Yep, definitely a game.pic.twitter.com/gJKAs30iD3
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Anyone want to try compiling / running a SS1 source port? This is at the point now where it should compile and run on most platforms so I’d like to get more eyes on this.
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While working on savegames here in SS1 I somehow ended up in a third person mode after creating two players. Also canon: the player is Sonic the Hedgehog.pic.twitter.com/Tz9XF89kfP
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Saving and loading works! Savegames in gamedev still seem like magic to me, the state of a world persisted to be returned to at any time.pic.twitter.com/AxmunWdW1t
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This project is far enough along where it could be the start of a real source port, and a real port needs an awesome name. Cortex Reaver? Chocolate Shock? TriOptium? System Choc? :D
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Shockolate can play sound effects now, getting the dynamic music system going again is going to be a project though.
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In true Looking Glass fashion, Shock played music using multi track XMI midi files, which were blended together at runtime based on the action level.
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Audio logs are also going to be a pain, they were played using a custom movie file format that is only half left in the code. If anyone has the Dark engine source code somehow, could you check if the AFile lib is still there?
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This game is much easier to play with WSAD and mouselook.pic.twitter.com/WUk2nH79Fe
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How System Shock 1 renders a frame, without having a real Z buffer.pic.twitter.com/xF4xurH3Ak
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The rendering here does two sorts: one to find the visible tiles in the view cone and sort them back to front, left to right, and then in each tile sorts objects inside them the same way. Drawing loop then can iterate over tiles, drawing the surfaces and then objects.
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More neat rendering tricks! Picking which object you click on is a tough problem in games, SS1 solved this by rendering a hidden view of the world where objects were colored by their IDs. A lookup could then be done by comparing the color under the mouse.pic.twitter.com/ZD1FzwwnBS
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The Shockolate SS1 source port project has automated release builds happening now, if you own System Shock and want to check it out now would be a great time:https://github.com/Interrupt/systemshock/releases …
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One of the most difficult things to get working again for this project has been music, and lately we've been making a ton of great progress on this! Now we have modes for FluidSynth midi with a soundfont, native midi, and even a synthesized Sound Blaster:https://youtu.be/jZmjf6DmBIk?t=62 …
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