A couple of modders are currently working on an offline mod for the troubled The Day Before, which would add an offline mode.

• Modders are working on an offline mod for troubled game The Day Before.

• Development studio Fntastic has closed its doors and the game’s servers will shut down in January.

• Luci0 and fskartd are working on a crack that would allow players to play the game offline.

  • CorrodedEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I wonder how you could open source a game that had purchased assets. If they would have to be remade or if it would be similar to an open source engine recreation like OpenRCT2 where you need to supply your own files from the game.

    • cryptiod137@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Good question, yeah probably like some other community remakes where you need the original files.

      Probably a moot point as the engine itself isn’t open source, although I guess they could give out the project file.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I think that’s how the open source ports of Doom and Quake work. The shareware files are enough to get it up and running, since they’re free to distribute.

      As for the engine in this specific case, it’s Unreal, possibly without any modification, so the engine is already available with source.