making a world editor and loading terrain/maps

Karthax · 2001-01-21T18:04:41

Hello, I have been working on a 3d engine and the next step is creating a world editor of some sort. I would like to create one myself rather than use someone elses right now since I''m doing this for learning''s sake. I would like feedback on creating an opengl interface (making my own buttons, menu etc), or trying to use windows api with it''s buttons and such (I don''t know much about windows programming.. wouldn''t know where to start, I have VC++ 6.0 and created a hello world app but did not know how to create buttons or menu''s with VC++6.0''s gui). I''m also unsure how to store my data once I have made the editor and how it will be loaded as a person would be walking through the world. Prefferably I would like to take the diablo 2 approach and have no loading.. Thus the world would be like one big map, in which only the immediate area around you is loaded into memory. I have looked at bsp''s a bit, but do not understand how they are used beyond separating an area into planes/sections. Is there a better method than bsp? What exactly is an octree, i could not find a good page on octrees. I would like my stored world to have open terrain and closed buildings as well as multi level dungeons. Also what do you all think is the best method for detecting collision with terrain? Thanks for any information you can give me on this.. I''m very determined to make a good 3d engine that will be rpg oriented. Marc

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Started by Karthax January 19, 2001 02:04 PM

10 comments, last by Karthax 23 years, 10 months ago

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January 21, 2001 05:52 PM

I agree, trying to actually make a game has tought me alot. Every step of the way I''m learning something new. Whether it''s learning how to calculate normals or learning mfc so I can make an editor. At this point I am going to have to write it all-I hope once I have an editor and an engine going that I''ll be able to find people to help make maps/models/textures/sound since that can take just as much time! If only I had more time =)