The Whirld Project: Open Source Unity World Management

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First announced in the collaboration forum just over a week ago, the Whirld project is now well under way!

I just released the first version of Mars Explorer that can load simple game worlds to play off of the internet - and along with it - the complete source code for my current Whirld library.

So far, the Whirld library’s sole functioning component is it’s BZFlag world loader - but my next step is to create a specialized Unity world format and supporting library code.

If you are interested in contributing to - or even just utilizing - this library in your Unity applications, please join me! Especially if you have experience in the efficient serialization and regeneration of terrain and mesh objects :slight_smile:

Latest information code @
» The Whirld Project on the Unify Community Wiki

All the Best,

-Aubrey

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Sounds like a great idea, when I’ve got a bit more time on my hands I’ll will have a look at it. One simple suggestion is adding option to give a name to for the GameObject when loading a world so you can easily use it for incremental loading (as currently you always overwrite the earlier loads).

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Could you give some hypothetical examples

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@jkreijkamp:

Great idea! I’ll implement this in the next version (which is already nearing release).

@Alec:

Hypothetical examples of where the Whirld library could be utilized? The Wiki page outlines numerous cases - but the basic idea is that if you are writing a game that includes more than one world for players to enjoy, there is an excellent chance that the Whirld project will benefit your game.

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cheers

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Whirld Package release 2 is on the wiki!

Among other things - it includes a sample world, a custom new UTW format, and libraries to save and load UTW worlds.

Next on the to-do list is support for meshes, terrains, custom materials, and parametric objects.

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Thanks for working on this (and releasing it)! Someone just recently asked me about serve dynamically generated content to Unity from a web server without having to preprocess all the assets in the Editor, maybe in a format like an X3D scene. Looks like this might fit the bill.

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You’re welcome!

I have been dreaming of this project for months now, but Unity’s SOC program inspired me to realize it at last, even though I wasn’t accepted. Perhaps Unity will generously donate me a Pro license anyway out of the kindness of their heart. I don’t need cash, but a Pro license would be immeasurably awesome :slight_smile:

I designed the UTW format around JSON, and it’s simple syntax should be prefect for describing server generated worlds in. Please let me know if it works for you!

-Aubrey

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Wow, very cool! I will probably use this for my game!