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<H2> 1.10 Genesis of Crystal Space </H2>
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The Crystal Space project was initiated by Jorrit Tyberghein. Here are a few
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I created this project by accident. I was always fascinated by games like
Doom, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D and later Quake and I wondered how one would write
such a game. My first effort was a Doom like engine. It had some nice
features (like static lighting with shadows and sectors above other sectors)
but it was <EM>very slow</EM>! I abandoned the project (it became a bit clumsy)
and forgot about 3D for a short while. But the urge was still there. Every
now and then I would think about 3D engines. But I wasn't thinking about Doom
anymore. I wanted something more. After months of thinking I still wasn't
planning to start writing code. But then I read an article about portals. I
wasn't sure what they were but from the little explanation in that article
things started to become clear. Portals were the perfect way for me to write
a 3D engine quickly. It was a very easy technique with which I could achieve
real 6DOF 3D! At that point the knowledge I gathered during the past few
months had to get out of my head. In a bit more than one month I wrote the
first version of Crystal Space (during my free time). At that point I had a
portal engine with 6DOF, colored static lighting with shadows, primitive
scripting, mipmapping and moving objects. Since time became a precious
resource I decided to release Crystal Space to the general public and I put an
announcement in comp.graphics.algorithms. And this was the start of the
Crystal Space project.
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I must say that I didn't expect the kind of response that I got (I received
mails from hundreds of people and all were very positive). Many thanks to all
of you.
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Jorrit can be reached at the following email addresses:
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<A HREF="mailto:Jorrit.Tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be">Jorrit.Tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be</A> or
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