F.L.A.R.E. Revived
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Falcon will never die because no other sim is based on so many real military spirit everywhere. yes other sim models real things but it does not stink military like my friend radium used to say
And indeed on of the goal of BMS team is to get closer and closer to this stink
So imho there will always be people interested in that approach 1nd to be honnest what could make falcon die ??
GFX ? Nah history has proved that new gfx engines can be created
Hardware evolution ? Nah history has proved that falcon is able to accomodate newer systems
It will never die because we will always find coders and developpers that are attractes by the military aspect of falcon Bms and this addiction goes beyond generations
The only matter of concern is time. what is important is to have release as polished as polssible to last 4 to 5 years ā¦and give time for another dev step.
Releasing every year and having to struggle publically with bugs could kill the dev motivation
I agree and while i bid Falcon long life and prosperity I still hope this generation will be blessed by BMS 4.33 !:bowd:
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As much as iād like to agree that āFalcon will never dieā, BMS might die if they are sent a cease and desist notice from Tommo, the current owners of the Falcon 4.0 IP and many other pre-2000 Microprose titles. Not because of the mod itself, but because the modders have full unrestricted access to the original source code. Thatās an issue. Tommo legally and officially own that source code in writing, the BMS team donāt. Having said that, nothing would please me more than to see that source code finally released into the public domain and attract more open development beyond this community.
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As much as iād like to agree that āFalcon will never dieā, BMS might die if they are sent a cease and desist notice from Tommo, the current owners of the Falcon 4.0 IP and many other pre-2000 Microprose titles. Not because of the mod itself, but because the modders have full unrestricted access to the original source code. Thatās an issue. Tommo legally and officially own that source code in writing, the BMS team donāt. Having said that, nothing would please me more than to see that source code finally released into the public domain and attract more open development beyond this community.
open development of falcon would mean the final end of it because not everyone share the intimate spririt that drives BMS community.
Other sims open are here for that, no need to try to change the falcon, other tried and failedā¦.only one route for falcon is the key
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The only matter of concern is time. what is important is to have release as polished as possible to last 4 to 5 years ā¦and give time for another dev step.
Soā¦ā¦4.33 will be released between September 2015- September 2016, not 3-4 weeks.;)
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As much as iād like to agree that āFalcon will never dieā, BMS might die if they are sent a cease and desist notice from Tommo, the current owners of the Falcon 4.0 IP and many other pre-2000 Microprose titles. Not because of the mod itself, but because the modders have full unrestricted access to the original source code. Thatās an issue. Tommo legally and officially own that source code in writing, the BMS team donāt. Having said that, nothing would please me more than to see that source code finally released into the public domain and attract more open development beyond this community.
Tommo? I thought Infogrames owned Falcons IP.
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Tommo got Atari arcade titles and not all, IIRC they didnāt got Falcon. Falcon rights passed to oblivion.
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For the love of God and all things beautiful please just release this :uham: it is a sick torture to watch falcon āmodsā developā¦. downright painful if not just a little cruel. /endsarcasm
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open development of falcon would mean the final end of it because not everyone share the intimate spririt that drives BMS community.
Other sims open are here for that, no need to try to change the falcon, other tried and failedā¦.only one route for falcon is the key
By the same logic the original Microprose devs should never had leaked the code and kept the spirit intact ?
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By the same logic the original Microprose devs should never had leaked the code and kept the spirit intact ?
If the development had been continued by the mother company (cant recall its name), yes.
BMS works fine the way it works. If you are not happy about it, go make your own version of Falcon with your own rules. Or prove yourself useful to the team, like everybody in the team did.
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To all. Back on topic. This thread is about FLARE not BMS development theory or legality or any other back and forth on longevity that may or may not be. Back on topic or the thread closes.