In article <UxTV5.397$[email hidden]>, "Jon Andersen"
<[email hidden]> writes:
>That makes me wonder: Why don't Papy licence the GPL engine? Why can't
>Codemaster produce nice tracks for different kinds of racing, and pay Papy
>for the right to use their engine?
>
>As an extra bonus, such an arrangement would make EldredP slow in any
>game......(Sorry about this insult. I just couldn't resist <g>)
WTF?!? Ok, Jon - you're now BANNED from my servers...
:)
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It seems o me that Papy did not make a lot of money on GPL, in spite of GPL
being the game of choice for lots of hardcore sim racers. As a consequence,
no game based on such an advanced engine will be made for a long time (N4
looks promising, though).
I do not like open wheel racing. Nor do I like oval racing. I love rallying,
as well as touring cars. But, sadly, no rally game or touring car game has
the same physics as GPL.
That makes me wonder: Why don't Papy licence the GPL engine? Why can't
Codemaster produce nice tracks for different kinds of racing, and pay Papy
for the right to use their engine?
As an extra bonus, such an arrangement would make EldredP slow in any
game......(Sorry about this insult. I just couldn't resist <g>)
Jon Andersen
Jon Andersen
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 20:07:16 GMT, "Jon Andersen"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
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>I do not like open wheel racing. Nor do I like oval racing. I love rallying,
>as well as touring cars. But, sadly, no rally game or touring car game has
>the same physics as GPL.
Rally racing requires more high-frequency simulation perhaps, though.
The GPL physics are more targeted at relatively (compared to rally)
smooth tracks.
>That makes me wonder: Why don't Papy licence the GPL engine? Why can't
>Codemaster produce nice tracks for different kinds of racing, and pay Papy
>for the right to use their engine?
They use it for N4, so I guess it's their core technology for oncoming
stuff. You don't give that away so easily. Although Quake2 technology
is seen everywhere, that's true, and for the better.
More chances are that the West Brothers will license their engine,
given their Quakish approach.
>As an extra bonus, such an arrangement would make EldredP slow in any
>game......(Sorry about this insult. I just couldn't resist <g>)
>
>Jon Andersen
>
>Jon Andersen
At least Eldred is not that slow as to mention his own name twice. ;-)
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It's very easy to find a great physics engine.
David G Fisher
"Jon Andersen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> It seems o me that Papy did not make a lot of money on GPL, in spite ofGPL
> being the game of choice for lots of hardcore sim racers. As aconsequence,
> no game based on such an advanced engine will be made for a long time (N4
> looks promising, though).
>
> I do not like open wheel racing. Nor do I like oval racing. I loverallying,
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> as well as touring cars. But, sadly, no rally game or touring car game has > the same physics as GPL. > > That makes me wonder: Why don't Papy licence the GPL engine? Why can't > Codemaster produce nice tracks for different kinds of racing, and pay Papy > for the right to use their engine? > > As an extra bonus, such an arrangement would make EldredP slow in any > game......(Sorry about this insult. I just couldn't resist <g>) > > Jon Andersen > > Jon Andersen > > >>"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote
> It's very easy to find a great physics engine.
Tell that to Ubisoft, Geoff Crammond and ISI <VBG>
;)
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I did a big essay all about GPL - and it's commercial shortcomings.
My conclusions were
a) Licence out the GPL engine (ps - Codemasters were AMAZED by GPL - and
were astonished that Papyrus or Sierra didn't do more marketing)
b) Use it in a mainstream product.
Well - 1 out of 2 aint bad,
Doug
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realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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