[xoreos-devel] Xoreos: What is your goal?

[Ray Maloney]

>Primary Goal: Port Games to other platforms
Ah. gotcha.

Well, NWN *HAS* a Linux client, and I thought it also had a mac client. I'm
not sure about the others.

>but not just Linux
Do you want them on Android? I can't imagine they'd be very playable on
Android.

>Overhauled UI and Controls out of Scope.
Well, they'd be appreciated if ever reasonably attainable. Even if it's
just a properly scaled UI to the monitor resolution.

>Rebalancing the game's data files and removing some hardcoded obstacles
would be more work than building a whole new game and editor from nothing.
I would certainly beg to differ on that one. I don't expect I'll ever have
the manpower to make a whole game like NWN1 in any kind of reasonable
timeframe. But rewriting tables of data, and rescripting some active class
abilities and spells, I could definitely do.

I wish you luck with your engine-emulation, and will check on your progress
from time to time. BTW it appears your engine has gone down.


On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Sven Hesse <drmccoy at drmccoy.de> wrote:

> On 2016-12-02 23:27:57 -0800, Ray Maloney wrote:
> > *why
> > *are you reimplementing the aurora engine?
>
> Well, there is an item in our FAQ for this exact question:
> https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos/blob/master/FAQ.md#
> what-is-the-reason-for-creating-xoreos-in-the-first-place
>
> :P
>
> > Are you simply trying to make
> > more games on that list playable in linux?
>
> Yes, but not *just* Linux.
>
> > Are you looking to improve on
> > them and modernize them in some way, perhaps allowing the UI or controls
> to
> > be overwritten with something more modern?
>
> Possibly, in the future, but getting the games to work 100% like the
> original comes first. And all further improvements need to be
> optional.
>
> > What you've done so far seems
> > neat, but rather redundant, and I just don't understand why you're taking
> > on such a large undertaking.
>
> Okay.
>
> > That said, I *WOULD* be all over a modern reimagining of NWN, with a
> better
> > GUI (Scaled to fit your monitor with support for arbitrary monitor sizes
> so
> > you can run the games in 1440p and higher without things being tiny,
> would
> > be a great start) & less clunky controls, and less hardcoded character
> > class stuff such that they could all be completely replaced and
> customized
> > for a custom campaign/adventure  of some kind, perhaps with the ability
> to
> > switch them over to Pathfinder or D&D 5e style Classes, feats, and
> > abilities; or be able to change the implementation of the ruleset so that
> > bonuses stack like they do in the tabletop game, or use the updated skill
> > lists, or whatever.
>
> With that amount and depth of changes, you're probably, quite frankly,
> better served by creating a completely new game.
>
> Then again, who knows what the future holds. xoreos is not far enough
> at all for these kinds of changes in the first place. No rules are
> implemented yet. One step after the other.
>
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