Introduction

This task should improve the visuals and playability of Orxonox in the FPS mode. The job is, to work on a 3D/2D HUD hybrid and to position the weapon of the FPS-player correctly in the world. This is a coding task with a smaller amount of creativity and artistic work.

Goal

With the improvement of the FPS-player we want to be able to make more interesting FPS parts in the game. The goal is to implement a better feeling for the player when he is in FPS-mode. This has mainly to do with visual effects and other things the player can see. Also the FPS-weapon has to be improved.

Implementation

There are a lot of things to do here and not all of them have to be done perfectly:

• a 3D model of a (removable) helmet with oxygen and temperature readings for a spacesuit (those readings are 2D elements of course)
• the HUD should be able to "mark" a world entity in the world, probably show it on the radar
• the direction of the next mission goal should be shown to the player (do not use a compass, we're in space)
• position the weapon at a proper position in the world and with this also the FPS-player camera (this is a really difficult job) Important is, that the player shoots exactly where he's looking at at all times.
• fix the ​crosshair bug

for further questions contact a PPS-leader

Write an Animation Engine to animate our CEGUI Menus. Smooth animations described in XML-files are the way to go. Use key frames to define start and end points of the animation.

Somebody already wrote an Animation Engine for CEGUI, but the license is not compatible with GPL. You can get ideas from ​that project.

We need a sound engine for at least two reasons:

• Playing background music
• Playing ingame sounds

You must take care of the 3D-space (position and the listeners rotation) to get usable effects. Try to find a suitable library and implement it into our framework. Think about how to load sounds and music through the XML file and how to configure volume and other options.

In order to simulate a "living" universe or in order to create cutscenes we have a controller called ScriptableController that follows a defined script.

Try to understand how the ScriptableController works, then expand it by more commands. Finallyt ry to find a way to apply it in a level. E.g: Let a transporter patrol between several space stations, …

Create a star consisting of

• A 3-D model with clipping
• A nice beautiful texture
• Maybe sounds? (Remember: The Orxonox universe is filled with air!)
• The use of shaders for brightness representation
• The use of particle effects for the corona
• The use of force fields (radial, already present) for the gravitational pull

So Far

• Implemented Newtonian gravitation
• Collision Shapes for Planets

Notes

• ​http://sponeil.net/downloads.htm contains source code for atmospheric shaders
• The paper ​"Schafhitzel et al." documents an efficient way of creating an atmospheric shader for real-time applications.
• ​Nishita Algorithm
• ​Real-Time atmospheric scattering

The Sun (Please download the file, for only then can you see the extreme detail!)