Ask and you will receive: Microsoft just followed a request from an Internet user who wanted to get source code for the 3D Movie Maker software, launched in 1995.
A user named Foone made a request to Microsoft on Twitter in early April. Describes himself as a hardware and software necromancerFonne said he wants to expand and develop the source code of the 3D Movie Maker software, which was created 27 years ago.
Microsoft software in the 90s represented a tool to create movies with cartoons in 3D environments, and to control their movements according to a timeline.
In favor of Foone’s request, the giant is however not the owner of BRender, the machine on which the 3D Movie Maker software runs. It is also on the same engine that video games like those in the Carmageddon series can launch.
In what the internet is doing, the owner of BRender, named Jez on Twitter, went to the social network thread and gave a go-ahead to use it … provided a copy of the software to find.
I own the rights to BRender and would love to see it released, but alas, I no longer have the software.he wrote on Twitter.
The happy ending
Microsoft could have gotten their hands on BRender code, buried in an archive, an archive, an archive, according to Foone in an interview with PC Gamer. This leads to a happy ending to this story: the source code is now public on the GitHub site since this week.
In an interview with PC Gamer, Foone indicated that he wanted to update in a month or a few months the program so that it is compatible with modern computers. It also plans to add features, especially to facilitate video sharing.
This is also good news for fans of the racing and action game Carmageddon, which will be able to program changes (mod) and give new life to the series on modern computers.
Source: Radio-Canada
