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Dominion
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Anyone know how much Valve is charging?
The Dark Elf
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I haven't heard a solid figure from them, but it will likely be a hell of a lot. Though the DIII engine may be licenced for a lot more.
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Valve were intending to provide a "middle-ground" approach for startup developers in addition to normal licensing. Presumably, this would involve a lower initial cost, possibly with a royalty payment to Valve, and less support.
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ambershee
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What I've heard is that HL2 will be wanting between 350 and 400K for their engine. Id engines tend to actually be much cheaper. I was quoted 90K from somewhere.
Too much for a student like myself to even contemplate anyway. Just nab Q2. It's 50 bucks. lol
Too much for a student like myself to even contemplate anyway. Just nab Q2. It's 50 bucks. lol
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What about Q3?
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I would expect Carmack to release the Q3 source when it's reached end-of-life (i.e., no other licensees are making commercial products with it). Could be this Christmas, and that would open the door for a whole load of mod teams to go commeccial.
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ambershee
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Don't trust the ID software website. It's not been updated for a long time 
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Q3 won't be releasing it's full source to the public anytime this year. Q2 was only release a good few years after it started dying, and Q3 is still the basis for quite a few FPS titles out there even now. Guess we'll have to wait at least a year and a half for that one.
!!Q3 won't be releasing it's full source to the public anytime this year. Q2 was only release a good few years after it started dying, and Q3 is still the basis for quite a few FPS titles out there even now. Guess we'll have to wait at least a year and a half for that one.
