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Rise of the Triad Source Code Released
Woody writes "3DRealms gave us an early Christmas present this year: they've released the complete Rise of the Triad source code in memory of William Scarboro, one of the game programmers who died earlier this year. The source is being released under the GPL, so everyone should be happy. If you ever played ROTT, you might remember that under all of the silliness and gore there was an incredible deathmatch and capture-the-flag element. Discussions are currently starting in the 3DRealms forums. Thanks, 3DRealms!"
ROTTs!!!
Chris
Seeing your opponent turn to a charred skeleton then to ash was quite amusing as well.
I'll have to dig that out again...
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
I bet you're a real hit with the ladies.
My basic problems with some of the Extra-Gibs hacks for some games is that some of the games had identifiable body parts amoung the gibs.
for instance, I was always very disturbed by Carmageddon 1 when I would run someone over and 10 eyeballs would end up scattered in the street.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
WTF is fucking wrong with you? I played this game since I was fucking 9, and look how fucking good I came out! Violent tendencies my ass, that counselor didn't know what the fuck he was talking about. Say one more bad thing about this game and I'll beat the shit out of you!
"So a man dies, and the secrets of his work get released to the world.
How does this benefit him again?"
Out of curiosity, do you understand the idea behind grave stones?
I'd be disturbed to see someone with 10 eyeballs while driving down the street, and would probably decide to run them over. Becuase they're either, as my long video game and B-movie experience has taught me: a) a zombie b) an alien c) a mutant OR d) all of the above, and as such must be destroyed at all costs.
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Five and seven? I would SO own them.
--Jimmy has fancy plans; and pants to match.
"With the source code, I wonder how easy to make a Linux port of this game."
It'd be trivial to port, but it'd be a horrible experience to play. Linux's ideas about how interfaces work don't translate well in the game world. Imagine typing 'strlft' to strafe left!
should be distributed *unregulated* is indeed disturbing. Particularly in America. Congress should act immediately by passing laws forbiding the publication of certain works, particularly those which might incite violence.
I mean, really, what would Adams and Jefferson think of such unregulated published works?
KFG