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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. License? by xer.xes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Under what license is this released? And is it the full sourcecode (with other words: is the 'engine' code also included)?

    I don't want to download the whole file through a dial-up connection...

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  2. Re:In other news by ceejayoz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    People may have stopped playing Freespace, but they certainly haven't stopped playing Freespace2! Just look at the fansites - FS2 has a very active modding community and plenty of people still play multiplayer.

  3. The Situation Around this by greg2000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As a major contributor to the fan community of Freespace 1/2 I'll give you the background on this. Freespaces 1 and 2 were Originally relesed when Volition used Interplay as their Publisher. Since then Volition has been bought by THQ, a rival publisher although Interlplay still heald the rights which is why thes has been a bit sluggish. Interplay, as you know, was consumed by Titus recently and with a lot af campaigning by Dave Baranec (Head Programmer for Volition), on behalf of the fan community managed to get it relesed. Go over to http://www.3dap.com/hlp (Hard Light Productions) which is where the main hub of FreeSpace Development exists now since Volition's official BB was closed due to abuse. And don't forget to check out the forums. There is also a project going to create a Freespace Like game from scratch.

  4. Check Out The Game Profile Page: by citizenc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://www.gamespy.com/games/971.shtml

  5. A few questions... by gklinger · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I read the (brief) article at Gamespot and I also looked at the Freespace 2 website but I'm still not clear on a few things.

    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.

    Is this the complete source code of the game and if so, why couldn't the author try out the code without having the game installed?

    Also, I had never heard of this game before now (I live under the third rock on the left) so I'm wondering if it is still available for sale somewhere or if I need to start scouring the web for a used copy? From the screenshots, Freespace 2 appears to be similar to Homeworld and Terminus. The latter is noteworthy as a there are versions for Linux and Mac OS 9. I was quite suprised (and very pleased) to find all three versions included in the same box.

  6. Re:This is bull shiz by 0x0d0a · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Assuming it isn't using MFC, it probably could be ported to gcc in a week tops.

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  7. Re:This is bull shiz by silverbax · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can compile VB apps without the VB IDE.

  8. Newtonian Mechanics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I think the coolest possibility is newtonian mechanics.

    I played this game years ago, and although weaving through giant lasers was nifty, I couldn't help but be annoyed by the incorrect phyics.

    I'm half-temped to buy the game now, and change the phyics module myself. That would probably be one of the easier changes of the list.

    Dave