Spark Engine Q&A

Max · February 2010

I am planning on writing a blog post to answer questions about the Spark engine and related technology. If you have any questions you'd like to see answered, please e-mail them to me at <a href="mailto:max@unknownworlds.com">max@unknownworlds.com</a>.

Popenator · February 2010

What exactly do you mean when you refer to 'related technology'? Can you give a quick example of what kind of questions you plan to answer?

slayer20 · February 2010

I sent a list of questions :3

Hope they're good ones!

gamakun · February 2010

I think Max means by related technology by stuff like physics and whatnot's.

Dauntl3ss · February 2010

Can we ask Spark Editor related questions?

WhiteZero · February 2010

What are you using for physics? Havok or did you make you're own for the engine?
(Even VALVe relied on Havok for HL2. hehe)

Oh, and obviously you can get a lot of questions from <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=106596" target="_blank">this thread</a> too, Max.

steppin'razor · February 2010

It would be nice to see a general list of pros and cons of the engine as well (advantages and limitations, that kind of thing)

Asraniel · February 2010

lets see if my questions gets answered

Draco_2k · February 2010

I sent you some penis enlargement mail, is that okay? Nothing personal, I'm just tired of it piling up in my inbox.

Faskalia · February 2010

How are you getting rid of dead bodies?

Bacteria and nanites disassembling them with a red-greenish or blue particle effect, or something completely different?

Max · February 2010

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Popenator @ Feb 1 2010, 04:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1750215"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>What exactly do you mean when you refer to 'related technology'? Can you give a quick example of what kind of questions you plan to answer?</div>
I'll answer any question that I think would be interesting for people to read about. Specific ones are the best.

Kouji_San · February 2010

Will there be entities with targets on trigger/end/death like NS1 had or are we supposed to use LUA to check for those things instead?

And of course do we have to reset triggers and stuff like we had to do in NS1 on a round end or will the engine handle those things as well?

WarLover · February 2010

Hope one of my many questions receive an answer.

Scythe · February 2010

How does the engine handle light shining through <b>mostly</b>-transparent windows?

How many light sources do you expect to be able to have in a room before performance starts to degrade unacceptably?

Is there any kind of LOD scaling on world models?

Any plans for height-mapped surfaces?

Are sound environments flagged with marker entities, or are they decided upon automatically?

How does your animation blending system handle quadrupeds? Remembering that goldsrc's didn't do it very well.

Is there anything in the physics system that prevents intersection of ragdoll models? Will corpses be physically-operable and server-side?

Is there any kind of bounce-lighting? Or are shadows going to be solid black without explicit lighting?

--Scythe--

WhiteZero · February 2010

How flexable is the engine, or rather, how "future proof" is it? Are there any texture size/polygon limits? 10 years from now will Spark be able to grow and keep up with new engines that come out? Kind of like how Source has improved and grown over the years, but I'd hope Spark will be even more flexible.

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