ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months ago To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess Anyone know if this is a technologically-enforced “must” or just a “pretty please”?
minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThe entire series is on sale on Steam right now for $6 if that helps. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s only the HD remaster of TD and RA1.
minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSorry, that was the wrong link. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39394/Command__Conquer_The_Ultimate_Collection/
minus-squareNinmi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI’m assuming this is more about art assets. Art is not code and you shouldn’t expect them for free. It’s not a catch.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOpen source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There’s a lot of good that comes from this, and it’s not like those games are expensive.
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIntellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThough do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess
Anyone know if this is a technologically-enforced “must” or just a “pretty please”?
The entire series is on sale on Steam right now for $6 if that helps.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
That’s only the HD remaster of TD and RA1.
Sorry, that was the wrong link.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39394/Command__Conquer_The_Ultimate_Collection/
I’m assuming this is more about art assets. Art is not code and you shouldn’t expect them for free. It’s not a catch.
Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There’s a lot of good that comes from this, and it’s not like those games are expensive.
I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
Intellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.