OldRoadmap2006

Ghoulsblade 21:29, 10 May 2007 (CEST) : mainly obsolete as we did some redesign after a longer development pause, todo : check items on this roadmap and do a cleanup here.. currently we're experimenting with a simple ship-editor, a hierarchical location system and the ODE physics engine, we'll have to wait and see what comes out of those experiments before doing further planning.

See also ToDoList

WARNING : This list is subject to changes.

CURRENT

sfz0.4 : travel

• GFX
  • multiple scenemangers
  • render to texture
  • 3D-primitives for map : lines
  • 3D-primitives for map : circles
• traveling
  • teleport to other locations
  • simple list of locations to teleport to
  • map displaying locations with their positions
  • show links ("spacelanes") between locations in map : (net-like)
  • teleport should only be possible to neighbor-locations
  • teleport costs fuel
  • teleport only possible far away from location center
  • teleport should have graphical effect
  • teleport should have chargeup time
  • something like SPEC drive to travel within solar system
• data-structuring
  • multiple locations
  • send & resync only objects near player
  • location hierarchy
  • fleet locations for SPEC Drive
• Map
  • Local Planets & Stations (System Map)
  • Systems (Galaxy Map)
• Interstellar Travel

NEXT

sfz0.5 editor

• lua console
• map-editor modus for game host
• maps can be saved/loaded to/from lua-data files
• ship type array with differen stats, models etc
• version info transmitted from server on connect

sfz0.?

(just an idea list, no specific order known yet, depends on how well the location system turns to be, and other things)

• location Effects
  • different skyboxes
  • different types of spacedust ( none, very few small glittering things, dust clouds, scrapmetal, rock-chunks, electric discharges, gas clouds, crystals)
  • fog-types, densities, colors...
  • lighning strikes in heavy nebulae
  • swarms of alien thingies like in titan ae (but might be as game objects)
  • full-screen-gamma : pulsating effects like electromagnetic waves in a pulsar system
  • sensor interference for radar, targetting, etc..
  • general atmosphere : sound and musik
  • for spacedust/particles : later, when ships have form, do client side physics, such as burn them on shields, or bump from hull...
  • location effekts : damage by radiation or by asteroid hits (more damage when moving)
• HUD
  • scoreboard (playernames, frags)
  • target selection, one active/locked target (missiles)
  • orientation and movement indicators (grid, compass, speed, spacedust)
  • util to draw hud lines (2d and 3d) also with billboard-chain smoothing
• Combat
  • armor/shield level
  • ammo/energy
  • seeking missiles
  • different ship types
• lua
  • config files (mouse sensitivity, key bindings, player name, ship type, hud stuff)
  • lua binding to c++-timer class
• Trading
  • buymenu with more stuff to buy, ship repair etc in a nice dialog
  • list as in elite, with buy/sell button next to each element for trade goods... (shift,alt,ctrl-click modify amount)
  • weapon slots on spaceship
  • assignment of bought weapons to weapon slots
  • inventory
  • equipment (upgrades for engine, shield, armor, different weapons)
  • maybe limited fuel ? (needed for jumps between systems, like EV)
  • trade goods
• Autopilot
  • approach, follow
  • attack swings (for ai, as in starwolves)
  • fly to pos, avoid crashing into planets (for ai)
  • dumb npc ships (tourists,traders,explorers,satelites)
• AI-Ships
  • random attacks by pirates
• Stations
• Planets
  • visible in system
  • dockable (autopilot) (meaning you can trade as with stations)
• Sun
  • visible in system
  • burns when player gets too close
  • fuel scoop as in elite ?
• LaGrange Points

FINISHED

sfz0.3 : HUD

• GFX
  • stars (basically DONE, but will be improved by bigger,brighters stars)
  • speedlines (DONE, but could use some more fine tuning)
• GUI
  • pump mouse and keyboard events to CEGUI
  • simple dialog windows
• HUD
  • text
  • crosshair
  • "radar"=scanner (basically DONE, but could be improved)
  • radial grid (circles around coordinate origin, and orthogonal lines to objects)
  • target information around ships (playername,distance)
  • where-you-have-to-shoot indicator
  • movement-trail behind ships
  • armor,shield indicators around ships (STARTED, just a plaintext life display so far)
  • armor,shield,ammo,energy hud-indicators for self (STARTED, just a plaintext life display so far)
  • scoreboard (playernames, frags)
  • target selection, one active/locked target (missiles)
  • orientation and movement indicators (grid, compass, speed, spacedust:)
  • ingame mouse cursor
  • util to draw hud lines (2d and 3d) also with billboard-chain smoothing
• Combat
  • armor/shield level (STARTED, just a plaintext life display so far)
  • ammo/energy
  • different ship types
  • seeking missiles (need target selection, will be made after HUD is complete)
  • big, charging weapons with hud indicator
• lua
  • config files (mouse sensitivity, key bindings, player name, ship type, hud stuff)
  • generalize lua-c++-binding code
  • lua binding to dialog system (STARTED)
  • lua binding to c++-timer class
  • lua binding to hud system
  • improve lua vector & quaternion lib
• Stations
  • dockable (a buyzone when near is enough for now)
• Trading
  • buyzone near station
  • buybutton when in buyzone
  • ships and asteroids drop collectable loot (gives credits)
  • buying weapon upgrades directly with button
  • buymenu with more stuff to buy, ship repair etc in a nice dialog
  • weapon slots on spaceship
  • dialog for assignment of bought weapons to weapon slots
  • drag&drop assignment of weapon slots
  • inventory dialog
  • equipment (upgrades for engine, shield, armor, different weapons)
  • maybe limited fuel ?
  • trade goods
  • new ships
  • list as in elite, with buy/sell button next to each element for trade goods... (shift,alt,ctrl-click modify amount)

sfz0.2 : weapons

• Lua Integration
  • Keyboard Callbacks (DONE)
  • Messages over Network (DONE)
  • User-Config (Key-Bindings) (basically DONE, but will be extended further)
  • Lua-Access to GameObjects (basically DONE, but will be extended further)
• Gfx
  • billboards (explosions, shots, beams) (DONE)
• Combat
  • different weapons (DONE, main cannon on left mouse + rockets on right mouse)
  • slug-throwers (bullets, not instant hit) (DONE main cannon)
  • health-points and damage : targets need more than one hit (DONE)

sfz0.1 : first test flight

• Gfx
  • (DONE) sample-ship-model (from ogre) + skybox
• Combat
  • (DONE) direct-hit-weapons (instant kill on mouse click is sufficient for testing...)
• Networking
  • (DONE) player join
  • (DONE) position/velocity resync
• Sound
  • (DONE) play static sounds
  • (DONE) wav/ogg support
  • (DONE) play dynamic sounds