Roadmap

This is just a to-do list of items that are planned to be implemented before the next release.

• Completed items will be crossed out.
• These are not set in stone. Items may be added/removed at any time.

This page has not been updated in a long time and is probably not still relevant.

• Should pick a model format
  • Requirements
    • Must be supported by Blender
  • Candidates
    • Collada
    • MD5
    • Custom format?

• Cg: Free but same problem as PhysX.
  • cgc can compile Cg programs into ARB vertex/frag programs (I think)

• PhysX: Free and hardware accelerated on Nvidia, but would lose portability and the ability to crosscompile for Windows…
• ODE: BSD licensed, probably the best bet…

• Overhaul mesh loading API

• Support for PNG format
• Support for JPEG format
• Fix DPT support

• Rewrite mouse system
  • Mouse modes
    • FPS mode (rotates active camera)
    • GUI mode (interacts with GUI)
    • Picking mode (interacts with scene)
• Key codes should be read from a file so that multiple locales can be supported (?)

• Re implement old particle system
  • Perhaps with collision detection (optional)
• GUI widgets
  • Frames
  • Text labels
  • Buttons
• Font support using libfreetype2.
  • FPS display on screen
• Re implement multiple cameras
  • Cameras can be attached to actors
  • Cameras can be positioned manually

• Design & implement something similar to Quake's PAK format

• Use <sys/time.h> instead of GLUT's timer.

• Dagger should accept some standard command line args (like –fullscreen, -f).
• Rewrite string-buffer system
• Better error handling
• Quadtrees, octrees
• Clean up threads API.
• GLUT game mode needs to use glutLeaveGameMode() to exit cleanly.
• Fix dRandom().
• Rewrite math functions.

• Put together a mingw32 package
• Write unit tests.
• Build system could use some cleaning up.
  • Rewrite configure script in Python