Crystal Space

Crystal Space
Developer(s)	Jorrit Tyberghein et al.
Initial release	August 26, 1997[1]
Stable release	2.0 / July 3, 2012
Written in	C++
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	3D engine
License	GNU LGPLv2.1
Website	www.crystalspace3d.org

Crystal Space is a framework for developing 3D applications written in C++ by Jorrit Tyberghein and others. The first public release was on August 26, 1997.^[1] It is typically used as a game engine but the framework is more general and can be used for any kind of 3D visualization. It is very portable and runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X. It is also free and open-source software, licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, and was SourceForge.net's Project of the Month for February 2003.^[2]

Engine design

Crystal Space is programmed in object oriented C++. It is very modularly built with a number of more or less independent plugins. The client programs use the plugins, such as the OpenGL 3D renderer, by registering them via Crystal Space's Shared Class Facility (SCF).

Features

Crystal Space has modules for 2D and 3D graphics, sound, collision detection and physics through ODE and Bullet.

Graphics:
- OpenGL rendering
- Supports hardware acceleration from all major card vendors
- Allows use of shaders
- Library of common shaders like normal mapping, parallax mapping and hardware skinning
- Supports software rendering with limited features
Mesh objects:
- Plugin-based mesh system
- Triangle-based meshes with frame and bone animation support
Collision detection and dynamics:
- ODE and Bullet dynamics
- Simplified collision detection when full dynamic simulation is not needed

Reception and usage

The engine was for instance used for the OpenOutcast and Planeshift projects.^[3]

References

1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2007.
↑ "Project of the Month, February 2003". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
↑ Crystal Space 1.2 Released by Corvus Elrod on the Escapist (8 October 2007)

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[firstrelease-1] 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2007.

[potm-2] "Project of the Month, February 2003". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[3] Crystal Space 1.2 Released by Corvus Elrod on the Escapist (8 October 2007)