Feasibility of a new engine discussion.

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This is for discussing the possibility of moving this game, space station 
13 onto an engine that is not Byond. 

I'm not saying something 3-d, but is there another top-down view engine 
that could be used that doesn't suck balls?

Things that would make the game 100% more enjoyable:
movement mechanics that aren't 15 years old
better object/scenery manipulation by the player

This has always been an eventuality, and I think it would be good to at 
least have a place to discuss it, a first step.

Is there any engine anyone can think of, that would be better suited to our 
evolving SS13?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pgol...@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2008 at 11:18

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Ogre3D is a very solid, open source, graphics engine with a strong community and
documentation; that said it obviously lacks audio (relatively unimportant) and
networking (relatively critical + difficult)

Irrlicht is an open source graphics engine with an established community and 
weak
documentation; I've used it before, but come away dissapointed.

Crystal Space 3D is supposedly a decent 3D graphics engine with an emphasis on 
the
non-graphics things it does well, but appears a poor competitor to Ogre

OpenAL is a solid, open source, audio engine; I've never used it, but have 
heard good
things

I've yet to use a full-fledged game engine, but a couple available ones include
NeoEngine, modding games such as HL2 (see Eternal Silence), and this whole list 
at
DevMaster - http://www.devmaster.net/engines/list.php?fid=14&sid=0

Original comment by KelsonG...@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2009 at 12:31

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