gamedev-GDC web games report 2004-03-31 - By Roy Pardi
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At 3:42 PM -0800 3/31/04, Darrel Plant wrote:
>Assuming that there ever is a major new version of 3D in the next
>release (eighteen months + slippage: ~Q4 2005), that'll be 4.5 years
>between updates of the 3D engine (D8.5 was released in early 2001).
>Shockwave will be 10 (announced in the fall of 1995, with developer
>tools released in December).
Ugh... the new math. 4.5 years (!?) between updates.
I guess its the price we pay for working with a general purpose tool. SO
many tradeoffs .
Wouldn't it be interesting if they offered a buffet version of Director -
you could order an updated version of the 3D xtra, or a bug fixed and
optimized #text xtra or...
Or wouldn't it be interesting if they open sourced Director (but I guess
there is too much licensed technology in there for that to happen...)
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