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Some hope it might, weirdly, lead to open-sourcing Carmageddon
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In April, Turing bugged Microsofton Twitterto give them the source code for 3D Movie Maker, laying out their hopes to update and update it. The former CEO of Argonaut, Jez San, saw this tweet andrespondedsaying he held the rights to the engine and was happy to open it but didn’t have a copy of the source. Well! Turns out, a few folks had BRender source for one reason or another, and after some wrangling and tidying, Foone has released source for several versions, with even Microsoftofficially joining in.
Turing alsonotedthey reached out to THQ Nordic,Carmageddon’s current owners, hoping code for the murderous racing series might follow now that BRender is open. Lacking source code, a group of fans have been working onreverse-engineering Carmageddonfor years.
The first hope with source code releases is that fans will be able to update the engine so software can easily run on modern systems without faff, workarounds, and weird fixes. That’s always welcome. And then, maybe—hopefully—people might be able to expand games with new features. For example, open engine source code is why these days fan-modified Doom engines can support everything from modern screen resolutions and more-complex mods to full-on raytracing.
People do still make movies in 3D Movie Maker (and the spin-off Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker), mind. The3DMM.com forumsshow a new release every few days, ranging from skits and startlingly edgy short films toRen & Stimpy crossover episodes. It’s also to thank for the Jerma985 short film with the oft-memed lyrics “Rats! We’re rats! / We’re the rats! / We prey at night we stalk at night / We’re the rats!” / “I’m da giant rat dat makes all of da rules!”
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Correction: this article was initially incorrect about the BRender engine’s lifespan and some of the games which used it.
