Mac and Linux Port Collaboration

From World Wind Wiki

Okay, here is where people can list the languages they're going to use for the port and sign up to help out.

Contents 1 Porting Languages and Engines 1.1 Languages 1.2 3D Engines 2 Port Developers (Please Give Contact Information) 3 Port Status 3.1 May 19, 2005 3.2 May 5, 2005 4 Port TODO 5 Links

Porting Languages and Engines

Languages

• .NET
  • C# (current language NWW is in)
  • VB.NET
  • Managed C++

• VM's for above languages (C# is the most supported language)
  • MS CLR (currently 1.1, v2.0 in open beta)
  • Mono (currently 1.1.7 and compiling ~80% of the code)
  • GNU Portable .NET
  • Rotor (MS's Shared Source initiative for education)

• Not .NET
  • C
  • C++

3D Engines

Axiom

• C# Version of Ogre++
• rendering engine only
• LGPL

Realm Forge, Wiki

• LGPL
• is a framework,
  • rendering engine (Axiom)
  • management of scripts, effects, audio, AI, physics, meshes, etc.

Irrlicht

• C#
• zlib license

Icculus

osgPlanet

Port Developers (Please Give Contact Information)

Anyone willing to help? Don't be shy.

airvan

Interested in helping with linux port with C# (Mono) and OpenGL, have background in Java

Port Status

May 19, 2005

Basic required functionality list completed.

May 5, 2005

Site started.

Port TODO

• Determine what needs altered Porting_WW:_Current_DirectX
• Determine needed functionality Porting_WW:_Needed_Functionality
• Decide on 3D engine
• Implement changes

Links

• Porting Issues
• Port Discussion