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That probably will never happen because the a lot of developers don't even own 100% of the server software. The original Doom's open source release stripped out

That probably will never happen because the a lot of developers don't even own 100% of the server software. The original Doom's open source release stripped out the audio library they used and removed calls to it in the source code. Software has gotten a lot more complicated since then. Like Half-Life 1 is based on idTech, so they would need id/Bethesda/Microsoft's permission. Maybe they could release it under GPL, because idTech grants that license, but that would required everything else in the game would have to be released under GPL too. That would be pretty hard if they used anyone else's proprietary libraries. Moving onto Half-Life 2, it uses Havok IIRC. A license for that starts at 5 figures.

giancarlostoro 4y ago
Thats true of the client code, but the backend servers? I think its far less likely to not be as open, and honestly even if they release a version of the backend servers that's just close sourced, I dont think anyone would care. It doesnt stop people from enjoying Counter-Strike or G-Mod in 2022.
- trynewideas 4y ago
  Source docs: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Networking_Entities https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Networking_Entities > The server, as central authority, processes player input and updates the world according to the game and physics rules. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_Networking https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_... > The server simulates the game in discrete time steps called ticks. By default, the timestep is 15ms, so 66.666... ticks per second are simulated, but mods can specify their own tickrate. During each tick, the server processes incoming user commands, runs a physical simulation step, checks the game rules, and updates all object states. Havok made the legacy engine used in Source 1 free of license fees in 2021. Before that it was $25,000 per title. Source 2 uses in-house Rubikon to dodge those fees: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Havok https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Havok

giancarlostoro 4y ago

Thats true of the client code, but the backend servers? I think its far less likely to not be as open, and honestly even if they release a version of the backend servers that's just close sourced, I dont think anyone would care. It doesnt stop people from enjoying Counter-Strike or G-Mod in 2022.

trynewideas 4y ago
Source docs: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Networking_Entities https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Networking_Entities > The server, as central authority, processes player input and updates the world according to the game and physics rules. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_Networking https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_... > The server simulates the game in discrete time steps called ticks. By default, the timestep is 15ms, so 66.666... ticks per second are simulated, but mods can specify their own tickrate. During each tick, the server processes incoming user commands, runs a physical simulation step, checks the game rules, and updates all object states. Havok made the legacy engine used in Source 1 free of license fees in 2021. Before that it was $25,000 per title. Source 2 uses in-house Rubikon to dodge those fees: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Havok https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Havok