I had a sweet idea for the visual implementation of inter-server teleport.

:: Finish separating datablocks from other code and placing each datablock in it's own file in the dynload directory hierarchy using specific naming scheme for maximum reusability and so that only datablocks which are specifically asked for are loaded. This is a long and tedious job, and community volunteers would be more than welcome. Please post here if you would like to help and we will get you set up with instructions.

:: Finish the preliminary master server, authentication, and chat integration with Cemetech, and the fallbacks for LAN play or when Cemetech is down. This is nearly done, and in fact the PHP side of things is complete and we just need to finish making changes to allow Torque to take advantage of these features.

:: Adding the 3D previews to the inventory

::and to the player selection gui.

:: Finish the mod-loading interface. CyberPrime has taken command of this side of things, and the GUI is functional. We still need to write the package-stack magic to make it possible to load and unload these without restarting the engine. If there is any portion of the code, or functionality that our modding community (looking at the TOB guys here) expects to interact with or would like more modular for easier modification of specific functionalities, please let us know so we can break large chunks of code down to make overriding or extending specific features more modular.

:: Relatedly, finish the GameMode interface programming interface and modify the Create + Join Server GUIs to include the new features. This will allow the modding community to design games and in-game rulesets and behaviors for specific maps or types of games. Examples include: Racing, Deathmatch, Sandbox, Capture the Flag, Tag, Flight-Sim, etc. We have modified the map naming scheme to go along with the 3 modes which we plan on writing ourselves. Map artists should follow this naming scheme for new maps + game modes. BL- maps are for building, DM- maps are for death matching/fighting type games modes, and RC maps are for racing. Expect Sandbox and Deathmatch rulesets to be ready for an initial release.

:: Finish prettying up the GUI. When elfprince13 restarted the engine programming with TGE 1.5, we lost much of the "pretty factor" that Gobbles had put into the early alphas. We still have the artwork for these, but elfprince need to change a couple rendering things to make the new engine support the button style we'd like.

:: Get a working build process for OS X, Windows and Linux. Write now OS X is working the best. Windows was working but broke when support for libcurl was added. Linux is largely untested though I have gotten it to at least compile. elfprince13 plans on moving the Windows build process to use the mingw tools so that he only has to worry about writing GCC-friendly code, and not worry about maintaining compatibility with another compiler (VC++).

If you're busting out the LDraw skills, I'm definitely excited to see what you come up with.


GreyMario: take a look through this thread ^_^

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Indeed. also, by way of ossom sauss, I compiled in a fix today that should take care of the infamous vehicle (and rigidshape) infinite-loop-on-impact bug in every version of TGE that I'm aware of. It drops a small amount of accuracy from the physics in return for guaranteeing an exit to the impact collision resolution loop.