Dano-X 3D

2005 (Delphi) 3D Game Project

Latest Version	Map Editor
Testing Path Finder	Testing placement of texture and heightmap

This project is an evolution of the Dano-X. Developed using the Pascal language in 2005 with the GLScene component.

The purpose of this project was to replicate the same game functionality of Dano-X in 3D. This project was active for about 6 months and I was working together with a friend.

Server managed the accounts, chats (relayed, not stored) and shared players movement. Combat system was not developed yet.

This was my first project to use a real database server to store the data.

 Some of the features developed are:

• Terrain
  To generate the terrain height a gray scale bitmap was used, every 2 square pixels means one terrain tile and four object spaces, which means that in 1 terrain tile can define 4 different heights and put 4 objects/models;

• Path Generator
  To move the actors (player and non player characters) around the map I have created an algorithm to generate a path based on the occupied tiles. It is a simple path generator which avoid high usage of the processor;

• “Spherical World”
  The idea is to be able to go around the world. You could go straight and get back to the same spot.

• Ocean Movement
  For visual enhancement a rippling ocean was created and when the player model enters it floats and smoothly follows the movement.

• Map Editor
  It is one of the applications developed to help design the world. Each texture placed in the game can be defined in this application. Later I would like to create the option to define also the terrain height.

• Server Protocol
  This project and the 2D project use the TCP/IP protocol to communicate, using 3 characters to identify the response type and then the parameters. Moreover, when the character moves around the world it only sends the changes in the area (like new objects).

• Database
  The avatars and accounts are saved in a PostgreSQL database