My Aleph-One Page

"Aleph One" is the name I've given to my contributions to the Marathon source-code-improvement project; I've proposed it as that project's overall name. Its files no longer live here, but at the Marathon Open Source Page, for info on what others are doing with the source code -- and lots of nice artwork.

This was based on the work that Bo Lindbergh, Mihai Parparita, Charles Lechasseur, and Jeremy Parsons had done with Bungie's original codebase; they had added the stuff that was necessary for it to compile. There has been additional work by Christian Bauer and some others to create a SDL version (the Simple DirectMedia Library); this has been run in Linux, Windows, and some other operating systems. It is issued under the GNU General Public License, which states that the source code for changed versions must be made available.

Here are some of its new features:

Has OpenGL 3D-acceleration support and semitransparency.
Many internal limits are now increased or gone.
Provides access to many engine parameters formerly accessible only with utilities like Fux!.
Essentially complete compatibility with Marathon Infinity.
Several bugs are now fixed.
Can switch run/walk and swim/sink.
Can make screenshots.
Has a third-person viewpoint available.
Has tunnel vision available.
Has crosshairs for aiming available.
Can have animated textures.
Has been ported to other platforms with the SDL.
Can use alternatives to the keyboard and mouse with the InputSprocket (MacOS version)

The name is based on the mathematical theory of infinite sets; it's the next infinite-set size after aleph-0, which is the size of the set of all positive integers. The idea is that it's the next step up after Marathon Infinity. For more on the weird world of infinite sets, see this nice introduction. Another interesting place to look is the Infinite Ink site.

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