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nOnsence on 13/8/2009 at 20:14

Wikipedia claims that ShockEd is fan made, in that case is the source code floating around on someone's computer? Could i perhaps acquire a copy? I'm

rachel on 13/8/2009 at 20:37

It's not fan-made, it's fan-released. Its components were put together in the package we know as ShockEd by fans from what could be retrieved after LGS folded. But they were already compiled.

As far as I know, the source code has never been released.

Trance on 13/8/2009 at 20:38

You're

nOnsence on 13/8/2009 at 21:04

Gotcha. Is there a reference or spec for the dark engine map format floating around?

Kolya on 13/8/2009 at 22:47

What have I done.

Zygoptera on 14/8/2009 at 01:03

Quote Posted by nOnsence

Gotcha. Is there a reference or spec for the dark engine map format floating around?

Some of it, certainly, architecture and such. Not sure how publicly documented it is, though there are a few utilities that make use of it.

Nameless Voice on 14/8/2009 at 01:26

Could someone please edit that wikipedia page to remove the reference for the release of ShockEd, since it's to a completely false article that says ShockEd is a third-party program written by the SS2 community?

Change the wording there, too, and perhaps link the the ShockEd release announcement on sshock2.com?

Enchantermon on 14/8/2009 at 03:02

How's this?

Quote:

Furthermore, the community at SShock2, a fan site, used resources retrieved following the demise of Looking Glass Studios to put together a free level editor package entitled ShockEd.

It's not perfect, but it at least implies that the resources were not made by the community. Someone who was around when it was being worked on could probably be more specific. The reference links to Saam's announcement.

Kolya on 14/8/2009 at 09:39

For one thing I put that on the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:System_Shock_2) discussion page of the SS2 article when I first found out. Secondly there were plans set in motion by LG and TTLG people to get the editor before LG went out of business. So saying it was retrieved following their demise would be just as misleading, because there wasn't any link to the studio going out of business.

Oh well, I see you went ahead and changed it already.

EDIT: And now I changed it again. Man, it's like the wikipedia wars all over! ;)

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Furthermore the community at the fan site SShock2 got handed the original level editor by Looking Glass Studios, that had been used to create the game.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Shock_2#cite_note-53) [54] Charged by Looking Glass with the task to put it to use, they packaged the editor named ShockEd with a tutorial and useful utilities and released it shortly thereafter.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Shock_2#cite_note-54) [55]

rachel on 14/8/2009 at 11:23

My bad. I thought it all had happened after they closed.