This will be a development kit, with all the necessary tools to create modifications (even fully completed 3D-mini-games) on an improved Unreal engine (more precisely, as the engine will be used by UT SDK : http://www.moddb.com/mods/utcommunitysdk ). Our goals - to rewrite the all libraries Deus Ex for the new engine.
In addition to an excellent environment for the development and fully open sources, DXDK still profoundly improve the graphics of those old games. For example, will be added dynamic shadows, support for the latest shaders (bump-mapping, specular-mapping, displacement-maps), refractions, realistic materials for decoration and geometry textures. But, most importantly, perhaps, that is all effects and innovations can be disabled to allow best performance (as well as games built on DXDK) to run even on slower computers!
That is a fundamental difference from the others improve the graphics UT, or DX, - we have not adjusted to the old engine, improving some old library renderers (moreover, that work with them provides a lot of inconvenience, so also the editor are not always compatible with it), we write a new one! This means compatibility with the editor, and an opportunity to supplement the source code itself .
Today UT SDK project is not fully completed. It must be completed as soon as possible to begin work on DX DK. In essence, DX DK may will be an "extension" for the main project, with which you can easily create (cyberpunk-) rpg-games with a complex role-playing system. But since we want to improve old Deus Ex, it may mean a complete transfer of resources, which could mean rewriting all from scratch (and converting older models to the new format). Word about the model format - ISA wrote a different format to the DX, which you already know. Such nuances in the difference between the two games can significantly complicate the whole process, despite its apparent simplicity. I say this to the fact that work is need a lot of time and patience.
The list is not complete and probably will soon enter someone else. Now we create the team.
We need a 3d-programmers who know Open GL and DirectX API's. You can contact with me, if you want to help the project - just write a personal message. Messages like "You're doing some sort of garbage, go to our team" and "This is unreal! Here are my ideas: ..." Please do not disturb!
In addition - all the current progress and changes we will write in detail here. If someone wants to help us without join the team - all files I upload for possible further modification. Just take that part of our work is like and show your results later.
Well, if you decide to ask me what "it" better than UDK - I repeat, sayed before: open source. Also - easy editor and lack of skills in 3d-modeling, are necessary needed when working with UDK; "prototyping" - the ability to make "sketch" of the project, with the possibility of subsequent transfer to the new engine, such as UE3.
Why I chose this site to create community - here write about most of the modifications. Also, there have many questions on editing the game.
The development team currently consists of three people:
1) Tek,
2) Yachs (me),
3) Shadow.
And beta-tester are:
1) Unreal-doom,
2) King,
3) S-fach,
4) Peppigno.
At this moment we creating the team of programmers. Development will begin in the new year.
UPD:
Added a Mod-DB page!
http://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-development-kit *Now we adding content to the page >_>*
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