The Blue Sun Mod

[LtChambers]

I registered to say how impressed I am with Blue Sun Mod. It fleshes out what seems to be a pretty sparse game. The game in general doesn't quite measure up to JA2's polish, but I like the combat system much better and I understand it's more work with 3d.

I'm curious how the mod works with a separate executable. Did some of the source code for 7.62 get released? Why? And who has access?

[R@S]

Some parts of the source code has been released to the public for more than 2 years. It includes the missions, some global AI, characters and maps. But the most interesitng parts, like the weapon system and AI is not available. The new executable has been made by hex hacking the e6.exe, those Russkies certainly know what they're doing

If you're intersted in the released source code, let me know and I'll post a link to it.

[LtChambers]

Yeah I'd like to take a peek. We're talking C++ here right? I wonder how only PART of the code could be leaked.

[R@S]

Here 'tis

7.62 source code

The code is a hybrid between C and C++, but if you know either of those it should be fairly simple to understand.

And this was not leaked, and it was a conscious decision of Aperion to release it, they knew it would give the game a longer shelf life. It's understandable, at least when they were still in business, that they wanted to protect their SPM and weapon system.

[LtChambers]

Oh cool, so Apeiron must have owned the rights to the code (usually the publisher does)? Or did they plan something similar to Civ4 (release some of the C++ for modders but none of the engine internals)? I was just hoping that since the company closed its doors the full source would be released (a la JA2). Incidentally, the tactical squad-based game seems to be a really bad business investment.

[IceShade]

True, it doesn't appeal to everyone .. It's almost the opposite. It doesn't appeal to anyone but a tiny minority.

Of course, it doesn't help that the game is of extremely poor quality. From the apparently unfixable memory leak, rampant crashes, limitations and bugs .. Well, let's just say that it didn't help their sales. It also didn't help that the official translation and subsequent release in the western world took about.. what.. 2 years?

Anyway. It was a daring project, and I'm glad that they made this game. BSM just makes this game so much more playable.

[Decker16]

Is there any way to repair body armour or has this been intentionally removed ?