Feature #1806
Updated by skyjake almost 10 years ago
We've long ago since made the decision to break vanilla demo compatibility due to numerous playsim changes. However, at least in theory it would be possible to set up a parallel, "headless" playsim environment that it purely vanilla compatible. The demo could then be viewed in client mode by receiving a stream of deltas about mobj and camera movement, etc.
The headless vanilla environment could be entirely isolated and placed in a plugin of its own. It could be based on Chocolate Doom or some other cleaned up version of Doom that supports v1.9 vanilla demos.
This is a large amount of work just to get old demos running, though.
The headless vanilla environment could be entirely isolated and placed in a plugin of its own. It could be based on Chocolate Doom or some other cleaned up version of Doom that supports v1.9 vanilla demos.
This is a large amount of work just to get old demos running, though.