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Who can we bribe at Microsoft to get Fallout 1 / 2 source code released? Would be really interesting when you consider that FO2 has online modding, so it would

• SXX 2y ago
  Fallout 1 and 2 were rewritten from scratch more than twice already. Several times as clone game engine with most popular being falltergeist: https://github.com/falltergeist/falltergeist https://github.com/falltergeist/falltergeist Second time as MMO client-server tech: https://github.com/cvet/fonline https://github.com/cvet/fonline FOnline for sure use nothing of original game except for assets. PS: So yeah source code of fallout wouldn't be of any use really except for historical archive.
  • account42 2y ago
    Reimplementations are never perfect replicas so the source code would at the very least be useful as a reference. Some people also want to play the original with only minor compatibility fixes for moderns systems without random unwanted "features". Your first link also talks about a "Development Roadmap" that doesn't give the indication that it's even fully playable yet.