The Battle Of DarkPlaces Beta Has Just Begun
DarkPlaces Beta -- it is twice as fast as classic DarkPlaces with many improvements. Zircon is based on classic DarkPlaces. Tradeoffs? Who needs those?
(Zircon DarkPlaces Beta V2, updated 10/17/2023)
Want to add here that as best I know, the DarkPlaces developer Cloudwalk is the one who redesigned the rendering in DarkPlaces Beta. This version of Zircon is only possible because of the incredible work the DarkPlaces developers have put into DarkPlaces, and I have let them know that acquiring anything or everything from Zircon is something they are more than welcome to do (and filed bug reports/solutions I have encountered/fixed). The Zircon project is about having a better DarkPlaces.
Zircon DarkPlaces Beta #1
Zircon DarkPlaces Beta has about 20% of Zircon features -- Zircon has .. well no one was keeping count -- x hundred improvements and this first version only has a few dozens of them.
Kleskby has been an instrumental force in providing the total conversion point of view and this version has significant bug fixes due to his total conversion insight. Kleskby is a major asset to the Zircon effort.
Pictured: Zircon DarkPlaces Beta 1 running Kleskby's QUALKER total conversion mod.
So the battle you always knew was coming: DarkPlaces Beta bugs/issues vs. Baker "Magnus" aka "The Chosen One" aka "Most Stubborn Asshat in The Universe".
If Optimus Prime has taught us anything, "One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall!"
Meanwhile Kleskby has been working to solidify the Android version of Zircon:
Many things are happening and quite fast.
