygoblinAGS for 1280x720.
But when AGS adds higher resolutions, I will change back immediately.

Calin Leafshade · Thu 23/05/2013 11:53:13

Glad to see that we have your support.

Crimson Wizard · Thu 23/05/2013 12:10:13

One guy forked our repository recently, and made a commit with "custom resolutions" title, but I haven't find time to examine what he did yet:
https://github.com/bitope/ags/commit/00ef37b3ea5b276b41af13200bc83978186f147c

I am bit confused by the fact he added separate scaling filter for custom resolutions.

His name is Tomas Persson. Does anyone know if he is AGS forum member? I hoped to get some comments from him.