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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Free Games (that have always been free)
 
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Shooting Blanks
Jun 6, 2007

Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade

~Coxy posted:

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
A great team-based/objective-based/class-based WW2 FPS in the Quake3 engine.
The main site is here: https://www.splashdamage.com/games/wolfenstein-enemy-territory/
But that's more for historical purposes...

Since the source code has been released, a source port is actively being worked on called ET: Legacy.
"The main goal of this project is to fix bugs, remove old dependencies and make it playable on all major operating systems while still remaining compatible with the ET 2.60b version and as many of its mods as possible."
In practical terms this means things like support widescreen resolutions natively, and working on modern operating systems without faffing around.
https://www.etlegacy.com

ET Legacy cannot/does not distribute the copyright assets from the official ET installer. When you run the installer it will offer to download them but that can be pretty slow. It may be quicker to download and install the old version from Splash Damage, then when you run the Legacy installer it will detect that and copy the .pk3 files across. You can uninstall the old version after that if you wish.

How's the player base for this? The original Enemy Territory is still one of my favorite multiplayer FPS games of all time - I wish someone would do a proper reboot but I'd try the port if there are enough people around.

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Shooting Blanks
Jun 6, 2007

Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade

treat posted:

Dirty Bomb was pretty great spiritual sequel until Splash Damage shut it down last year. Servers are apparently still running, but it's a little late to be jumping in. I'd be game to get an ET group going for some matches if anyone else is. I have a number of friends and old FPS organizing groups to pull from so it shouldn't be too difficult to get something happening for a little bit.

I know at least one person I could probably get to join, probably a few if it runs reasonably well.

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