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Project Dead?
I tried to kill it when re3 happened, but that was regarded as a bad move so I unarchived the repo again; so it's not dead, just not active.
I try to poke around now and then, but between not having enough free time and not remembering how anything works it's not very productive.
As the project is not dead, maybe this one can get closed? Also, I volunteering doing some reviews time to time.
Hello!
Can someone explain difference with re3 project?
There is only GTA 3 support, and no Vice City.
And - the most important - there is no legal problem to contribute and share, while re3 is banned?
Support for Vice City can be added later, either by forking and adjusting the codebase or by extending the OpenRW engine itself at some point. The foundational code is very similar for both games, so advancing GTA 3 support will, in 90% of cases, also benefit Vice City. https://github.com/rwengine/openrw/issues/338
The re3 project involved disassembling the original binary, which is illegal to distribute in most jurisdictions.
In contrast, OpenRW is a rewrite based on publicly available documentation (e.g., GTAmods), making it completely legal.
Unlike the re3 project, where the code was owned by the original game creators, OpenRW is owned by its authors and is licensed under the GPL-3 license. Additionally, the components used by the game are licensed under more permissive licenses.
Awesome, thanks for the info!
On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 20:57 David Heidelberg @.***> wrote:
Support for Vice City can be added later, either by forking and adjusting the codebase or by extending the OpenRW engine itself at some point. The foundational code is very similar for both games, so advancing GTA 3 support will, in 90% of cases, also benefit Vice City. #338 https://github.com/rwengine/openrw/issues/338
The re3 project involved disassembling the original binary, which is illegal to distribute in most jurisdictions.
In contrast, OpenRW is a rewrite based on publicly available documentation (e.g., GTAmods), making it completely legal.
Unlike the re3 project, where the code was owned by the original game creators, OpenRW is owned by its authors and is licensed under the GPL-3 license. Additionally, the components used by the game are licensed under more permissive licenses.
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