My first open source project! :)

Post by **Rookie One.pl** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:37 pm

The thing is, the released Quake III source code did not include the code for the master server, which left the open source devs with a little bit of a trouble. I've been reading Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++ recently and wanted to practice some object oriented programming, so I thought I'll write one. And so I did.

I've just finished setting up a temporary website for my first own open source project.

I applied for a SourceForge project account. The application approval e-mail came today and I uploaded what I've done so far.

Check it out: http://q3mass.sourceforge.net/

It's IMHO object oriented to the point of overkill.

It's still a work-in-progress, some features might be broken.

Features include:

easily extensible architecture,
portability,
support for multiple games,
proper handling of keywords (this is broken in id's master server software).

I'm pretty proud of it.

It's the first time I managed to pull off a complete piece of software on my own.

PKM · Post by **PKM** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:13 pm

for us retards sir, what will it do in the final run ?

TopTiger · Post by **TopTiger** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:14 pm

sounds nice

great that you're willing to spend time on it. Although I won't use it I think.

Good luck on the project.

Post by **Rookie One.pl** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:18 pm

Master server is the server that all game servers report to so that you can use server browsers.

Server browsers query a master server for a list of servers currently running and then query each one of them to get detailed info.

This is what this app does - gathers the reports and gives them to server browsers.

Thanks, Tiger.

This will probably be more appreciated at quakesrc.org or quakedev.com.

At0miC · Post by **At0miC** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:40 pm

Ooh nice

, you sure may be proud about it

. I also wish u many luck with the project, and with any other study in programming you might do later =).

hogleg · Post by **hogleg** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:36 am

hey rookie, ever think about trying to hone your skills in on being an IT manager at some big Company pullin down 80~100 K?

cause the gaming industrie is rough! just a thought

Post by **jv_map** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:56 am

Neat work

Post by **Rookie One.pl** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:37 pm

Heh, thanks, guys.

@hog: no, thanks, I plan to set up my own game dev company.