Technology

• Free and released under the license
• Source Forge Project Scorched3D
• Programmed in C/C++
• MS Visual Studio .NET and GCC Compilers.
• OpenGL 1.2 for all game graphics
• Cross Platform (Win32, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, Solaris)
• Simple DirectMedia Layer - SDL for cross platform game windowing
• SDL Network layer for cross platform socket library
• OpenAL for cross platform 3D sound mixing
• wxWindows for cross platform setup dialogs
• ZLib compression for COMS compression
• Freetype font engine for game fonts
• NSIS windows installer for game installer

Lan Engine

• LAN and Internet play supported
• Ingame and stats decals for players
• Dedicated server model
• Servers can be browsed in game
• Servers register with a central site via web services
• Server performs game simulations for clients
• Client-side graphics simulation ensures minimal bandwith requirements
• Players can connect and disconnect at any time during game
• Players can chat during play
• Server side bots supported
• Threaded coms system
• Compressed coms
• Mods automatically checked and download from game server

Game Engine

• State machine based game engine.
• Discrete event based simulation engine (using fixed point maths)
• Particle engine.
• 3DS Studio max and Milkshape mesh import (for tanks etc.).
• Real time tank mesh level of detail optimizations.
• Lens flares on light sources.
• OpenGL based menu and dialog system.
• Console to dynamically change game settings.
• Use of GL extensions including multi-texturing, cube maps, vertex array locking, fences and memory management.
• OpenGL state manager to eliminate unneeded state switches.
• Damped camera motion.
• Window manager based around state machine.
• Computer based AI for opponents (xml configurable).
• Real-time stats generation via mysql integration
• Weapons fully extendable via xml files
• New tank and weapon models can be imported
• Full support for different mods and modding
• 3D sound
• Ambient sounds
• Music

Terain Engine

• Truly randomly generated levels.
• Terrain can be altered in real-time.
• Diffrent tree types
• Moving breakers near the shore
• Terrain texture sets can be loaded for different terrains
• Terrain data stored in a height map.
• Terrain rendered using Real-time Optimally Adapting Meshes (ROAM).
• Terrain culled by subdivision and using real-time frustum culling.
• Dynamically generated or imported terrains.
• Dynamically generated lighting map with self shadows.
• Dynamically generated or imported texture map.
• Generated texture map takes height, slope and situation into account.
• Landscape, shadow and detail textures used on landscape.
• Texture mapped sky dome.
• Multiple moving sky layers.
• Sky dome shaded acording to time of day
• Sun drawn
• Real-time generated shadows for moving objects.
• Real-time generated water movement including projectile splashes.
• Real-time generated water reflections.
• Water changes opacity dependant on water depth.
• Water edges contains visible spray.
• Water textured using reflection map, water map and spray map.
• Water culled both by subdivision and height analysis.
• Weather effects including snow, rain and lightning
• BOID implementation for birds, fish etc...