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    Has anyone on here.......

    ........been involved with working on the original game? Got any of it's coding? or replicated any of it?

    I have something in mind. Without giving to much away. If I say Apache, PHP and MySQL. Can I start there?

    I've set up an e-mail address: Godofmischief@hotmail.com

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    No as you are a random noob.
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    if your planning on cloning the game youre better off not sticking your nose into old code of any sort.

    Utopia is a simple game with simple interactions between simple entities. Map out and document these classes and interactions, create the code structure that matches the documentation, and voila, you have a skeleton. Add formulas (available at the wiki) and dig up the GUI from your cache and the game is replicated. Simple as that.

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    heck, if you do it in that fashion you can even get a braniac hat for keeping the config file (which holds all settings and formulae) separate from the game itself making it piss easy to change what the **** you want without having to worry about dependencies going to hell. not that you ever should have to worry about those things after properly mapping the game, but still.

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    Quote Originally Posted by divinorum View Post
    if your planning on cloning the game youre better off not sticking your nose into old code of any sort.

    Utopia is a simple game with simple interactions between simple entities. Map out and document these classes and interactions, create the code structure that matches the documentation, and voila, you have a skeleton. Add formulas (available at the wiki) and dig up the GUI from your cache and the game is replicated. Simple as that.

    if it is this simple as you explained.....

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    it is that simple. i bet sean and brian spent 10x as much time on trying to understand archaic code and ****ed up code structures than actually coding the game. And if they spent any time at all properly mapping the interactions and entities id be surprised to be honest.

    :- (

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    Quote Originally Posted by UnknownGhost View Post
    No as you are a random noob.
    Lol! Know who your talking to before sticking your ass in the air for me to kick.
    Last edited by Bishop; 09-11-2009 at 10:28.

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    Wasn't the Utopia code (or a functional replica) posted on sourceforge.net a while ago?
    For Master of Magic fans:

    Quote Originally Posted by Dylan Collins, CEO of OMAC
    You should ask as many people as you can to criticise what you plan on doing.

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    Unknown Ghost. Stay that way pal. Cos if I'm a noob you aint even ****ing born yet.

    Sorry about the above, but I'm pretty pissed off by now.

    Gone are the days when one person cam write and run a MMORPG. Even text based. We just don't have the time. But............

    Incidentally divinorum, I'll take your comments as encouragement. Cheers!

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    What do you plan on doing about rights and stuff? Just rename everything and hope that'll be accepted?
    For Master of Magic fans:

    Quote Originally Posted by Dylan Collins, CEO of OMAC
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    Rename, don't use the same brand at all, call it a 'spiritual successor,' and claim fair use if Dylan C starts being dumber than usual.

    I'm reading up on these things, and it doesn't look that complicated at all to make a new game like Utopia.
    Catwalk's crusade for legalized cheating was a stunning success, with ghettos and low-tiered teams everywhere losing their wells of knowledge to better kingdoms in the process.

    Step one: replace everything that works.
    Step two: blame the predictable epic fail on outside forces.
    Step three: keep the community informed that no progress has been made since the last update.
    Step four: thank you for your patience.

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    A complete rename. Jolt will have the copyright. Only way to go.......if, of course, anyone was to consider doing anything of the sort. Eh?

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    hehe, VT2 actually thinks he is gonna read some stuff and then write a new utopia. arent there more experienced programmers in the community that could get started right away?

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    moe. Don't knock enthusiasm. Experienced or not, anyone writing a new Utopia, will be expected to produce a perfect clone, anything less will just be berated and castigated. And believe me, just cloning the throne page to perfection will take a good couple of days.

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    Make it happen. I know zero about games development, but I do earn a wage - stick a paypal link in there and I'd gladly contribute to the development of Utopia's 'spiritual successor' providing that once completed, it remains a free game.

    I'm sure there are plenty of others who would consider doing the same.

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