- Items are obviously broken.
- Physics.cpp needs more work, revising. Probably best done after moving more edict_t stuff to SVGBaseEntity.
- ViewBobbing probably breaks because of a lack of physics.cpp data._
The following build instructions apply to VS2019, which is the standard being used in the team right now. Although Linux support exists, and will be returning back soonly, as of right now it has been untested for 2 months and may need some extra work. If you are feeling jolly, and want to lend us a hand, please contact us in our discord.
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Clone the repository and its submodules from git :
git clone --branch Engine-0.2 --recursive https://github.com/WatIsDeze/Nail-Crescent -
Start VS2019, and use the "Open Folder" method to open the project, as one normally would when using CMake projects.
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Ensure you have vcpkg installed, and that it is setup properly. Install the following packages:
- freetype:x64-windows
- lua:x64-windows
- That should be all. Generate the CMake Cache if VS2019 isn't doing so already, and build the project.
- For resource files, please reach out to us on our Discord.
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Clone the repository and its submodules from git:
git clone --branch Engine-0.2 --recursive https://github.com/WatIsDeze/Nail-Crescent -
Create a build folder inside your <PROJECT_ROOT> directory. Open a terminal in this location, and enter the following:
cmake ../src && make -
If all goes well, you will now have a nac, nacded, basenac/clgame.so, and basenac/svgame.so. If not, we're still looking for help in this department. Feel free to reach out to us on our Discord if interested.
Due to protocol changes being required, while Quake 2 Pro by default still records demo in the old vanilla protocol, this feature is of now broken. It'll likely make it back on a rainy day. For now, perfect must never be the enemy of good, and get in the way with our priorities. Which are making a fun game, and a kickass engine. Feel free to help us out, fork our project, and hack away. In case of any questions related to this, please reach out to us on Discord
When a single player game or demo playback is paused, normally with the pause key, the photo mode activates.
In this mode, denoisers and some other real-time rendering approximations are disabled, and the image is produced
using accumulation rendering instead. This means that the engine renders the same frame hundreds or thousands of times,
with different noise patterns, and averages the results. Once the image is stable enough, you can save a screenshot.
In addition to rendering higher quality images, the photo mode has some unique features. One of them is the
Depth of Field (DoF) effect, which simulates camera aperture and defocus blur, or bokeh. In contrast with DoF effects
used in real-time renderers found in other games, this implementation computes "true" DoF, which works correctly through reflections and refractions, and has no edge artifacts. Unfortunately, it produces a lot of noise instead, so thousands
of frames of accumulation are often needed to get a clean picture. To control DoF in the game, use the mouse wheel and
Shift/Ctrl modifier keys: wheel alone adjusts the focal distance, Shift+Wheel adjusts the aperture size, and Ctrl makes
the adjustments finer.
Another feature of the photo mode is free camera controls. Once the game is paused, you can move the camera and
detach it from the character. To move the camera, use the regular W/A/S/D keys, plus Q/E to move up and down. Shift makes
movement faster, and Ctrl makes it slower. To change orientation of the camera, move the mouse while holding the left
mouse button. To zoom, move the mouse up or down while holding the right mouse button. Finally, to adjust camera roll,
move the mouse left or right while holding both mouse buttons.
Settings for all these features can be found in the game menu. To adjust the settings from the console, see the
pt_accumulation_rendering, pt_dof, pt_aperture, pt_freecam and some other similar console variables in the
Client Manual.
The N&C console can be remote operated through a UDP connection, which allows users to control in-game effects from input peripherals such as MIDI controllers. This is useful for tuning various graphics parameters such as position of the sun, intensities of lights, material parameters, filter settings, etc.
You can find a compatible MIDI controller driver here
To enable remote access to your N&C client, you will need to set the following console variables before starting the game, i.e. in the config file or through the command line:
rcon_password "<password>"
backdoor "1"
Note: the password set here should match the password specified in the korgi configuration file.
Note 2: enabling the rcon backdoor allows other people to issue console commands to your game from other computers, so choose a good password.