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Native cross-platform code

Modern C++
64-bit only, 32-bit is not supported
Not bound to any particular operating system
Based on the latest SDL library
Fast compilation, fast execution, zero-overhead
Direct3D 12 and Vulkan renderers

Code

HLSL

Same HLSL shader code for all APIs

Single HLSL source file can produce different shaders using preprocessor macros (ubershader)
Single HLSL source file stores code for all shader stages
Quick compilation during game launch
Same uniform buffer structure is reused for HLSL and C++
No limits other than those imposed by graphics APIs

Deferred shading

Geometry pass, lighting pass, composition
Three 32-bit render-targets and one 32-bit depth buffer
Vulkan renderer uses input attachments and subpasses
High dynamic range support, pixel brightness is measured in cd/m²

Deferred shading

Efficient textures and streaming

No limits other than those imposed by graphics APIs
Preferred format is BC7 (BPTC)
Small mipmaps are always in memory, bigger ones are loaded on demand
sRGB awareness

Large terrain support

Limited by maximum texture size (for example, 16 by 16 kilometers)
Many terrain objects can be stitched together to make unlimited terrain
Up to four textures are blended per patch (16 by 16 meters)

Audio

Built-in audio system

Powered by OpenAL Soft
Mono, stereo, 3D positioned, looped sounds with adjustable gain and pitch
Multiple asynchronous streams can output background music and ambience
Ogg Vorbis compression supported

Multiplayer support

No third-party code, uses plain sockets
UDP with ability to send reliable packets
Clients are handled asynchronously

Custom user interface module

Familiar widgets like labels, editable text, images and sizers
Views are defined with declarative XML, can also be adjusted in code
Inspired by model-view-controller design pattern

Collision and physics support

Based on Bullet Physics
Character controller is available
Seamless transition from animation to ragdoll and back
Vehicle physics

Bullet

A bunch of post-processing effects

Bloom
Screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO)
Screen space reflections (SSR)
Motion blur
Depth of field
Cinema

Filesystem abstraction

Resources can be packed into single file
Helper classes to handle XML and JSON
Asynchronous resource loading (streaming)

Other things

Skeletal animation with blending
Math library based on Sony Vector Math and OpenGL Mathematics (GLM)
Cascaded shadow maps (CSM) for large outdoor scenes
Speech to lips movement conversion
And much more