So,... what's the situation on the Dark engine source code?

Cliftor on 2/3/2009 at 13:24

Last I was here, the news was that it was missing. Has there been any new word on the chances of it getting released, or is it still lost as far as we know?

jtr7 on 2/3/2009 at 15:47

It's still a big unknown.

qolelis on 2/3/2009 at 17:27

...and I'm sure you will hear about it if the source code ever comes any closer to being found.

Thief13x on 2/3/2009 at 17:32

Woah, I havn't heard anything about this. Where are we trying to get it from? (former) Eidos?

[NAUC]Chief on 2/3/2009 at 17:41

I thought the nearest thing people had got to was the OpenDarkEngine.

jtr7 on 2/3/2009 at 17:41

Eidos, and people who know people inside Eidos, and even devs have asked on our behalf over the last several years, and we're being told if they have it it's buried somewhere, and what incentive does Eidos have to take the time to go through the trouble looking for it? Last it was seen by anybody who knew about it, it was on an LGS hard drive. LGS was liquidated, so no one can say with any certainty that there's at least one CD waiting for permission to upload.

Yandros on 2/3/2009 at 17:43

ODE is the closest we'll ever get. But there was news last year that the Dark engine source code's whereabouts were listed by Eidos as "Unknown". I've not heard anything else since then. With them being acquired by Square, it's even less likely than ever that we'll see it.

Edit: jtr beat me to it.

Thief13x on 3/3/2009 at 15:57

man, kinda sad to think about something like that being lost...all the hours that were probably put into developing it. Oh well

[NAUC]Chief on 3/3/2009 at 16:35

Isn't the Q. then not, Will you give us the source code but, Will you allow us to reverse engineer the game?

New Horizon on 4/3/2009 at 13:26

I've personally given up on ever seeing it being found or released. It will never happen. Never. Too much time has gone on, and too many uncaring hands have passed through Eidos. The dream is dead.