Reality Factory

Ok if I make a basic game and distribute it to a few friends then one person hosts and we all connect can we have a death match in that map?

No. Networking is not available in RF1. You will have to wait for RF2 for that.

Full RF2 networking is planned for v0.5. That is 10 months from now.

paradoxnj wrote:That is 10 months from now.

FML

Can I make it in RF1 for now and not have to worry about compatibility for RF2. ?

Actors...yes. For levels, there is no conversion method as of yet.

Save out as .3ds .Open in milkshape or blender, and export as a .mesh.

While that will work, it will not be optimized and might run slow depending on the size of your level. Ogre culls at the mesh level using a scenegraph. So a level mesh like that will always be on screen which means that the whole mesh will always be rendered. I am working on a procedure to take the RF1 levels in parts and export as meshes and then "assemble" them together as separate meshes.

I know it'll work, but you'll have to reassemble the parts in the editor.....I only export small stuff, like a small building or a house, or a wall from RFEDITPRO.....for that, I think it'll work great.

I'm trying to decide whether to use Ogre planes for indoor levels or use the BSPSceneManager which supports the Quake 3 level format. Quake 3 format is limited and also unoptimized for modern rendering techniques. I'm leaning towards the plane method.