Originally Posted by sir
Just fyi, getting access to game/server code won't make 20 years of data available after it's gone - and I doubt anyone's getting hands on it unless they buy out Toribash completely. And I'm not even speaking about (majorly useless, sorry) stuff that Nokia mentioned.
at least you tried doing some good, nokia
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Originally Posted by victortb
Toribash should just become free and open source before it dies
The game could be made open source and multiplayer servers placed behind a subscription like many gaming companies are doing now. I'd pay a SMALL monthly fee to continue to have access to this game, in fact I just got vip again purely to support the game and several other people have it as well. Maybe a certain number of games per month are free, then to continue playing as much as you want, throw a couple bucks to Nabi? I realize it's always been free to play, but that model may not work out for much longer. Making it open source would allow people who are passionate about the game to develop it further or patch any exploits that might pop up.
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I guess that would make it not fully open source but you get what I mean let's not get caught up in semantics
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Everyone here is looking at this the wrong way. We already have the future of Toribash - a magnificent future awaiting for us. Toribash Next is the solution. Here's a direct quote from it: "More players and fighting, weapons and blood, and ultimately - more fun."
Next time you think about the future of Toribash, think Toribash Next. It's the next generation of sandbox physics fighting games!
Next time you think about the future of Toribash, think Toribash Next. It's the next generation of sandbox physics fighting games!
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Originally Posted by sir
Just fyi, getting access to game/server code won't make 20 years of data available after it's gone - and I doubt anyone's getting hands on it unless they buy out Toribash completely. And I'm not even speaking about (majorly useless, sorry) stuff that Nokia mentioned.
Once the servers go down, it's pretty much over for those who primarily play Toribash for its multiplayer aspect. SP players would only get slightly inconvenienced as their routine pretty much doesn't involve using any online functionality aside from occasional content sharing (which they would still be able to do on Discord or any other platforms) but for anyone who plays Toribash for any of its online features there'd be nothing left to do aside from playing a bunch of mods with no actual account system - that is, assuming there is a suitable version of the game server available.
As for the "they did servers for The Crew perhaps someone could do it for Toribash too" argument - no, you won't be able to do that unless you actually get the source code or a prebuilt version of a standalone game server that you can self-host. The Crew's multiplayer is/was P2P, you essentially "just" need to reverse engineer some bits of the lobby system to be able to make user clients connect to each other, you don't need to reinvent any of the game logic. Toribash multiplayer is authoritative, the game server is what's making everything work - it runs the simulation, it handles all the MP logic and so on.
how long do we have left
and is there a solution for keeping the servers up
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Originally Posted by Capitalist
Everyone here is looking at this the wrong way. We already have the future of Toribash - a magnificent future awaiting for us. Toribash Next is the solution. Here's a direct quote from it: "More players and fighting, weapons and blood, and ultimately - more fun."
Next time you think about the future of Toribash, think Toribash Next. It's the next generation of sandbox physics fighting games!
disable normal toribash for good and let the next one live
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Originally Posted by sir
Just fyi, getting access to game/server code won't make 20 years of data available after it's gone - and I doubt anyone's getting hands on it unless they buy out Toribash completely. And I'm not even speaking about (majorly useless, sorry) stuff that Nokia mentioned.
Once the servers go down, it's pretty much over for those who primarily play Toribash for its multiplayer aspect. SP players would only get slightly inconvenienced as their routine pretty much doesn't involve using any online functionality aside from occasional content sharing (which they would still be able to do on Discord or any other platforms) but for anyone who plays Toribash for any of its online features there'd be nothing left to do aside from playing a bunch of mods with no actual account system - that is, assuming there is a suitable version of the game server available.
As for the "they did servers for The Crew perhaps someone could do it for Toribash too" argument - no, you won't be able to do that unless you actually get the source code or a prebuilt version of a standalone game server that you can self-host. The Crew's multiplayer is/was P2P, you essentially "just" need to reverse engineer some bits of the lobby system to be able to make user clients connect to each other, you don't need to reinvent any of the game logic. Toribash multiplayer is authoritative, the game server is what's making everything work - it runs the simulation, it handles all the MP logic and so on.
confirmed - rip toribash
Last edited by Gabriel; Dec 14, 2025 at 03:52 AM.
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