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Hawara at 06:17, 18 February 2019

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	With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.		With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.

			With the releases of games such as [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/04/27/free-total-annihilation-like-rts-zero-k-lands-on-steam/ Zero-K] and [https://store.steampowered.com/news/12889/ Evolution RTS] on Steam, the legacy and spirit of Cavedog is continuing, while always looking for new volunteers to keeping Spring Engine in shape.

	=== History Links ===		=== History Links ===

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History

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	Stefan Johansson started the Spring project within the [[SY]] clan that had already made the [[XTA]] mod for the original TA engine. His goal was to make a engine that could replace the now ageing TA engine.		Stefan Johansson started the Spring project within the [[SY]] clan that had already made the [[XTA]] mod for the original TA engine. His goal was to make a engine that could replace the now ageing TA engine.

	The original TA engine was very advanced but still had some hard limits. Cavedog went bankrupt some years after it released TA. Before it went under it had released TA:Kingdoms but despite it had a more advanced engine it did not get very popular. So the community kept using the original TA engine.~~<br>~~		The original TA engine was very advanced but still had some hard limits. Cavedog went bankrupt some years after it released TA. Before it went under it had released TA:Kingdoms but despite it had a more advanced engine it did not get very popular. So the community kept using the original TA engine.

	Atari the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "Gas Powered Games" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.		Atari the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "Gas Powered Games" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.

Abma: /* History */

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History

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	Atari the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "Gas Powered Games" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.		Atari the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "Gas Powered Games" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.

	After some years of private development within the [[SY]] Stefan and the others decided to release Spring under the GPL. I was not around but I do understand that this was difficult choice as Spring represented a lot of work.~~<BR~~/>		After some years of private development within the [[SY]] Stefan and the others decided to release Spring under the GPL. I was not around but I do understand that this was difficult choice as Spring represented a lot of work. The [https://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=680 first version of TA Spring] was released on 26 Apr 2005.

	With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.		With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.

Flozi: recat

2013-03-20T16:35:04Z

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	* [[Wikipedia:TA Spring]]		* [[Wikipedia:TA Spring]]

	[[Category:~~Content~~]]		[[Category:Spring]]

Abma: remove all non-history information (mostly redundant / heavily deprecated)

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 == History ==
 The Spring engine is inspired by the game "Total Annihilation" (TA) by Cavedog Entertainment. TA, released in 1997 is the best RTS ("Real Time Strategy") game "of all time" according to [http://archive.gamespy.com/top10/february04/rts/index11.shtml Gamespy].
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 === History Links ===
 * "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=435289#post435289 Latest info about TA 2 & TA sequels + a little history of TA :]" entry in the [http://www.tauniverse.com tauniverse.com] forum
 == See also ==

Abma: moved Spring Project to History over redirect

2012-06-02T03:57:56Z

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Flozi at 15:25, 10 April 2011

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	== The Project ==		== The Project ==
	The Spring project is a effort to create the best ([[open source]]) RTS game engine. We also like to allow all sorts of game content to be played with it.		The Spring project is a effort to create the best (open source) RTS game engine. We also like to allow all sorts of game content to be played with it.
	And make it easy for people to play the mods.		And make it easy for people to play the mods.

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	== History ==		== History ==
	The Spring engine is inspired by the game "Total Annihilation" (TA) by [[Cavedog Entertainment]]. TA, released in 1997 is the best RTS ("Real Time Strategy") game "of all time" according to [http://archive.gamespy.com/top10/february04/rts/index11.shtml Gamespy].		The Spring engine is inspired by the game "Total Annihilation" (TA) by Cavedog Entertainment. TA, released in 1997 is the best RTS ("Real Time Strategy") game "of all time" according to [http://archive.gamespy.com/top10/february04/rts/index11.shtml Gamespy].

	Stefan Johansson started the Spring project within the [[SY]] clan that had already made the [[XTA]] mod for the original TA engine. His goal was to make a engine that could replace the now ageing TA engine.		Stefan Johansson started the Spring project within the [[SY]] clan that had already made the [[XTA]] mod for the original TA engine. His goal was to make a engine that could replace the now ageing TA engine.

	The original TA engine was very advanced but still had some hard limits. Cavedog went bankrupt some years after it released TA. Before it went under it had released [[TA:Kingdoms]] but despite it had a more advanced engine it did not get very popular. So the community kept using the original TA engine.<br>		The original TA engine was very advanced but still had some hard limits. Cavedog went bankrupt some years after it released TA. Before it went under it had released TA:Kingdoms but despite it had a more advanced engine it did not get very popular. So the community kept using the original TA engine.<br>
	[[Atari]] the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "[[Gas Powered Games]]" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.		Atari the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "Gas Powered Games" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.

	After some years of private development within the [[SY]] Stefan and the others decided to release Spring under the [[GPL]]. I was not around but I do understand that this was difficult choice as Spring represented a lot of work.<BR/>		After some years of private development within the [[SY]] Stefan and the others decided to release Spring under the GPL. I was not around but I do understand that this was difficult choice as Spring represented a lot of work.<BR/>
	With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.		With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.

Seanheron: remove links to deprecated page

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	The people in the Spring community can more or less be split in the following groups:		The people in the Spring community can more or less be split in the following groups:
	* '''Developers''' -The people that like to work on the engine.		* '''Developers''' -The people that like to work on the engine.
	* '''Modders''' - The people that like to make units. See also [[~~Mods~~]]		* '''Modders''' - The people that like to make units. See also [[Games]]
	* '''Mappers''' - The people that like to make the worlds to play on.		* '''Mappers''' - The people that like to make the worlds to play on.
	* '''Players''' - The people that like to play the thing you get once you combine the above.		* '''Players''' - The people that like to play the thing you get once you combine the above.

Neddiedrow: Revert

2007-07-03T23:41:18Z

Revert

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	=== History Links ===		=== History Links ===
	* "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=		* "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=435289#post435289 Latest info about TA 2 & TA sequels + a little history of TA :]" entry in the [http://www.tauniverse.com tauniverse.com] forum

			== See also ==
			* [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation]]
			* [[Wikipedia:Cavedog Entertainment]]
			* [[Wikipedia:TA Spring]]

			[[Category:Content]]

KvpGas at 22:51, 3 July 2007

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	=== History Links ===		=== History Links ===
	* "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=~~&postid=435289#post435289 Latest info about TA 2 & TA sequels + a little history of TA :]" entry in the [http://www.tauniverse.com tauniverse.com] forum~~		* "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=

	~~== See also ==~~
	* [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation]]
	* [[Wikipedia:Cavedog Entertainment]]
	* [[Wikipedia:TA Spring]]

	~~[[Category:Content]]~~