Good Opensourcegames

[csirac_]

A vaguely similar thread on AW led me to flightgear - a GPL flight sim of incredible magnificance! I'm busily trying to get my OpenGL to work again (X doesn't like my KT400 chipset...).

There's over 9GiB of satellite photos for the terrain alone!

THIS game looks so awesome, can't wait to play it (X takes years to compile)!

This has to be the BIGGEST GPL'd game I've seen, as far as "artwork" goes but I guess in this case the real world is pretty big to pull "artwork" from ;-)

IMHO that's the problem with a lot of GPL games if you try to compare them to commercal stuff... OK game engines, but they lack the manpower for decent artwork in any reasonable volume.

- Paul

[edit: I would like to think that if I attempted to port any game, this is what I would try "First" ;-) ]

[xeron]

 

Emufreak wrote:
Game Materials may be created only if such New Game Materials can be used exclusively in combination with the retail version of Call to Power II. New Game Materials may not be designed to be used as a stand-alone product.

Whats the problem with that? You have to own the retail version of the open source game to get the data files. I think they just mean that if you make new things with the Civ II base, they have to be done in such a way that only people with the commercial game files can use those add ons. That doesn't mean you can't use them with an Amiga port.

[SlimJim]

@Rodney

> Abuse - Awsome kill aliens and stuff you'r a little man with
> an array of weaponry !! very good!
 
This game is already available on the Amiga you know! :-P
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SlimJim

[Rodney]

SlimJim wrote:
@Rodney

> Abuse - Awsome kill aliens and stuff you'r a little man with
> an array of weaponry !! very good!
 
This game is already available on the Amiga you know! :-P
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SlimJim

LOL - i didnt, im not an Amiga User, just a admirer waiting for the amiga revolution

We've gota get Xevil ported that'd be cool...