Spring
Spring (previously known as TA Spring) is a project to create
the best Real-time Strategy (RTS) game engine ever. It
has three main goals:
- Build a flexible and powerful 3D RTS engine that can handle
large numbers of units and state-of-the-art special effects and
animation
- Support new games and mods with powerful built-in Lua
language support that allows game designers to realize their goals and
develop better and better games
- Support end-users, fix bugs and provide the best support
Spring is designed to be played as online
multiplayer matches. It uses a deterministic game simulation which is
executed on all game clients.
The engine is written in C++, using OpenGL, OpenAL, FreeType2,
DevIL, SDL,
GLEW, boost, 7zip, Lua and streflop.
There are numerous mods in different stages of development
including Balanced Annihilation, Complete Annihilation, P.U.R.E,
Spring: 1p44 and more.
Features include:
- Very extensive Lua interface, allowing gameplay changes
and custom (G-)UIs
- Large battles limited only by the power of your computer;
support for up to 30000 units and up to 250 players
- Full 3D combat in land, sea and air, with realistic weapon
trajectories (physics simulation engine)
- Full featured lobby clients to easily play multiplayer
games on LAN or online, with hundreds of players just waiting for you
at any time. Including automatic game and map downloading, chat,
friends list etc
- Complex 3rd party Skirmish AIs (Bots), supporting special
game types and many Spring games and mods. They can be coded in Lua, C,
C++, all JVM languages (eg. Java), and more languages can be added
- Several camera modes, allowing for anything to be viewed
from almost any angle
- A powerful UI designed to minimize unnecessary
micromanagement that is easily extensible via a Lua API
- A lot of third party widgets to improve the GUI, the
gameplay and the visuals
- Hundreds of large and highly detailed maps in which to
wage those battles in full 3D, with deformable terrain, forest fires,
dynamic and reflective bump mapped water, and custom skies
- Rendering features include deformable terrain, 3D
projectiles and multiple water renderers
- Many different games, made just for Spring
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