ZDaemon

JacKThERiPPeR · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: ZDooM's Last Version

Seriously, why don't you get the ZDooM 2.1.7 source code and get some new ZDaemon about it? It would be better for ACS support and stuff.

[n00b]Adereth · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:

We're working on it. Go play SkullTag until it's done.

The reason we don't simply develop a set of ZDaemon routines that can be added into ZDoom code to make it net-worthy is that we'd be saddling ourselves with vast, vast amounts of bugs, many of which took several years to fix, even when the dev team was larger. If we tried going for a new codesplit now, the game would play like Odamex, and all of the features you wanted would be broken.

However, it's not impossible to bring in new code by any means. Right now, Kilgore's working on updating as much of ACS as possible, and with the release of 1.08, ZDaemon got a new version of the sound subsystem, straight from ZDoom's latest. But these things have bugs and take a long time to sort out--the volume of the plasma rifle in 1.08 was messed up, and a new version (1.08.01) had to come out to fix this. ZDoom and its dependencies have about 10 MB of source code; ZDaemon adds on nearly another meg. That's a lot of stuff to fix, to test, and to update.

But, y'know, we're working on it piece by piece, whilst adding spiffy new things like voice taunts. Be not so utterly discouraged!

JacKThERiPPeR · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

So no cookie yet. Ok.

It's Ok, until ZDaemon gets even more outdated. But well, it's all ok.

Ronald · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

BlackShark · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:03 am Post subject:

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lol yep i guess there working there buts of for us!
and for free so we are lucky to have them
which what roland said, pretty much lol

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DoomGuy666 · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

Is it possible to see any exact previews of what has been changed for the next zdaemon, or are we to wait in the dark until it is done? Just curious really.

Ronald · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

Da_maniaC · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:

I do not know if it is completely up to date, but you can find a changelog here:

http://www.zdaemon.org/changes.asp

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This one seems to be very old or it has been replaced.

I am pretty confident i have read a changelog a while ago that contained features for future ZDaemon versions.

EarthQuake · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:29 am Post subject:

I have a recent 1.09 changelog with a todo list, but I'd rather Kilgore post it as I'm not sure if he'd like me to.

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Here is a recent one. It contains only stuff that's completed; there are at least half a dozen items(and some quite important) that are not listed there because they're still in progress. I'll try to keep it up to date.

DoomGuy666 · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:49 am Post subject: