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==The later years of Bungie.org== | ==The later years of Bungie.org== | ||
{{Anchor|2002|2003|2004}} | {{Anchor|2002|2003|2004}} | ||
In time, the activity on the PID subdomain lessened, and the Marathon and Myth communities began to shift towards other domains, so the founders of b.org generally moved on. Steve Campbell went on to found forerunners.org in 2002, devoted to covering the Bungie fandom from a different angle by hosting personal fan sites and serving as a general portal to the rest of the community, and cortana.org in 2003, for hosting Halo maps and mods. Eventually Claude Errera was left in sole charge of the Borg domain and its servers. Today, most of the domain's traffic goes to the Halo subdomain and the [https://destiny.bungie.org/ subdomain for Destiny] (created in 2013). A [http://gnop.bungie.org/ subdomain for Gnop], arguably Bungie's oldest game, was also added in 2013, containing an emulator of the game. | In time, the activity on the PID subdomain lessened, and the [[Marathon]] and [[Myth]] communities began to shift towards other domains, so the founders of b.org generally moved on. Steve Campbell went on to found forerunners.org in 2002, devoted to covering the Bungie fandom from a different angle by hosting personal fan sites and serving as a general portal to the rest of the community, and cortana.org in 2003, for hosting Halo maps and mods. Eventually Claude Errera was left in sole charge of the Borg domain and its servers. Today, most of the domain's traffic goes to the Halo subdomain and the [https://destiny.bungie.org/ subdomain for Destiny] (created in 2013). A [http://gnop.bungie.org/ subdomain for Gnop], arguably Bungie's oldest game, was also added in 2013, containing an emulator of the game. | ||
The original Oni Central Forum, now referred to as the Carnage board because it (and other B.org forums) ran on the carnage.bungie.org subdomain, was a threaded board running on simple software known as WebBBS. In March 2003, Harry decided to move to modern forum software, and OCF was restarted on the ikonBoard software, which presented the indexed, flat style of forum that is usually seen on the Internet today. | The original Oni Central Forum, now referred to as the Carnage board because it (and other B.org forums) ran on the carnage.bungie.org subdomain, was a threaded board running on simple software known as WebBBS. In March 2003, Harry decided to move to modern forum software, and OCF was restarted on the ikonBoard software, which presented the indexed, flat style of forum that is usually seen on the Internet today. | ||
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{{Anchor|2006|2007|2008}} | {{Anchor|2006|2007|2008}} | ||
Other important uses of the oni2.net domain included the [[Multiplayer#Fan-made multiplayer|OniPlayer]] project and the [http://edt.oni2.net subdomain] of user [[User:EdT|EdT]], which became the number-one source of information for Mac users on how to mod and run Oni on their machines. 2007 marked a high point in the community's reverse-engineering activity, leading to a near-complete understanding of the engine. With this increase in knowledge came an increase in the number of mods being made, and so in September of 2008 the [http://mods.oni2.net Oni Mod Depot] was opened by [[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] | Other important uses of the oni2.net domain included the [[Multiplayer#Fan-made multiplayer|OniPlayer]] project and the [http://edt.oni2.net subdomain] of user [[User:EdT|EdT]], which became the number-one source of information for Mac users on how to mod and run Oni on their machines. 2007 marked a high point in the community's reverse-engineering activity, leading to a near-complete understanding of the engine. With this increase in knowledge came an increase in the number of mods being made, and so in September of 2008 the [http://mods.oni2.net Oni Mod Depot] was opened by [[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] in order to serve as a central location for the community's mods. | ||
==The community today== | ==The community today== | ||
The primary activity of the modern Oni community | The primary activity of the modern Oni community has been producing mods, including totally new levels, developing new modding tools, and patching the game engine. The timeline of the community's achievements is recorded at [[History of Oni modding]]. To see the mods that have been produced, browse through the [[Anniversary Edition]] installer or visit the Mod Depot. To see the engine patching work, which now includes the production of new engine builds, see the [[:Category:Patches|Patches category]]. Fans have also speculated on possible [[Oni 2]]s and worked on [[multiplayer]] projects. | ||
[[Category:Community history]] | [[Category:Community history]] | ||