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You might also want to contact QuasarDonkey he has been also working on a clone project not with unity but he might have some useful info. he also created the ida database, he has stated ida database is due for an update.

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MicroProse is back :)

www.microprose.com
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wow, can you spot the botf cardboard box on their main page? :D
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Yes, it's in the middle :)

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Interesting text at the bottom of the page

'Microprose future projects covers various development areas including WHOLE of EARTH GLOBAL RENDERING FPS games and simulators. '
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well, there's not much info they're giving us and not even a contact.
checking on https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000 ... prose.com/ it seems the site got back online in september 2018
whom ever is in hold now, hope they'll do better this time
for now they just keep selling some old titles on steam
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Flocke wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:12 am well, there's not much info they're giving us and not even a contact.
checking on https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000 ... prose.com/ it seems the site got back online in september 2018
whom ever is in hold now, hope they'll do better this time
for now they just keep selling some old titles on steam
Found an annoucement, they will be remaking a 20 year old title on unreal engine 4 with the co-founder, Wild Bill Stealey.

http://www.combatsim.com/topics/combat- ... irds-2020/
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I am in no way technical so apologies if this comes across as very naive, but could Microprose be contacted regarding the BOTF sourcecode for the purposes of investigating and fixing the causes of game slowdown?
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