CMDR KBX Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Howdy, This is my first post! Anyway, I've been thinkin, Is it actually possible to make a network based X-com? My Idea was to play over the network with my brother. You could choose which difficulty and X-Com group you'd be in(Land/Sea units). You could go on the same missions and help each other. An example would be like this: You're the X-com Land unit(UFO DEFENCE) and you accidentally shoot down a UFO over the water. It's gone, right? Normally yes. but in this, with one guy playing UFO guys and the other playing TFTD guys, the other dude can go there. The game would be much longer, since you have to go to Mars, take it out, then go to T'Leth and take it out. You could choose your color, too. Both players could go on Alien Bases, Terror Missions, Mars, T'Leth, and Larger UFOS. You'd be allowed to share tech, making TFTD guys wear flying suits or UFO guys wear Mag. Ion Armor. Internet games are another story. Now, I'm pretty much a n00b at writing programs, but besides that, i could figure out mostly everything else. I need a few people to help. A programmer or two, some guys to help write data files, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Such game already exists, though it's only PvP for the moment, though they are planning to add single player and maybe coop? UFO 2000 https://www.strategycore.co.uk/pg/ufo2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDR KBX Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I KNOW THAT!!!!! I mean over the NETWORK!!!! BTW not only battle, but Geoscape, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Quick answer: We don't have the source code so the only programmers with anything like proper UFO code would be those UFO2000 guys, talk to them. Out of interest: How would turn-based co-op battlescape work? Three-sided turns - you, me, and the enemy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 KBX, UFO2K does run over the network. Whether the network in concern is your LAN or the internet, is up to you. Quite frankly they're all the same thing at the end of the day. (Though you're probably used to using dedicated server machines for online play, whereas in LANs your server usually doubles as a gaming host). What is being suggested here is co-op campaign play. At this level of complexity it can't be done via a mod. A new game engine needs to be written. As JFG says, there is no available sourcecode for the original game, and the closest thing we have is UFO2K. It is more logical to extend that project towards this idea then to create a new project from the ground up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I KNOW THAT!!!!! I mean over the NETWORK!!!! BTW not only battle, but Geoscape, too.*slap*Good to know you're aware of UFO2000, but I think you're missing the point, they are closer than anyone has ever been to creating what you want; as without the source, you cannot mod X-Com into what you want to make.And again, they are planning a Geoscape feature, so your best bet is working with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDR KBX Posted March 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Okay, so I'm the only one here who knows how to mod the sourcecode?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Modding the sourcecode is easy. All you need is notepad and an ancient C compiler. Oh, and the sourcecode itself, of course. If you'd care to send it to me I'm sure I could come up with all sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Okay, so I'm the only one here who knows how to mod the sourcecode?!?Thing is, you don't have the source code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kratos Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Howdy, This is my first post! Anyway, I've been thinkin, Is it actually possible to make a network based X-com? My Idea was to play over the network with my brother. You could choose which difficulty and X-Com group you'd be in(Land/Sea units). You could go on the same missions and help each other. An example would be like this: You're the X-com Land unit(UFO DEFENCE) and you accidentally shoot down a UFO over the water. It's gone, right? Normally yes. but in this, with one guy playing UFO guys and the other playing TFTD guys, the other dude can go there. The game would be much longer, since you have to go to Mars, take it out, then go to T'Leth and take it out. You could choose your color, too. Both players could go on Alien Bases, Terror Missions, Mars, T'Leth, and Larger UFOS. You'd be allowed to share tech, making TFTD guys wear flying suits or UFO guys wear Mag. Ion Armor. Internet games are another story. Now, I'm pretty much a n00b at writing programs, but besides that, i could figure out mostly everything else. I need a few people to help. A programmer or two, some guys to help write data files, etc.Hello. Yes, as mentioned, UFO2000 runs xcom through the network. However, it is not real-time, which is what you are probably looking for as a "co-op". However, there could be a setting of each player as a turn as turn-based instead of real-time if you ever wanted to keep the turn-based desire. ie: co-op player 1 takes 1st turn, co-op player takes 2nd turn, enemy takes 3rd turn, etc. Starting a game project requires; 1) Dedication - Work on for a month and returning a year later isn't considered dedication. You will be working on this in most of your spare time, so slacking can get the project to die easily. 2) Self-programming knowledge - You are the leader, if something isn't getting done and/or correctly you will have to look at the worst case scenario of doing it yourself. 3) Leadership - If you have project members, help with morality. Be sure to have a positive attitude when things are looking not so good, else most likely they will leave and will not come back. Don't be argumentative/defensive, you will lose so many fans/members. Try to help with all the holes that are not done/clear, members not understanding you will question if the project will live, or really should live. 4) Organization - Messes and spam scare people pretty fast. If you cannot meet those main requirements, it will be a hard road. Nonetheless, I wish you luck. Okay, so I'm the only one here who knows how to mod the sourcecode?!?It's not that people cannot do it, it's the idea of committing copyright infringement. - Kratos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 What, you mean you have access to the source, Kratos? Or are you just referring to reverse engineering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kratos Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 I didn't say I did. I was referring more to reverse engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Bah, you had my hopes up for a moment there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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