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Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by modeless »

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/. I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet.

I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college.

Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine was open sourced and there's already a web port (without multiplayer): https://www.wasm.builders/martinmullins/serious-sam-in-the-b...

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by nemothekid »

newsclues wrote: post #29
ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were working on it but then Fortnight made a trillion dollars.

So hire people to finish it?

No reason to hire people at Fortnite Salaries to complete a game that won't even make a million dollars. Arena shooters are pretty much dead.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

#34

Post by doublerabbit »

jval43 wrote: post #28
newsclues wrote: post #16

I still can’t believe epic hasn’t released a modern Unreal Tournament game.

Any recommendations for the genre? Most games are just way too slow nowadays.

There isn't. It's a genre that's pretty much dead.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

mdaniel wrote: post #5

https://github.com/dpjudas/SurrealEngine/blob/efb4a196ccc856... Look, I get it: they named their library "dumb" so they felt they just have to be cutesy with the license file, but please don't. If you hate licenses that much, https://spdx.org/licenses/WTFPL.html is probably for you (the actual project seems to be BSD-3)

Maybe it’s just me, but if you understand the history of audio libraries, it just sounds like a titular homage to LAME.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by justin66 »

modeless wrote: post #31

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/ . I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet. I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college. Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine wa…

UT2k4 deserves to live, but if we're being honest, there weren't a lot of people playing it during the last decade and a half. I wonder if being able to play it in a browser would actually improve that.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by kridsdale3 »

modeless wrote: post #31

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/ . I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet. I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college. Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine wa…

Tim Sweeney is not quite as much of a bro of the people as John Carmack is. Sadly, as I like the guy otherwise.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by kridsdale3 »

robinpdx wrote: post #4

Unreal Tournament 99 and Deus Ex are two of my happiest game memories. This is a really ambitious project and it’s lovely to see those old games getting some love! Still hoping for a Deus Ex remake…

I would love so much for the eventual state of this project to allow us to modernize the original DX. I don't need a remake, just modern quality of life. I know there's extensive mods.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by lagniappe »

yodon wrote: post #13
georgyo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're complaining about a 3rd party library license that the project cannot change...

No one should use packages with licensing of this sort. The way the project changes the license is by changing which library they use.

People should do what makes them happy

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by atom-morgan »

jval43 wrote: post #28
newsclues wrote: post #16

I still can’t believe epic hasn’t released a modern Unreal Tournament game.

Any recommendations for the genre? Most games are just way too slow nowadays.

Quake Champions is the best I've found.
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