D3GT, a PXO alternative
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:07 pm
I decided to spend some time coding things for the community, finishing D3GT would be one of them.
D3GT stands for Descent 3 Game Tracker, and will be able to replace PXO seamlessly. I don't need to tell what it does, all I say here is that it will be easy to use, will not require registration and will improve over PXO.
So I open this thread in order to collect feedback from active D3 players. I will also post updates and conduct public alpha testings with D3GT over the DBB, if it ever gets that far.
I'm waiting on word from Kevin Bentley in order to obtain the D3C source code -- which is a requirement in order to pull this off.
D3GT is between 25% and 50% complete, depending on how much functionality will be implemented. Given the D3C source, I can get a complete tracker system working in a few days, but I'd like to take the opportunity to make some things better over PXO. Such as automatic level download, whether the download URL in the level file still exists or not. I want to provide player location functionality, and also online and third party tracker support. I also have the full GameSpy framework docs and have everything I need in order to make it work, but it will require extra effort. GameSpy support would be a nice plus but not a priority.
At this time, obtaining D3C source is the only next step. From then on, I'll start working on the client code and work my way from there. I might deviate a bit from the idea I had three years ago in order to simplify things, and in order to take into account feedback and requests from the users.
I'd like to appoint someone who will be overseeing alpha tests (again, if it ever gets that far), someone who knows the game and the players, and who has the dedication to do a good job of it. I was thinking of Suncho. Would you be up for that, Sunch?
Meanwhile, stay tuned...
D3GT stands for Descent 3 Game Tracker, and will be able to replace PXO seamlessly. I don't need to tell what it does, all I say here is that it will be easy to use, will not require registration and will improve over PXO.
So I open this thread in order to collect feedback from active D3 players. I will also post updates and conduct public alpha testings with D3GT over the DBB, if it ever gets that far.
I'm waiting on word from Kevin Bentley in order to obtain the D3C source code -- which is a requirement in order to pull this off.
D3GT is between 25% and 50% complete, depending on how much functionality will be implemented. Given the D3C source, I can get a complete tracker system working in a few days, but I'd like to take the opportunity to make some things better over PXO. Such as automatic level download, whether the download URL in the level file still exists or not. I want to provide player location functionality, and also online and third party tracker support. I also have the full GameSpy framework docs and have everything I need in order to make it work, but it will require extra effort. GameSpy support would be a nice plus but not a priority.
At this time, obtaining D3C source is the only next step. From then on, I'll start working on the client code and work my way from there. I might deviate a bit from the idea I had three years ago in order to simplify things, and in order to take into account feedback and requests from the users.
I'd like to appoint someone who will be overseeing alpha tests (again, if it ever gets that far), someone who knows the game and the players, and who has the dedication to do a good job of it. I was thinking of Suncho. Would you be up for that, Sunch?
Meanwhile, stay tuned...
