Just wondering, but is writing custom servers for commercial games still a thing?
I think it will always be a thing for those who play games & like to dabble with tech, either to fix a bug, learn a language, or just see how the sausage is made.
Writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash (2022)
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#13They should have used my (dumb?) library, ctypes.sh: https://github.com/taviso/ctypes.sh Then they can access libm, poll(), select() and so on from bash :)
woah that's cool :) also hello tavis
Re: Writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash (2022)
#14Just wondering, but is writing custom servers for commercial games still a thing?
For Minecraft, very much so. Minecraft, especially the Java version, is in a comparatively odd place in that it receives significant free content updates AND officially supports running any historical version AND has an extremely vibrant modding community.
Minecraft (Java) is as much of a game engine for others to build on as it is a game itself.
Re: Writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash (2022)
#15Just wondering, but is writing custom servers for commercial games still a thing?
AFAIK yes, the RE scene is still active.
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#16Re: Writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash (2022)
#17Just wondering, but is writing custom servers for commercial games still a thing?
Not just servers but for some games clients too https://runelite.net/
Re: Writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash (2022)
#18Just wondering, but is writing custom servers for commercial games still a thing?
For Minecraft, very much so. Minecraft, especially the Java version, is in a comparatively odd place in that it receives significant free content updates AND officially supports running any historical version AND has an extremely vibrant modding community. Minecraft (Java) is as much of a game engine for others to build on as it is a game itself.
The four great game engines: Unreal, Unity, Minecraft and Godot.
I don’t think Minecraft is number four on the list. It might be number two.
Re: Writing a Minecraft server from scratch in Bash (2022)
#19Just wondering, but is writing custom servers for commercial games still a thing?
For Minecraft, very much so. Minecraft, especially the Java version, is in a comparatively odd place in that it receives significant free content updates AND officially supports running any historical version AND has an extremely vibrant modding community. Minecraft (Java) is as much of a game engine for others to build on as it is a game itself.
This is because in addition to being the most sold video game of all time, minecraft is effectively open source. It's not literally open source, but you can decompile java bytecode with standard tooling, and symbols are available, either community-reversed, or official.