Graal3D And Graal3
 

Are there any SOLID deadlines to when either will be ready for release?

Alot of speculation has been thrown around but we have had no feedback from unixmad or stefan. Any thoughts guys?

I would like to know what kind of engine they're using for Graal3D... Is it made from scratch? @_@;

Apparently it is based on the "torque" engine. Although extensive edits and recoding has been done by stefan.

Aww Bish, I saw this thread name but didnt see the maker because it was blocked by an AIM IM, thought it was Stefan saying Graal3D was released for VIP's to test :(

As Robin already mentioned it is based on the Torque engine, as seen in Tribes.

nah i hopefully want stefan and unixmad to reply and tell us when its coming

The 3d engine and new scripting engine are in pre alpha testing, it mean only the Cyberjoueurs Staff have access to the server.

Next step is to start the alpha testing and have a few other Graal staff (non Cyberjoueurs) access the server and help us correct the biggest problems.

I will not give a timeline right now but we plan to open the 3d engine to playerworld creators that are interested to work in 3D and also release a demo world as template.

For all other player we are working on a nice 3d project (nothing to do with the screenshots we have released last year), it's really based on the Graal style and also take a lot from what have made the success of graal.

it's very hard to give a timeline but we will probably be able to show screenshots in February and release something before April.

For the technology we have used part of torque but we have rewritten lot of code and we are also not using torque script but the new graal scripting language.

Saying that Graal3d is torque is like saying that most games are renderware engine, torque is a nice middleware but nothing without lot of work and rewriting.

We are mostly using torque because it saves us lot of testing for all the 3d card on the market. Compatibility is the most difficult task when you make a 3d engine.

Will VIP's have access to it before Gold and Classic accounts? ;)

According to the VIP lounge we will.

The sad thing is I got VIP to test features and stuff and my VIP will probably run out before I even get to do anything :/ (Besides the v3 preview which still lacks playerlist organization which draws me away from it x.x)

Vip will have access to the beta testing of all new products including graal 3d !

So the answer is yes, you will have access months before Gold and Classic.

Oh, cool.

Indeed. I wonder if stefan used an precoded engine for that really really really old graal3d like the thing he has in his sig, or wether he did that from scratch

He coded everything from scratch.

wow, stefan rules at coding :P