C# Quake II

Question

I remembered a while back Vertigo software ported Quake II to managed C++. Im wondering what peoples thoughts were on the possibility of porting the QuakeII souce to C#? If its possible it would be interesting to see what the performace was like using C# in comparison to the original source and the managed C++ thoughts, comments?

richard.mccarthy · Answer

Hi yeah I'm am I've been getting familiar with the Q2 source and for the most part I cant see a problem porting it. But it would be a large undertaking and I don't think I could do it alone (thus I put the post out to see if there was any interest). I didn't think there would be a problem porting it but I didn't want to get half way through and find out some things were impossible. I was thinking performance would be good and it would be a test of C#. Give those C++ boys a run for their money :D Would you be interested in working on a port? I have another person that's interested as well so if you are let me know my mails - richard.mccarthy@bt.com

ssswamii · Answer

It's definitely possible. Performance should be as good if not better than managed C++; Vertigo basically turned on the /CLR switch they wrote very little managed code. And from what I understand the CLR doesn't perform as well with mixed managed/unmanaged code. It would really be a fun project to undertake... now you've got me wondering if I should give this a try. Were you planning on a C# port Rich?