GLSMAC - Open-source OpenGL/SDL2 remaster of SMAC

[Ford_Prefect]

Oh wait, so those are voxel models? Converting them to vertexes and polygons will be fun challlenge then 
And yes, good job decoding it 

About dynamic music - it will be hard or impossible to copy exact algorithm, but sounds are there and I can improvise.

Not really sure the music is dynamic.  The .amb files have multiple tracks and really looked like midi at first glance other than the references to the sound files at the start.  I just never got around to finding a good library for changing the pitch and playing wav files before I lost interest.

[afwbkbc]

Not really sure the music is dynamic.

If you go afk then after a while music stops playing. Then as soon as you move mouse - it continues. It also seem to depend on your situation (i.e. if you are at war or not). So it's at least a bit dynamic (but made from predefined pieces).

[afwbkbc]

For those not on discord - I updated README with more information and added possible 1.x+ and 2.x+ features, come have a look - https://github.com/afwbkbc/glsmac 
Current status: v0.1 is released, working on map functions now.

[afwbkbc]

Made some progress with maps  Water and rivers coming soon.

[afwbkbc]

Added some water, it looks a bit different from SMAC but hopefully not too bad. Replicating exact SMAC water algorithm is too much effort, I'll focus on other things first.
Not the final version of water, it will be improved further, but for now I'll be focusing on reaching some playable state.

[Buster's Uncle]

-Design note:  GIFs.  .PCX is a pain to work with and .FLCs are impossible.  Do it all with .GIFs and modders will beat a path to your door.


-Also, a little leaderhead animation would then be feasible.

[afwbkbc]

-Design note:  GIFs.  .PCX is a pain to work with and .FLCs are impossible.  Do it all with .GIFs and modders will beat a path to your door.


-Also, a little leaderhead animation would then be feasible.

I know, when modding support is done it will accept any format, 32-bit color and different resolutions. For now I'm focusing on game itself.

[afwbkbc]

Added some light and shadows, looks better imo

[afwbkbc]

Fixed 'half-submerged tiles' problem. Still working on coasts, this isn't final look

[Vidsek]

  Step by step, better and better!  Can't wait to see how stable it is in gameplay     I'm rooting for you, keep up the good work!

[afwbkbc]

Better water, sea fungus, smoother map generation 

[afwbkbc]

Some 160x160 aswell ~2600FPS, map generation + loading takes around 3 seconds (release build)

[dino]

I wonder if it's feasible for a single person to complete such project in a reasonable timeframe, hopefully more than disassembling and recreating the original code 1:1 in C++

Anyway, impressive speed of progress, only smooth tile edges left to make land look almost like the original.

You should be able to lift some code from "thinker" mod like AI, or map generation, hope you guys are in contact.

Please consider for v1.0 an option for simultaneous turns in multiplayer like in Freeciv, turn times close to singleplayer makes all sillyness involved worth it.

[afwbkbc]

I wonder if it's feasible for a single person to complete such project in a reasonable timeframe, hopefully more than disassembling and recreating the original code 1:1 in C++

Anyway, impressive speed of progress, only smooth tile edges left to make land look almost like the original.

You should be able to lift some code from "thinker" mod like AI, or map generation, hope you guys are in contact.

Please consider for v1.0 an option for simultaneous turns in multiplayer like in Freeciv, turn times close to singleplayer makes all sillyness involved worth it.

Simultaneous turns is something that was in original SMAC, so of course they will be implemented
About "thinker" mod - actually I'm hoping it's author can merge stuff from it to GLSMAC once it's more mature (and has all necessary APIs etc)  But I can probably do it myself, it's just that I'll be busy with other things first.

Coastlines is still work in progress, getting close
Also check this out -

All map is actually in 3D, and water is transparent and you can see texture and objects on it's bottom like rockyness, monoliths (youtube screwed quality a bit tho so it's not visible there).

[dino]

SMAC has simultaneous turns ? I didn't knew, lol, a way to reveal I've never played SMAC multi.

Do people here play over IP multi, or is it all PBEM ?