Davidu Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Well, I see everybody is bound to use the Dune2 engine. There are MODs for Dune2000 and Emperor. Even a WraCraft3 MOD.Only strategies (I like stategies). But Dune is not only strategy. It's exploration, well, you could use some other engines to make Dune mods: Half-Life, Unreal, NetImmerse(Morrowind), Gothic, etc.You can code strategies here as well but it would be more fun to actually talk to the fremen, the Atreides or any other guy/thing in dune.Well? What do you say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidiware Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 If you want a quite newbie at you programming team, count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidu Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Oh! don't worry, when I'm going to need people to work with this is one of the first places I'm going to look. But right now I have things to do (school! -damn it!). But in summer I'll be free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidiware Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Oh any progress gob...What about a Nickname campaign? But we will not start this without gobs permission as it can look quite similar to spam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidu Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 A NICKNAME campaign??What exactly is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted January 24, 2003 Author Share Posted January 24, 2003 Nothing yet, I will email Chris again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidu Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 Keep trying...Never give up. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammon Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Yes!!! Never give up! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidu Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Anything new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 i don't think so, westwood has closed it's doors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Well I talked with Louis and he says they looked into the open source option for all their old titles and it wouldn't work.They can't offer it for download for free since they have to pay licencing fees. So it looks like it won't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidiware Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Do they have to pay fees, because its dune? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Probably, he didn't say what licence fee it was or how much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Hmm, if some parts cost them money, couldn't they just release pieces of source code which they can release!? So they won;'t violate any copyright / license stuff?I would be more then happy to see alteast some code, just for fun to see how those guys coded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted February 12, 2003 Author Share Posted February 12, 2003 He didn't really go into any depth on why they didn't release the source code just that they looked into it and it wouldn't work out. If you want I can send his email address to you Stefan. You know more about Dune II then any other non-Westwood person. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 rofl, perhaps. I'd like to give it a shot, but even then i think i won't make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 i sent a mail... you will get an update at this post whenever i get a reply. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 reply i got:I'm sorry; we can not release source code from our older products. Thisis especially true of licensed products.however, i do not give up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidu Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 That has nothing to do with DUNE. It's the source code for a RTS.They could be more open-minded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted February 14, 2003 Author Share Posted February 14, 2003 Good luck Stefan. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted February 14, 2003 Author Share Posted February 14, 2003 We aren't talking about where we can download it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 We really can not release the source in part or in whole.Man, he is tough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidiware Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 WellMaybe he have been manipulated by those scary EA guys...!What about command & conquer 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanhendriks Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 I sent this, did not get a reply yet. Included is his latest reply:Why is it so difficult to release a (very outdated) source code (or partions of it)? Even if its licensed i don't see a real good reason yet. Even ID released their source code of several games, Quake 1, Quake 2, DOOM (1/2), Heretic etc. All those sources where even bought by several companies to create own games (Half-Life for instance, modified Quake 1 engine). Releasing the Dune 2 source (which is all i ask for, actually, not only me but a lot of people who are still supporting it and anxious to learn from it) would not harm anything at all. The only thing that it could cost is a bit of time to sort out what could be released and what not. Secondly, releasing the source would make it possible for other programmers to compile (with some work) an updated EXE file which could work with the original Dune 2 package and make people play this out-dated game on Windows machines , networking and whatnot. Dune 2 is still very popular and known. An upgrade like this would make it even more attractive. It would not increase sell rates (if that is all that counts) ofcourse but it would make WW (or better said EA Pacific) a lot more 'friendly' towards those who want to learn from very out dated sources. Tell me, what real harm could it possibly be?-Stefan----- Original Message ----- From: "Castle, Louis" <SORRY, CANT GIVE THAT ONE ;)>To: "S. Hendriks" <s.hendriks2@chello.nl>Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:05 PMSubject: RE: Source code Dune IIWe really can not release the source in part or in whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTF Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I think it's easier to write your own Dune 2 then to get the original source code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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