GSoC 2012 - Revision history

Talad at 22:42, 23 March 2012

2012-03-23T22:42:50Z

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	This is the central page for [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012 Google GSoC]. Join the fun!		This is the central page for [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012 Google GSoC]. Join the fun!

	== ~~Registering and signing in~~ ==		== How to Participate ==

	~~The registration for the students is still CLOSED ! Google~~ has ~~just announced the project but we don't know if we will be~~ selected this year.		Atomic Blue has not been selected this year for GSoC !! But you can still work with us outside GSoC, there are plenty of nice projects to work on, so read down and contact us in [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC]. if you want to help us!

	=~~= What~~ to ~~do while waiting for the GSoc to start ==~~

	If you want to have more details on PlaneShift and how to contribute, please connect to [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC] and speak with us.		If you want to have more details on PlaneShift and how to contribute, please connect to [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC] and speak with us.

	Second you can start to work with us outside of GSoC! We are always seeking new talented contributors. In case you want to contribute to PlaneShift outside the GSoC contact us in [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC].

	Meanwhile: [http://www.planeshift.it/sources.html Download our sources] and start to familiarize with the code. [https://planeshift.svn.sf.net/svnroot/planeshift/trunk/docs/compiling.html Build our server and client] and have it running on your machine.		Meanwhile: [http://www.planeshift.it/sources.html Download our sources] and start to familiarize with the code. [https://planeshift.svn.sf.net/svnroot/planeshift/trunk/docs/compiling.html Build our server and client] and have it running on your machine.

	~~== Next steps ==~~

	~~'''February 27: '''19:00 UTC : Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.~~

	~~'''March 16: ''' 19:00 UTC: List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.~~

	~~'''March 17-25''': Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.~~

	~~'''March 26''': 19:00 UTC: Student application period opens.~~

	~~'''April 6''': 19:00 UTC: Student application deadline.~~

	'''April 10-20''': We will run a more detailed set of interviews during this period based on our needs to understand better your capabilities and your profile. This will allow us to know better the students and to make the final selection, which will be announced on the 25th.

	~~'''April 23''' : 19:00 UTC: Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.~~

	~~'''April 24 - August 20''': Finally you can start working on the project! August 20 is the last day of work on the code.~~

	~~For more details on the overall timeline please read [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012 this page].~~

	== Main Ideas ==		== Main Ideas ==
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	* Implementation of monsters' sound perception. For example a thief that moves close to a monster without making too much noise will be able to attack it first, while a player with no sneaking skills will be heard by the monster and he will be attacked.		* Implementation of monsters' sound perception. For example a thief that moves close to a monster without making too much noise will be able to attack it first, while a player with no sneaking skills will be heard by the monster and he will be attacked.

	~~== Weekly progress reports ==~~

	~~Here we post the [[GSoC weekly reports 2012]] for every student.~~

	== Old GSOC ==		== Old GSOC ==
	[[GSoC 2011]]		[[GSoC 2011]]

Lucubro at 15:45, 22 February 2012

2012-02-22T15:45:19Z

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	== Welcome To Google Summer of Code and Atomic Blue! ==		== Welcome To Google Summer of Code and Atomic Blue! ==

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	* [[Improved UI 2012]] Includes improvements to the Help system, fixes to the interface, conversion to plugin. Enhancement to the Container System, and Crafting of books.		* [[Improved UI 2012]] Includes improvements to the Help system, fixes to the interface, conversion to plugin. Enhancement to the Container System, and Crafting of books.


	=== Mechanisms ===		=== Mechanisms ===

	* Adding [[Mechanisms]] and more interaction with the world.		* Adding [[Mechanisms]] and more interaction with the world.

	~~=== Sound System ===~~

	* [[Sound System 2012]] . Improve the sound manager, make it more flexible and allow association of sounds to in game events, scripts, monsters actions.

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	This section contains ideas which have not yet been developed into main ideas. We are not sure if one of these can really cover the 3 months period of GSoC and so those are pending review, discussion and expansion to be moved in the previous section.		This section contains ideas which have not yet been developed into main ideas. We are not sure if one of these can really cover the 3 months period of GSoC and so those are pending review, discussion and expansion to be moved in the previous section.


	=== Database ===		=== Database ===
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	* Add support for things like night vision or other effects depending on current context and activated from the server.		* Add support for things like night vision or other effects depending on current context and activated from the server.

	=== Weekly progress reports ===		=== Monsters' sounds perception ===

			* Implementation of monsters' sound perception. For example a thief that moves close to a monster without making too much noise will be able to attack it first, while a player with no sneaking skills will be heard by the monster and he will be attacked.

			== Weekly progress reports ==

	Here we post the [[GSoC weekly reports 2012]] for every student.		Here we post the [[GSoC weekly reports 2012]] for every student.

	=== Old GSOC ===		== Old GSOC ==
	[[GSoC 2011]]		[[GSoC 2011]]

Lucubro: /* Sound System */

2012-02-22T13:26:32Z

Sound System

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	=== Sound System ===		=== Sound System ===

	* [[Sound System]] . Improve the sound manager, make it more flexible and allow association of sounds to in game events, scripts, monsters actions.		* [[Sound System 2012]] . Improve the sound manager, make it more flexible and allow association of sounds to in game events, scripts, monsters actions.

	=== Hardcoding removal ===		=== Hardcoding removal ===

Talad at 11:44, 21 February 2012

2012-02-21T11:44:21Z

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	== Welcome To Google Summer of Code and Atomic Blue! ==		== Welcome To Google Summer of Code and Atomic Blue! ==

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	* [[Improved UI 2012]] Includes improvements to the Help system, fixes to the interface, conversion to plugin. Enhancement to the Container System, and Crafting of books.		* [[Improved UI 2012]] Includes improvements to the Help system, fixes to the interface, conversion to plugin. Enhancement to the Container System, and Crafting of books.


			=== Mechanisms ===

			* Adding [[Mechanisms]] and more interaction with the world.

	=== Sound System ===		=== Sound System ===

Talad at 09:45, 21 February 2012

2012-02-21T09:45:27Z

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	The registration for the students is still CLOSED ! Google has just announced the project but we don't know if we will be selected this year.		The registration for the students is still CLOSED ! Google has just announced the project but we don't know if we will be selected this year.

	== What to do ~~if you have not been selected/~~while waiting for the ~~project~~ ==		== What to do while waiting for the GSoc to start ==

	If you want to have more details on ~~why you were not selected~~ please connect to [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC] and speak with us.		If you want to have more details on PlaneShift and how to contribute, please connect to [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC] and speak with us.

	Second you can ~~still~~ work with us outside of GSoC! We are always seeking new talented contributors. In case you want to contribute to PlaneShift outside the GSoC contact us in [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC].		Second you can start to work with us outside of GSoC! We are always seeking new talented contributors. In case you want to contribute to PlaneShift outside the GSoC contact us in [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=planeshift-prospects IRC].

	Meanwhile: [http://www.planeshift.it/sources.html Download our sources] and start to familiarize with the code. [https://planeshift.svn.sf.net/svnroot/planeshift/trunk/docs/compiling.html Build our server and client] and have it running on your machine.		Meanwhile: [http://www.planeshift.it/sources.html Download our sources] and start to familiarize with the code. [https://planeshift.svn.sf.net/svnroot/planeshift/trunk/docs/compiling.html Build our server and client] and have it running on your machine.
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	== Next steps ==		== Next steps ==

	'''~~April 9-April 18~~''': ~~We will run a more detailed set of interviews during this period based on our needs to understand better your capabilities and your profile. This will allow us to know better the students and~~ to ~~make the final selection, which will be announced on the 25th~~.		'''February 27: '''19:00 UTC : Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google.

	'''~~April 25~~''': ~~Accepted student proposals announced~~ on the Google Summer of Code ~~2011~~ site.		'''March 16: ''' 19:00 UTC: List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.

	'''~~April 26~~ - ~~August 22~~''': ~~Finally you can start working on the project! August 22 is the last day of work on the code~~.		'''March 17-25''': Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.

	For more details on the overall timeline please read [http://www.google-melange.com/~~document/show~~/~~gsoc_program~~/google/~~gsoc2011/timeline~~ this page].		'''March 26''': 19:00 UTC: Student application period opens.

			'''April 6''': 19:00 UTC: Student application deadline.

			'''April 10-20''': We will run a more detailed set of interviews during this period based on our needs to understand better your capabilities and your profile. This will allow us to know better the students and to make the final selection, which will be announced on the 25th.

			'''April 23''' : 19:00 UTC: Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.

			'''April 24 - August 20''': Finally you can start working on the project! August 20 is the last day of work on the code.

			For more details on the overall timeline please read [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012 this page].

	== Main Ideas ==		== Main Ideas ==
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	=== Weekly progress reports ===		=== Weekly progress reports ===

	Here we post the [[GSoC weekly reports]] for every student.		Here we post the [[GSoC weekly reports 2012]] for every student.

	=== Old GSOC ===		=== Old GSOC ===
	[[GSoC 2011]]		[[GSoC 2011]]

Weltall at 21:18, 19 February 2012

2012-02-19T21:18:53Z

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	* Add support to define or recognise in some way special area: for example water. Apply effects to the camera when inside the area and activate things like swimming and diving (with control of breath if applicable).		* Add support to define or recognise in some way special area: for example water. Apply effects to the camera when inside the area and activate things like swimming and diving (with control of breath if applicable).
	* Add support for flying (not globally but only when allowed from the server) and prevent players to get out of bounds through this.		* Add support for flying (not globally but only when allowed from the server) and prevent players to get out of bounds through this.
			* Add support for boats and flying mounts (this has the prerequisite of the previous entries)
	* Add support for things like night vision or other effects depending on current context and activated from the server.		* Add support for things like night vision or other effects depending on current context and activated from the server.

Weltall: /* Other smaller / fragmented tasks */

2012-02-04T17:11:04Z

Other smaller / fragmented tasks

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	* Add support to return to the login window instead of closing the client entirely.		* Add support to return to the login window instead of closing the client entirely.

			=== Make the world less static ===

			* Add support to define or recognise in some way special area: for example water. Apply effects to the camera when inside the area and activate things like swimming and diving (with control of breath if applicable).
			* Add support for flying (not globally but only when allowed from the server) and prevent players to get out of bounds through this.
			* Add support for things like night vision or other effects depending on current context and activated from the server.

	=== Weekly progress reports ===		=== Weekly progress reports ===

Weltall: /* Other smaller / fragmented tasks */

2012-02-04T16:53:46Z

Other smaller / fragmented tasks

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	* From the work in crystal space of 2 years ago during GSOC last year we merged a functionality called NAVMESH in our npcclient. It would be nice if it was possible to show these generated navmesh in clients as a debug features (probably enable-able only from config files or compile time) and also make use of them to allow point and click reliable movement, as right now the algorithm is not able to know if it will hit a wall or a deep hole and will go toward those dangers.		* From the work in crystal space of 2 years ago during GSOC last year we merged a functionality called NAVMESH in our npcclient. It would be nice if it was possible to show these generated navmesh in clients as a debug features (probably enable-able only from config files or compile time) and also make use of them to allow point and click reliable movement, as right now the algorithm is not able to know if it will hit a wall or a deep hole and will go toward those dangers.

			=== Return to login ===

			* Add support to return to the login window instead of closing the client entirely.

	=== Weekly progress reports ===		=== Weekly progress reports ===

Weltall: /* Other smaller / fragmented tasks */

2012-02-04T16:50:03Z

Other smaller / fragmented tasks

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	* A way for player and gm to send in game mails to other players also with items "attached"		* A way for player and gm to send in game mails to other players also with items "attached"

			=== Click to move ===

			* From the work in crystal space of 2 years ago during GSOC last year we merged a functionality called NAVMESH in our npcclient. It would be nice if it was possible to show these generated navmesh in clients as a debug features (probably enable-able only from config files or compile time) and also make use of them to allow point and click reliable movement, as right now the algorithm is not able to know if it will hit a wall or a deep hole and will go toward those dangers.

	=== Weekly progress reports ===		=== Weekly progress reports ===

Weltall: /* GUI */

2012-02-04T16:15:05Z

GUI

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	=== GUI ===		=== GUI ===

	* [[Improved UI]] Includes improvements to the Help system, fixes to the interface, conversion to plugin. Enhancement to the Container System, and Crafting of books.		* [[Improved UI 2012]] Includes improvements to the Help system, fixes to the interface, conversion to plugin. Enhancement to the Container System, and Crafting of books.

	=== Sound System ===		=== Sound System ===