Topic: Who here knows if it is possible to rebuild a game engine?

[Age]

Who here know if it is possible to rebuild a game engine?

[marstone]

Who here know if it is possible to rebuild a game engine?

???? not sure of the question. 

[Age]

What I am getting at is can you make changes to an existing game engine eg modifying it?

[FoaS_XC]

If you have the source code, and know a thing or two about programming and compiling? yes. If not? not so much.

[marstone]

FoaS has it right.  If you have the source you can change a game engine.  Some are designed with editable files to change parts of the game, but not alot, and major things normally can't be changed that way.

If you don't have the source you have to do what is known as reversing.  Basicly you rewrite the whole game code by looking at what it does, and using some tools to get a look into the compiled code itself to help recreate the original source code.  (not an easy process)

[Kreeargh]

Who here know if it is possible to rebuild a game engine?

By experiance trying to work on this effort/idea it would be better/easyer to create or buy a engine that works with little to no errors rather than rework an existing engine that might in the end
not fit with your ideas . The goal here it to study the game engine to its fullness not just ist bonus points. ANYthing is possable its all a matter how far your willing to go with the project and how much its a worth to you to complete it. In my case its null at best 

[Age]

Ok.Thanks Guys.

[sierracharlie]

There are plenty of open source 3d engines available. grafting the game logic from the source onto the engine of your choice should be pretty straightforward. i reviewed quite a few of them before settling on Panda3d.

[Age]

Yeah I know of some of them I was just thinking of Guild Wars game engine.