OpenPop/notes: Notes about populous resources · GitHub

Official GitHub (IncaWarrior) https://github.com/PopRe

• https://github.com/PopRe/Pop-World-Editor - updated world editor

https://www.popre.net/pop4.txt - record of 'Populous 4' attempts https://www.popre.net/forum/populous-the-beginning-software-patches-t9537.html - list of populous resources http://pop-archive.16mb.com/ - more populous resources https://ts.popre.net/Archive/ http://brandanlasley.com/releases/

Official source code efforts

• http://popre.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=398 - initial refusal to release after multiplayer servers come down
• http://popre.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1414 - strategy pep talk
• http://popre.net/forum/source-code-t9953.html - $25,000 for asking says EA (07)
• https://www.popre.net/forum/source-code-t9953.html#p221456 - no interest in selling (13)

Of interest

• http://www.popre.net/forum/interesting-find-populous-the-aftermath-source-code-t10123.html - darkbasic pop clone http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2000&page=free (contacted author regarding licence...)
• http://popre.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1433 - 50k lines of code on a clone and willing to release
• http://popre.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6388 - DAroo suggesting popre should open source tools
• http://popre.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8624 - offering self for rewrite (interesting resume)
• https://www.popre.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10780&p=231981 - so much drama...

An effort that has somehow acquired the official source code and is building on it

• My summary OpenPop/OpenPopulous#1 (comment)
  • unclear how they get access, some hints that TheGabber got it from someone - https://www.popre.net/forum/let-s-see-evidence-first-t10891.html#p233339
• https://www.popre.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=11152&p=236810&hilit=code#p236810 - initial announcement
• Beta build threads
  • https://www.popre.net/forum/beta-build-2494-+-patches-2496-2523--t11390.html
  • https://www.popre.net/forum/populous-beta-build-2665-partial-november-release-t11555.html
  • https://www.popre.net/forum/populous-beta-build-2850-september-2019-release-t11636.html
  • https://www.popre.net/forum/populous-beta-build-3077-october-2019-release-t11649.html
• http://www.populous3.info/script3_doc/ - scripting system
• https://github.com/Brandantl - primary maintainer/person with source access
• https://github.com/Brandantl/Populous-The-Beginning/ - rep (private)
  • linked from http://www.populous3.info/bugs/view.php?id=48&nbn=9#bugnotes back in 2015

Unofficial fork: https://github.com/OpenPop/OpenPopulous

• Original idea: http://popre.net/forum/a-possible-path-to-the-source-code-t4799s0.html
• From http://sourceforge.net/projects/openpopulous/ to revision r59
• Official website http://openpop.wildman-productions.org/index.php

TODO: rendering http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/16317/geometry-system-of-populous-the-beginning

http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/Where-to-put-Open-Transport-Tycoon-openttd-td1940081.html - interesting notes on legality. Does openpopulous copy the 'story' of poptb?

http://openpop.wildman-productions.org/index.php

• Defining contributor to Populous community.
• Downloads (and source) at http://alacn.dnsalias.org:8080/populous/
• All source possible now ported to github.
• Got e-mail from him stating all works are in the public domain.

• https://github.com/intelorca
• http://wiki.intelorca.co.uk/Main_Page (http://wiki.intelorca.co.uk/Category:Populous)
• Main contributor to OpenPopulous
• Contributor to unreleased 2D map editor with Khickman
• Talk to about releasing source for programs
• http://www.tedtycoon.co.uk/populous/ had programs but is now dead
• https://github.com/IntelOrca/archived-VB6/tree/master/Populous - pop utilities - no licenses
• https://github.com/IntelOrca/popss - "Spiritual Successor to Populous 3", no docs
• Used to have access to original Populous code under the popre umbrella - OpenPop/OpenPopulous#1

http://popms.net/

Projects (all GPLv3)

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/pop3lib/ - "C++ library for Populous developers."
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/multiplayerplat/ - "Multiplayer Platform is a project which aims to be universal service that simplifies playing multiplayer games."
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/p3meditor/ - "Populous Mana Source mappack files editor."

Of interest

• http://popms.net/forums/topic/575-projects-solutions-resources-community/ - matchmaker (planned), no source link
• http://popms.net/forums/topic/491-populous-remake-attempt/ - simple populous clone, no license specified, non english

• https://github.com/TambourineReindeer/populousmapviewer - "3D map viewer for Populous", MIT; unofficial mirror since Google Code is archived/discontinued
• https://github.com/NightTerror1721/KrampusPopEditor
• https://github.com/MrKosjaK/Pop3-Scripts

• https://github.com/TambourineReindeer/javapop - "A Populous-like game in Java.", GPL2; unofficial mirror
• https://github.com/TambourineReindeer/propop - "a project inspired by populous", MIT; unofficial mirror
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/oetting/ - "A RTS game which will be a mixture of some classic games like Populous and Megalomaniacs."
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/waroffaith/ - "War of Faith is a God game, inspired by Populous: The Begginning and [...]"
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepop/ - "FreePop is a multi-platform tile-based game based on the great old game Populous 2 [...]"