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EAST · 02-28-24, 03:06 PM

Registration, Login, Logout all working on the network version
Player Positions are synchronizing properly with the server

Good looking ocean working - not doing big waves like Enigma, but not flat like IW either.
Have got a good "floating grid" for the player ocean over a "big ocean" algo.

Basic terrain working for islands and continental barriers. Right now trying out some pretty clever techniques for having a truly huge world while keeping resolution for the player AND not having 4 million texture files and database entries. A pretty cool idea I've been studying is using a texture for global reference to a regional texture that stores the reference to a 10km Section texture with 9 references to the local heightmap and 15 references to the next nearest outside local heightmaps. The interesting part is only loading max 3 local heighmaps at at time and only displacing and rendering the player floating grid! In case you can't tell, pretty excited about this.

First stage is a single reference grid (24 ids) and 9 local grid textures. It's still gives around 4km of visibility and 20km of movement. Hoping to get this working well so I can move out to the next level of references. NOTE: I only need local terrain blocks where there is undersea or above water terrain.

This week I've also been implementing the "Room/Station" components for ship and sub configuration. This will let me expand capabilities (ie sim features...) in the future: Engineering & "Steering" done, Bridge partially

Deep Six - Iron Woves Revisited
Deep Six is and online Naval Combat based game - the spiritual ancestor of Iron Wolves and Enigma

Features
- Giant World
- Dynamic beautiful ocean
- Islands that can be discovered
- Submarines, Combat Ships, Combat Supply, General Delivery
- Manable weapons for manual firing
- Real world style detection and "location" sharing
Future?
State Machines
Vessel & Weapon Stations
- Bridge
- Engineering
- Steering
- Dive
- Navigation
- Sonar
- Communications
- Weapons
Rollout Stages
- MVP
- IW Level Setup
- BETA Product
- RELEASE
Gameplay
- Command Subs, Ships and Shore Emplacements
- Automated or Piloted ships - Players can build AI-able fleets for dispersal and use.
- Central Port for each Faction with berthing, registry for ships (store!) etc.
DEVLOG
2023
- Sat, Oct 21, 2023
- Fri, Oct 27, 2023
- Tue, Oct 31, 2023
- Fri, Nov 3, 2023
- Mon, Nov 20, 2023
- Thu, Nov 30, 2023
- Sat, Dec 2, 2023
- Wed, Dec 13, 2023
2024
- Sun, Jan 7
- Sun, Jan 14
- Sun, Jan 21
- Fri, Feb 2
- Wed, Feb 28
TODO Wed, Feb 28
- NEXT STEPS: In Game #todo #C
- NEXT STEPS : Multiplayer #todo #A
- NEXT STEPS: Registration, Login & Lobby #todo #B
- NEXT STEPS: Camera Rigging #todo #D
Design Points
Old REFERENCE DESIGN

02-28-24, 03:06 PM	#17
EAST Sparky Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Eugene, OR. USA Posts: 153 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	DEVLog 2-28-2024 Registration, Login, Logout all working on the network version Player Positions are synchronizing properly with the server Good looking ocean working - not doing big waves like Enigma, but not flat like IW either. Have got a good "floating grid" for the player ocean over a "big ocean" algo. Basic terrain working for islands and continental barriers. Right now trying out some pretty clever techniques for having a truly huge world while keeping resolution for the player AND not having 4 million texture files and database entries. A pretty cool idea I've been studying is using a texture for global reference to a regional texture that stores the reference to a 10km Section texture with 9 references to the local heightmap and 15 references to the next nearest outside local heightmaps. The interesting part is only loading max 3 local heighmaps at at time and only displacing and rendering the player floating grid! In case you can't tell, pretty excited about this. First stage is a single reference grid (24 ids) and 9 local grid textures. It's still gives around 4km of visibility and 20km of movement. Hoping to get this working well so I can move out to the next level of references. NOTE: I only need local terrain blocks where there is undersea or above water terrain. This week I've also been implementing the "Room/Station" components for ship and sub configuration. This will let me expand capabilities (ie sim features...) in the future: Engineering & "Steering" done, Bridge partially Deep Six - Iron Woves Revisited Deep Six is and online Naval Combat based game - the spiritual ancestor of Iron Wolves and Enigma Features Giant World Dynamic beautiful ocean Islands that can be discovered Submarines, Combat Ships, Combat Supply, General Delivery Manable weapons for manual firing Real world style detection and "location" sharing Future? State Machines Vessel & Weapon Stations Bridge Engineering Steering Dive Navigation Sonar Communications Weapons Rollout Stages MVP IW Level Setup BETA Product RELEASE Gameplay Command Subs, Ships and Shore Emplacements Automated or Piloted ships - Players can build AI-able fleets for dispersal and use. Central Port for each Faction with berthing, registry for ships (store!) etc. DEVLOG 2023 Sat, Oct 21, 2023 Fri, Oct 27, 2023 Tue, Oct 31, 2023 Fri, Nov 3, 2023 Mon, Nov 20, 2023 Thu, Nov 30, 2023 Sat, Dec 2, 2023 Wed, Dec 13, 2023 2024 Sun, Jan 7 Sun, Jan 14 Sun, Jan 21 Fri, Feb 2 Wed, Feb 28 TODO Wed, Feb 28 NEXT STEPS: In Game #todo #C NEXT STEPS : Multiplayer #todo #A NEXT STEPS: Registration, Login & Lobby #todo #B NEXT STEPS: Camera Rigging #todo #D Design Points Old REFERENCE DESIGN __________________ ENIGMA R.I.P.