Porting Arx Fatalis

This article tracks the status of the Arx Fatalis cross platform port. It also lists potential libraries to replace windows-specific code.

Status

audio: done: abstracted audio backend, new OpenAL backend
io: done: abstracted with boost::filesystem and POSIX implementations
renderer: done: abstracted renderer backend, new OpenGL implementation, new D3D9 implementation
input: mostly done: abstracted input backend, new SDL backend (missing internationalized text input)
windowing: done: backend abstracted, new SDL backend
misc: threads, timing code abstracted, msvc-specific string functions replaced, image code ported to DevIL, text rendering ported to Freetype
editor: todo