The Blue Sun Mod

R@S · #1 03-15-2011, 05:47 PM

Some parts of the source code has been released to the public for more than 2 years. It includes the missions, some global AI, characters and maps. But the most interesitng parts, like the weapon system and AI is not available. The new executable has been made by hex hacking the e6.exe, those Russkies certainly know what they're doing

If you're intersted in the released source code, let me know and I'll post a link to it.

LtChambers · #2 03-16-2011, 12:48 AM

Yeah I'd like to take a peek. We're talking C++ here right? I wonder how only PART of the code could be leaked.

R@S · #3 03-16-2011, 08:42 AM

Here 'tis

7.62 source code

The code is a hybrid between C and C++, but if you know either of those it should be fairly simple to understand.

And this was not leaked, and it was a conscious decision of Aperion to release it, they knew it would give the game a longer shelf life. It's understandable, at least when they were still in business, that they wanted to protect their SPM and weapon system.

LtChambers · #4 03-16-2011, 01:48 PM

Oh cool, so Apeiron must have owned the rights to the code (usually the publisher does)? Or did they plan something similar to Civ4 (release some of the C++ for modders but none of the engine internals)? I was just hoping that since the company closed its doors the full source would be released (a la JA2). Incidentally, the tactical squad-based game seems to be a really bad business investment.

IceShade · #5 03-16-2011, 03:03 PM

True, it doesn't appeal to everyone .. It's almost the opposite. It doesn't appeal to anyone but a tiny minority.

Of course, it doesn't help that the game is of extremely poor quality. From the apparently unfixable memory leak, rampant crashes, limitations and bugs .. Well, let's just say that it didn't help their sales. It also didn't help that the official translation and subsequent release in the western world took about.. what.. 2 years?

Anyway. It was a daring project, and I'm glad that they made this game. BSM just makes this game so much more playable.

Decker16 · #6 03-17-2011, 12:42 AM

Is there any way to repair body armour or has this been intentionally removed ?

IceShade · #7 03-19-2011, 10:07 PM

I wish there was, but it's not required anyway.

Due to a bug (surprise!), any body armor is instantly repaired/reset to 0% wear when you leave the map (i think).

In any case, it will reset and be perfectly usable again.

R@S · #8 03-20-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Decker16

Is there any way to repair body armour or has this been intentionally removed ?

So far there is no way to repair any body armor. But since the armor doesn't take any damage when worn by the player I'm not sure I'll change that. I think our Russian friends are getting closer to fix this, and if my "Realism freakish

" friends doesn't disagree, I might add the body armor group to the repair tool script. With a high enough mechanic skill one might be able to repair it, but as I said, it will depend on the Russians.

I actually like this new setting, it forces me to scavenge after a fight, and when I know I need some new body armor, I start using headshots a lot more