OpenSun

February 3, 2006 DeathRay2K
OpenSun's engine's source has been released by Equiredox!
But you must realise that this is a very early version, not nearly completed, and not functional. Also, this is the engine behind OpenSun, not the game itself.
That said, it comes in 3 parts. The 'bogus' engine (Beginners oriented graphics utility script), Caustic Fusion (Basically GameSpy for OpenSun), and the Random Terrain Generator, or RTG. All three have been avilable in the OpenSun forums for several days now, but you can now also get them in the downloads section here. Also, all three contain the source code and binary, so if you don't want to compile them its already done for you.☻

December 6, 2005 DeathRay2K
We have quite a few nice updates today.
First of all, we have new screenshots of the OpenSun engine running, using heightmaps for terrain generation, in the Screenshots section. We also have added to the downloads section, a sample of a vector engine to have 2D and 3D living in harmony. Also added to the downloads section is Terragen 0.12 with an executable (Which requires .NET 1.1) that uses the terrain generation algorithms; it runs standard tests, outputing height maps to a specific path.☻

October 19, 2005 DeathRay2K
Unfortunately, D, our 2D artist had to leave due to personal reasons. He may once in a while do something or other for OpenSun, but unfortunately he is no longer an active team member. He did do a lot of work on the sidebar for OpenSun, and I commend him for it. You can check out the sidebar in the Screenshots section.

October 18, 2005 DeathRay2K
I sent Equiredox an email recently regarding lack of motivation I have observed in regards to OpenSun, and his apparent disappearance. He replied with very encouraging news, and here is part of his email that concerns the future of OpenSun, enginewise:

"... I have been working on the engine. It is basically a derivative of the warcraft 3 engine - however if voxel support is required that can be achieved. I have also read over your technical notes associated with algorithms such as Z order and depth buffering, particle projection and other aspects that will play an important role in the game.
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Our engine will have support for complex shadowing (non planar) via ray tracing and carmack's reverse (shadow volume) methods, chromatic/spherical abberation, refraction, tranlucency mapping, browian fractal method terrain generation and other features the orginal tiberian sun did not have. Our world will be a mix of voxel and 3D media, which I think will give it a unique touch.

Note: I will never quit, so don't worry about that
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Our game will be set in the state of art, but with support for voxels and other objects that where used within the original."

He will post an example of the work he has been doing soon.☻

September 4, 2005 DeathRay2K
Things continue to chug along relatively smoothly, albeit quietly. If all goes well, we'll have a little something to show soon.☻

August 15, 2005 DeathRay2K
There was a typo in the website that formerly prevented emails regarding affiliation from reaching us. The problem has been corrected, and if you sent us an email in the last month we advise you to resend it.
I apologize for the inconvenience.
In other news, unfortunately there isn't much news right now, and the most recent updates can, as always, be found in our forum. We have recently had some difficulties with people practically demanding features, and unfortunately we are unable to do anything about them at the moment. As far as I know and am concerned, what is written in the Technology section is final, and not up to question, as it would require a very large reconsideration of our priorities and workload.☻

July 29, 2005 DeathRay2K
I've added the other affiliate now as well as two more! You should go check out CNC Depot CNC Guild, and C&C Nuked! Also, I fixed the link to the Particle Design. I'm not sure how developments have been going the last week or so, but we should see some definate progress soon.☻

July 28, 2005 DeathRay2K
I'm proud to say that OpenSun's affiliates are quickly increasing, with the newest additions being YUCNC and another who I will be adding as soon as I can get the button. I advise you to check out all of our affiliates, their buttons will open a new window for you as well. If you wish to affiliate with us, just click on our button on the right.☻

July 26, 2005 DeathRay2K
I just uploaded a particle system design. Its not quite final yet, but you can find it in the downloads section.☻

July 17, 2005 DeathRay2K
The first tasks have been assigned in the forum, so lets get on 'em! Check out the Jobs & Tasks subforum for the current work. The interface is being worked on by D, TerroR is making a main menu 3D loop animation, Smilen is making a theme song to be played on the main menu, the scripting language is being worked on by DCoder, and Equiredox is programming a UI script parser and menu system. I'm working on something secret, that will be announced soon.☻

July 14, 2005 DeathRay2K
I just changed several things around the site. I fixed a couple of typos, and added the nice little Affiliates box on the right.☻

July 13, 2005 DeathRay2K
Welcome to OpenSun! I just uploaded the site, so everything is still under construction, especially since not everything has even been decided yet. For the latest info, check the forum.☻