i support that idea one hundred percent. Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:59 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Possible changes in USA Games Development.
> Hi all, > I am throwing this out here for public discussion. Since this effects > all of you as well as me I think this needs public discussion. > As you know I have written two games that requires the Microsoft .Net > Framework and DirectX 9.0C using C#.Net. Well, since choosing this path > I've had nothing but headaches and trouble getting those technologies > working on end user systems. In most cases the game runs, but now and > then there is a system or more that can't simply be fixed, and the games > won't run reliably. I think allot of this boils down to using new > non-standard Microsoft technologies, and these new technologies are not > reliable for mass distribution. At least, not until all of this is > packaged as a core part of Windows. They are a part of Vista, but those > versions are not completely compatible with the versions I am using so > that means the older ones needs installed nullifying the fact they are > there in Vista already. > My current thought is after Montezuma's Revenge is released I should > rewrite the USA Games engine in C++. The reason is I can use core MS > Windows technologies such as the standard Win32 API, and even support > DirectX 8 or 9 with no problems. Since I won't require the .Net libs for > DirectX upgrading to the latest DirectX won't be as necessary as it is > now. The major advantage here will be improved performance, greater > security, and games should in theory just install and run without having > to install a bunch of other things before hand. > Obviously, it is too late for Montezuma's Revenge and STFC 1.0 at this > point, but if we decide to go with say C++ I could write a new engine, > and convert USA Raceway to C++. Therefor, when Raceway is released we > won't have to hastle with figuring out which version of the .Net > framework is installed, if the DirectX managed components are installed, > if they are up to date, and so on. What does everyone think? > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
