[Eom-users] Switch to OpenGL

[Frank R. <cra...@gm...>]

Hello to all,

We've decided to fully switch EoM to OpenGL now. Although this
introduces PyOpenGL as a new dependency it's giving us a lot more
to work with.
Those of you who checked out the CVS version already realized how
slow the software renderer is. The OpenGL renderer will be *a lot*
faster.
The first plan was to keep both the software and the OpenGL renderer
in the project, but seeing the first very successful results from the
OpenGL renderer and thinking about the future possibilites (think of
animations) brought up the decision to screw the software renderer
in favor of the better OpenGL renderer.
So stay tuned for the OpenGL renderer hitting the CVS (or actually
it'd be better not to stay tuned as I got some nasty exams ahead and
it might take a while until I can update the OpenGL renderer to the
current state of the software renderer)
Finally note that the use of OpenGL does not imply that EoM is now 3D.

PS: If you feel like implementing a software renderer please do so. The
current (not yet commited though) architecture of EoM allows for easy
switches of renderers. But as we want to get EoM useable the current
team will focus on the OpenGL renderer so that we don't have to
implement everything twice.

for the EoM team,
-- 
Raiser, Frank aka CrashChaos
IRC: irc.openprojects.net #pygame

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