Doom3 SDK

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/13/0411206

Ill cover the key parts'

"id Software programmers Robert Duffy and Jim Dose, animator Fred Nilsson and intern Robert Harris in attendance." On the question of the Doom 3 SDK release date, "Duffy said they were aiming for sometime next week."

1 week guys. Thats the some of the quickest ive ever seen)(other then unreal which comes with the game)


Other interesting tidbits include vehicle modding ("Even though the gameplay doesn't lend itself to vehicles, Doom 3 does support vehicles and when the SDK is released a sample map will be included that will have a six wheeled buggy in it")
Take that Nooblet

as well as level-of-detail issues for modders ("Most of the artwork in the game started as a 3D model and things like character models had over 1 million polygons before they reduced them down to be used in the game. id plans to release exporters for programs like Maya and some sample character models for the game in order to help mod artists with their work.")

iD seems to be giving the community the SDK quickly, and seem to be giving them as many tools as possible to make modding easier for them
More then ever I have my spotlight on the Doom3 Modding Community.

I can't wait to see vechiles in doom 3, over a landscape simliar to what you saw on your monorail trip, GOD THAT WOULD BE PIMP, outdoor combat against other marines(think halo, aliens/demons are dead, so lets fight each other, OUTSIDE THE AIRLOCKS, with buggies and shit, pimp!)

whoo
nice

for who has got the game

and wtf is a SDK?

is it an upgrade or something?

SDK= Software Development Kit...to make mods and such....

ID are getting their SDK out before valve release HL2 and there development studio. Hopefully we will see some significant MODs in the upcoming weeks... I can't wait!

Originally posted by KamisoriX@Aug 13 2004, 09:05 PM
SDK= Software Development Kit...to make mods and such....

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never heard from that :P

The thing is, is valve going to release their SDK with HL2? or 2 years later as their average is? but please, i don't want DOom3 and half-life to be compared again like this, so can we drop it?

Aye! I hate the comparison as much as you do... But I was not comparing the games, just the SDK's for the modding communities...

But you know where it would move in due course, anyway, iD has a very good track record on support their modding community(they invented mods for christ's sake) valve has an average of 2 years after their game is out until they release an SDK.

great news regarding the sdk

valve has already said that they're doing the sdk very closely to the release. gabe also said they'd supply the sdk to selected mod makers perhaps even before the release, so that quality mod content would be available at launch, or very close to it. the software they use is pretty common too, so you shouldn't worry about it