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How can I make a standalone game based on this engine? #448

Open MegaTKC opened 2 years ago

MegaTKC commented 2 years ago

Hello, I decided I want to create a game based on this engine. For ioquake3 it is pretty straight forward. I just need to change two variables or something inside the makefile and i'll have a standalone game that I can begin modding. For dhewm3, how can I do this?

HMart81 commented 2 years ago

Afaik making a standalone game on Dhewm 3 should be exactly has ioquake3!? You take the engine code, compile it, create a exe (executable) file, pass/give it the required basic assets that the engine requires to start and that's it, you can take the Doom 3 assets just as a start then change, remove them as you go along, have in mind that if selling the game is what you want, you cannot use Doom 3 assets. There's also a idtech 4 starter pack, with the bare minimum assets for the engine to run, made by Blendo Games, look on its blog for a link.