Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for DomII
 

I assume Windows is by far the most-used platform, but what of the other platforms do you use for your DomII gaming? My computer at home runs Linux/PPC, and I am very glad this quality game supports my platform (not many do!). Speak up for the platform(s) you need to see supported.

Sill
(I realize this may show that nobody but me uses Linux/PPC and thereby Doom support in the future... oh well.)

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for DomII
 

I have a MAC at home on which I play Dominions.

Boy! Would I be sad if Dom III did not work on a Mac!!

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

"Dominions III will be available on a wide range of popular operating systems, including Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. Solaris will no longer be supported."

Incase some haden't seen this. From a press release Oct 18, 2004.

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

Not Solaris? Dang, I wanted to buy a Sun before they went bankrupt http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

Only Windows, but I know that it would be easier to run automated scripts on Linux. Gandalf Parker and his random maps are quite an example in that part... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

Actually, we are in an age where triple-platform "scripting" tools (Mac/Win/Linux) are powerful and easily available. Many of them are free and/or open source.

My favorite is Python. Others include Java, REALBasic, and C#/Mono. With the cygwin Unix environment for Windows, one can add all the other usual favorites: Perl, Ruby, shell scripts, Tcl, PHP, and who knows how many others.

Not all those are "scripting" per se, but all could be used for writing and running small programs of this kind on all 3 platforms.

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

Don't worry, OpenSolaris is proceeding well. There is even a PPC version in the works http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Sill

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

You may want to add XBasic to the list (at least for Linux and Windows, dunno if there's a Mac version)

And what do you need cygwin for? There are "native" version available for Windows.

And with Tcl/Tk you needn't worry about the GUI .. works the same on all OS. You can even wrap the app into an .exe, even cross-platform. (At least, that's what I read from the freewrap how-to. Haven't tried it, though. Might turn out trickier as advertised, as usual http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif )

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

well, I voted for Solaris, just because its cool having dominions support it - not that i've personally ever heard of anyone using it to play... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for Do
 

You really do need to put a Windows option if you want most people to be able to respond.