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[Skynet]

EDIT2: Yeah, this codebase is scarier than many Chaos monsters. I mean, I think I can rewrite the lore, piece-by-piece, but rewriting of the lore might be a fairly long and involved project...and this is only rewriting the lore...no new features. Just enough to keep the game "legal". I am not sure if I have enough passion to do that...though, maybe if this "thankless" job is completed, could someone else take over from there to continue "maintenance" work?

Already done.  In addition to CM I also released the source code for Interstellar Army Simulator 2015.  You may or may not want to clean that up, instead, since there would be a lot less to do.  Here's a relink to the pastebin.

Ah cool. Yeah, Interstellar Army Simulator seems like less of a nightmare...since some of the fluff has already been cleaned up ahead of time. I'll see what I can do to clean up the plot further. Thanks Duke.

[LordBaal]

Ah cool. Yeah, Interstellar Army Simulator seems like less of a nightmare...since some of the fluff has already been cleaned up ahead of time. I'll see what I can do to clean up the plot further. Thanks Duke.

Just please, don't go rouge and start a nuclear apocalypse, and if you can't stand the urge of doing so, please at least try to send a robot back in time to kill Connor when he's a baby.

[Flow]

If anyone does plan on taking up the original GameMaker version you can currently get the full version on HumbleBundle for next to nothing. Just an FYI.

[DerrickMoore]

Wow.

I just learned of Chapter Master, and, well, like wow. the lore is incredible, the story behind the game was enjoyable too. I think it's the kinda game alot of 40K fans need.

I tried to look around inside the game a little, but I could only read the image files. I found something called a "data.win" file that I suspect holds all the lore info I'm trying to look at, but I have no idea how to open that file.

what makes .win files, and what tool do I need to open it?

I'm art-side, so if that's a real noob question, forgive me.

[flyingpotato]

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[Retropunch]

I started making a CM clone a month ago (15th of august), from scratch and not using Duke's source code nor art. To be fair, I don't use his source code because I can't, and I don't use his Sprites because I don't plan on making it look good (for the foreseable future, which given how fast I get things to work, is probably a few years, plus a few more.).
So far, I have finished the world generator, faction generator, buildings, ressources, etc. (Which is probably the easy part, especially since "finished" just means it works with its currently limited scope. The star works pretty well though, with blackbody radiation color based on their temperature etc.)
I am reworking entirely the player faction editor (it is functional but I am expanding it, probably far too much.).
Currently it's not turn-based but pausable/accelerated time. That may very well change.
Also w40k fans will not like it: I am butchering whatever retardation I find in the lore, I must be covered it blood by now.

That sounds great, but I'm going to have to put out a 'pics or it didn't happen' request, as we've had quite a lot of 'I'm sort of working on something' which hasn't evolved into anything.

[Tack]

Truth. "I'm doing a thing" means jack now.
Dump a WIP maybe.

[flyingpotato]

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[nenjin]

It's just there are a lot of nascent game developers on these forums, and when people say they have a WIP of something people really like (like CM), hype sings its siren song. And people end up disappointed.

[Retropunch]

I must have missed something, where did I ask for your credit card number trust ?

Well that's not a problem I wouldn't be able to make it public anyway (Fair use is not a world wide law)

As nenjin says, this thread has been full of 'I'm making this awesome version CM' and it's turned out to be nothing. What you've got looks good though.

I also don't get your last statement - do you mean that you won't be sharing the game publicly?

[flyingpotato]

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[Xeron]

Tehnically it wouldn't be your fault if someone say........leaked it to others, would it ?

[flyingpotato]

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[Scoops Novel]

Technically it wouldn't be your fault if... it was pay what you want?

[flyingpotato]

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