[Kde-games-devel] Kolf rewrite (includes important design question even for non-coders)

[Matthew Woehlke]

Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote:
> Matthew Woehlke:
> 
>> I must admit, I also wondered about ditching the 2D model entirely and
>> going 3D with OpenGL. (Besides that anything that works in 3D isn't
>> terribly complicated to push back down into 2D; you could make both
>> modes an option, or even have separate versions that share courses.)
> 
> No need to create a new Neverputt; we already have one …

Aww... :-)

> What could be done, and actually not be much more complicated than the
> current 2D view, is an ‘isometric’ projection, which does not require a
> graphics card, and therefore can use ordinary SVG files:

That, especially with the ability to rotate the view, would I think be a 
huge improvement :-). Right now I find I often can't tell what the 
slopes are worth anything. But... would the round slopes work?

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