Wolfenstein 3D engine

The Wolfenstein 3D engine is the engine that powers "Wolfenstein 3D".The biggest part of the engine is programmed by John Carmack. It is written in C and x86 assembly language. It features graphics (raycasting), sound (WAV and IMF), player physics and game control.Many enthusiasts are trying to improve the engine since the code was released.Fact|date=August 2007

Games

"Wolfenstein 3D" was the first game that used this engine, and some other games followed:
* ""
* ""
* "Operation Body Count"
* "Corridor 7"
* "Spear of Destiny"
* "Super 3D Noah's Ark" (licensed)
* "Rise of the Triad" (heavy engine modifications; many limits removed)

Info

The engine maintains a basic 1-dimensional depth buffer against which walls are drawn and objects are scaled. Features include:
* Sprites used for objects.
* Textured walls.

Limitations of the engine include:
* Looking and/or moving up and down is not supported.
* It does not support differences in brightness of the lights.
* It does not support differences in geometrical height.

ee also

*List of game engines

External links

* [http://www.btinternet.com/~belowe/ Engine source code and compiling instructions]
* [http://diehardwolfers.areyep.com DieHard Wolfers Forum - Forum about "Wolf3D" and programming]