Sun, Jun 14th 2009, 13:11

Vista's Siren Song  

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It's no secret that Spacegame does not get along with Windows Vista right now. I have been told that the latest (repository) build of VERGE will make this all go away, so I'll just drop in the new.. Oh wait! It's not that simple.

I wish it was. The reality is that I've been running on a semi-unofficial, long-deprecated engine build. So, since I've started, the lua binding has been changed a bit and, worse yet, the class system has been replaced with one that is not fully compatible with some of my slapdash code. This is all actually quite good for the engine. It is, however, bad for me. To get my game up to snuff would require a fair amount of clean-up and rewriting. This of course puts me at the awkward spot of choosing either no Vista support, or pouring even more time into this game.

I can't really afford to not upgrade the engine, so it's not much of a choice at all. After this is done I'll have Vista support, cleaner code, and support for new engine features as they come. I do slightly regret diving headfirst into the lua side before it was cemented, but ultimately it was fun and this is only a minor setback.

morient:  

Spearmint

This is excellent news! I've been griping about this since Day 1--Okay, maybe not, but it has been said many times, mostly one way. Pleased to hear you made the choice, now just follow through.

Here's hoping it goes smoother than you'd expect.

I also think it is interesting to note that CAPTCHA is giving me: "Mr Accede" 

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