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Rasberry Pi
The progress page of Illwinters newer game "Conquest of Elysium 3" has just added these...
3rd January 2013 * --simpgfx for simple graphics (for slow computers). * Faster and more responsive new turn generation. * Linux: Support for Raspberry Pi ($30 computer). * Linux: Fixed bug in ALSA shutdown and error handling. Im expecting a backport to Dom3. So... a credit-card sized linux computer that you can hook to a tv at work. Hmmm.... http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs So I guess Johan got a Rasberry for xmas. Thats how we got NetBook support. Does anyone have any experience with these? I see that the Rasberry is approaching Android compliance. I kept saying someone should buy Johan an android phone :) Maybe this is going to slide us into some real portable gaming |
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FYI: Raspberry not Rasberry.
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Android port is probably unlikely - though I sure am not KO nor entirely sure that I am correct - since Android to my best knowledge still wants you to use Java. Since Dominions 3 for sure isn't coded in Java, it is not a simple task by any means to port it to Android.
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They have BASICs for Android
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For Dom3 (not necessarily CoE), did not we have a post in another thread stating that Dom3 was coded in C#? I must be going mad, because that seems an odd choice to include Linux...) :confused:
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That would be a strange choice indeed.
Dominions was originally programmed on an Amiga using GFX Basic. Then ported to Linux. Various moves since then. Its now developed on Linux (Ubuntu) and I believe there is a lot of C in it. But I doubt Microsoft C#. Its a Linux game, then ported to Windows and Mac. Turns out moot anyway. Johan has an Android and says the screen is too small for our games. It would take a lot of rewrite |
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I believe Dominions 3 is made with C++ (or just plain C). I'm 99% sure it is not made with C# because it does definitely not require .NET libraries. I would be also baffled if it was made with Java.
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Also touch control sounds somewhat scary for a game like Dominions 3. |
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Touch Control (Windows 8) is being tested with CoE3 and apparently its quite addictive. But I think CoE3 is more mousey than Dom3 which can make a difference there.
The more I look at Raspberry (thanks Soyweiser) the more I think I could have some fun there. Playing on a really monstrous sized TV screen using air-mouse controls. And all with a computer that fits in my pocket. OK NOW I think these games REALLY need a BossKey. Of course its around his personal android. Maybe we need to get him some other phone. |
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I bought a couple of these late last year. I didn't realize they did not come with power cables, so they have been sitting around collecting dust. I planned to use one for the living room TV and one as a classic console game emulator. I didn't think Dominions would run on it. When I get around to ordering the rest of the components, I will let you know how it runs.
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Have you thought of starting breeding from the pair? :) |
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