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[MrGemini]

haven 2 incoming wohooooo

[shubla]

I hope old haven will be published server files and everything. So we have even smth to play when hafen comes.

[borka]

I hope old haven will be published server files and everything. So we have even smth to play when hafen comes.

Wont happen i guess...

[robous]

I would even try involve some of the programer community in making the client side client

That sounds fun.

[Nate_H]

Yeah, if it's 3D the camera should be less Salem and more Starcraft 2.

I couldn't agree more.

[Daji]

As for me i prefer 3d, since it is easier to add new content/mechanics to 3d games (good height map like in salem actually). (for example to add horses to the hnh you should redraw many sprites, while in 3d you should just add new skeleton animation). Of course there's speedup solutions for 2d too, by anyway 3d seems to be better.
The only problem with 3d is performance, because you cannot prerender levels and everything should be calculated on update. But there's lot's of optimisations too.

you can build the actual stuff in 3d and export 2d sprites from all angles.

Like in that old game graphic type, like Gene wars?



I could be very happy with it, really happy

[dagrimreefah]

Like in that old game graphic type, like Gene wars?

Daggerfall is another of many.

The term is "prerendered 3-D sprites".

[BlueSmall]

I really dislike 3d for these kinds of games, hard to figure out which direction you are going, and the spinning camera from salem gave me nightmares.

+1

[popfor]

I really dislike 3d for these kinds of games, hard to figure out which direction you are going, and the spinning camera from salem gave me nightmares.

+1

[jordancoles]

Take nothing but keys and canoes from salem and forget the rest please