[Bf-committers] blender game engine as a plugin to blender

[Erwin Coumans]

Charlie (snailrose) and me originally looked into a BGE plugin,
but we moved towards loading data directly from the .blend file.
(as an alternative to a plugin or faster python fileformat io)

Loading data from the .blend seems to work well and very fast,
you can see our current work here: http://gamekit.googlecode.com

For fast turnaround, you can save a temp .blend and start the external GE.
Of course the view window would be on top (separate) from Blender.

What kind of integration are you looking for?

Do you want to share the existing Blender viewports through the plugin?
For that, you would need to pass on an OpenGL context.

Do you want to share Blender/ghost mouse/keyboard input?
Thanks,
Erwin







On 22 February 2010 14:38, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> BGE relies on blenders pose data, event system, fcurve animation,
> materials, modifier calculation, drawing (in some cases) and math
> functions.
>
> We could have BGE compile as a python module or a plugin and just
> allow it use blender internal functions but then not sure what the
> advantage is?
> ...aside from slightly faster startup (from a smaller binary).
>
> Currently, there is noting stopping developers from writing python
> modules that use blender internal functions, symbols are resolved on
> importing which means you could have the module linking with your own
> libs/SDKs without having blender depend on those SDK's.
>
> Ofcourse the module will fail to import if the libs are not found or
> the symbols for blender functions.
>
> Recently I did some tests too see how well this works and have some
> uncommitted code to have a generalized way to include our own Py/C
> modules in blender, though the purpose of this is for faster
> fileformat i/o it could be used for all sorts of things.
>
> While python isnt needed for plugins I think it can integrate better
> then referencing a .so or DLL directly which is how it worked in 2.4x.
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Jeff Moguillansky <jmoguill2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I was wondering what is the status on making the blender game engine into a
>> generic plugin for blender - and making a generic plugin system for blender
>> that allows for plugins such as a custom game engine.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jeff
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