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About Terrain Voyager Engine

Voyager is my new 3D engine. It has been build for my work of end of studies in computer science. I did it for DS Improve, which is an sgi reseller, to demonstrate performance of their visual workstations.

Now, my goal is to build a general multi-platform terrain engine that can be used for games, such as FPS or simulators.

What have been done

• Pure C++, OpenGL+SDL for performance and portability
• Frustum and backface culling (based on quad-tree)
• LOD with Geo-morphism
• Multi-pass, bi-texture rendering
• Static shadow
• Underwater effects and water animation
• Translucent water with reflexion of clouds
• Console with basic scripting commands
• Basic collision detection
• 3D models
• Interactive mode with mouse and keyboard input
• Interactive demos

What can be done

• Fixing the bug with color morphing (when doing geo-morphing)
• Detail texture
• Optimizing the code for low end video card (more LOD, solution with less rendering passes,...)
• Adding lighting effects
• Adding atmospheric effects (smoke, volumetric fog,...)
• Better management of underwater effects
• Better 3D models support (bbox optimisation, more formats,...)
• Adding true rivers and lakes
• Better sky / clouds
• More vegetation
• Better water reflection

This list is not exhaustive.

About the author

Thierry 'Hurdler' Van Elsuwé <tvelsuwe # swing.be>

I'm also the project leader of Doom Legacy

I'm currently working for DS Improve