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Post by hurleybird on Apr 16, 2007 6:18:47 GMT
Good to hear
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Post by lightlaserlight on Apr 16, 2007 18:31:49 GMT
Hi,
Although i've read that Tyrian's original sourcecode (written in pascal?) isn't distributable, i would still ask for it. I was coding in pascal for a while then i started delphi, so not a big change. I'm writing for fun a similar up-scrolling game, and some programming realizations of certain ideas would help me a lot i guess. So, i would like to ask for the sourcecode if it's written in pascal (is it? I remember reading something like that), just fore pure learning... (i don't know any C languages to program unfortunately)
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Post by Squall Leonhart on Apr 17, 2007 12:50:57 GMT
i suggest setting the forum up so that only members can post to it.
proboards is pretty resilient against spam bots.
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Post by bb1 on Apr 17, 2007 20:34:51 GMT
Seriously, we are being PWNED!
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Post by bb1 on Apr 19, 2007 1:31:26 GMT
PWNED!!!
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Post by death on Apr 21, 2007 0:08:52 GMT
you guys are doing more than just open scource right? I mean, I'm kinda expecting a remake with the same (maybe some new) graphics
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Post by yuriks on Apr 21, 2007 3:59:13 GMT
It technically IS a source remake. But it won't have improved GFX until we completely finish porting it.
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Post by moiRenard on Apr 22, 2007 12:27:36 GMT
OpenTyrian, what a great new !!! Porting Tyrian as close as the original, here we recognize real fans ! Thank you  Tell us if testers are needed  |
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Post by turska on Apr 22, 2007 16:42:40 GMT
You're making progress pretty fast O.o First time I tried this I got a non-interactive title screen and a month later it was interactive  I'd prefer a BSD-ish license so this could be used as a base for fanmade propietary works. moiRenard: because it's free software you can fetch the source and try it freely, you don't need to ask for a permission =) |
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Post by moiRenard on Apr 22, 2007 21:13:14 GMT
I know... I was proposing my help, if needed, for the futur pre-release of the game remade...
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Post by syntaxglitch on Apr 23, 2007 13:40:25 GMT
Although i've read that Tyrian's original sourcecode (written in pascal?) isn't distributable, i would still ask for it. I was coding in pascal for a while then i started delphi, so not a big change. I'm writing for fun a similar up-scrolling game, and some programming realizations of certain ideas would help me a lot i guess. So, i would like to ask for the sourcecode if it's written in pascal (is it? I remember reading something like that), just fore pure learning... (i don't know any C languages to program unfortunately) We can't distribute the code except to the small group doing the port. But even so, I would encourage you to A) learn enough C to read it, it's a very common language and useful to know and B) not use Tyrian as a reference anyways--Jason's a fine coder but he clearly didn't write Tyrian with the expectation that anyone else would look at it. Furthermore, the trickiest bits of a game--the timing, main game loop, graphics, etc.--wouldn't be of any help to you, because Tyrian uses a lot of assembly and direct hardware access. you guys are doing more than just open scource right? I mean, I'm kinda expecting a remake with the same (maybe some new) graphics We're porting the program itself. It will use the original graphics and other data files (so yes, you'll need a copy of Tyrian to run the port). Once the port is finished, we'll be cleaning it up and expanding it to make it easy for people to create new graphics, weapons, episodes, etc. I'd prefer a BSD-ish license so this could be used as a base for fanmade propietary works. Why, so noone would play it?  I don't think you'd get anyone to pay for a game using a ported Tyrian engine, and you'd need to replace all or most of the data files (a non-trivial amount of stuff) because, while the code is GPL, the data is not. That said, you could make a semi-proprietary version if you made your own data files, because you'd own the rights to the artwork and such. |
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Post by omegamagus on May 2, 2007 20:14:30 GMT
Since you gods among men are porting the original Pascal to C and releasing that new code under (an assumed) GPL license, what does that mean for the graphics? According to Wikipedia the original graphics have also been released as "Open Source" but I got the impression from an earlier post that they would not be.
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Post by bb1 on May 2, 2007 23:59:46 GMT
He released the images as open to all, check his site.
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Post by Mindless on May 3, 2007 2:51:18 GMT
Dan's post appears to make the images nearly public domain... so yes, we could package those with OpenTyrian.
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Post by omegamagus on May 3, 2007 17:53:53 GMT
Would that be true for the music/sound effects as well?
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I don't think you'd get anyone to pay for a game using a ported Tyrian engine, and you'd need to replace all or most of the data files (a non-trivial amount of stuff) because, while the code is GPL, the data is not.