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You also have to remember that a lot of game companies do not write their engines. They either licence iD or the Unreal engine.
by smiler 15y ago
You also have to remember that a lot of game companies do not write their engines. They either licence iD or the Unreal engine.
- markkanof 15y agoThat's an interesting point. I wouldn't immediately think of game developers as using someone else's framework to build an application with, but a lot of them really are, just like those of us building business applications with someone else's framework.
- Argorak 15y agoSorry for the missing reference, as I am typing on the Phone: ID does not license their Engine anymore and Carmack seems happy about it. Also, compared to UE3, ID Tech 4 was not used in many games.
- nailer 15y agoInteresting. Here's a ref, for anyone else: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29886/id_Tech_5_Rage_Engine_No_Longer_Up_For_External_Licensing.php http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29886/id_Tech_5_Rage_Engi... It's actually slightly different from that: "if you're going to make a game with id Tech 5 then it needs to be published by Bethesda"