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Freespace 2 Source Code Released

Posted by chrisd on from the time-wasting-perfection dept.

Initri writes "I read a news article (here) on Gamespot that the Freespace 2 source code has been released by Volition. You can download it there, or you can also download it here. Since I don't have the game installed anymore, I wasn't able to try out the code, but it did successfully compile under MSVC 6.0. Looks like there's a lot of learning potential here." Freespace 2 was one of my favorite games, and I wasted many hours playing it.

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  1. Quoth the code... by ceejayoz · · Score: 5, Informative

    /*
    * Copyright (C) Volition, Inc. 1999. All rights reserved.
    *
    * All source code herein is the property of Volition, Inc. You may not sell
    * or otherwise commercially exploit the source or things you created based on the
    * source.
    *
    */

  2. Descent development by shannara256 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, first off, there's more information at http://www.freespace-2.com/ddn/sources/freespace2/ , along with a rar version that's about 2.7 meg.

    The source code for Descent 1 and for Descent 2 has also been released, and you can find them at http://www.freespace-2.com/ddn/sources/freespace2/ , along with information about the engine and a mailing list.

    I'm not entirely sure, but since Parallax developed Descent 1 & 2 for Interplay, and Volition developed the Freespace games for Interplay, I think that Interplay would be the one to get credit, at the very least for convincing the other two to release the source. Interplay is earning major karma points...

    -Jason-