Engines Free For Modification

eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
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Which engines out there [FPS, top-down [theme hospital type-game], etc] are free to modify and distribute?

I.e Quake, so long as you make your own media files [models, textures, sounds] is free to mod and you can put the entire game as a single file, which makes it easier to control and you have a larger playerbase option because it's not limited to people who have bought or will buy the game.

I'm looking for different engines like that... including a top-down game like "Evil Genius" or "Theme Hospital", you know what i mean. Anything really, that I can google and check out.

Thanks
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  • KitkiKitki Join Date: 2004-04-04 Member: 27722Members
    I was gunna suggest the Unreal engine, but after reading that it's for a top down game.. I have no idea
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    It doesn't have to be a top-down engine, it could be FPS as well. I'm just looking for something as recent as possible, I guess.
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  • JimmehJimmeh Join Date: 2003-08-24 Member: 20173Members, Constellation
    Try <a href='http://sourceforge.net/' target='_blank'>http://sourceforge.net/</a>
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    edited September 2004
    <a href='http://www.liberatedgames.com/gamelisting.php' target='_blank'>http://www.liberatedgames.com/gamelisting.php</a>

    Source:<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79107&hl=liberated+games' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...liberated+games</a>
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://tenebrae2.com/' target='_blank'>http://tenebrae2.com/</a> <- Doom 3 Quality engine
    <a href='http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/tenebrae/' target='_blank'>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/tenebrae/</a> <- CVS Repository
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  • funbagsfunbags Join Date: 2003-06-08 Member: 17099Members
    command and conquer generals
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    I think quake 2 engine can be modded for top-down views. Someone's doing a <a href='http://ufo.myexp.de/?id=about' target='_blank'>pretty spiffy x-com</a> game on it and it looks quite pretty.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin-eediot+Sep 4 2004, 08:27 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eediot @ Sep 4 2004, 08:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It doesn't have to be a top-down engine, it could be FPS as well. I'm just looking for something as recent as possible, I guess. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Quake 3 source might be released this Christmas. That's guranteed to be the most advanced open source engine out there (yes even more than Tenebrae)
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  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Sep 4 2004, 09:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Sep 4 2004, 09:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Quake 3 source might be released this Christmas. That's guranteed to be the most advanced open source engine out there (yes even more than Tenebrae) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not to mention that the Tenebrae guys will probably have their way with it soon after.
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