Renzatic on 5/11/2009 at 21:39
In all honesty, this is a pretty damn awesome development. If I ever get to the point where I can actually finish any single 3D project I start, I'd do something with it.
sterlino on 5/11/2009 at 21:56
This news is something of great and wonderful.
Actually i am shocked and i am going to dowload the thing Before they changes their mind about it :sly:
btw this could be the long awaited epic moment in the video games history, just like in old gold era of the commodore:
the return of the innovative ideas :D
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(?..may be)._.(hope)
Ostriig on 5/11/2009 at 22:25
Fuck. Installer crashes. Tried two different downloads, thought one might be corrupt, but same shit, gets to the "Decompressing Files" part of it, and goes to fuck in handbasket a short while in.
Anyone getting the same problem? I'm on a 64bit W7. I suppose I should try on the XP on the laptop, too.
FUCKING AVG RESIDENT SHIT ON A PLATYPUS SHIELD!
EvaUnit02 on 6/11/2009 at 00:51
I'd imagine that if individuals wanted to port over their UT3 mods, that they'd have to write the likes of Netcode from scratch?
demagogue on 6/11/2009 at 01:22
I gather that this lets you make a standalone game with UT3 tech. That's cool.
Although I imagine it's a much bigger challenge to make a standalone game than a mod, or even a total conversion ... depending on just how much you can do out of the box. Might be fun for some toy games though. (And I'm sure some teams will do something ambitious with it.)
Quote Posted by sterlino
btw this could be the long awaited epic moment in the video games history, just like in old gold era of the commodore:
the return of the innovative ideas
I think we're right in the middle of a golden age of gaming right now, for a few years now. There's more innovative stuff around now than ever, indie and homemade included; it's just spread around and you have to dig for it. But it's definitely on the up and up.
NamelessPlayer on 6/11/2009 at 03:06
AWESOME. Now I won't have to wait until I start taking UE3 game development classes at university to fiddle with the engine! (I didn't like UT3 enough to buy it, and while it's required for some of my future courses, financial aid would cover it through book funding.)
I wonder how much has changed from mere UE1 and UE2 UnrealEd in UT 1999 and UT 2004, respectively...
clearing on 6/11/2009 at 05:30
Great release :thumb:
It'd be pretty awesome if Cryengine 3, idTech5 went this way.
Renzatic on 6/11/2009 at 05:39
Quote Posted by NamelessPlayer
I wonder how much has changed from mere UE1 and UE2 UnrealEd in UT 1999 and UT 2004, respectively...
On the surface, there isn't actually much difference. The interface has been tweaked a bit and modernized, but it still feels about like UnrealEd did back in '03. The biggest difference is really what they've added on top of it all. Like your texture bar. You don't really have basic textures any more. You have materials. When you start getting into that stuff, it looks and feels alot more like Maya and it's node system than it does old UnrealEd.
Then you've got the Kismet editor and all other kinds of crazy neat stuff. If you could make high res 3D models and do some sculpting in the thing, it'd feel like a complete game creation system from top to bottom all in one package.
doctorfrog on 6/11/2009 at 07:58
I've been waiting for an opportunity to play Alien Swarm with my cheapskate friends. I wonder if this will be ported over?
Actually, I wonder how easy it will be for any interesting mod to be ported to a standalone version. This could open up some interesting possibilities for some cheap multiplayer fun.
At any rate, fantastic and unexpected news.
Volitions Advocate on 6/11/2009 at 17:44
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
I'd imagine that if individuals wanted to port over their UT3 mods, that they'd have to write the likes of Netcode from scratch?
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