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
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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.

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