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Developer information pages

General information on contribution:

• The Vega Strike Contributor's Guide

Status/task list pages

• 3D Models - Organisation and contribution information.
• 2D Images - Organisation and contribution information.
• Roadmap - The Vega Strike development roadmap.
• Development:Compatability - Making sure the game works on all hardware
• Development:Rebalance - Information and task list for the Rebalance.
• Sound & Music
• Development:Performance - Goals to achieve required performance
• Development:AI Navigation - Overhauling the ships' navigation routines
• Development:Misc Engine Work - Various engine and backend work information.
• Development:Ogre - Information on the OGRE port.

Artistic Contribution

Art Guidelines

Please read this Development:Graphics_Requirements page first before continuing to the specific requirements. See also: Links:Graphic_Applications and Links:3D_Applications for applications listings.

Further, the Art Style Guides might prove useful during your creationist endeavors.

3D Models

The modeling related information is just being restructured.

• Guidelines Portal for Creating 3D Models is the main page for complete guidance on developing ship and installation models for Vega Strike
  • 3D models list and status

Space Scapes

• Orbital Planet Surfaces - General guidance for development of planet surfaces visible from orbit.
• Generating star system backgrounds
• Creating and adding backgrounds for bases, planets, or capital ships

Cargo

• Creating Cargo Graphics - Images to be displayed in the trading interface for cargo items.
  • Cargo - Detailed descriptions of cargo items, listed by category.
• Faction Balancing - General guidelines to keep in mind when play balancing the Vega Strike factions.

Other Graphics

• Logos & Signage

Data Modding

Quests & Campaigns & Python Modding

• Quests & Campaigns Reference portal for creation of campaigns, missions, quests & adventures.
  • Quests Creating quests and adventures
  • Developing Missions Creation of missions
  • Developing AI Behaviors Cusotmizing AI combat reactions
  • Development:Campaigns Making campaigns

Configuration

• Configuration Variables
• CONFVAR - Complete Variable Listing

Internationalization/Localisation-related

• Translation projects

Modding Tools

• Scripts & Tools - to make your life easier
  • Unit Converter Manual - tool to convert Wavefront obj files to bfxm format including texture conversion, units stats editor, and visualization with Vega Strike.
  • obj2obj converter (Perl, commandline) - Converts obj files to cockpit files. or extracts tag-data from the models. (At least that's what is planned, Testing under Win32/Linux. Pontiac)

Vega Strike The Game Mechanisms

• Realism vs Believability
• Economy - How ingame economy should work.
• Political system

Code-related Development

• Dependencies - A guide to system dependencies, broken down by subsystem.
• SVN Tree - A guide to the layout of the Subversion tree.
• Code style - A guide/manual to write code for Vegastrike that fits in and is readable.
• Network - Everything network related goes in here.
  • Packet format - A description of the packet format that had been implemented a few years ago.
  • Todo - What still needs to be done.
  • Testing - Testing the network code.
• Keyboard layout - Discuss and display new keyboard layouts here.

See also

• HowTos
• Feature Requests