[Scummvm-devel] engine names

[Arnaud Boutonné]

The picture engine name is also clearly mentionned here and there on their
website. They are still using a Picture engine nowadays, it's now a v4, in
3D.
But I also agree with wjp that enable_picture is weird, it gives me the
impression I could play in text mode :)

For CGE... It's the real engine name, and we used to use the real engine
when available. If we change the rules, no problem to rename it, it may be
clearer for the users. (at least for the ones using plugins)

Regards,
Arnaud



On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Filippos Karapetis <bluegr at gmail.com>wrote:

> The picture engine name is referred in the game's credits. In the end of
> the day, it doesn't really matter either to us or the end users (as they
> can see what's supported from the ScummVM credits anyway), we just need to
> settle on a name. I am neutral to this, I don't mind either picture or
> toltecs - same goes for cge.
>
> Regards
> Filippos
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Johannes Schickel <lordhoto at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 11/18/2011 01:18 PM, Willem Jan Palenstijn wrote:
>> > With a couple of new single-game engines approaching completeness, I'd
>> like to
>> > poll what you think about their engine names. Specifically, is there
>> any good
>> > reason why CGE isn't called Soltys, and why Picture isn't called
>> Toltecs?
>> >
>> > The consistency argument really doesn't hold IMO, since all our existing
>> > single-game engines have a name strongly based on the game name
>> (Cruise, Draci,
>> > Drascula, Dreamweb, Lastexpress, Lure, Queen, Sky, Sword1, Sword2,
>> Sword25,
>> > Teenagent, Toon, Touche, Tucker). Only the multi-game engines have more
>> > general names.
>> >
>> > In short, I'd propose renaming Picture to Toltecs (pre-merge), and if
>> it's not
>> > considered too much of a hassle, CGE (back) to Soltys (before
>> announcing support).
>> >
>>
>> I am fine with changing the name of CGE and Picture to more descriptive
>> names for the user.
>>
>> // Johannes
>>
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