2000-05-14 06:47:56 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<HR WIDTH="100%">
|
|
|
|
|
<TABLE WIDTH="100%">
|
|
|
|
|
<TR>
|
|
|
|
|
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>The QuakeForge Project</TD>
|
|
|
|
|
<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="mailto:knghtbrd@quakeforge.net">
|
|
|
|
|
knghtbrd@quakeforge.net</A></TD>
|
|
|
|
|
</TR>
|
|
|
|
|
<TR>
|
|
|
|
|
<TD ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="http://quakeforge.net/">
|
|
|
|
|
http://quakeforge.net/</A></TD>
|
|
|
|
|
<TD ALIGN=RIGHT>Joseph Carter</TD>
|
|
|
|
|
</TR>
|
|
|
|
|
<TR>
|
|
|
|
|
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>14 May 2000</TD>
|
|
|
|
|
</TR>
|
|
|
|
|
</TABLE>
|
|
|
|
|
<HR WIDTH="100%">
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<H2>QuakeForge Merges with QuakeWorld Forever</H2>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P>Two of the leading engine projects based on the Quake and QuakeWorld
|
|
|
|
|
source code have today announced they are combining their efforts and
|
|
|
|
|
merging their codebases into one project.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P>Members of <A HREF="http://quakeforge.net/">QuakeForge</A> and
|
2000-05-14 14:44:12 +00:00
|
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.qwforever.com/">QuakeWorld Forever</A> met earlier
|
2000-05-14 06:47:56 +00:00
|
|
|
this week to discuss the implementation details of how to combine the
|
|
|
|
|
features in QuakeWorld Forever which provide it with effective cheat
|
|
|
|
|
prevention with the cross-platform portability features QuakeForge is
|
|
|
|
|
known best for. Both projects believe this move is made in the best
|
|
|
|
|
interests of their respective projects and more importantly the Quake
|
|
|
|
|
community at large.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P>The QuakeForge project also announced today plans to support
|
|
|
|
|
<A HREF="http://quakeforge.net/sotc/">a new source tree</A> based on the
|
|
|
|
|
QuakeWorld source which will be the basis for this merge. Said one
|
|
|
|
|
developer, "This new tree gives us a chance to go back and fix all the
|
|
|
|
|
bugs in the original source we didn't know about when we started working
|
|
|
|
|
on it. Now that we're all familiar with the source, we can build it right
|
|
|
|
|
from the ground up. And we can do it a lot faster since we know where we
|
|
|
|
|
are going with it."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P>The QuakeForge developers believe they can have the tree ready for initial
|
|
|
|
|
testing within a matter of hours. It is further estimated that this new
|
|
|
|
|
tree will have all of the desirable features of the current QuakeForge
|
|
|
|
|
tree within two weeks. Single player game support will not be immediately
|
|
|
|
|
available, though the current code base will continue development until
|
|
|
|
|
this second generation tree completes its objectives.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P>Both projects will preserve their respective group identities during this
|
|
|
|
|
transitional phase, but complete integration into a single larger group is
|
|
|
|
|
planned once the technical matters have been attended to. A ligher look at
|
|
|
|
|
the things users can expect to see can be found at
|
|
|
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.quakesrc.org/merge/">quakesrc.org</A>.
|
|
|
|
|
|
