It's just a project file buddy, the msvc 2003 compiler/linker is free. Yes, free.
John Carmack uses VS.NET because it is by far the best IDE available on any platform, by his own words, and many others'. No, I'm not trolling, it's just plain true, unfortunately. But there are still many very good free IDEs you can use with the ms compiler.
John Carmack uses VS.NET because it is by far the best IDE available on any platform, by his own words, and many others'. No, I'm not trolling, it's just plain true, unfortunately. But there are still many very good free IDEs you can use with the ms compiler.
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As for too late, I think its lost time to HL2. As soon as it hits, D3 will be but a memory.
The Doom 3 SDK comes with about half the source code, according to this page.