I think one of the best libre games out there right now is OpenXcom. Granted, it's not an wholly original game, and it does not provide any artwork. It just fixes a shit-load of bugs the original had, and adds a lot features as well (turn save scumming on/

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Anonymous 01/05/15 (Mon) 08:40:45 No.112

I think one of the best libre games out there right now is OpenXcom. Granted, it's not an wholly original game, and it does not provide any artwork. It just fixes a shit-load of bugs the original had, and adds a lot features as well (turn save scumming on/off, you can see the radar lines, etc.). The adjustments make the game much more pleasant. Now you can use the blaster launcher without worrying if the game is about to shit the bed or not.

Anonymous 01/05/15 (Mon) 20:15:41 No.119

I had this game on my TOPLAY list for so long. Thanks for reminding me again. I really need to play it, I know it's considered a pretty good game. Newer XCOM games don't catch the spirit pretty well it seems but Xenonauts comes close as far as I heard.

Anonymous 01/05/15 (Mon) 22:28:31 No.122

I know you are probably going to call me a cretin but UFO:Alien Invasion (http://ufoai.org)
Looks wise, it blows the rest out of the water. But I never played the original so I can't say which is more fun to play.

Anonymous 01/06/15 (Tue) 00:12:42 No.123

>>122
Oh wow, I think I heard of this years ago. I didn't know they actually kept at it; there's been a few Xcom fan-games whose development just collapsed. I'm going to play it tonight.

Anonymous 04/29/15 (Wed) 02:28:26 No.495

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>>122

Highly recommended. Is a complete game unlike all the ports I see touted here as "libre". I really wish they could implement a visibility system like that in Xenonauts, but from what I understand it maybe a limitation on the Quake engine they use.

If anyone can recommend some coding tutorials for modifiying the quake engine, please let me know. I'd really like to make a visibility system for this game, but I have no idea where to start with this code.

Anonymous 06/11/15 (Thu) 09:35:10 No.816

Where do I get the datafiles for this? I don't have any sheckels :(

Anonymous 06/11/15 (Thu) 17:20:48 No.818

Don't you need the original game to play this still? How is this a libre game yet?

Anonymous 06/11/15 (Thu) 19:08:16 No.819

>>818

Same as quake3 and everything before that.

Anonymous 06/12/15 (Fri) 06:36:20 No.822

>>816

It's abandon ware so the places I would check are:

Home of the under dogs

Emulator paradise

The pirate bay

Anonymous 06/12/15 (Fri) 06:40:08 No.823

>>818

Libre does not mean gratis.

Commercial does not mean proprietary.

This is a commercial game with libre code. Although good luck buying the assets.

Anonymous 06/13/15 (Sat) 01:25:45 No.827

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>Libre does not mean gratis.

No, Open does not mean gratis, Oracle taught us that.

Libre is open and gratis.

Anonymous 06/16/15 (Tue) 09:24:37 No.841

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>>827

>believing oracle

Sir, you have not been to FOSDEM the last two years, have you? Here, there aren't (m)any people who believe what they say about anything; even their proprietary database program. Have a definition list.

Libre: or "Free as in freedom". A piece of software where the four essential freedoms are preserved. This is usually done by publishing the source code.

Nonfree: programs which are not "libre" or "free as in freedom"

Gratis: No monetary payment required. Alternative revenue streams are sometimes achieved by spying on the user, selling their data and time and justifying it in a 18-page eula.

Open: Code of which the source code is available.

Proprietary: owned by a person or company and sold under a trademark or patent. Also used to denote nonfree programs.

Commercial: relating to business. Also used to denote software sold "per unit".

For an example of a nonlibre, nonopen, gratis proprietary commercial product, check out "Facebook"

For an example of a libre open non-gratis proprietary commercial product, check out "GNAT Pro". Or, in that respect, other stuff by adacore. Have a video for context: http://www.irill.org/videos/fosdem-2012/maintracks/Free_Software__A_Viable_Model_for_Commercial_Success.webm

Anonymous 06/19/15 (Fri) 11:01:55 No.870

I play Openxcom with the final modpack, makes everything better.

More guns, more aliens, more research, harder difficulty etc.

I will check UFO:AI though, looks cool.

Anonymous 06/24/15 (Wed) 03:44:33 No.897

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>>495

>you run an organization called PHALANX

Anonymous 06/28/15 (Sun) 08:27:35 No.911

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It's only slightly worse than OpenTTD though.

Anonymous 07/01/15 (Wed) 19:15:35 No.920

Honestly, this game is *BORING*. It takes forever to build a base, attack mode is fucking lame, you can easily run out of funds, and then it's just sit down and wait. The action you have with a real RTS just isn't there. Fucking crap.

>>911

OpenTTD is awesome. Japan set ftw!

Anonymous 07/01/15 (Wed) 20:41:13 No.923

>>920

>muh realism

NUTS and YETI ftw!

Anonymous 07/02/15 (Thu) 07:23:30 No.929

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>>911

>>920

>>923

Simutrans > OpenTTD

Anonymous 07/02/15 (Thu) 13:32:09 No.930

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>>929

You can't be serious.

Anonymous 07/07/15 (Tue) 11:24:34 No.957

>>929

>inconsistent graphics

>extremely steep learning curve

>you never reach a point at which you're basically god

Anonymous 07/07/15 (Tue) 13:19:06 No.960

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>>957

>inconsistent graphics

pak192.comic has a nice consistent style.

>you never reach a point at which you're basically god

That's the single worst thing about OpenTTD

Anonymous 07/08/15 (Wed) 16:06:37 No.970

>>960

>That's the single worst thing about OpenTTD

Nah m8 it's the best.

I like the fact that Simutrans has a lot more vehicles, rails, etc. for an enhanced autistic experience though.

Anonymous 07/08/15 (Wed) 17:36:05 No.971

>>960

Simutrans has a terrible interface, shitty network mode (have you tried chatting with that thing holy shit), and most of the things it does bring to the table can now be replaced with OpenTTD mods and newGRFs.