Roadmap

Plasma Roadmap

General Codebase Cleanups

• Fix warnings from Coverity code analysis.

• Deprecate all of pnUtils/pnUtStr by replacing uses with ST::string or standard C library string functions.

• Continued conversion of std::string, std::wstring, char*, and wchar* to ST::string when used in Plasma classes.

  • pfConsole (#479)
  • pfGameGUI (#473)
  • Logging throughout the engine (#480)

64-bit Client Support (#34)

• Track down and fix 32-bit assumptions throughout the codebase.

• Fix errors and warnings for the following compilers:

  • Windows:
    • MSVC (32, 64)
    • clang (32, 64)
  • macOS:
    • Xcode clang (32, 64)
  • Linux:
    • g++ (32, 64)
    • clang (32, 64)

Cross-Platform (#5)

• In Progress: @dpogue > Write an OpenGL-based rendering backend for Linux (#2)

• Validate the target_link_libraries for all of the Plasma sub-projects (#383)

• Fix errors and warnings for the following compilers:

  • Windows:
    • MSVC (32)
    • clang (32)
  • macOS:
    • Xcode clang (32)
  • Linux:
    • g++ (32)
    • clang (32)

Wish List

• Replace any EAX code with OpenAL EFX (#8, and talk to @Deledrius)

• Improve rendering efficiency

  • Avatar skinning and shadows are factors here

• Improve object cloning performance

  • Avoid hitting the disk for each avatar that loads

• Restore the ability to run a single-player offline version for Age testing

• Replace Ogg Vorbis with Opus for audio files.

• Other Quality of Life improvements

  • Windows DPI scaling (#636)