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For fans of the game, Reubs on YouTube[0] has been remaking the entire game and all its assets using modern engine/tools/etc. It’ll obviously (but regrettably) never get released to the general public, but it’s fun to watch and see what maybe could’ve been. [0] https://youtube.com/@reubs
I don't understand that, why spend so much time making something only to never release it?
For fans of the game, Reubs on YouTube[0] has been remaking the entire game and all its assets using modern engine/tools/etc. It’ll obviously (but regrettably) never get released to the general public, but it’s fun to watch and see what maybe could’ve been. [0] https://youtube.com/@reubs
I don't understand that, why spend so much time making something only to never release it?
This is the most clean, grokkable, readable C++ code I think I've ever read. I feel like most open source C++ projects I read in non-game spaces are just a complete mess of indecipherable syntax. Is this game code uniquely well written or am I often looking at the wrong codebases?
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Didn't 33.6 modems offer higher upload speeds than 56k?
Some v92 "winmodems" were more glorified sound cards so needed CPU. If the PC was busy, sonetithe line could drop. A 33.6 would be hardware, so there could be a time when slower becomes faster due to CPU load. All external 56k modems were hardware, some people wouldn't risk an internal card for fear of ending up with a driver based device. Ah good ol' days of BBS and wvdial for internet.
Or you get the damned Lucent/Agere drivers mess the things and transfer garbage instead of data. I still has some mp3s with garbled parts from these times and with 128kbps it's quite audible.
This is the most clean, grokkable, readable C++ code I think I've ever read. I feel like most open source C++ projects I read in non-game spaces are just a complete mess of indecipherable syntax. Is this game code uniquely well written or am I often looking at the wrong codebases?
Was pleasantly surprised by the comments. But while the codebase is grokkable (every line is simple), it's brittle [1]. Not saying it's a big deal: brittle codebases are fine when the codebase is only going to be touched by a small amount of people. Less so when the code is going to be used and modified for decades by thousands of people (in OS, compilers, browsers...). [1] Unchecked assumptions everywhere, #ifdef wi…
This is a blast from a previous lifetime! I worked at Relic Entertainment during that time. Both Relic and Radical's offices were in Yaletown in Vancouver at that time, IIRC. Radical ended up moving to Main & Terminal. I worked on Company of Heroes and Dawn of War during this era. The code looks very familiar. It's the same style of C++. The code looks very similar to Homeworld. https://github.com/HomeworldSDL/Homewo…
Amazing game.
https://github.com/search?q=repo%3ASvxy%2FThe-Simpsons-Hit-a... Only 50 instances of the word "fuck" in the entire repo.
I like "buffy" for a buffer. That really dates it :)
For fans of the game, Reubs on YouTube[0] has been remaking the entire game and all its assets using modern engine/tools/etc. It’ll obviously (but regrettably) never get released to the general public, but it’s fun to watch and see what maybe could’ve been. [0] https://youtube.com/@reubs
I don't understand that, why spend so much time making something only to never release it?
For examples of what happens if you don’t employ underhanded tactics, take a look at AM2R or the Chrono Trigger remake.
The release note has some nasty casual homophobia. Eurgh. https://github.com/Svxy/The-Simpsons-Hit-and-Run/releases/ta...
This is a blast from a previous lifetime! I worked at Relic Entertainment during that time. Both Relic and Radical's offices were in Yaletown in Vancouver at that time, IIRC. Radical ended up moving to Main & Terminal. I worked on Company of Heroes and Dawn of War during this era. The code looks very familiar. It's the same style of C++. The code looks very similar to Homeworld. https://github.com/HomeworldSDL/Homewo…
Hey - thank you for Dawn of War. My gateway drug into the long dark spiral of plastic and paint despair that is Warhammer 40k. Amazing game.