Wolfenstein 3D engine

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The Wolfenstein 3D engine is the engine that powers Wolfenstein 3D. The biggest part of the engine is programmed by John Carmack. It is written in C and x86 assembly language. It features graphics (raycasting), sound (WAV and IMF), player physics and game control. Many enthusiasts are trying to improve the engine since the code was released.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Games 2 Info 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Games

Wolfenstein 3D was the first game that used this engine, and some other games followed:

• Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
• Blake Stone: Planet Strike
• Operation Body Count
• Corridor 7
• Spear of Destiny
• Super 3D Noah's Ark (licensed)
• Rise of the Triad (heavy engine modifications; many limits removed)

[edit] Info

The engine maintains a basic 1-dimensional depth buffer against which walls are drawn and objects are scaled. Features include:

• Sprites used for objects.
• Textured walls.

Limitations of the engine include:

• Looking and/or moving up and down is not supported.
• It does not support differences in brightness of the lights.
• It does not support differences in geometrical height.

[edit] See also

• List of game engines

[edit] External links

• Engine source code and compiling instructions
• DieHard Wolfers Forum - Forum about Wolf3D and programming