Yes and no. This very much depends on how the game is implemented. In an open source game, the code is still yours to edit to your heart’s content, it’s just that if you’re a client you’d be bound to what the server says happens.
In a closed source game, if the server executable is released, there is at least a degree of ownership there.
Or if its not, and its popular enough, and basically insane people spend half a decade+ reverse engineering the netcode… SWGEmu, or TitanFall2, or something like that can happen, lol.
Yes and no. This very much depends on how the game is implemented. In an open source game, the code is still yours to edit to your heart’s content, it’s just that if you’re a client you’d be bound to what the server says happens.
In a closed source game, if the server executable is released, there is at least a degree of ownership there.
Or if its not, and its popular enough, and basically insane people spend half a decade+ reverse engineering the netcode… SWGEmu, or TitanFall2, or something like that can happen, lol.
Yup. Or somebody is brave enough to make an open source version from scratch.
They’ve managed this with Fallout 1 and 2, as far as I can tell. I think basically the same at this point with STALKER?
Same goes for Unciv
Oh fuck, yeah that’s another great example!