Mission statement
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A mission statement for the project.
Arx Libertatis - To update and improve the Arx Fatalis source to bring it on par with modern implementations of similar games.
Basic Project Goals
- Update the Arx Fatalis source code to support modern systems
- Improve Portability of the game
- Provide ports and on-going support in source to modern versions of Windows, Linux and OS X
- Eliminate bugs or limitations of the original
- Improve basic functionality to bring the engine on-par with similar modern games
- Provide for further improvements and customizations to be made to the game by the community
Anticipated Milestones
First release:
- Core upgrades for compatibility with modern systems
- Direct support for Linux, Os X and Windows
Milestone 1:
- Hardware transform and lighting
- Modern shader support
- Debugging tools (profiling hooks for cpu & memory usage, debug hud, in game console, launch script)
- Game editor with a modern implementation (using Qt)
Milestone 2:
- General portability (potentially tablets and mobile devices)
- Improved graphic, audio and control support and configuration
- Texture processing (alpha smoothing, re-synthesis, interpolation)
- Modern user interface
Milestone 3:
- Hardware physics support, modern physics library
- Previously missing features and assets
- Audio processing effects such as reverb
- Improved formats support (3d models, textures, audio, etc)
Milestone 4:
- Support for community resources (3d models, textures, audio, scripts)
- Support for mods to currently static core features (spells, characters, physics, graphical effects)
- Support for completely new "story mods" with custom features, scripts and resources
Open questions
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Current project members and contributors
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