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Privateer Remake Complete
flyboy writes "In a similar vein to the remakes of the Origin's Ultima series games reported in 2001 and 2004 a group of Wing Commander fans has remade Wing Commander: Privateer. Unlike the Ultima remakes, the Privateer remake is finished at version 1.0 with 3d graphics and the whole storyline. For the new kids on the block, WC:Privateer was a much loved trading game similar to the more venerable Elite, which appears also to be in the process of a remake. As a linux fan I was most happy with the remake's use of GPL 3d engine software and release of Linux, Macintosh and Windows versions. See Screenshots here."
It looks a lot like Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity series. I had a lot of fun playing those on my Macs a few years back.
;P)
(oh, and FP
Guess there's an opportunity to make money by supplying many servers to cope with /. load!
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New business plan:
* post a privateer story on
* wait for servers to melt on the load
* come in your ship filled with additional hardware
* PROFIT!
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They link to a Source Forge Gallery of screenshots. They also warn that there are spoilers in the gallery.
-dave
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Here is one of the Ultima remakes of which they speak. One of the best games ever made.
http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=privat eer1.0.exe
Die by the very weapons you adore!
Just download it and try it yourself :)
i verse/priv ateer1.0.exe?download
e rse/priv ateer1.0.bz2.run?download
s e/priv ateer1.0.dmg?download
Privateer for Windows:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wcun
Privateer for Linux:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wcuniv
Privateer for OSX:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wcuniver
I have noticed that I tend to get better FPS and smoother performance with same version releases of commercial Windows and Linux games, like Quake 3, when running Linux as opposed to running Windows.
If you ignore the other uses of a tool, does that make the tool less useful, or you less useful?
...there have been "finished" Ultima remakes. two complete Ultima IV remakes for Neverwinter Nights, even. Ultima III was remade for Game Boy Color. And Akalabeth has been known to be remade by programmers on their lunch hours. That's not to even count engine remake projects like exult or xu4...
Of course, uncompleted ones vastly outnumber the completed ones =)
MirrorDot as usual.
As the last poster said, are you using good 3d drivers for your card or are you on an ATI and using the kernels DRI drivers??
I've been playing the pre-1.0 release on Linux and have not seen what you described at all.
"Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
Bittorrent for the Windows Version
Bittoreent for Linux Version
Bittorent for MAC Version
Use the torrent, and make MY download faster! MWHAHAHAHAHA!
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The STORY was linear, but you were free to move around. There wasn't much to do other than trading though.
It is pretty much a graphical version of the old BBS door, tradewars. Except single play. And non-ASCII.
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I wonder how the current owners of Origin Systems Inc, or Chris Roberts, feel about this open source work.
Personally I would feel honoured and accept the compliment that my work is being resurrected ~10 years hence for people to enjoy, but I can't speak for them. How is this handled in the open source community?
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It is a Vega Strike mod, hence the link to VS (as the GPL engine) in the /. article.
What the article doesn't really mention is that the Privateer Remake development crew is mostly Vega Strike developers. I believe Privateer is one of the games that inspires the VS developers, although VS itself is a very different game universe. Once the VS engine was in a position to make a Privateer Remake possible then they poured a lot of effort into making it.
I look forward to future releases that should continue to improve upon the graphics 'ported' from the original Privateer and bring the remake further up to date.
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Check out UFO2000, a multiplayer xcom game that will run on linux! As well, you could always play the original using dosbox.
Get the Evolutions mod then - more ships, more weapons, the addition of different types of equipment (can't remember off-hand but they help with shield recharging, weapons recharging, heck, even additional armour!) and - the best part - heavier ships move *slower*! It takes longer to move a cargo train around than it does a little fighter. Amazing!
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
I even managed to lose at tic-tac-toe
That's because the only winning move is not to play.