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by wk_end 8 hours ago
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
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manytimesaway 5 hours ago
Xash3D is not really open-source. The original codebase comes from leaked/decompiled code, and nowadays still requires the proprietary HLSDK to build.
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CursedSilicon 4 hours ago
Can you provide citations for this? The original Xash3D engine is listed as open source on ModDB
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manytimesaway 4 hours ago
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.

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