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**el greeno** · 05-16-2006, 05:35 AM

everyone's going about trying to clone newer games like warcraft and red alert and getting CaD orders.

why not try porting Dune or something older and see what happens?
plus, it being older and hopefully

less complex, it should be easier to do?!?

didn't mean to be a request, just an idea.

**Sadranyc** · 05-16-2006, 05:55 AM

Sounds like a request >_>

**el greeno** · 05-16-2006, 06:00 AM

not a request, merely a suggestion for people who want to make an rts but dont wanna see all their efforts go to waste over a CaD.

i cant code and i know all the rubbish people post about make this and make that, so i'm not gonna start all that rubbish!!!

just thought it'd be easier for them. personally, i would love to see warcraft much more than Dune, but it comes down to whats easier and safer legally...

**manias** · 05-16-2006, 06:39 AM

well you can only port games if you have the sourcecode.. soo....

porting pc games is a bit trickier imho as you have different running engines (like dos4gw @ older dos games) with different hardware setups (soundblaster,...)
for lucasarts adventures for example someone created a new engine => scummvm (www.scummvm.org) as they all share (similar) engines
but porting a single pc game would be a bit trickier..

**el greeno** · 05-16-2006, 06:43 AM

i completely understand that and agree, but if somebody wanted to port a pc game, surely an older one would be easier due to less graphics and AI to implement? obviously the game engine is the stumbling point.

Pwnstar · 05-16-2006, 08:31 AM

We all know Starcraft is the game everyone is hoping for. Also older games aren't necessarily easier to port.

**Abe_Froeman** · 05-16-2006, 08:58 AM

It would be cool, but it's still a quasi-request.

05-16-2006, 05:35 AM	#1
el greeno My Mood: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: At home watching Heroes or Supernatural... Posts: 65 Trader Feedback: 0	RTS Porting everyone's going about trying to clone newer games like warcraft and red alert and getting CaD orders. why not try porting Dune or something older and see what happens? plus, it being older and hopefully less complex, it should be easier to do?!? didn't mean to be a request, just an idea.

05-16-2006, 08:31 AM	#6
Pwnstar Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austalia Posts: 16 Trader Feedback: 0	We all know Starcraft is the game everyone is hoping for. Also older games aren't necessarily easier to port. Last edited by Pwnstar; 05-16-2006 at 08:36 AM..

05-16-2006, 05:55 AM	#2
Sadranyc bruno077 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mexico Posts: 151 Trader Feedback: 0	Sounds like a request >_>

05-16-2006, 06:00 AM	#3
el greeno My Mood: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: At home watching Heroes or Supernatural... Posts: 65 Trader Feedback: 0	not a request, merely a suggestion for people who want to make an rts but dont wanna see all their efforts go to waste over a CaD. i cant code and i know all the rubbish people post about make this and make that, so i'm not gonna start all that rubbish!!! just thought it'd be easier for them. personally, i would love to see warcraft much more than Dune, but it comes down to whats easier and safer legally...

05-16-2006, 06:39 AM	#4
manias Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 926 Trader Feedback: 0	well you can only port games if you have the sourcecode.. soo.... porting pc games is a bit trickier imho as you have different running engines (like dos4gw @ older dos games) with different hardware setups (soundblaster,...) for lucasarts adventures for example someone created a new engine => scummvm (www.scummvm.org) as they all share (similar) engines but porting a single pc game would be a bit trickier..

05-16-2006, 06:43 AM	#5
el greeno My Mood: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: At home watching Heroes or Supernatural... Posts: 65 Trader Feedback: 0	i completely understand that and agree, but if somebody wanted to port a pc game, surely an older one would be easier due to less graphics and AI to implement? obviously the game engine is the stumbling point.

05-16-2006, 08:58 AM	#7
Abe_Froeman Retired QJ ***istrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Real First Name: Mandatory Field Filler Location: East Coast of US Just Played: Mandatory Field Filler** Posts: 14,616 Trader Feedback: 0	It would be cool, but it's still a quasi-request.

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