well me too has limited knowledge about OpenGL, but I think the mentioned "Irrlicht" is an interpreter of this language amongst others. Maybe you can shortly read through the description on their wiki and see if it helps with the vista compatibility thing. I'm pretty sure if not m$ then those guys from irrlicht will do a vista patch for their engine.
erm "percise demisions" as in...? (precise defintions maybe?) 
anyway I cannot guarantee you but I'm pretty sure some if not many of the "core" guys in here will join you after a while, so the crapload of work can be subdivided. I mean the idea of a working 3D engine for all the games here is an enticing one, I can see that on the many replies on the forums here.
I think mstrobel and the others will agree on me about this one, that if work starts now (even if it doesn't get finished or very far at the beginning) and it's done in c++ and some non-proprietarian language, it's not done in vain and actually speeding it all up significantly. Just wanted to make that point clear again. Don't expect too much from any of us programmers after we completed the game in 2D. I get sweating even now when I think what neverending crapload of AI programming still lies ahead of us. If ppl in here want 3D in the game, go help us/him. It's the only way regarding all the probabilities here (and I doubt someone's got it all programmed in here and not tellin us )
btw. which programs do you mean are pre-alphas? supremacy and botE? well, they are in some way (though I'd say having now played the most recent versions of both, they are definitely more than pre-alphas fortunately) but auto-combat isn't random, it's worked through pretty much.
btw. I'd rather not be worried about if it gets perfect right off-hand or not if I were you. Anything's appreciated that comes out and we'll be glad to help you out in any way with the specs, stats and calcs. For the latter I'd propose you start by any hit probability and default stats you like. It should be working later on with the pre-formatted txt-file in which the hit probabilities of (modded) ships from both games can be found for your program to work with.
We will get them for you out of our auto-combat-system any time if you wish to start this trip.
Well, as already been said, you can take as much time for it as you need and maybe re-sort your thoughts and ideas about it to get a good start with.
Sir Pustekuchen and I will for the time being continue to improve the internals&graphics of the game and in the meantime, you get totally free hand here. I think, learning how to do 3D-programming can certainly be satisfactory since so few guys out there seem to know about it really in depth 
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