[Bf-committers] game engine without visual

[Knapp]

anyone making a game server will really need this function!

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:07 PM, P2sta <p2sta at atlas.cz> wrote:
> Thanks for answer,
>
> uhm, can you please expline me the second possibility you wrote a bit
> more. I'm not really sure I do understand what to do.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zbyněk
>
> Dne 24.4.2012 22:06, Campbell Barton napsal(a):
>> Hi. there are a few ways you could that this,
>>
>> we have headless build option for ghost. - in cmake its WITH_HEADLESS,
>> this builds a blender which does not link with X11 (or do any
>> windowing).
>>
>> You could look at enabling this build flag and then adding ifdef's in
>> the BGE to comment out drawing code.
>>
>>
>> Another way would be to use G.background (or some BGE variable
>> initialized from G.background) and have the BGE check for background,
>> this has the advantage that you wouldn't need  a custom build to take
>> advantage of the feature.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:26 AM, P2sta<p2sta at atlas.cz>  wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would like to know if it's possible to make the game run on the
>>> background (without any visual part). I mean when I hit start game
>>> button, I need only a physics to make collision detection, no rendering.
>>>
>>> Can anybody help me wtih that or at least give me some tips how to get
>>> this done?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Zbyněk
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