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Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline

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442 points apitman | 2 comments | 02 Apr 25 23:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.017s | source
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o1o1o1 ◴[03 Apr 25 03:47 UTC] No.43564516[source]▶
Thank you for sharing this, it is truly amazing.

While I like Steam for the convenience and also appreciate their efforts in developing SteamOS I am concerned about the lock-in. Projects like this really help to own more of what you paid for again, luskaner is a hero for me.

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Rohansi ◴[03 Apr 25 04:20 UTC] No.43564708[source]▶
I feel like it is important to point out that Steam does not require games to have any DRM. Not even Steam's DRM. It's entirely up to the game developer and/or publisher. Many games on Steam are already DRM-free where you can just back up the files and play without Steam.
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o1o1o1 ◴[03 Apr 25 15:17 UTC] No.43570986[source]▶
Thank you for pointing that out. I am afraid that AoE is probably not one of them though?

Maybe the old AoE versions will be open-sourced one day, that would be awesome.

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1. pertymcpert ◴[03 Apr 25 18:00 UTC] No.43573231{3}[source]▶
Probably also because it's a multiplayer game and you want to try to stop cheaters.
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2. Rohansi ◴[03 Apr 25 21:33 UTC] No.43575734[source]▶
Steam's DRM doesn't do anything to stop cheaters.