::Forum - Engine Release - Star Wars Combine::

Year 8 Day 243 12:50	Engine Release
Lithio Iffelin	Has there ever been any talk of releasing the source code for the engine? There may be security concerns, but I know that I could learn a lot from pouring over it. ____________ May the Grace of Ara go with you, and may His Vengeance be wrought upon your enemies.

Year 8 Day 243 19:11	Engine Release
Khan	There was some talk a while back about releasing the Version 3 code (we're Version 2.1 at the moment) under GPL or something similar I think. The code at the moment isn't at all suited for release in terms of documentation and quality in some parts of the older stuff. We'd probably spend half our time supporting other users of it :) ____________ Kids these days!

Year 8 Day 243 20:49	Engine Release
Trent Hackworth	I dunno....i'd kill to have the code released under GPL. Then we'd have coders everywhere working on it...hell...i'd even take a shot with my shitty codeing on my own server...(Combat: Missile Fire: subtract 1 hull from N-1.) :P

Year 8 Day 244 16:14	Engine Release
Reti Cloudrunner	Just my 2 cents worth - I'd like to see the code released under some open source agreement; it would help others build sims for other intresting storys. ____________

Year 8 Day 245 21:08	Engine Release
Khan	Yeh, that was one of the things we liked about the idea (making it easier for others to build sims in different universes). ____________ Kids these days!

Year 8 Day 249 7:58	Engine Release
Veynom	To be totally honest, I am not convinced that going under GPL license is the best solution for SWC. I dream of other universe since years already. technically, it would be simple to setup: - another server - new pictures and gameplay content (races, items, descriptions....) - A team to support the players. And that's it. Such alternate universes could use the same code and same patch release system as us, even based on a single dev server (where we would add the ability to change of thema). Even if we attract developers more interested in another thema, all universes and game instances would benefit from their coding. What could we use a first themas ? - WW2 - Antic wars (Roma) - Middle Earth or other heroic fantasy) - Non-SW space opera. To be totally honest, having the RM requirements equation would help for all this. ____________ Sim Master Veynom * This post is written on 100% recyclable electrons. *

Year 8 Day 249 18:01	Engine Release
Wilhelm von Ismay	Veynom, even Star Wars in different eras could attract big crowds. KotOR-era, Clone Wars, various Sith Wars, the post-Endor era, the Legacy-era as established by the comics... ____________ Patriarch of House Ismay
Year 8 Day 250 7:26	Engine Release
Veynom	Good idea, WvI and even easier and faster to implement because we only need ships, vehicles, droids and changing some items, stations, facilities .... ____________ Sim Master Veynom * This post is written on 100% recyclable electrons. *

Year 8 Day 250 10:14	Engine Release
Wilhelm von Ismay	Well, truth be told, that's basically how it is for anything. Except with earlier eras, there'd be more hidden systems (Bacta could be renamed to Kolto too). With later eras, there'd be fewer. Only problem is that there'd be cheaters from SWC using our map in a KotOR-era sim :P ____________ Patriarch of House Ismay
Year 8 Day 250 18:25	Engine Release
Lithio Iffelin	Eh, they could dilate the space somehow, like the maps are less accurate or something. I really like the idea of using them for other universes. Factions could also set up parallel combine universes to make accurate battlesims. ____________ May the Grace of Ara go with you, and may His Vengeance be wrought upon your enemies.

Year 8 Day 251 2:34	Engine Release
Ku`Bakai Roche	The Engine would probably work best for space games. However there are a plethora out there you could use: Andromeda Star Trek (Original, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise) Doctor Who Babylon 5 Space Above and Beyond Blake 7 Red Dwarf Gundam Wing Battlestar Galactica (either old or new) Battletech (Pre Clan or Clan eras) As for Star Wars: You could create another one set in any of the following eras: The Sith War Galactic Republic Clone Wars Galactic Civil War New Republic New Jedi Order etc You could actually move towards different maps to trip up those that think they know everything. Basically you would just reorganize the various worlds into different sectors and possibly different locations. However for any of the others to be entertained the Galaxy tools would need to be fixed. ____________ Holocron Entry

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