Civilization Copywrite?

[Blood Lust]

Hello People

Does anybody know if Civilization is still protected by copywrite and if Sid Meier has released the source code?

I've been making a civilization game in Visual Basic that looks stunning but it is time consuming.

Therefore I would like the original code instead so I can update its graphics to photo quality, increase the size of the world map, increase the civs from 7 to 100, increase the technologies and expand the role of Government so governing your people becomes a big part of the game.

 

[Whelkman]

Civilization and all its descendants are property of Firaxis. The best you can do is disassemble the DOS binary. If you've never worked with a segmented memory model before, you're in for a surprise. I'd say you're better off forking FreeCiv, even though that's written against Civ II. While the AI isn't there, at least the engine is.

 

[RedKi-rr]

Also it would iteresting to see Civ1 in graphics of Civ3...but the gameplay should be completely the same as in Civ1, including map generation, "diplomacy" and so on...