Probably something that made him forget about the rude responses that a certain poster usually responds with.
Personally, I'd like to know if it's possible to reverse enginneer the end product then rebuild it on MacOS
There are a lot of talented people in this community... getting them together to (re)create the game as a full conversion, using Source or Unreal, and in your own image, sounds like a worthwhile cause. For damn sure you'd be starting off with a better renderer and net layer, and you even get a dedicated server. Lots of possibilities there.
Unfortunately getting the SFC source code and assets released to the public seems iffy at best. There are a few parties that would have to care enough to get together and make it happen. If I had it I would have accidentally mailed the stuff to Frey by now, but I don't :'(
HOLY ION Exhaust!!!
Scott...
Just give us names and addresses ...
Would have to care ... many moons ago, Mr Bethke stated very clearly the intention to release
Who else?
Probably something that made him forget about the rude responses that a certain poster usually responds with.
Personally, I'd like to know if it's possible to reverse enginneer the end product then rebuild it on MacOS
You get an experienced programmer with all the best tools and programs around, and he or she can reverse engineer the game and reconfigure the code so it can only operate a toaster.
It is possible. Question is, would anyone willingly do it for the community.
Probably something that made him forget about the rude responses that a certain poster usually responds with.
Personally, I'd like to know if it's possible to reverse enginneer the end product then rebuild it on MacOS
You get an experienced programmer with all the best tools and programs around, and he or she can reverse engineer the game and reconfigure the code so it can only operate a toaster.
It is possible. Question is, would anyone willingly do it for the community.
I believe it's illegal- read your EULA.
As for the Mac guy- doesn't Mac OS v.10 and above run windows apps ?? I seem to remember installing MSoffice on my sisters mac not too long ago and it ran fine. Maybe there's a win emulator for mac that you can make SFC run under.
...But getting source code ??? LOL, s'cuse me while I contain my laughter.
Everyone knows it's illegal. That's stating the obvious.
What's this guys been smoking? Screw Linux and OS X. How about open-sourcing it in its native environment first, lol? Or if you like Linux so much, buy the #%%$^ game and get it working under wine.
What's this guys been smoking? Screw Linux and OS X. How about open-sourcing it in its native environment first, lol? Or if you like Linux so much, buy the #%%$^ game and get it working under wine.
Do you remember the time when gamers said that about the PC and DOS? Games just weren't made for DOS as it was a business operating system. Things change and right now ID Software (Doom and Quake) thinks that Linux is important enough to support and as one of the most successful independent gaming companies around (even though I don't like their games) I must assume that they know what makes a good gaming system.
You like Microsoft and don't like Linux or the Mac? Thats fine but there is no need to insult people because they disagree with your "free" choice and take another path.
There are those of us who oppose Microsoft because of their treatment of customers as criminals who must prove their innocence over and over again with Microsoft both the supposed victim and the judge. Add in those who oppose Microsoft for their illegal behaviours in countries around the world. More and more of us are abandoning Microsoft for Linux for these reasons. Get used to the idea that we are here to stay and are becoming an audience big enough that we must be courted. Big enough that games will be written that are native not just running under Wine.
I would love to see a cross platform clone of SFC2:OP. That of course means abandoning the proprietary DirectX in favour of OGL. If I were a programmer I suspect I'd be working on it myself.
Yeah, quicksilver is too busy making money off of ten year old code and an copyright violations of SFB materials. Have you seen the shiplist for Tactical Assault? Nearly exactly the same fields as our shiplist. Nearly some of the same exact specs for those ships as SFB. Romulan ships have some of the exact same names as SFB.
Yeah, quicksilver is too busy making money off of ten year old code and an copyright violations of SFB materials. Have you seen the shiplist for Tactical Assault? Nearly exactly the same fields as our shiplist. Nearly some of the same exact specs for those ships as SFB. Romulan ships have some of the exact same names as SFB.
Hmmm...I wonder if steve knows that....maybe a little bird should tell him
*tweet*
The comment was directed at the idiocy of releasing sources for an open-source Mac and Linux game when it's native to windows and directx.
I have linux installed on my desktop and wish I had the courage to put it on my laptop. I am by no means a Microsoft supporter so please don't paint me that way.
now for someone who wants to cross it over to Linux.. ROFLMAO... Your best bet is to put a Windows 98 or higher emulator on to Linux like WINE and run the MS version on it.. however Linux doesn't like Direct X based games and SFC all versions is built in MS Visual C++ 6.0 SP 5 and rendered originally under Direct X 7.0...
Linux sucks for gaming on most Direct X games.. that is why people stick with Windows... I prefer XP Pro 64 with Media Center Edition 2005 on it.. flawless and smooth and works great.. never had a crash and never been infected if you just learn to set up your internal security built into XP
Yeah, quicksilver is too busy making money off of ten year old code and an copyright violations of SFB materials. Have you seen the shiplist for Tactical Assault? Nearly exactly the same fields as our shiplist. Nearly some of the same exact specs for those ships as SFB. Romulan ships have some of the exact same names as SFB.
Hmmm...I wonder if steve knows that....maybe a little bird should tell him
*tweet*
I can send you the shiplist if that helps.
Gentlemen....please......let us not turn this into an arguement... :police:
The comment was directed at the idiocy of releasing sources for an open-source Mac and Linux game when it's native to windows and directx.
I have linux installed on my desktop and wish I had the courage to put it on my laptop. I am by no means a Microsoft supporter so please don't paint me that way.
Then I suggest that you review the way you post.
The comment was directed at the idiocy of releasing sources for an open-source Mac and Linux game when it's native to windows and directx.
I have linux installed on my desktop and wish I had the courage to put it on my laptop. I am by no means a Microsoft supporter so please don't paint me that way.
Then I suggest that you review the way you post.
I suggest you pull the stick out of your ass but that ain't happening either.
Hey....sky....who died and made you a moderator... :-*
A post like that isnt going to calm anything down....so....knock it off eh... ;)
Thanks...
Kids these days....sheesh...
Please Stop this arguing instantly.. ,its fruitless and contraproductive.
Thx