Dark Reign 2 Open Sourced

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44 points·nicolas55ar··12 comments

I spoke with the repo's owner. It's actually a leak. Contribute at your own risk :)

So why is Google still hosting it?

2011.

A leak as kbok_ mentions.

SVN contains a copy of the full game. Copyright violation #2.

This should be the final destination of abandonware. Becoming open source and nurturing the next generation of game developers.

Id Software has been an inspiring example here, open-sourcing several historically significant game engines. https://github.com/id-Software/

However, they typically don't include the full game data; you have to use them with data from the free trial versions or contributed by the public mod community (something else Id really helped foster). Does anyone know if this is necessary for them to retain rights to the IP?

Nostalgia! I absolutely loved the soundtrack to this game.

Definitely. The original CD-ROM version contained regular CD audio tracks, so it's easy to rip. It's been in my collection for years.

I enjoyed the original from the Studio in Australia, wish they could open source that engine.

They want multiplayer added. Is the thing even setup to handle multiplayer? Eg can the RNG's be synced? Are things determanistic? It looks like a RTS, are there fast rounds that you can sync on?

The game already has multiplayer. The issue is that the servers were taken down years ago. I think their goal is to create a new server for the game.

If there are legal issues with this code, would it be possible to remove the proprietary parts but still keep the game hosted under the LGPL?

The upload has been made last year - what's the news?

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