Im Sure This Is Asked Alot But Ill Ask It Anyway
Thingamajig
Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18283Members
Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18283Members
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A: we've got several answers from staff members on this:
QUOTE ("joev")
The simple answer is that *we* don't know. Sure, we see the potential, and are told by VALVe that porting is "easy", but at this point there is no SDK. Before we can even consider the idea, we need to see what is in the SDK. At that point we will determine if it's possible/feasible to do.
Quote edited to remove irrevelant content. Original Interview
Nemesis Zero's earlier answer: There're multiple things to say on this, because some issues are easily mixed up here:
* As Flayra affirmed in multiple interviews, he is planning on creating a retail sequel to NS that'll be developed by his new company, Unknown Worlds Entertainment. This sequel will naturally use a more recent engine, although it is not clear which. Note that NS2 is only one of the concepts offered to possible investors, so it's not guaranteed to be UWE's first product.
* Multiple members of the mod's devteam have expressed interest in updating NS(1) to a newer engine, possibly Source. Interest.
* So far, there has been no publicised decision on the issue of whether and if so, which port is to be made. Nor can such a decision be expected until work on the current version of NS has been finished, or until the team had an opportunity to get a good idea of how much work would be involved in such a port.
So, in case you feel as though you've just read a hugely bloated 'No comment.', you are correct wink-fix.gif
Q:But that sounds like such an old answer! The source SDK has been released by now!
A:You're right. Since then, Flayra has been interviewed by Computer Games Magazine. In that interview, he had this to say:
QUOTE (Flayra)
We haven't spent much time with the SDK yet (been too busy with current NS development), but we've started to talk about NS:Source. We're probably going to start porting it shortly after 3.0/3.1. Instead of taking many months to create on big version, we will probably port just the game over first, then start redoing artwork, maps and gameplay a piece at a time. We want to release smaller versions more frequently, and that's why 3.1 and the first NS:S version will come relatively quickly.
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anyway the answer is probably a definite yes. it has been discussed before and i'm sure the ns devs are still in the planning stages of ns:source. but it will come eventually.
For people (like me) that go directly to the forum, it's easy to forget that the front page even exists.
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funny
NS:Source has been confirmed and some premliminary work has been started (please do a search)
Also check out my interview here for more details at to where exactly we are:
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92583&st=0&#entry1461774' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index....0&#entry1461774</a>