Re: OT: America's Army
Leo Spalteholz <leo@spalteholz.ca> writes:
> Theres an important difference though, quake 2 uses an outdated engine
> that has very little to no market value anymore. I'm not saying its
> not great to have it released into the public domain but there is a
> huge difference between releasing an old game and a new one.
> I'm guessing one of the reasons the military doesn't release the
> source is that it will spawn games based on it that do not fall in
> line with the original design. America's Army is built around
> realism and penalties for things like shooting teammates etc. So I
> doubt they would want to see a version with those penalties removed
> or where you're suddenly playing on the terrorist's team.
Ok maybe I can buy that (they don't want people to use the game
without it promoting the army)... At least you didn't say it was
because of national security :)
Bijan
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