This is my current worklog.
Updated daily and archived by the weekend.
Currently mostly working on Nuclide and connected games.
* = Completed
+ = Completed at later date than specified
- = Cut/discarded at a later date
~ = Ongoing
= 2024-09-06 ===================================
I'd wanted to do more, but stuff came up.
Will take it easy this weekend.
= 2024-09-05 ===================================
* build system: plugins named in <gamedir>/PLUGINS will be built
* build system: only package .pk3dirs that contain PAK_NAME file
Mostly administrative work today.
You will see some more VGUI and other interface updates soon.
Will need some of that for the upcoming Source Engine support improvements,
plus it'll make everthing around it better.
= 2024-09-04 ===================================
* NSItem changed parent to NSPhysicsEntity
* unpackStringCommand() now looks up server-side cvars
* rewrote parts of SurfData parsing to no longer ignore the _manifest.txt
* Implemented physics entities getting damaged on 'impact'
= 2024-09-03 ===================================
* NSItem new key: "physics", will make item pickup a physics prop
* PropData: read additional prop_data key/value pairs from Source .MDL
* NSSurfacePropEntity: use PropData defined SurfaceData if SurfData not set
* RT2: Move weapon_physcannon parameters into decl
Source Engine models are peculiar. They have dedicated .phy files
which contain some primitive geometry info for the physics simulator
(IVP) but also some general key/value pairs. Stuff that has perhaps
little to do with physics, like what models act as gibs if the entity
"happens to be destroyed".
Then there's other keys, similar keys - like more of "what happens when the
model gets destroyed" (explosions?) - that are not stored in the
.phy file, but in the main .mdl file. Maybe they tried to group it
according to some sort of internal context or school of thinking but I
don't quite see it just yet. It's cool though.
Anyway, we parse both binary files from within QC now so the red
oildrums now explode in RT2 when shot. Much joy!
= 2024-09-02 ===================================
* game 'base' now has a functional fallback HUD
* ammo_max values can now be skill dependent
* NSItem ammo pickup values can now be skill dependent also
* add "snd_draw" key to NSWeapon
* add shotgun-reload interrupts into NSWeapon
* fix reload edge case in NSWeapon
* in RT2, since VBSP in FTE doesn't pick cubemaps for ents yet, we force a fallback env
* spawn/speed optimisation for NSPhysicsEntity
* pick a better dmgDir for hitscan NSProjectiles so physics ent feedback is accurate
* fix NSPhysicsEntities not becoming invulnerable after breaking