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* ****************************** *
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* Yamagi Quake II *
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* http://www.yamagi.org/quake2 *
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* http://github.com/yquake2 *
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* ****************************** *
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TODO List
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This is a list of features that are currently not implemented in Yamagi Quake
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II, but would be nice to have. If you have some freetime to spare, fun coding or
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just want to contribute something, this list has some suggestions. All tasks
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need strong C knowledge, the necessary amount of understandig of the Quake II
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source code or external ABIs differs between the tasks.
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Some hints:
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- Sign up for a Github account and fork our yquake2 repository. This allows
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the easy integration of upstream changes into your branch and sending of
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pull requests. You'll get a wiki and a bugtracker for free.
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- To contribute your changes back into the main project send pull requests
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via Github. It's much easier to review and merge pull requests than patches.
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Please send only pull reqeuests from a distinct branch at not from your
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"master" branch!
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- Quake II has a very fragile and broken codebase. Even after years of cleanup
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it's still a disaster. Therefore:
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- Do only one change at a time!
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- Test after each change (play at least through base1.bsp)
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- Commit early and commit often to create a fine grained history.
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This helps "git bisect" to find bugs and errors.
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- Do not try to clean up things or even rewrite code that you do not
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understand to 110%! Even small behavioral changes can introduce
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gameplay changes and trigger new bugs! Especially everything that
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depends on map data (e.g. path finding or collision detection) is
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very likely to break in interesting ways!
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- Do not add new dependencies. If you must add a new one contact the Yamagi
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Quake II developers prior to it! Everything that adds dependencies should
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be hided behint preprocessor macros.
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- If your changes change the gameplay experience, make them optional by
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introducing a new cvar.
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- Linux is not the only operating system out there. All changes should be
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portable to other platform (writing pure ANSI-C or C99 is recommended but
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not always applicable).
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- x86 ist not the only CPU architecture. All changes should be done in pure
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C (e.g. no inline assembler) and in an endianess independed way.
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- gcc is not the only compiler. Test your changes with clang.
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1. Port Yamagi Quake II to new unixoid platforms (for example DragonflyBSD,
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NetBSD, Solaris, etc.)
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Difficulty: Easy
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Knowledge: Good knowledge of the target platform
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Yamagi Quake II runs fine on Linux and FreeBSD. Due to it's very low hardware
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requirements it's an ideal game for platforms without good 3D acceleration.
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Ports to new unixoid operating systems should be easy. In most cases only some
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#ifdef need to be added and the Makefile integration written.
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2. Source code cleanup
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Difficulty: Medium
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Knowledge: Good knowledge of the Yamagi Quake II source
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While the Yamagi Quake II source code was cleaned a few times there is still
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much left to do. Someone need to go through the source, read and audit it. Dead
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code should be removed, inefficient functions rewritten and bugs resolved. This
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can be done at one module (e.g. client, server, refresher, game, etc) at a time.
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3. Finish the port of Zaero
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Difficulty: Hard
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Knowledge: How to work with broken code
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Zaero is an unofficial but popular addon to Quake II. It was release as
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freeware. The Yamagi Quake II developers did an inital port, but it's
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unfinished and still buggy. Grab the source (take a look at our Github
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organization), clean it and debug it. Zaero will need some extensive
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testing, have fun while playing. :)
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4. Take ownership of the OS X port
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Difficulty: Medium
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Knowledge: Good knowledge of OS X
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Several years ago a port Yamagi Quake II to OS X was submitted and merged
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into our codebase. We tried to maintain it on a best efford base. But since
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no Yamagi Quake II developer has a Mac nor the necessary knowledge regarding
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OS X, the port bitrotted. Nowadays it's unsupported and next to disfunctional.
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Modernize the port and keep it up to date.
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