New Member
We dont have updates for a long time. We dont know what happen but the game needs some improvements.
What do you think about get the code for free to community made changes?
This can help a game to survive for years. Like mods on IL-2 series
[OFF] Some interesting photos from Yuxi flickr (august 2006):
https://www.flickr.c...00/28594227263/
AE Player
Sounds like a good idea, but I don't know if the code's messy or not.
Timeless
Code is extremely complicated and even though there have been volunteers and movements to free the code it has all been unsuccessful, and the movements came from people who've been here much longer than you.
We dont have updates for a long time. We dont know what happen but the game needs some improvements.
What do you think about get the code for free to community made changes?
This can help a game to survive for years. Like mods on IL-2 series
[OFF] Some interesting photos from Yuxi flickr (august 2006):
Well, first of all, that would be great but considering that Yuxi is currently the owner of this website, i would have my doubts that he would just freely let others work on AE without interference.
The game was first launched with Miller, pre-2004, and i do not think the code behind the game has changed much and thus, it is my belief among many others, that the game code would need a total rework to not only to improve the gameplay and efficiency, but to also be able to do simple changes that dont have a wide affect on the game itself.
Do i think this will happen? I think Elon Musk might get to Mars first before any of the above happens.
Dormant and Highly Sarcastic
Well, first of all, that would be great but considering that Yuxi is currently the owner of this website, i would have my doubts that he would just freely let others work on AE without interference.
The game was first launched with Miller, pre-2004, and i do not think the code behind the game has changed much and thus, it is my belief among many others, that the game code would need a total rework to not only to improve the gameplay and efficiency, but to also be able to do simple changes that dont have a wide affect on the game itself.
Do i think this will happen? I think Elon Musk might get to Mars first before any of the above happens.
OMGZ I LUUUUV AE!!!
Not trying to be rude or anything, this is a serious question:
Has anyone ever asked Yuxi about a possible community-led development or making the code free to change by others? We’re all speculating about what should be done and why it might never happen. Why doesn’t someone on here who knows him quite well ask him?
already stated by bAnderson.
"Code is extremely complicated and even though there have been volunteers and movements to free the code it has all been unsuccessful, and the movements came from people who've been here much longer than you."
Bad m*****f*****
I was working on some prototypes (mostly as an exercise to work on my Javascript skills) but I stopped because I found this community unworthy of my time and effort.
Dormant and Highly Sarcastic
already stated by bAnderson.
"Code is extremely complicated and even though there have been volunteers and movements to free the code it has all been unsuccessful, and the movements came from people who've been here much longer than you."
New Member
I was working on some prototypes (mostly as an exercise to work on my Javascript skills) but I stopped because I found this community unworthy of my time and effort.
That hurts!
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Bad m*****f*****
That hurts!
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We have so many wishlists and promised features on this forum. I dont understand why this great game have been abandoned for such long time.
Open AE for change is a really big step ahead!
For the past few days i searched all this forum looking for the oldest members and their projects. I dint found any hope for AE.
Yuxi will not update the game, that is a fact.
Miller abandoned AE to follow his dream (just speculating - https://twitter.com/miller22
So the only way for me is someone code a new game or give free AE code for everyone
New Member
Maybe if you boys weren't bitchy shitheads
Maybe if you boys weren't bitchy shitheads, I didn't have rent to make and bills to pay and I actually had the gumption to sit down and devote a significant chunk of my life to programming a business simulator, you'd have your update.
But none of those things are the case. AE is written in PHP and JavaScript. You want it that badly, then go get it.
And i suggest you get your head out of your ass and start behaving...
Seriously, you accused others of being a pain in your backside, yet you are the one always complaining (and for which i have the solution).
So yea, stop moaning and start participating in the solutions. Its not the AE forums faults your real life is just a hole.
Maybe if you boys weren't bitchy shitheads, I didn't have rent to make and bills to pay and I actually had the gumption to sit down and devote a significant chunk of my life to programming a business simulator, you'd have your update.
But none of those things are the case. AE is written in PHP and JavaScript. You want it that badly, then go get it.
how does our bitching affect your financial situation in any way
AE Player
how does our bitching affect your financial situation in any way
You misunderstood that. He's saying that the bitching and his finances are preventing an update.
Bad m*****f*****
I did try, a few times with a few groups of people and just on my own, to get an AE reboot off the ground and the conclusion ended up being the same: Folks with not enough time on their hands to do what is essentially close to a full time job.
Now if y'all do want this, and my personal experience demonstrates the answer to that is "not really", let me lay out exactly what needs to happen:
1. You'll need to contact Yuxi, who is somewhat active, and Miller22, who is MIA. Assuming you can contact the both of them you'll need to:
2. Acquire the AE4 code, which is a complete rebuild from AE3 and before. Which means you'll need to:
3. Pick up where somebody else left off, which isn't even close to as easy as it sounds. I've got to make modifications to JavaScript code at work pretty frequently and I have a tough time essentially getting into another persons mind and figuring out their work and logic flow. Then after this you can:
4. Finish the code get it sent through alpha and beta testing, work out the bugs, then do all of the web side related work.
Assuming none of these things can be done you have to:
5. Write the code for a large and complex business simulator. Sure it ain't programming for a AAA video game, but for a person or a small team that's hours and hours of their lives dedicated to just this project. That includes coming up with features, then figuring out how those features will interact with one another, writing code, etc.
In short: a full time job as a small time video game developer. In AE's case unpaid work plus the cost to run the servers. And I've already got a full time job that doesn't cost me money to do.
Now you can sit there saying I haven't thought this through because I have. Extensively. If you want I can scan in some flow charts for features integration in my notebook, or some of the other work I've done. When I said I stopped working on this project because this websites community, this is what I was referring to.
Now if you guys can find a guy with the skills and background to code a game and run the website, pro bono, by all means I encourage it. But that's simply the lay of the land: this ain't a small side project for some guy, it's a pretty sizable job which requires a pretty sizable chunk of time and resources. And to you I can only say good luck and Godspeed.
Guest_Adam0896_*
So yea, stop moaning and start participating in the solutions.
So maybe he's got a trollish mentality, so does 90% of the Internet.
Additionally, he quite literally has done just that.
So maybe he's got a trollish mentality, so does 90% of the Internet.
Additionally, he quite literally has done just that.
Well, i didnt appreciate his post just broadly accusing this whole community of being the cause of him not wanting to proceed with helping improve or further develop AE.
And i welcome his latest post, giving a more detailed explanation of the thought process and why the road is a bumpy one and not just a simple road to the solutions that are needed for AE to prosper.
Bad m*****f*****
Oh and in the off chance any of y'all want to take a crack at an AE reboot either from scratch or if you get a hold of the code, AE is written in a combo of PHP and Javascript
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