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Paintball 2: The Game => Paintball 2 Discussion => Topic started by: KnoppiX on May 30, 2006, 02:26:04 PM

Title: This is an open-source game right?
Post by: KnoppiX on May 30, 2006, 02:26:04 PM

Well, i think jit when u get the linux support working nicely you should submit the game to a major linux distro to add in their next new version. sorta like how the guys who made SuperTux & that other spaceship game did. do you think thats a posibility? cause it wuold make the game more well known/popular.

Title: Re: This is an open-source game right?
Post by: TinMan on May 30, 2006, 02:54:21 PM

I've been waiting on a Debian repository for this *cough* hint *cough* ;D

Title: Re: This is an open-source game right?
Post by: jitspoe on May 30, 2006, 04:06:03 PM

The engine is GPL, however not all of the content is.  The linux distros are picky about that kind of thing.  I'm slowly reworking everything, but it will be a while before it's distro-ready.

Title: Re: This is an open-source game right?
Post by: Nate-n-Nator on June 03, 2006, 03:19:02 PM

Couldn't it go up on an unofficial repository like some of the repositories I added to Ubuntu?

Title: Re: This is an open-source game right?
Post by: TinMan on June 05, 2006, 10:06:14 PM

An unofficial repository could be thrown together, it would need a host though. An easier solution would be to just have the latest build made into a .rpm, .deb, and .tar.gz for the more common distros. Another solution that would probably be the best would be to make a linux .run installer script for it like most commercial linux games use, and those games with Loki installers.
The Linux build still needs some work though *cough* audio.