Journal des devs - le point sur la pré-production des remasters

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Quelques mois après l'annonce des remasters de Command and Conquer 1 et Alerte Rouge 1, Jim "Jimtern" Vessella nous apporte quelques nouvelles techniques sur la progression de la pré-production des deux titres :

- Tout d'abord, les premiers documents dans lesquels l'équipe a détaillé la manière dont ils vont abordé développement du jeu, ont été rédigé et que la prochaine étape sera la réalisation d'un premier prototype à partir de ces documents.

- L'équipe a pu obtenir la grande majorité du code source des deux jeux et qu'une des équipes de Petroglyph planche en ce moment sur vérification de ce code source récupéré afin qu'il puisse être réutilisé. Jim nous explique également l'intention de l'équipe à réutiliser le code source afin de se rapprocher des sensations de jeu procuré des jeux originaux. Mais il précise également que certaines parties de ce code sont obsolète pour les intentions de développement et qu'une solution est actuellement en réflexion.

- La technologie destiné aux RTS élaboré par Petroglyph au fil des années sera probablement implémenté pour compenser l’obsolescence de ces parties du code source. Jim nous explique que le code source récupéré pourrait être associé avec le moteur de jeu développé et utilisé dans les derniers titres de Petroglyph, le GlyphX, car il répond aux standards actuel des moteurs dédiés aux RTS et aux attentes des développeurs.

Note importante : Jim précise que pour le moment le GlyphX est le moteur idéal pour supporter le projet, mais ce n'est pas un choix définitif,  l'équipe peu choisir un autre moteur si besoin.

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Fellow Command & Conquer fans,

We hope you had a good holiday season and that your New Year is off to a positive start. On our side, pre-production is continuing in earnest and we completed our first Milestone about two weeks ago. This Milestone included many of our documentation plans for how we want to build the game, and effectively laid the foundation for the rest of our pre-production cycle. Our next step is to begin translating those plans into a first playable prototype, which will hopefully help validate many of those initial concepts.

One of those key items is how we’re going to approach the game from a technical standpoint. We know one of your core questions has been around the game engine, and we’re ready to reveal some of those details below. Now, it’s worth noting that as with all software this early – plans can change – so please understand this is a snapshot of our thinking in January 2019, and does not necessarily guarantee how the game will eventually ship.

To kick things off, one of the most important questions from the community has been the following:

• Do we have access to the original source code?

We’re excited to say the short answer is “Yes.” Over the past few months we have been able to acquire the majority of the source code for both the original C&C and original Red Alert. I say majority, because what we have is not a complete archive, and it’s going to continue taking some work to validate the full re-usability of the code. Thankfully, there is no better team than the individuals at Petroglyph to go on this R&D journey.

So what does all this mean?

Well, it means we’re aiming to re-use parts of the source code to try and keep the gameplay feel as close as possible to the original games. Again, our goal is to Remaster the original gameplay, not remake it. That being said, there are many areas where the original source code just cannot deliver the quality or functionality we’re looking for in many of the supporting elements. That’s where the second piece of the puzzle comes in.

In addition to Petroglyph’s unique familiarity with the original source code, they have also spent the past 15 years optimizing their own proprietary RTS engine called GlyphX. This engine has been used to power Petroglyph’s RTS titles, and comes with many of the recent standards the community would expect from a modern RTS engine. So with that in mind, our goal is to utilize both GlyphX and the original source code to gain the combined benefits towards the Remaster.

To provide a quick example (Not guaranteed but purely for illustration purposes), imagine using the original source code to determine the charge-up behavior of the Tesla Coil, but utilizing the GlyphX Audio system to ensure the Sound FX are fully enhanced for when that Tesla Coil fires.

As you can predict, there are more details which we’ll learn as we begin to execute upon this plan. But we hope this provides some clarity in the meantime as to how we’re approaching the Remaster from a technical perspective. We’re eager to share more as we begin to prototype the software, and looking forward to hearing your comments in the thread below.

Cheers,

Jim Vessella

Jimtern

 

[Dr Thrax]

hate d'avoir les premieres images/video du jeu hihihiihi

 

[Kaiser-Scott]

Le 02/02/2019 à 19:38, Dr Thrax a dit :

hate d'avoir les premieres images/video du jeu hihihiihi

 

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