[edoom-devel] more status updatea

[Raymond P. <ra...@ca...>]

OK, first things first: I don't have a computer to develop on.

That aside, here's some status updates:
 -I am using a lot of code bases; EDGE, Aleph One, basically anything
 useful that's not ZDoom (again, the whole thing about the dubious
 legality of ZDoom); I hope to reverse-engineer ZDoom compatability, as
 despite its legal status, ZDoom has good features for mapping.
 -My trademark philosophy of 'hardcore minimalism' will be followed in
 development; it will not be the Swiss Army Cudgel of Doom ports, but
 rather a subtle Swiss Army Knife. I will move a *lot* of the hardcoded
 functionality into plain-text config files, as well.
 -The WAD format sucks. It's a kludge from over a decade ago. I'll keep
 backward compatability with it, but expect to see a move to a more
 modern format like ZIP or TAR (probably TAR since that's my background)
 where actual files are stored as game resources. This has the added
 benefit of compression. The map format will stay the same.

Also, remember that the Win32 port is *not* my problem. I am glad to
wash my hands of that, honestly, and without offence to Jin. :)
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-Ray (Our name is Legion, for we are many.)
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