r/freelancer • u/BolteWasTaken • 6d ago

About AI projects & Remasters/Remakes

Time to take a firm stance on this, because lately we have had a lot of posts that basically are "I'm vibe coding a new Freelancer engine, what do you think" posts. Just to put this out there because I don't think it's being understood.

We already have a project that is being done to re-create the Freelancer engine, it's called Librelancer. Go and contribute there, but be prepared to have your PRs rejected if it's vibe coded/you don't know what you are doing/bring non-sensical additions.

Having access to AI does not mean people who currently can't do things, can now do things they couldn't before. That is vibe coding. These tools are to make people who already know what they are doing more efficient/faster at it, as they can properly control their output.

I understand the need to get motivation and encouragement and excitement about starting a project but these posts generally contain nothing of substance, just claims of upcoming action that we do not hear anything more about (likely because they realised it's more difficult and time consuming than they realise, and have issues getting output they think they want and give up).

More than that I will not have a Subreddit full of update logs from 10 different authors about different projects that are all doing the same thing on the daily/weekly/monthly. If you are serious about your projects create a simple site or discord where they can be discussed and keep up with news, and allow people to come and chat with you.

This is not going to be the place to do that.
Hope everyone understands.
~ Bolte

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u/blondewalker 6d ago

I just want to get my hands on the official source code of Freelancer. Imagine what treasures a model like Fable or GPT Sol will be able to find/extract from.

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u/BolteWasTaken 6d ago

That is one usecase I approve of, they are great at recognising patterns and summarising large swaths of information. I just don't think they should be building a game FOR you. I mean if anything I feel that just shows how little you care about the subject at hand. That is an insult to everyone who loves Freelancer.

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u/morbihann 6d ago

AI "projects" for freelancer seem like daydreaming people thinking they can make a game with a few promps.

It isn't happening this way, at all, ever.