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OpenFrag - An Open Source FPS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-not-the-only-one dept.

OpenFrag was founded in May 2003 and aims to create an open source first person shooter with commercial grade quality. All participants are volunteers and use some of their spare time to help in the development process. The project was recently featured last month at the Finnish game exhibition XPlay 2006. Some of the project's textures have also been featured in the news at BlenderNation, it looks as if there is a promising future for these developers.

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  1. Ugly by Ramble · · Score: 2, Funny

    As with all open source software, it's pretty damn ugly.

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    1. Re:Ugly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Of course it's ugly. It just started. Polish comes after functionality is in.

    2. Re:Ugly by thelost · · Score: 4, Insightful

      as with all open software, you have the chance to change this :) put on your artist hat and get your brushes in gear. If you are not of an artistic bent, then perhaps you could make some suggestions and constructive criticism of the project.

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    3. Re:Ugly by JoeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ok, here's the criticism: It's ugly.

      Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal!

    4. Re:Ugly by WilliamSChips · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's not constructive criticism, you dolt.

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    5. Re:Ugly by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

      Programmers can't eat code, either

      Then please explain why they call it spaghetti code, Mr. Smartguy.

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    6. Re:Ugly by Ant+P. · · Score: 4, Informative

      There are a few exceptions.

    7. Re:Ugly by xtracto · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's not constructive criticism, you dolt.

      Ok, ok I see.
      mmm what about:

      It lacks beautifulness :)

      Thanks, Ill be here too.

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    8. Re:Ugly by drsquare · · Score: 4, Funny
      Tell me where it should be less ugly.

      The graphics.
    9. Re:Ugly by PHPfanboy · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Polish comes after functionality is in.

      I'd have thought that an English version first would enable more developers to participate... ... I thank yooooow

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    10. Re:Ugly by Tim+Browse · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Compare and contrast:

      It just started. Polish comes after functionality is in.

      with:

      OpenFrag was founded in May 2003

      ...unless they spent 3 years just talking about it. Hey, this is an open source project, right..? Hm...

    11. Re:Ugly by n3v · · Score: 3, Funny

      Luckily I was born Polish!

    12. Re:Ugly by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 2, Funny

      So it starts out ugly and then later they make the ability to speak Polish required to play it?

      This is never going to fly.

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  2. Re:Right by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ramble's right, that's the very reason I 3 Apple

    You know, if you use < instead of &lt; when you want to insert a less-than symbol someplace, then your <3 ends up looking more like you're teabagging than hearting Apple.

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  3. The Actual Site by Kwesadilo · · Score: 4, Informative

    The project site is located at http://openfrag.org/, although I believe it is in the process of being slashdotted right now.

    I wonder whether the first iteration of the game will be traditional or tactical? I assume that the designers want the engine to be good enough that it can be customized to do both. But what kind of game do they actually want to make? More like Quake or more like Counterstrike?

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  4. New Gun: The Slashdoter by Vandilizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Frag count

    www.Slashdot.org: 1
    www.openfrag.org: 0

    Slashdot wins this round...OpenFrag is dead.

  5. Chainsaws are ugly too. by Brothernone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ugly or not it'll probably be much more fun than some other major titles. Major software houses don't usually have a fucos on making a fun game, it's all about timelines and profit. I think people taking their own time to make something they want to play would at least be worth a look at.

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    1. Re:Chainsaws are ugly too. by YodaToad · · Score: 2, Funny

      It'll look a lot like Daikatana.

  6. XGL by MarkByers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As with all open source software, it's pretty damn ugly.

    It seems that you have never heard of XGL.

    Now you have. :)

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    1. Re:XGL by MarkByers · · Score: 3, Informative

      Watch a video of it here and you might get a better idea of what XGL is.

      More videos here and here.

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  7. Cube by AndyG314 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Cube and it's sequal are two great open source fps games... http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/

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  8. Comming soon by Tribbin · · Score: 2, Informative

    The screenshot section sais: Comming soon.

    http://images.google.nl/images?q=openfrag+screensh ot&btnG=Zoeken&svnum=10&hl=nl&lr=&client=firefox&r ls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial

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  9. Re:New Gun: The Slashdoter: A new Target by Vandilizer · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those who are willing to actually let there site respon.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfrag/

  10. You might also be interested in... by MarkByers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you like the sound of this then you might also be interested in Cube.

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    1. Re:You might also be interested in... by Affenkopf · · Score: 5, Informative

      Since Cube is not further developed anymore you might want to check out it's successor Sauerbraten

    2. Re:You might also be interested in... by MarkByers · · Score: 2, Informative

      Accoring to Sauerbraten's Sourceforge status page, it is still in a pre-alpha stage. In other words, you should expect that it probably won't work properly. I haven't tried it though. Maybe their status page is ust not up-to-date? On the other hand, Cube is mature.

      For most software, not being developed further is a bad sign, but for games it is completely normal that when a game is stable and playable, it is released and then no longer developed further, apart from perhaps some bug fixes if the error affects a lot of players.

      Even so, thanks for the link. I might check it out when it becomes a little more stable.

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  11. -1 Redundant by MrZaius · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/
    http://www.cubeengine.com/
    ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/source/quake2.zip
    http://www.itplaysdoom.com/

    It's not like there aren't other FPSs and engines available. Am I nuts, or would someone with an interest in game design and F/OSS be better off creating derivative work from those engines?

  12. Wheeee-hah! by Eil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fragged their web server!

  13. Dont you understand? by Jasper__unique_dammi · · Score: 5, Funny

    they dont call it spaghetti because its eatable as spagetti, they call it spaghetti code because only the flying spaghetti monster can understand it!

  14. Sourceforge.net Address by Jesterboy · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group _id=82471

    I couldn't get it to work; maybe somebody else can. Seems a bit iffy about card detection; it kept thinking my nVidia Geforce 6600GT was an ATI Radeon 9600.

    Also, I think somebody needs to have a little talk with them about what "open source" means. Unless Bush and Evanescence are really big fans of their work, I don't think they have permission to be including their songs along with their tech demos...

  15. Re:Right by linvir · · Score: 3, Informative
    Insightful Comment by some-user (44522) on 06/06/06 18:10 (#134324) (Score: 5, Insightful)
    This is a very Insightful comment which will soon be modded up. Isn't it great? Huzzah!
    Later that day, the user returns and edits his +5 comment:
    Insightful Comment by some-user (44522) on 06/06/06 18:10 (#134324) (Score: 5, Insightful)
    About GNAA: GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS. Are you GAY? Are you a NIGGER? Are you a GAY NIGGER? If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions...[truncated]

    This issue could be prevented by having moderation points taken back off a comment when it's edited. In this case, people would be discouraged from moderating as their work could be deleted at someone else's whim. Even if you returned their points to them after the fact, this would in turn create issues with newly issued points and metamoderation.

    Long story short: you sound like you think that this idea hasn't ocurred to anyone before you. It has, and there are plenty of reasons that you can't edit comments on Slashdot.

  16. Added to a growing list of FPS/FOSS by MrCopilot · · Score: 4, Informative
    Surviving the Slashdotting at: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?gro up_id=82471 Mental note, Add to
    Warsow. . . . .http://warsow.net/
    Nexuiz. . . . .http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/
    OpenArena . . .http://cheapy.deathmask.net/
    Legends . . . .http://legendsthegame.net/
    Tremulous . . .http://tremulous.net/

    And the rest : http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php

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