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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Last commit looks like 4 months ago. Is this being actively worked on?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Doesn't look good.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Be nice to not have to emulate this great game in the future.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Like a BOSS

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WAAAAAT? I spent entire summers playing this game.
I hope they find some good copyright free songs to play with, I remember the soundtrack being half of what made this game great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since its open source couldn't you just mod the original soundtrack in yourself?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get what you mean with "mod the original soundtrack"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The source code for a decompilation of a game can only be available legally because someone who isn't the original dev created the decomp and decided to share it publicly. All assets in the game were still created by the original developers, and can't be freely shared. This means the open source decompilation will need a way to load assets from the original game to remain legal to redistribute. This includes things like textures, 3d models, and music.

Chances are, once this project is completed, you'll need an original copy of the game to play, and it'll use the cars, maps, and music from the original game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd have my doubts the decomp itself wouldn't be subject to copyright - suspect you'd need to reimplement something compatible. Would love to hear an expert opinion, I'd be tempted to try and tackle something myself (albeit nothing nearly on this scale)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the state of the project?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Very early in development, but the developer is now busy doing a lego island decompilation soo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

So it's MattKC. I've seen a few of his videos and he seems to know what he's doing so I'll definitely be following this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Damn... what a bummer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck yeah. I need this so bad