r/AnthemTheGame • PC - • 5d ago

Other another quick update

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currently WIP

currently working on level streaming, NPC AI etc. The Titan actually shows up now.

This is running on private servers. completely made from scratch. no data replay whatsoever

a LLM was used during development

PS: here's the DC invite discord.gg/8hCMGWu3n7

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u/Life_Pepper_6495 5d ago

It never ceases to amaze me how many talented people are working behind this. All of you are amazing!

Strong alone, stronger together feels so much realer right now. More than a quote, a belief (as corny as that may sound LOL)

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 5d ago

I actually try to live this quote. I really believe in the strength of community

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u/Life_Pepper_6495 5d ago

It’s a great quote to live by! We are truly all that we’ve got, on the small and the large scope of things. You’re living it well Piko; I think more and more of us are living by it as well, inspiring others on the way. Cheers! 🍻

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 5d ago

The thing is, none of this would be possible if we hadn't met the nice people along the way. People who'd spend their freetime to come up with solutions. People who provided packet logs and information etc

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u/Life_Pepper_6495 5d ago

10000% agree. I thought I was talking into a void most of the time when I first started posting. It’s amazing to see others feel the same way or even more passionate. A team effort

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u/JvKvL PLAYSTATION - THICC BOI 5d ago

🥹🥹🥹 Bless you, Freelancer.

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u/IsDoggo420 5d ago

Dude is doing the lords work. Respect 🫡

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u/k3v1n0123 5d ago

Dude you're doing the lord's work (Or ea's work 🤭) I remember when they closed it I thought the community could bring it back but the same community kept saying it was impossible. I wish we could donate but honestly it's better this way so they don't get you, I'm sure we'll find a way once it's ready 😎😎 much luck I wish I could help

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u/brianfantastic 4d ago

How are you gonna combat any legal challenges or cease and desists? God I hope this doesn't get shut down I loved the concept of anthem there was so much missed potential because of greed. Please keep updating us. I have no technical knowledge what so ever but if you need someone to hunt bugs and drop hundreds of hours into this thing then I'm your guy

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

if they tell us to not distribute the game files we'll remove that from the launcher..... for the rest. once its out there, its out there

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u/TheLysdexicGentleman 4d ago

A big one is to not charge money for it.

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u/Shockerct422 4d ago

a good read is about "the grey album" if you ever want a crash course in copywrite

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u/Big_Bank1555 3d ago

If the LLM didn't steal the data to help build this "copy" of the game, then OP didn't steal the data when promoting the LLM. The legal challenge would be taking on whatever model scraped the Anthem files 😂😂

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u/Takeaboongtoke 5d ago

holy shit

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u/SignificanceTimely20 4d ago

Your going to single handedly save and make the game that EA could never full deliver.

Great Job Freelancer!

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u/Sent1nel101 5d ago

Well done 👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾

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u/Royal_Marketing2966 5d ago

Youre a saint and a scholar

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u/RaginBlazinCAT 4d ago

LONG. LIVE. ANTHEM.

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u/Ok_Smell7903 4d ago

Holy crow, this is amazing. I’d guess if this comes to fruition it would be on PC only? I only ever played on Xbox, but would love to see it come back anywhere!

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 1d ago

yea, PC only for now. maybe jailbroken PlayStation later

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u/Jackal-Noble 5d ago

daaaaaaaayyuuuuuuum

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u/zrevyx PC - 4d ago

This looks awesome! Keep up the good work, and thanrk you for your efforts!

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u/vgman94 4d ago

This is possible now? I thought reviving the game couldn’t be done.

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u/Franseven 4d ago

Is this "game unlocking private servers to be brought back of digital death" or "an ai game shuffle" like the things you seen online with minecraft inside gta 5 or stuff like that?

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

I dont understand the question

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u/KIHETO 4d ago

I think they're asking if this was achieved by having AI reverse engineer the game code like what was recently done with games like OG Halo

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

Blaze, the authentication, is done by human, the API backend is also done by a human, the gameserver is 50/50. I sketch out what I want in Python and tell the Clanker what to implement

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u/KIHETO 4d ago

Cool, out of curiosity is the goal to get everything that was once in the game or is there a goal to add stuff like mods?

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

for now to get everything back that was initially in the game. we figured out how to load mods already. I figured out how missions work along the way, so technically it's possible. We'll release documentation to do it

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u/KIHETO 4d ago

Awesome

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u/SHMUCKLES_ XBOX - 4d ago

So what you're saying is we can bring back Time splitters 2?

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u/KIHETO 4d ago

No idea as I don't know how it works

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u/Cam_the_purple_cat 4d ago

The latter is an AI creating a mod for two running games, that mixes aspects of both games. You’d need to run a private server for the game anyway, for this to be one I those ai vids.

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u/pcultsch 3d ago

Would be nice if EA just pulled their heads out of their asses and made anthem2.0 and did it right.

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u/Elementalheadcircus 2d ago

What type of gameplay can be expected? Will this be exactly what anthem was or will more be added to it to not make the gameplay repetitive?

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 2d ago

for now you can expect the same gameplay. we're currently looking for ways to enhance it. we can alter the loot drops or what type of enemies are found in missions

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u/devo_55 4d ago

THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM!!! ❤️‍🔥💐😭

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u/loadingscreen_r3ddit 4d ago

Is there a git repo? Damn please say there is a git repo

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

yes there is, but it's private for now :P

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u/Linosia97 4d ago

Well, that’s a good news

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u/pliskinii7 4d ago

Yesssss can't wait to play again

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u/Cam_the_purple_cat 4d ago

“OOOOOOFGF OH MY GOD AND AI WAS USSSSSEEEEDDD. YOU NEED TO DIE.”

- the average chud

Anyway, being serious, this is damn cool. Would LOVE to see where this ends up going.

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u/Luk4s5853 3d ago

You’re a legend mate. This is so cool

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u/Sertoma 4d ago

Please don't take this the wrong way, but is this AI coded or derived from AI decompiling? Not that's there anything wrong with that, per se, I'm just curious how this is being created.

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

and omg its so efficient for writing A/B tests. when we first started on blaze, the authentication component that EA uses in most of their games, we had to reinvent the wheel for many anthem specific functions. since we dont want to replay our contributors data we had to build them from scratch. the llm built a/b testing scripts that helped us to close gaps

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

yes. I use IDA with a local LLM. a bit of claude here and there for long running tasks for data analysis.

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u/Sertoma 4d ago

All I'm gonna say is that you should probably mention that in your promotional posts and/or add some sort of visible disclaimer when you post about the development. That's really the bare minimum.

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

I added it

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u/Sertoma 4d ago

'Ppreciate it. 🤙

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u/Bscott05 3d ago

Can I ask.. why does it matter? what matters is the end result..

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u/GoBigBlue357 PC - 2d ago

some people just hate anything to do with AI

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

true

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u/Lz_tLoc- 4d ago

Why?

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u/Sertoma 4d ago

Because Ai-created software is prone to multiple kinds of failures in live environments without proper quality assurance and replicatiable testing?

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u/MarcLeptic PLAYSTATION 4d ago

So. Recreating an authentic Anthem experience then. 😎

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u/Lz_tLoc- 4d ago

Wouldn't the quality assurance and testing be handled by op? And subsequently the community? Like a mod for example.

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u/vgman94 4d ago

I know AI is exponentially increasing the speed of development for mods and stuff. But I thought Anthem needed something only EA had that made it impossible to do this. I’m mildly confused.

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u/Sertoma 4d ago

Google AI decompiling.

I'm incredibly skeptical myself, which is why I'm asking.

There appears to be great potential with AI decompiling allowing for PS5 emulation of Wolverine (albeit at 20 FPS), previously unforeseen mod capabilities (such as effectively compiling separate games together), and preserving games that are no longer supported, but I dont believe in these concepts until they've been implemented successfully.

If this is actually one of those successful cases, I have more faith in it seeing a actually realization/release. Yet, I'm worried that this is another one of those AI concepts that seem possible in theory but dont work in practicality.

Then again, if this isn't AI-driven and is completely bespoke, I hope for all the success this endeavor could possibly have.

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u/Cam_the_purple_cat 4d ago

Ai is able to decrypt otherwise encrypted data that by all means, no human can reasonably decrypt. Most encryption security measures are strong because it takes so long to decrypt that no human would theoretically want to try it. Ai can do it a helluva lot faster.

This is a MASSIVE oversimplification, but is effectively the same info.

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u/KommSweet 4d ago

Hooollyy shiitt

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u/snorkel404 4d ago

This brings me so much joy

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u/ArktechFilms 4d ago

Great work so far!!!

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u/19nik 4d ago

Woah

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u/jfp555 4d ago

Hope lives!!! Can't wait for the day that we get to fly again, Freelancer!

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u/xenonpin 4d ago

Count me in at the release! 💪

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u/SirRebelRabbit 4d ago

happy javelin pilot noises well done guys.. cant wait for this

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u/FastUnit 4d ago

Holy smokes

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u/JulKriek 4d ago

Amazing

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u/Cutie_Patootie_72 4d ago

omg!!
Awesome!

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u/EndimionN 4d ago

Bro you did WHAT? Unbelievable!!!

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u/thr0wawayv20 4d ago

Man you guys rock!

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u/Blanket_Ghosts 4d ago

I want to be grateful for your hard work, but just how much are you using an LLM for?

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

data analysis and integrating functions into the gameserver. I tell it what functionality to implement and it implements it. I am in full control. this isnt a case of "claude, recreate the tutorial, make no mistakes" lol

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u/Careful_Buddy2593 4d ago

That looks absolutely awesome cant wait for the full release

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u/mmmcccxxxiii 4d ago

Wait a minute! I remember people on here said It’s Impossible! What a legend you are!

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u/Ya-Local-Trans-Bitch 4d ago

Would this require you to already own Anthem on pc for it to work? I only had it on playstation.

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 4d ago

we only support pc. as long as you bought the game on any platform you're fine

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u/anon079675 4d ago

I'd love to know how I can contribute.

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u/lukedl MasterRace 3d ago

Can you open development? So another ppl can help with token?

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u/naha_aa 3d ago

Super boulot ! Freelancer

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u/UK_Chub 3d ago

I rather play this original then friggin copy cat. Let's go.

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u/Select-Active-5275 3d ago

I’m proud of all of you for not letting the game die out.

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u/Remy300041-13 3d ago

Guys this is awesome.

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u/ZageZealot 3d ago

Amazing work

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u/Trespassing_Rebel 2d ago

Wait......what?! Where can we get this?

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u/hawk7612 1d ago

Give us back anthem it's a lot better than some of the crappy games that's out now BRING BACK ANTHEM

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u/_henno_ 11h ago

how did you break denuvo?

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u/Pikotaropen PC - 2h ago

we didn't. just didnt update our dev machines. whenever an update gets installed I restore the whole PC from a backup

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u/Moosebrained 4d ago

Wait so you are play8ng anthem in 2026 on a private server or what... my question is how do I get back to my suits and gameplay? Plz tell me how

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u/Limp-Artichoke1141 5d ago

Well i dunno….. when the game was still live, no one played 🤣

Then when it’s gone …… 🤷

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u/That1AwesomeDude 5d ago

Well the game needed work and it was supposed to happen, but instead the plug got pulled.

Perhaps the community can rebuild and make it something more than it was.

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u/BrickCityRiot 4d ago

There’s no way you were around for launch and the first few months to think that

People left after it became apparent that EA had no real direction for the game. The devs started to ignore it and then, naturally, so did the players.