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daeken_bb
09-12-2004, 10:53 AM
FreakU has reached what we hope is the final name switch. The name FreakU was a joke that got too out of hand and just stuck, so we needed a new name. We decided on OpenEQ earlier today.

Aside from this, work has been done on creating a generic world/object file format. We have a partial convertor from WLD to the new format. (We're thinking of using the name OCX (Open Content eXpansion) just to confuse windows users, but if we get a better suggestion, we'll most likely use it)
The new file format is much like the QT (Quicktime) file format in that it is atom-based rather than fragment-based. You can represent the file format as a tree and handle it all very easily.

Work was temporarily suspended on the project due to being busy with other things at first, and then I was in a bad car accident (http://www.asleep.net/blog/Daeken/2004/09/02/320/) two Wednesdays ago. I just finally got replacement glasses this Thursday, so I can code again.

The future for OpenEQ looks good, but we have a lot of work left to do. My hopes are that we can get OoW zones rendering at least partially within the next few days :D

Happy Hacking,
Lord Daeken M. BlackBlade
(Cody Brocious)

smogo
09-14-2004, 08:37 AM
Is there a link where to read about recent changes / updates to openEQ (btw liked FreakU name, but nm)

A dedicated site is additional work, esp. if meant to be relevant and up to date, but ... well, just wondering.

daeken_bb
09-14-2004, 08:53 AM
Not yet, though work on the OpenEQ site is being done by Cisyouc right now. Mostly just hang out in #phpgeeks (not really a PHP channel, just more a place where my friends and I sit around and BS) and #freaku on irc.freenode.net and you'll hear news :)

sotonin
09-14-2004, 09:28 AM
Wow. glad you are ok Daeken. Also glad to hear OpenEQ is moving along. I'm excited and can't wait to ditch sony's client altogether.

fnemo
09-14-2004, 10:06 AM
Good to hear from you and your "baby", daeken.