zordaan/meridian59-engine

GameEngine stack built from Open-Source or free components

Engine

GameEngine stack for Windows, built from Open-Source or free components.

Main components

Name	Description	License	Website
Ogre3D	Render-Engine	MIT	http://www.ogre3d.org
CEGUI	GUI-Engine	MIT	http://cegui.org.uk
OIS	Input-Engine	zlib	http://sourceforge.net/projects/wgois
ParticleUniverse	Particles-Engine	MIT	http://www.fxpression.com
irrKlang	Sound-Engine	Proprietary **	http://www.ambiera.com/irrklang

** irrKlang is only free to use in non-commercial projects! Consult their website for further information.

Dependencies

Name	Description	License	Website
zlib	ZIP-Compression	zlib	http://www.zlib.net
zziplib	ZIP-Archives	LGPL/MPL	http://zziplib.sourceforge.net
pcre	Regular expressions	BSD	http://www.pcre.org
LibPNG	PNG-Fileformat	Custom	http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
LibOpenJPEG	JPG-Fileformat	BSD	http://www.openjpeg.org
LibJPEG	JPG-Fileformat	GPLv2	http://sourceforge.net/projects/libjpeg
FreeImage	Image-Codecs	GPL	http://freeimage.sourceforge.net
FreeType	Font-Codecs	GPL/FTL	http://www.freetype.org
boost	C++ framework	Custom	http://www.boost.org

Notes

• Requires Visual Studio 2015.
• Use included Engine.sln solution file.
• Almost all libraries are statical linked.
• Not compatible with Windows XP (would need to switch 32-Bit builds to use v140_xp toolset and linker system 5.01.
• Engine can also be built in 64-Bit.
• Release-builds have high optimizations, SSE2 enabled and no debuginfo. Debug-builds the opposite.
• This package works with CLR (C++/CLI) enabled applications (see TEST app).
• All componentents are built using /MD (required for C++ CLI)
• You have to set your debugging WorkFolder to $(OutDir) (in project properties) to run the TEST app from VS directly (by pressing the Play button).
• The sources-structure (buildfiles, content) has been heavily adjusted from its original packages/downloads/checkouts. All dependencies have been ripped of any documentations and additional, unnecessary files.
• The TEST application is an mini executable to test whether everything links in OK. It's the only executable project in the solution.
• All solution projects can be built independently from each other (due to the fully statical linking), except for the TEST application, which depends on every single other one.
• Make sure to have a look at the /src/README/ subfolder