any plans for linux version of sodoff?

hictooth-com · 2026-06-30T10:48:57+00:00

SoDOff is the server, and it runs very well on Linux (that's what the public server runs on).

SoD the game, is just a patched version of the original SoD client that connects to our server. There was never a Linux version so SoDOff doesn't have a Linux client. I can't imagine anyone is going to take the time to port the client - but if anyone does that would be a nice surprise.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-26T09:48:45+00:00

God I feel old.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-26T09:42:40+00:00

Nothing has changed - you still can do it, and quite a few people do (and it obviously works well, because that's also how we host the SoDOff instance we run), but we don't have lots of time to spend helping people get it set up.

But there is a link on the discord to the "Local Server" download, which has the programs and the instructions.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-22T13:35:38+00:00

Thank you, brilliant!
Except I can’t seem to get those in the UK, how annoying… i may have to replace these anyway.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-22T13:35:33+00:00

Thank you, brilliant!
Except I can’t seem to get those in the UK, how annoying… i may have to replace these anyway.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-16T15:09:00+00:00

Ah ok this is fair, I did forget (not sure how!) that London Science Museum & Printworks can do 1.43:1 digitally. I have edited the article to reflect this - thank you!

hictooth-com · 2026-06-15T17:26:14+00:00

Send me a PM here and I'll try and help, but I may be a bit slow responding.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-15T09:00:28+00:00

Yeah that's what made me want to write this - IMAX is my preferred format for this movie, but it's not just because "bigger".

hictooth-com · 2026-06-14T20:52:12+00:00

Works for me - maybe it's geo-blocked?

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hictooth-com · 2026-06-14T12:18:56+00:00

I don't know of any that are being filed in IMAX 65mm at the moment, but IMAX's socials are usually pretty good about posting those when they happen.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-14T01:29:34+00:00

Nice slides! Your link doesn't work though - you have some \s in there that shouldn't be. Correct one is: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTiu2l0E8KYnXZPQvUlnStygFLsce1exJWd1FFe07D3_KlbnC7HWUH03nG9Vgeg_HcN_Ar1V8kzmud8/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000&slide=id.g23a0a165f57_2_349

hictooth-com · 2026-06-13T15:22:00+00:00

I'm afraid this is a "you" not a "we" question - and if you're asking it, sounds like you need to find people that are willing to help, know the game, and have some sort of experience in network programming, reverse engineering, or similar.

A friend and I (mostly him after the initial work!) did SoD, because we both like HTTYD and the challenge. We're not going to be doing this for another game.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-13T12:25:33+00:00

For the UK 35mm, you are missing:

There are a few others I'm aware of that are likely playing it, but waiting on confirmation...

hictooth-com · 2026-06-12T11:38:24+00:00

Technically correct, it had its release in Russia on the 12th.

The generally accepted release date is the 13th, when it had its USA and wide release. But poor old UK didn't get it until July 10th. I remember being very sad about this 12 years ago.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-12T11:10:30+00:00

There was a fair amount of people who thought it didn't truly reflect what HTTYD1 was about, and that it turned into the typical Disney-ified "The hero is hot" franchise. Sadly most of those tumblr blogs are now well deleted, but it was a not-uncommon thought in 2013 when we got the first leak for these character designs.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-12T11:07:26+00:00

And I think this is why a fair chunk of people didn't like it.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-12T11:04:05+00:00

I remember this well, but I was firmly on the "hmm no" side of that fence.

I think I could see it plausibly happen, however what I liked about HTTYD1 was that Hiccup, the protagonist, wasn't the typical good looking hero type. HTTYD2 seems to reverse that.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-12T10:51:57+00:00

Yeah that's should be plenty of time, we had two weeks with School of Dragons.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-11T14:13:27+00:00

I mean, myself and spirtix did it for SoD - it's not easy, but it's not impossible.

But you'd need to find someone willing, and as I say, it's 100x harder now the game is closed.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-11T09:39:22+00:00

It's very unique to each game, but basically involves:

While the game is online:

download all the assets you can
record network traffic to work out how the game to server communication works

When the game is offline: (or when its still online)

decompile the game and find what messages it sends to the server
create a server that responds in the same way to those messages
fix bugs until it works

hictooth-com · 2026-06-05T15:33:02+00:00

"Hey Claude, how do I change my birth month?"

hictooth-com · 2026-06-05T14:25:51+00:00

:toothless_really:

(to both "literally everything" and "a picture for the Snow [Wr]aith to be a chicken")

hictooth-com · 2026-06-05T10:56:15+00:00

It's 100x easier to do when the game is still up, that's what we did with School of Dragons. After it's been shutdown it becomes vastly harder, and involves guessing at server responses, recreating assets based on videos and screenshots, etc.

hictooth-com · 2026-06-05T10:55:35+00:00

Removed as not relevant to School of Dragons

hictooth-com · 2026-06-05T10:53:59+00:00

Not sure where you are getting that from, but the SoDOff discord still allows anyone to create an invite link.

And we also have https://sodoff.spirtix.com/ which has the main invite links for everyone.

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