[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Idea

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 07:47:48PM +0000, James wrote:
> A GTK client using openGL.
> 
> This would be a client with flat/isometric or any camera angle on the game 
> world.  The camera could also zoom in upon request or even zoom to places 
> where in game events are taking place.
> This also potentially allows future expansion/modding to the game as terrain 
> heights could be implemented and visualised.
> Graphics can still be simple so that even computers with no 3d acceleration 
> can use it perfectly well.
> 
> It could have basic models for cities and for forests and mountains 
> eventually and could even have a first person perspective view from various 
> units/cities for visual effect.

A nice idea and known idea. It comes up every year. So far nobody has
programmed anything is may worth considering. Can/will you code this
OpenGL client?

        Raimar

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