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From: | Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: "Are Allegro's routines fast enough to write Quake-like games?" - No. HUH? |
Date: | Wed, 25 Jun 1997 22:10:52 -0700 |
Organization: | Alcyone Systems |
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George Foot wrote: > One difference between the two engines' capabilities is that some > Descent > maps could not work in Quake, since it is possible to have two segments > (in Descent) occupying the same 3D space, remaining seperate; I don't > think Quake can do this. Not that I think it's a good thing to allow... Yes; Descent can have nonphysical playing fields, where passages can lead through solid objects and other passages, whereas Quake cannot. -- Erik Max Francis, &tSftDotIotE / email / max AT alcyone DOT com Alcyone Systems / web / http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, California, United States / icbm / 37 20 07 N 121 53 38 W \ "Covenants without the sword / are but words." / Camden
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