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[True Lord of Chaos]

Are there any good free/inexpensive ones?
Never mind, decided to use Spring. Lock please, or use this as a topic for discussion of RTS engines.

Edited by True Lord of Chaos, 09 November 2009 - 01:02 AM.

[feillyne]

Hmmm, FIFE can be good, if you like 2D graphics, but I didn't examine it.

http://wiki.fifengine.de/

It's more RPG (Fallout-like) engine, but looking at the game Unknown Horizons, it can be used as a strategy/RTS one. ;-)

There ain't good 3D RTS engines, but there are a lot of engines which can be ported to RTS purposes. :-)

Edited by feillyne, 14 November 2009 - 06:26 PM.

[Beowulf]

Did you even look at Spring? It's a free, open source, 3D RTS engine that is quite capable.

[Longleaf]

Also 0.A.D. Has an engine built from the ground up for the game but it is not ready yet but they have made great progress with it.

[True Lord of Chaos]

Did you even look at Spring? It's a free, open source, 3D RTS engine that is quite capable.

Never mind, decided to use Spring.

I rest my case.

[feillyne]

Did you even look at Spring? It's a free, open source, 3D RTS engine that is quite capable.

Graphics are important, too. But graphics without good RTS options/abilities already implemented are nothing... there are loads of beautiful & completely free (not RTS suited) 3D engines out there. Few 3D RTS engines. The same with free isometric RTS engines. = / Very rare.


@Longleaf, you're right, I'm personally waiting for this one. :-)
But it isn't released... I'd help its devs, but I have no skills whatsoever, only I'm in the progress of acquiring them... and such aid requires practice too, not just raw knowledge and understanding.

Edited by feillyne, 15 November 2009 - 05:51 AM.

[True Lord of Chaos]

Have you seen the screenshots from Spring? They're great, and show good gameplay.

[feillyne]

Hmm, O.o, I looked at more screenshots now. In fact, it's a decent engine... but probably I'll use 0 A.D. engine in future. ;-) What game do you plan to make, what theme? Sci-fi or modern, or mediaeval?

[Longleaf]

@Longleaf, you're right, I'm personally waiting for this one. :-)
But it isn't released... I'd help its devs, but I have no skills whatsoever, only I'm in the progress of acquiring them... and such aid requires practice too, not just raw knowledge and understanding.

Yeah i just cannot wait for it to come out i even got the source code just so i could playit before it was released the only down side is they have not put AI in yet.

[True Lord of Chaos]

Hmm, O.o, I looked at more screenshots now. In fact, it's a decent engine... but probably I'll use 0 A.D. engine in future. ;-) What game do you plan to make, what theme? Sci-fi or modern, or mediaeval?

A sci-fi with modern elements.