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Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:08 pm
by Noz
Post your thoughts here, please.

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:11 pm
by Blorx
Hell yes!

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:50 pm
by Noz
I can't wait to see people making hi detail models, post process effects, normal maps and such for the game.

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 5:04 pm
by moscowconnections
When?

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 5:06 pm
by moscowconnections
I have only one word for this:

you guys rock!

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 5:38 pm
by bernard
First reaction: "Awesome!"

Upon reading the source code: :shock:

The source code is terrifyingly bad[1]. I've looked at the Black Shades source previously, so I knew what to expect, but man. Don't get me wrong; this is awesome, and Wolfire is awesome, but the code as it stands seems unmaintainable to a mere mortal such as myself! So as several people have already said, before anything awesome comes of this (as I'm sure there will), there is going to be a lot of uninteresting cleaning up churn in the repository first!

Thanks guys. :D

[1]: The snippets that David has shown in various places seem really good, so I'm not concerned about the state of Overgrowth's source!

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:03 pm
by Freshbite
moscowconnections wrote:I have only one word for this:

you guys rock!
They sure are!
I don't see how that's one word, though. Image

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:07 pm
by bencoder
bernard wrote:Upon reading the source code: :shock:
Haha, it's true! I love the Game::Tick() function in particular. over 9000 lines!

Also, Hey everyone! I bought the humble bundle a few days ago and have completed Lugaru since then.

Thanks so much for the game, and for the source!

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:12 pm
by Blorx
So...who wants to make Lugaru: the FPS? :lol:

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:21 pm
by Freshbite
I'm in. *thumbs up, touch sunglasses*

Image

It was way cooler in my head...
I only programm Java, though. I guess first of all I have to ask if I would have been of any use in such a project.

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:29 pm
by rudel_ic
Freshbite wrote:
I only programm Java, though. I guess first of all I have to ask if I would have been of any use in such a project.
Might want to wait until some basic cleanup has been done.

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:32 pm
by Blorx
I was kinda joking...

But yeah, as soon as I figure out how to get to the source, I'm up for some basic cleanup. It'll help me test my C++ knowledge, if anything. Syntax, optimization, and all.

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:32 pm
by Freshbite
You're probably right.

Knowing me, I would probably get frightened and remove it all, and try to build it up from scratch. But since I don't know the language, that's not going to work very well.

EDIT:
Blorx wrote:But yeah, as soon as I figure out how to get to the source, I'm up for some basic cleanup. It'll help me test my C++ knowledge, if anything. Syntax, optimization, and all.
Haven't you got ahold of it yet?
If you read the newest blogpost it tells you exactly what to do.

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:37 pm
by Blorx
Freshbite wrote: EDIT:
Blorx wrote:But yeah, as soon as I figure out how to get to the source, I'm up for some basic cleanup. It'll help me test my C++ knowledge, if anything. Syntax, optimization, and all.
Haven't you got ahold of it yet?
If you read the newest blogpost it tells you exactly what to do.
No. They confused me with the Mercury repository thing. I'm used to just using TortoiseSVN and getting things off of there. I have no idea what to do now.

Re: Open Source is Go

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:46 pm
by Freshbite
Blorx wrote:They confused me with the Mercury repository thing. I'm used to just using TortoiseSVN and getting things off of there. I have no idea what to do now.
Want me to send it to ya? Do you have any preferred ways of transfer?