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  • PS3 Homebrew Takes a Leap Forward - First Person Shooter Engine Displayed

    Homebrew on the PlayStation 3 is about to get taken to the next level. Recently, SnakePlissken, leader of the homebrew development group PMW Nation, demonstrated some very impressive visuals via his group's homebrew graphics engine. The graphics engine is being developed for PMW Nation's self titled video game, "PMW NATION the Video Game". Currently, not much information is known about the game, other than the fact that it will be a first person shooter. Following the release of the game and engine, other developers will be able to incorporate the engine into their own homebrew games. Developers that choose to utilize the engine into their work will be able to better focus on content and level design, due to the fact that most of the coding will already be done for them. SnakePlissken states that the engine isn't strictly for just first person shooters. Developers will be able to incorporate the engine into a wide variety of game types.



    “In A World where high quality entertainment is expressed…”


    My Name is Snake Plissken. I am Chief Commander of a group known as PMW NATION. Im currently directing our groups development branch into bringing to the PS3 one great First person gaming experience by means of homebrew on Playstation Custom Firmware.

    we hope to release onto the world a whole new concept in homebrew development on the PS3 by developing an “homebrew engine” that future developers can use to make homebrew with to be used on the PS3.

    With the engine one could make your own First person shooter homebrew. It has been proven that other forms of homebrew can be made for and used with the engine as well. Not only that but This would offer a interface for developing homebrew outside of PSL1GHT for all types of CFWs (as we will port the engine to work with multiple types of CFW’s )

    Developers would need a way to install a .pkg onto there PS3s. They would then make homebrew in form of “recourse data” with the Gaming engine’s tool chain. that is then coupled and distributed with the engine.
    A user can download the engine.pkg and insert it on a USB stick along side there recourse data” followed by installing it on there PS3,

    the engine would pick up on the resource data, in turn presenting the homebrew content…..

    Our first release will be that of our own game using this engine. Upon that release we will release the engine for others to develop future forms of homebrew as well as hopefully more great First Person Shooter Homebrew.

    Our game and its engine will have great features: such as…

    :~~A version of the engine as well as its tool chain will run well under all modern versions of Windows, from Windows 95 to the new Windows Vista. If you have Linux, it works with that too. But compiling the data to work will be horrible and time consuming

    :~~ Free-Looking free-view ( up-down, left-right ) pseudo-3D rendered environment

    :~~ a since of basic objects that a player can interact with move, push, pull,ect.

    :~~ ACS based event scripting

    :~~ in game hub’s
    ;~~ Colored sector lighting.
    ;~~ Custom monsters, weapons, and items.

    ;~~High resolution textures.

    ;~~ High resolution

    ;~~ Many, many extensions to ACS

    ;~~ music formats: Ogg Vorbis, MOD, XM, IT, S3M, MIDI, and MP3,MUS.

    ;~~ More sound formats: FLAC MP3 and WAVE can be used for sound effects.

    ;~~ texture formats: PNG and JPEG are both useable for artwork.

    . ;~~ Translucency (regular and additive).

    ;~~ Full-featured joystick/gamepad support under Windows. With other device support in development.

    ;~~ player network games using UDP/IP to server support, including team-based game play.

    ;~~ light effects, including dynamic lights, bright maps, and glowing flats

    ;~~ As of now: md2 and md3 model support.

    ;~~ True color support

    ;~~fog, deep water.

    :~~ film focus effects


    ;~~ Jumping.
    ;~~ crouching
    ;~~ Crosshairs.
    The works.



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    As stated the engine will be developed to incorporate resources data made present to the engine after its installation onto the ps3. Application tools in a windows environment would be used to develop HOMBREW in form of resource data.

    Releasing PMW NATION the Video Game at first would show off the possibilities of the games engine so perhaps others could take interest
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    We will soon release a project webpage on the matter and I will surly filter that out to those who are interested.
    With that We personally hope to contribute a lot to the homebrew café’ as we will use this as our basic means of discussing ‘certain’ forms of our game and its engine’s development to the PS3.

    Help getting this underway can be used on this project by those interested and who are familiar with operating PSL1GHT ,those who have knowledge in c languages, and/or those who are familiar with software compilation with GCC, should attempt to message me personally at my email: PMWNATIONHOMEVENTS@AOL.COM.

    “Hell.. Just email me for any reason, questions concerns ect. Hell you can feel free to ask me a question right now W/e.”

    Our engine will be made open to anyone willing to use it in hope that great homebrew will ensue bringing us ever that much closer to a greater tomorrow where we can fully embrace the ideas that are “ the soul concept of HOMEBREW”

    More information soon,


    Source: Homebrew Cafe

    Special thanks to Spazkid for pointing out the news first
    Comments 19 Comments
    1. Spazkid's Avatar
      Spazkid -
      I already posted this :/http://psx-scene.com/forums/f118/homebrew-engine-first-person-shooter-homebrew-game-preview-94223/
    1. grandy's Avatar
      grandy -
      Sorry about that, next time throw it in member news submissions section. I gave you thanks in the article now.
    1. Spazkid's Avatar
      Spazkid -
      Quote Originally Posted by grandy View Post
      Sorry about that, next time throw it in member news submissions section. I gave you thanks in the article now.
      Ok thanks, can you delete my thread?
    1. damanptyltd's Avatar
      damanptyltd -
      Quote Originally Posted by Spazkid View Post
      Ok thanks, can you delete my thread?
      Done
    1. ravihpa's Avatar
      ravihpa -
      Wow...it looks fantastic. The possibilities with this are endless Someone can actually make a Mario N64 with this :P
    1. Spazkid's Avatar
      Spazkid -
      Quote Originally Posted by ravihpa View Post
      Wow...it looks fantastic. The possibilities with this are endless Someone can actually make a Mario N64 with this :P
      I would love mario 64 with PS2 graphics.
    1. xipi's Avatar
      xipi -
      thats pretty cool
    1. UberMario's Avatar
      UberMario -
      Quote Originally Posted by Spazkid View Post
      I would love mario 64 with PS2 graphics.
      I just had the most wonderful thought
    1. fivee's Avatar
      fivee -
      this seems very nice, they do claim "high resolution" even though the pictures aren't, but it is a WIP! lets hope for the best

      and this opens a great opurtunity, dependind on the tools provided every modder out there can bring new content in a form a full independent game!and there are plenty more modders than actuall devs, a good graphic engine, nice tools to work a there will be a landslide of content! (assuming its easy to stay within the ps3 capabilitys)
    1. Spazkid's Avatar
      Spazkid -
      I wonder if it would be possible to port unreal engine games to PS3 that way we could have good graphics with a good game.
    1. xboxmods2977's Avatar
      xboxmods2977 -
      Cool project, but a leap forward? Hardly. I would better describe it as a leap straight up.
    1. Rotsoxisk's Avatar
      Rotsoxisk -
      Иногда необходимо подарок маме на день рождения, но какой подарок выбрать?
    1. Spazkid's Avatar
      Spazkid -
      Quote Originally Posted by Rotsoxisk View Post
      Иногда необходимо подарок маме на день рождения, но какой подарок выбрать?
      Я хочу лизать твои яички
    1. krytonic's Avatar
      krytonic -
      Quote Originally Posted by xboxmods2977 View Post
      Cool project, but a leap forward? Hardly. I would better describe it as a leap straight up.
      How many other engines are there for everyone to use on the PS3?
    1. MadnessImport's Avatar
      MadnessImport -
      This is EXACTLY what Ive been waiting for. Now i can realize some of my ideas!The best Homebrew for this console is in the Graphical departmentAlthough i was hoping for OBJ as the native format since 90% modeling applications support the wavefront format
    1. xboxmods2977's Avatar
      xboxmods2977 -
      Quote Originally Posted by krytonic View Post
      How many other engines are there for everyone to use on the PS3?
      Well, not everyone with a PS3 can use this engine, right? Those of you that might have just got a brand new PS3 for s birthday, or whatever, can't simply use any of this stuff, so yea, while this project is a giant leap, it isn't forward by any means.

      Furthermore, I am willing to bet that the new "K" model coming out won't be compatible with your dated 3.55 CFW.
    1. Tranced's Avatar
      Tranced -
      Great news. Cant wait for the release. Keep it coming guys/girls.
    1. amp2006's Avatar
      amp2006 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Rotsoxisk View Post
      Иногда необходимо подарок маме на день рождения, но какой подарок выбрать?
      are you spammer or not ? lol
    1. RandQalan's Avatar
      RandQalan -
      That be spam have google trans