Cine/TODO

Status

Future Wars was completable with original cinE. Operation Stealth has gfx glitches and now crashes early.

Source Cleanup

• try to OO'ify the code (wrap the code into C++ classes where applicable/suitable)
• rename functions and variables that need it

Bugs

• fix gfx layers (FW)
• alignment fixes (done ?)
• endianness fixes (done ?)

ToDo

• add support for sound effects in Amiga/Atari versions
• add support for SoundFX music modules in Amiga/Atari versions (this should be done without duplicating the existing code in cine/sfx_player.cpp, if possible)
• add support for MT32 and PC Speaker instruments in the PC SoundFX player code
• reorganize functions and variables in cine/various.cpp
• revise the way z-ordering is done
• reconsider the various memory allocations (especially the buffers for offscreen rendering)
• the original Amiga version of FW used 32 colors, allowing to display the control menu with some kind of transparency
• cleanup loading of BASESON.SND, this is just another bundle file, the existing code in part.cpp should be able to deal with it
• finish OS support (crash early in-game)

Notes

Future Wars and Operation Stealth used the first version of the engine, called Cinematique.

For Cruise for a Corpse, the engine was largely modified and doesn't have much in common with the initial version (it seems that only the resource loading/unpacking and music/sound routines have been re-used). That second version of the engine was named Cinematique Evolution.