xash3d-fwgs

Example discussion here : https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/issues/63#issuecomment-9... HN comment from a major maintainer here : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38314427 Valve has confirmed that it violates the HLSDK EULA, too. At least for the original Xash3D release.

This isn't an all-of-a-sudden, the engine has been worked on for over 7 years now https://github.com/fwgs/xash3d-fwgs

The most interesting thing about this link, for me, is seeing that there's an open-source recreation of GoldSrc [0]? That's apparently been around since 2011 [1]? I'm stunned I haven't heard about this before. Very cool. [0] https://github.com/fwgs/xash3d-fwgs [1] https://www.moddb.com/engines/xash3d-engine

That is just the SDK, but there is an unofficial open source implementation of goldsrc. https://github.com/fwgs/xash3d-fwgs

Well, there's always… https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs

Eh, I don’t really think that this is an “or” situation. I think that this is an “and” situation. The last time that I set up Xash3D FWGS, I had to copy files from the version of Half-Life that I own on Steam into a different folder so that those files could be loaded by Xash 3D FWGS. I haven’t tried Xash 3D FWGS in a while, but it looks like you still have to do that [1]. Also, are you sure that the Steam version of Half-Life is Windows only? [1]: <https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/blob/f0342763547d9bcf486...>

If you want to play Half-Life today I highly recommend Xash3D FWGS (yes its a super awkward name) https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs Easy to use Mac build here: https://www.macsourceports.com/game/halflife

I'm certainly not blaming game makers in general because of the situation of Apple dropping 32bit Intel support, but I think Valve is a different story: - They've been very diligent in the past about keeping their games up to date. - Valve owning Steam means their flagship games are a strong signal about macOS support on Steam. - If they really wanted, they could; they certainly have the resources to do so should they want to+; which means, they don't want to, which is a signal in the other direction: they stopped caring about macOS. + HL1 has a FOSS engine that apparently supports it, and more: https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/blob/master/Documentatio...

FWIW there is Xash3D[0] which while not technically open source, it does provide some of the practical benefits of having an open source engine (the issue is that Xash3D uses some HLSDL headers and needs to link against HLSDK to work but HLSDK is not compatible with GPL - the devs have tried to contact Valve for letting them use HLSDK with GPL but Valve never responded). Specifically it has been ported to a bunch of platforms and supports not only Half-Life but also other GoldSource-based games (e.g. i was able to play Gunman Chronicles using it - i have the original CD version but it has DRM that makes it impossible to play under Linux, meanwhile with Xash3D the game plays natively and i can use raw mouse input and widescreen resolutions). [0] https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs

I am able to play hl1, blue shift, and opfor as well as CS on the ps vita due to an android wrapper of this engine. It is great except the save/load times are very long (30-60 seconds) and the levels have many load triggers. https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/blob/master/Documentatio...

Hoping this would bear fruit for macOS, but looks like the maintainer instead has written a mini anti-Apple screed and intentionally doesn't support it. https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/issues/61

Why use the leaked code, when there is an open source reimplementation: https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs

For the curious, this is based on the https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs engine. Probably this fork: https://github.com/icrazyblaze/Xash3D-Emscripten/

https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs https://github.com/FWGS/cs16-client (but this is closed source now, I don't know exactly how they use it, maybe there is some different fork of `cs16-client`) These two are what their own references point to when you load the game.