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I am a long time Axis And Allies[^] player.
I have the game in the screenshots and I play it regularly. I have always wanted to try to re-write it myself. I'm sure I could to the code. It's the graphics that I'm not sure about.
What's the right way to get started? Anyone done anything like this?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I have, but the graphics format of that game was known so that part was relatively straightforward. Maybe this game also uses a known format? If not, well, you could try to extract them with a DirectX hook or something like that.
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What do you exactly mean with "known format" ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Identifiable and documented
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OK, this implies you did not create (or recreate) the graphics by yourself.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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It does indeed. I'm not an artist, so that's not happening. It would take too much time anyway.
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And the graphics were available ? Usually these are quite complicated things to get at... I mean, you can screenshot the original and extract and all, but you sometimes need alpha channels or transparency values which are for sure not contained in the screenshot... Sounds like a lot of time also...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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They were in some funny format, but it was a funny format that was documented, so it was pretty convenient. I just wrote a loader for that and loaded the old files.
If that's not the case, you can still try one of those DirectX hooks that dump textures and models etc, then you get alpha channels and so on as well and it's not too labour intensive.
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Swiping the graphics from an existing game is almost certainly against the EULA and copyright law. I doubt anyone would care for such an old game but it still seems silly, particularly when (iirc) the graphics on the original A&A aren't even that good.
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If it is for the sakes of reproducing something for you at home, I think it is about as critical as copying a painting from a famous painter as a paint exercise.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Well, don't release it, obviously 
And definitely don't sell it.
But you can't do that with a remake anyway, even if you make it from scratch, unless you ask the owner for permission and get it.
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Two steps:
1. First create the logic with only basic graphics (or even console mode)
2. Integrate the UI
If you can go through 1, and still want to finish the game at that point (including the 10,000 problems you have not figured out yet, for instance an AI to play against), then part 2 will be a real pleasure.
For the gaphics part, it depends if it involves solely 2D or 3D (can't see the screenshots, site is blocked here). Everybody can create more or less good sprites, 3D is not that simple. In any ways, DirectX or GL are the ways to go. You'll need to define sprites for moving objects, create a time base to make them move, etc... Creating the graphics itselves are the most time consuming part, I think. Animating is a piece of cake, nowadays.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Check out TrippleA http://triplea.sourceforge.net/mywiki
Games are usually 1% code and 99% content (graphics, animation, sound, story...)
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Nice. Looks like it's done in java?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Re-started reading the series[^] yesterday night. I read the two first books a few years ago, and got frustrated that the ending were still not written at that time  Now that teh cycle is done, I give it another try.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Did you know that if you swapped the E for a D you get the description of how time feels as you watch the film.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Just had to google it, I did not realize they made a movie out of it. Well, IRC, the movie vs. book debate has already been made here earlier this week...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rather simplistic book but a good achievement considering the age of the author.
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Yes, exactly my opinion after reading the books last time.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I really liked the first book, but further down the road it sort of got stuck, like there wasnt really anything interesting going on...
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I believe the third book wasn´t really thát good, but I did like the final book. It is pretty well conceived  .
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Rage wrote: yesterday last night
 FTFY
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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For past 20 hours I was away from internet and phone. Felt like something is missing in my life. It took a while to realize that I do not really have a life if I remove internet. Scary. I now plan to spend at least a weekend a month without gadgets.
I did realized how much I can think and create after these distractions are removed. Either I was traumatized due to lack of internet or I can write some good stories.
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d@nish wrote: I now plan to spend at least a weekend a month without gadgets.
Good for you, I've often suggested this to the missus, to no avail. Occasionally I'll go fishing/hiking for a day without a gadget and often feel that a weight has been lifted, it's quite nice.
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I get your plot. Send her out on something so you can submerge yourself in to internet. Intelligent fella.
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