Hard to believe I get time to write a diary entry these days, especially with my upcoming final exams. But I took a break this afternoon to write an Ultima IV map viewer and editor as Java applet (yes, this is my definition of relaxation) which I might put up on the web sometime soon. In fact, I think I should convert the entire game as Applet, but probably not before next year.
Anyway, afterwards Bernhard came over to visit and we did some serious hacking on the CBE project until 1 am which wasn't particularly relaxing, but worth the effort. Hopefully our supervisor and examiner thinks so, too. What took us so long was the very peculiar behaviour of Mesa 3.4.2 (Linux), compared to Apple Computer's own OpenGL implementation. It seems like Mesa expects all kinds of switches and texture parameters after you've put together your scene and objects, while Apple's library just doesn't give a damn. Oh well, now we know, don't we?