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I've been wondering what will happen with this game when it will work perfectly and there will be no need to balance things.

Also is it possible to send this game to steam ? It could be released as free title.
I also wondered can we develop a fully blown proper sequel of this title? It would be quite grand if that would be possible.

There are so much possibilities in which WZ could go, such as:
- Full use of naval droids.
- Building bases on water
- Road building,
- Bridge building
- Different power sources. Such as wind or coal.
- New resource, humans. You would need humans to operate base structures.
- New system turrets like deployable bridge.
- New auxiliary slot for some bodies.

And many many more.

Can we develop all those things ? Sure, but, all those things take people power to code.
WZ already had plans for bridges, but, it wasn't working/finished.

We can't compile it with steam's API at this time, until it works with gcc & the cross-compiler. We don't do native windows builds built on windows based machines.

hmm... sounds great but as vexed above said: it would be a BIG project,you would need to design units,coding,getting those models etc.etc. but it would be cool

Whiskered wrote:I've been wondering what will happen with this game when it will work perfectly and there will be no need to balance things.

Also is it possible to send this game to steam ? It could be released as free title.
I also wondered can we develop a fully blown proper sequel of this title? It would be quite grand if that would be possible.

There are so much possibilities in which WZ could go, such as:
- Full use of naval droids.
- Building bases on water
- Road building,
- Bridge building
- Different power sources. Such as wind or coal.
- New resource, humans. You would need humans to operate base structures.
- New system turrets like deployable bridge.
- New auxiliary slot for some bodies.

And many many more.

Hi Friends!

I like all of those ideas. I want know if the campaign ends in chapter 3.4 in the version 3.1? I finished the chapter 3.4 and the game simply return to the main menu, it was so disappointing, I dreamed with strongs vehicles bodies, the auto-repair tech and satellite laser to defeat Nexus. Is it possible that my game's version has a problem?

Thanks so much.

What is "chapter 3.4"?

I've been wondering what will happen with this game when it will work perfectly and there will be no need to balance things.

People will be arguing over the balance until the cows come home.

I doubt that bridges in Warzone 2100 are of much use. I mean we already have VTOLs, Cyborg transports, and hovers to do the job of crossing water. And there usually is another way around the obstruction that takes less time than building a bridge.

Hesterax wrote:I doubt that bridges in Warzone 2100 are of much use. I mean we already have VTOLs, Cyborg transports, and hovers to do the job of crossing water. And there usually is another way around the obstruction that takes less time than building a bridge.

As of current, you are quite right. Bridges in warzone would be of very little strategic value. However, should bridges be added, some map designers would take this into account in their new maps, creating situations where your units must cross water to engage the enemy, there is simply no other way around. True, you can simply use hovers for such a map, but if you want to use heavier units, which have more HP, a bridge will be needed to get them across. Added to hilly terrain and the likes (where hover is not so well suited), building bridges could give a tactical advantage, and would add a dimension to the strategies in the game.

Whiskered wrote: ...is it possible to send this game to steam ? It could be released as free title.

vexed wrote: ...We can't compile it with steam's API at this time, until it works with gcc & the cross-compiler. We don't do native windows builds built on windows based machines.

Any possibility of taking another look into this? I'm not good with code/compiling but I've read somewhere that steam has updated their runtime and expanded its compatibility list. It has been 2 years since the OP, maybe it works with GCC now?

I think if we could get this thing on steam it would give the community a lot more attention. Would there be anything EULA wise that would prevent this? Also, I'm pretty sure I've seen older games on steam with their own mp lobbies... I don't think games are required to use steams mp lobby... are they?

source: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam- ... /issues/14

Well, our game is GPL V2, and since we are not the original authors, we can't change that.

Steamworks is not GPL, and unless it is deemed compatible with GPL v2, I don't think it can be used.
However, if it can be used, since they don't offer the source, I am unsure if we would be able to use it anyway, since we would need our cross-compiler to be able to use it, and if they don't have builds for it, we would be out of luck.

If by chance, that they do have everything we need, the next step would be having that woven into WZ's code, unsure what is required and all that, we are basically only 1-3 people working on WZ 'as time allows', which basically means that we don't have the manpower to look into what exactly we would have to do.