Ns On The Doom 3 Engine

mattlewis53mattlewis53 Join Date: 2004-09-26 Member: 31935Members
in NS General Discussion
Has the team thought about porting Natural Selection to the Doom 3 engine? The Half-Life engine has been great but I think it's finally time to move on. The Doom 3 engine suits NS perfectly. It's best used in smaller spaces, and the dynamic lighting is great for that abandoned space base mood. The only problem (and it is a large one) is that the devs would have to start from almost scratch, where if they used the Source engine it would be easy to convert.
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  • cortexcortex Join Date: 2003-11-28 Member: 23707Members
    read the FAQ please... <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...hp?showtopic=35</a>
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  • wascally_wabbitwascally_wabbit Join Date: 2003-09-09 Member: 20701Members
    edited September 2004
    IIRC, this has already been talked about a lot... I'm not sure if NS is even possible on the Doom 3 engine, due to the limitations, unless NS was made into a very different mod...

    Oh, ya, no one else post beyond this line:
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    Just wait for it to fall off the bottom of the first page or wait for a mod to lock it... It's annoying having 10 posts asking the same question staying on the first page while actual discussions end up dying <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    EDIT: damned, cortex beat me to it!
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  • Invader_ScootInvader_Scoot Join Date: 2003-10-13 Member: 21669Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    NS with the doom3 engine would suck. The best of graphics cards (x800's and 6800's) couldn't even handle it.
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  • ChezChez Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25074Members, Constellation
    Been discussed many times, isn't going to happen, ontop of that its a terrible idea imo.
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  • SizerSizer Join Date: 2003-10-08 Member: 21531Members
    Yeah, D3's engine absolutely sux lolzzzz [/sarcasm] so let's port it to Farcry (lol!) or Source aka DNForeverTheSequel.
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  • venom1221venom1221 Join Date: 2004-09-22 Member: 31854Members
    I'd rather have it on source
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  • XCanXCan Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5904Members, Constellation
    At this time I really don't think the doom3 engine is viable. We would need to wait a bit so people have upgraded their boxes for an advanced game as NS to run good enough.
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  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-XCan+Sep 26 2004, 12:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (XCan @ Sep 26 2004, 12:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> At this time I really don't think the doom3 engine is viable. We would need to wait a bit so people have upgraded their boxes for an advanced game as NS to run good enough. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wait! Thats perfect! Because by the time they figure out HOW to do all of this, the D3 engine will be a mid-range engine! BWAHAHAHA
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  • KaliKali Join Date: 2002-07-01 Member: 858Members
    Is the F.A.Q. including questions on the future of NS up-to-date ?
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  • TOmekkiTOmekki Join Date: 2003-11-25 Member: 23524Members
    edited September 2004
    nm
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  • Hologram0Hologram0 Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9303Members, Constellation
    If the game was ported to doom 3 alot of people would be left behind, I know that my machine cant handle doom3, especially if there was a turret farm in it...
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  • RueRue Join Date: 2002-10-21 Member: 1564Members
    since this is going to be locked

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  • YumosisYumosis Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12222Banned
    edited September 2004
    <span style='color:white'>Be nice.</span>
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  • WhiteZeroWhiteZero That Guy Join Date: 2004-06-24 Member: 29511Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://the.doom3.engine.isgay.com/' target='_blank'>Truth about the Doom 3 Engine...</a>
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  • DrummerDrummer Join Date: 2004-02-18 Member: 26654Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-mattlewis53+Sep 26 2004, 12:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (mattlewis53 @ Sep 26 2004, 12:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Has the team thought about porting Natural Selection to the Doom 3 engine? The Half-Life engine has been great but I think it's finally time to move on. The Doom 3 engine suits NS perfectly. It's best used in smaller spaces, and the dynamic lighting is great for that abandoned space base mood. The only problem (and it is a large one) is that the devs would have to start from almost scratch, where if they used the Source engine it would be easy to convert. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <span style='color:red'>***Locked.***</span>

    Pretty much all our thoughts on a port to a new engine are summed up in the FAQ entry cortex linked to.
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