OPEN SOURCE SEIV Grass Roots Movement

tesco samoa · #1 January 27th, 2003, 01:46 AM

I would like to start a grass roots movement here for SEIV to be open sourced... when Arron decides that it is time to move on to SEV....

One reason for this is that I would personaly like to fix the combat system...

And make it work.... As I am sick of one sided battles... It is slowly and surely making me want to stop playing the game, as it is no fun to win a one sided victory or to lose one.

Now I really do not know how to approach Arron on this... so I am looking for suggestions and a group of people who are willing to push for this as well....

I think it will extend the life of the product a few extra years as we can really mod the game

couslee · #2 January 27th, 2003, 01:52 AM

Anopen source would be good for those that know programming. i don't, so it's not really an issue for me but i like the idea. problem is, if they open it, and every jumps in to fix this and fix that, is that same customer base going to buy SEV? or are they going to play the game they tweaked. I can understan both sides of the issue of open sourcing old games. And talk about a MP nightmare. that part would be gone. (tho i am sure others will disagree)

Fyron · #3 January 27th, 2003, 02:09 AM

It would not be open sourced immediately when SE5 is released. And besides, SE5 will be fundamentally different that SE4, just like SE4 was different from SE3. You couldn't really take the source code of SE3 and build SE4 out of it. You would not be able to do the same with making SE5 out of SE4.

Well... not without rewriting everything, and essentially writing a new game from scratch.

[ January 27, 2003, 00:10: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Instar · #4 January 27th, 2003, 02:39 AM

I do not think that MM will open source SEIV. He hasn't open sourced SEI, and I think he'd open source the earlier Versions first.

tesco samoa · #5 January 27th, 2003, 02:46 AM

Now I really do not know how to approach Arron on this... so I am looking for suggestions and a group of people who are willing to push for this as well....

SEIV has a solid group of people here who like to play with the game...

These core players will also purchase sev... and play it...

But SEIV needs to be finished... If it is to survive...

It is a great game... And this would be a great way to extend the life of the game and get additional people involved in the SE world... As this will increase its popularity....

Desdinova · #6 January 27th, 2003, 03:11 AM

semi off topic. i would like to learn programming for video games. i know there are several books out there dealing with this, and i have bought several of them, but they dont use games that i like playing (most use first person shooters or arcade type games and i want to see more on strategy). it would be nice to see how a game that i like is designed. if nothing else maybe a howto book can be made using the SE source code (in any of its generations I-IV). i know it would take a lot of time and effort to do something like this but i would be willing to pay for something like this.

[ January 27, 2003, 01:12: Message edited by: desdinova ]