Re: Google Summer of Code: For potential students

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Hello Christian ,

I've uploaded a draft of my proposal at my GSoC profile.

Kindly suggest changes and edits asap ! I'd really like to polish my
proposal before the deadline !

Thanks and Regards.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Christian Van Brussel <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Soumitra,
>
> about the project on planet simulation, if this is something that you
> are really interested in then you can consider switching to a project on
> that topic. Another possibility is to propose two separated projects
> (terrain editor + planet simulation), this would increase your chances
> to be selected although this would need more work for you to prepare
> both proposals.
>
> Some comments about the terrain editor:
>
> * Yes, the terrain2 plugin in CS uses a classical heightmap texture. But
> you shouldn't have to manipulate it by yourself but use instead the
> iTerrainModifier tools such as in csterrainedtest. One of the advantages
> of those modifiers is that they will allow to implement easily undo/redo
> functionalities.
>
> * About decals, you are not forced to implement a solution by yourself
> and the one that I will commit should be good enough, at least to start
> with. The one that I implemented doesn't use shaders but instead an
> additional mesh for the decal. It would be possible to implement another
> one using shaders, and you can add this functionality if that is
> something you are interested in, but this can be kept as optional since
> this is not a priority.
>
> * About wxSmith, I guess it can be problematic to use it here since it
> will be a bit tricky to interface with the cseditor framework that
> manages by itself most widgets. Other tools such as wxFormBuilder can be
> used otherwise in order to define GUI portions through .xrc files,
> although my personal preferences goes often to the manual creation and
> manipulation of the widgets.
>
> * About cseditor that you don't manage to get running, you can throw us
> your error messages so that we can see if we can help.
>
> * Maybe a functionality that can be added is the check for having
> correct saving/loading of all terrain properties. This is supposed to
> work correctly but you may find some few problems when playing with it,
> and you may have to dig for them by yourself.
>
> * For the proposal, a part of the challenge is clearly to try to find
> the equilibrium between concision and completeness, but I guess telling
> you that won't help you that much :) The list of tasks and targeted
> goals should appear clearly, along a timeline and some global
> implementation consideration such as the CS/cseditor tools that you
> would use and the way your code would interface with them. Try to show
> to the mentors that will read you that you know what you are talking
> about.
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Christian ,=A0<br><br>I&#39;ve uploaded a draft of m=
y proposal at my GSoC profile.<br><br>Kindly suggest changes and edits asap=
 ! I&#39;d really like to polish my proposal before the deadline !<br><br>T=
hanks and Regards.</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 1=
7, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Christian Van Brussel <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">christian.vanbr=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Soumitra,<br>
<br>
about the project on planet simulation, if this is something that you<br>
are really interested in then you can consider switching to a project on<br=
>
that topic. Another possibility is to propose two separated projects<br>
(terrain editor + planet simulation), this would increase your chances<br>
to be selected although this would need more work for you to prepare<br>
both proposals.<br>
<br>
Some comments about the terrain editor:<br>
<br>
* Yes, the terrain2 plugin in CS uses a classical heightmap texture. But<br=
>
you shouldn&#39;t have to manipulate it by yourself but use instead the<br>
iTerrainModifier tools such as in csterrainedtest. One of the advantages<br=
>
of those modifiers is that they will allow to implement easily undo/redo<br=
>
functionalities.<br>
<br>
* About decals, you are not forced to implement a solution by yourself<br>
and the one that I will commit should be good enough, at least to start<br>
with. The one that I implemented doesn&#39;t use shaders but instead an<br>
additional mesh for the decal. It would be possible to implement another<br=
>
one using shaders, and you can add this functionality if that is<br>
something you are interested in, but this can be kept as optional since<br>
this is not a priority.<br>
<br>
* About wxSmith, I guess it can be problematic to use it here since it<br>
will be a bit tricky to interface with the cseditor framework that<br>
manages by itself most widgets. Other tools such as wxFormBuilder can be<br=
>
used otherwise in order to define GUI portions through .xrc files,<br>
although my personal preferences goes often to the manual creation and<br>
manipulation of the widgets.<br>
<br>
* About cseditor that you don&#39;t manage to get running, you can throw us=
<br>
your error messages so that we can see if we can help.<br>
<br>
* Maybe a functionality that can be added is the check for having<br>
correct saving/loading of all terrain properties. This is supposed to<br>
work correctly but you may find some few problems when playing with it,<br>
and you may have to dig for them by yourself.<br>
<br>
* For the proposal, a part of the challenge is clearly to try to find<br>
the equilibrium between concision and completeness, but I guess telling<br>
you that won&#39;t help you that much :) The list of tasks and targeted<br>
goals should appear clearly, along a timeline and some global<br>
implementation consideration such as the CS/cseditor tools that you<br>
would use and the way your code would interface with them. Try to show<br>
to the mentors that will read you that you know what you are talking<br>
about.<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
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