WLE OneWorld Update (Team based mission editing)

Winterleaf Entertainment`s OneWorld made it to Beta Release 1 today. I finally finished up a great deal of processes which have been sitting on the back burner for a while. We plan to have a video out shortly of OneWorld in action.


OneWorld is a collaborative team based mission editor for T3D. Imagine if you will, being able to connect to a server (Dedicated preferred, but not required) and start editing objects, the terrain, decals, roads, etc. Then, when you`re finished, firing off a remote save which commits all your changes to the mission and data files. When another user connects to your server, the server transfers to the client the mission file, forest file, decal file, terrain files etc. (Currently it does not transfer assets.)


It would have been impressive had this solution been built using primarily TorqueScript. Really, when you think about it, there are a lot of moving parts under the hood inside of T3D. When I started this, my goal was to be able to take any 'Game' folder, replace the T3D exe and dll and have it automagically become OneWorld enabled. I didn`t want people to have to modify their TorqueScript scripts or add in new scripts.


This lead me down one path, all of the functionality had to be written in pure C++. I`ve spent countless hours going over each line of code, checking objects, etc. I`ve touched over 40 files inside the engine and probably added another 30. As I finished up today, I have about 5 mandatory TorqueScript edits each consisting of one line, and I plan to have them go away before launch.


My planned launch date is still at the end of this quarter, and I feel confident that we will finish the documentation and any discovered bugs during the next month and a half.


Sometimes I can`t believe I have gotten this far in 2 months, but have determination, will code!


Vince
Winterleaf Entertainment L.L.C.