0 A.D. - The Next Steps

[Sturm]

Hello everyone,

I would like to start by saying that I am not a developer and topics just like this one somehow come and go... However, I would like to ask the Wildfire Games experts to put here their ideas on what would be the next BIG steps (epic changes) for 0 A.D., disregarding at first the restrictions of time, money and people interested (volunteers).

I know, for example, that the game lag involve many issues, including the pathfinder, but... let's try to describe things properly. What would be an epic change for 0 A.D., how long would this task require with a dedicated developer? How much would it would cost if we were talking about a paid work?

- Convert 0 A.D. so that it uses Vulkan, does it make any sense?
- Any structural change in Pyrogenesis?
- Adjustments in Pathfinder?
- What would allow the A.D. to take a notorious step forward in graphics?

- Dinosaurs?!?!?

Regards and congrats, because 0 A.D. is already an awesome game!

Sturm

Edited July 30, 2018 by Sturm

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Sturm said:

Convert 0 A.D. so that it uses Vulkan, does it make any sense?

I’m not at all sure but I dont think Vulkan is GPL compatible. And I think parts of it are proprietary. Maybe someone more knowledgable knows.

[asterix]

20 minutes ago, (-_-) said:

I’m not at all sure but I dont think Vulkan is GPL compatible. And I think parts of it are proprietary.

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.1/html/vkspec.html here it is said

[asterix]

30 minutes ago, Sturm said:

What would allow the A.D. to take a notorious step forward in graphics?

name just a few https://code.wildfiregames.com/D1486       

and more to come, about Vulkan well... since we want to still support older hardware OpenGL and OpenGLS is a way to go for now @vladislavbelov would tell probably more