Source code

It's all the programming behind a specific game. The source could then be used to make changes or base games on. The Quake 4 game for example is based on Doom 3 source code (engine), as far as I am aware.

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I heard that the Half-Life 2 source code was stolen/leaked from the Valve servers, why is it so serious, what can someone do with the source code?
 
Apokarteron said:
I heard that the Half-Life 2 source code was stolen/leaked from the Valve servers, why is it so serious, what can someone do with the source code?
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The thief can see how the game works. The source code is written in a formal programming language which is ASCII text files. (Half-Life 2 is probably written in C++) So a C++ programmer can now look through how the entire game was programmed. When a program is released all the consumer has is the machine code (1's and 0's) which the computer can execute but we can not read. The source code is changed to machine code through a compiler.

It is not difficult to reverse engineer a program. It is however illegal.
 
God! And I thought I knew about computers...
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Now you know better.... Joke. :)

Yea what SFR said. If you are interested in looking through some source code you can google for Quake3's it has been free for a little while now.
 
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