As of 23.08.2023 this project continues elsewhere.____A remake to be of the game engine of the well-known computer game "Heroes of Might and Magic III" and its official expansions.
License: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
This is a remake of the game engine of the well-known computer game "Heroes of Might and Magic III" and its official expansions. I'm not affiliated in any way with the authors/owners/etc. of the original game, so re-making the AI for example will be purely observation-based and experience-based. This remake is being made for fun and education. This remake does not, and will not provide any of the original game assets, so you need to buy the original game prior being able to play it by using this remake. The primary source of the original game data formats is: http://sf.net/projects/vcmi Credits. ======== Thanks to: * A masterpiece: "Heroes of Might and Magic III" * Inspiration and file format descriptions: http://sf.net/projects/vcmi * OS windowing system and sound bridges: "SDL2-2.0.5" * "ffmpeg" - for their magic all over the years! (.bik and .smk support) * The .h3m map makers - you rock!
Contains game-play masks?
While the .fnt parser isn't strictly required, it can help bring the remake closer to the origin.
Abstract away the game data. Define a plug-in interface for custom resource managers.
When you put something in RAM remember where you put it.
Desing and implement.
window: the puzzle pieces are clicking in place
UI: Button: initial =>
Smallest map - all kinds of terrain; walk around with a single hero (limitless movement points).
Using my favorite diagrammer, clarify what blocks depend on what blocks, and observe the most obvious too-stupid-decisions.
1st the project needs error handling:
Virtual File System interface - abstract away file and directory access:
Index the game and create the basis for the graphics view.
Required by String and others.
Multi-platform Thread object.
Prepare build scripts. Read the license info. Add questions. Etc.
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The cross-compile adventure never ends.
Introduce multi-threading. Needed by the log service and others.
So I can see what the game bitmaps look like, whats their contents, to guess how are things organised, etc.
It shall show a dialog asking if the user wants to stop the program, and act accordingly.
Try using the newly discovered (new for me) capturing lamdba as a function pointer for event handling. See what happens: do I need Command or not. Not yet. UI: Multicast Delegate for now. The trick can't be used: no pointer to template :).
the worst message box ever
The Delegate issue is resolved.
These contain most of the game bitmaps.
File IO won't block the UI.
Start the main menu music and button sound fx.
A pre-requisite to the Resource Manager.
Figure out the .fnt file format of the game.
Text Rendering: initial
Text Rendering: initial part 2
TODO: And just use the sheer brilliance called "FreeType" - as an option.
So I can parse things and log errors.
No point. Their data is going to a texture atlas. Besides if one bitmap format converter is needed, that's exactly what shall be done: one bitmap format converter function at one place.
So I can test my new code prior or after it being written.
Threaded dual FIFO should be ok.
C++ doesn't make any promises in regards to the order of static initialisation, but it does so for members.
The most re-written class around. Text services.
Bitmaps.
Design and implement. The docs are pretty clear:
https://docs.gl/gl2/glDrawArrays
Needed by the Resource Manager.
It feels like I'm weaving a very intricate pattern - its diagram time again - part of complexity management; do you know what happens if I don't manage complexity? - "infinite project" happens :)
For the file stream.
Render the UI as a single VBO:
A.k.a. a build system.
Because everything is better when its sorted. I'm not joking.
Create a simple and readable way to describe the different file formats of the game:
Like: sound quality, etc.
Query for max texture size. And handle the non-power of two textures case.
Perhaps I shall dynamically increase them on an "as needed" basis; then:
0: music; 1: UI fx; 2+: game fx; or 0, 1: music (fade in/out), 2:UI, 3+: game fx?
Text. Buttons. DialogResult.
the worst message box ever
Milestone 1: Render the main screen. Bridge. "SDL2" initially.
Milestone 2: Create the game model. (because otherwise boredom would slow down the project)
Milestone 3: View 1 - UI.
Milestone 4: Controller Main - UI.
Milestone 5: View 2 - map.
Milestone 6: Sound.
Milestone 7: View 3 - battle.
Milestone 8: AI.
Milestone 9: Hi-scores.
Milestone 10: AI scripting.
Milestone 11: View 4 - campaigns
Milestone 12: https://heroes3wog.net/did-you-know-second-edition/
Milestone 13: Multi-player.
Milestone 14: Plug-ins. (sound, resource manager, renderer, AI)
Milestone 15: Mods. (should take 2 minutes if all of the above are designed correctly)
Milestone 16: New things. (see "Whats the new?" at the file "project")
Milestone 17: Map editor.
Versioning: 0.* - alpha releases; 1.0 - proof of concept; 1.1* - to be decided.
The above could be wrong, could be right. I have no idea. Only one way to find out.
Select a map and load it.
Parse gzip data on the fly.
Design it.
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