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:* How are you using voxels in Minetest? Do you render polygons or voxels? | :* How are you using voxels in Minetest? Do you render polygons or voxels? | ||
:* What rendering techniques should a new developper read about? Maybe from GPU gems / wikipedia or similar materials? | :* What rendering techniques should a new developper read about? Maybe from GPU gems / wikipedia or similar materials? | ||
| − | + | :* How many voxels do you have in a block? (ie: what is the resolution) | |
| + | :* How do you manage frustum, culling, drawing back faces, deciding what to draw, etc? | ||
Project Goals: | Project Goals: | ||
:* I understand that keeping minetest usable by older computers is a project goal. What are the other goals? | :* I understand that keeping minetest usable by older computers is a project goal. What are the other goals? | ||
| − | + | :* Is there a semi-official fork with more advanced features or the forks are individual efforts? | |
| + | :* As it is the game is very similar to minecraft. Is this project a clone of minecraft? If not, how do you intend to make minetest unique? | ||
How to Contribute: | How to Contribute: | ||
:* What are the most important issues with the code right now? | :* What are the most important issues with the code right now? | ||
| − | :* | + | :* Why is it important to fix these issues? |
:* Is there some particularities with the code that a newcomer need to understand before contributing? | :* Is there some particularities with the code that a newcomer need to understand before contributing? | ||
:* Is there some parts of the code that need to be recoded or refactorized? | :* Is there some parts of the code that need to be recoded or refactorized? | ||
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| + | Existing discussions | ||
| + | :* Can you provide a list of existing discussions about those features so a newcomer could see what has been discussed before: | ||
| + | - Shaders | ||
| + | - Physics | ||
| + | - Why are 3 sounds libraries being used instead of irrklang (licensing issues?). Can you explain the license more so I can judge wheter library X/texture Y/model Z would be usable in Minetest? | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 19 January 2013
This is a list of things that need to be done on the wiki.
Big, overarching pages
- Make it more main-page-like (see e.g. the MediaWiki main page)
For the lua API
- Create
- Link to a tutorial or so (maybe Lua/Tutorial)
- Talk about some of the benefits
- Talk about the meaning WRT Minetest
- Consider the existing Intro page
- Create
- Link to Lua tutorial and page, talk briefly about Lua
- Link to some examples of good mods. Make sure they don't conflict with our licensing!
- Briefly describe each part of the minetest object
For the core engine
- Maybe move from Core Architecture, I don't know.
- Talk about general structure, don't get into details or implementations (or code)
- Link to pages for each component
- List here things we need to document, how we will document those things, and more.
- Maybe use Doxygen-style comments. Yes, do that.
For community things
- Explain how we use GitHub.
- Mention issues, link to our pages, etc.
- Explain how we use Git
- Mention how to download things, how there are two separate repos, etc.
Littler pages
For the lua API
For the core engine
For community things
Potential questions from a new developer
Technology:
- What 3d engine are you using? What version?
- How are you using voxels in Minetest? Do you render polygons or voxels?
- What rendering techniques should a new developper read about? Maybe from GPU gems / wikipedia or similar materials?
- How many voxels do you have in a block? (ie: what is the resolution)
- How do you manage frustum, culling, drawing back faces, deciding what to draw, etc?
Project Goals:
- I understand that keeping minetest usable by older computers is a project goal. What are the other goals?
- Is there a semi-official fork with more advanced features or the forks are individual efforts?
- As it is the game is very similar to minecraft. Is this project a clone of minecraft? If not, how do you intend to make minetest unique?
How to Contribute:
- What are the most important issues with the code right now?
- Why is it important to fix these issues?
- Is there some particularities with the code that a newcomer need to understand before contributing?
- Is there some parts of the code that need to be recoded or refactorized?
Existing discussions
- Can you provide a list of existing discussions about those features so a newcomer could see what has been discussed before:
- Shaders - Physics - Why are 3 sounds libraries being used instead of irrklang (licensing issues?). Can you explain the license more so I can judge wheter library X/texture Y/model Z would be usable in Minetest?