I asked a while back how they were doing cross platform. This is the response from Alfred:
-------------------------- Hey Harry, we actually have our own internal tool we developed that uses a custom project definition format that is processed into the appropriate output files for each platform (so vcproj's under Windows, Xcode projects under OSX). - Alfred On 13 July 2010 22:41, Dexter <dex...@linux.com> wrote: > valve time joke here > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Michael Corsaro <corsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm sure we will get it when Source Filmmaker is released.... >> >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Adam Buckland <adamjbuckl...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > From a post I saw on Garry Newmans blog, it appears they use make >> > files (as he was compiling on Windows). If you look at the >> > Portal/Steam for Mac release photo, however, Xcode is clearly visible >> > in the dock. My guess is that Valve uses a system similar to the >> > chromium project utilising scripts to generate .vsproj .xcproj and >> > make files automatically. This would allow them to use Xcode, but >> > still compile on non-Mac servers. As we already know that each >> > check-in triggers an automatic build for all platforms, this sounds >> > reasonable. >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > On 13 Jul 2010, at 18:11, Ryan Sheffer <darksk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > I recently ported my own engine over to Mac and since it just uses gnu >> > compiler and gcc or g++, really if your code compiles on a Linux distro >> it >> > will work fine on the Mac. Not sure if valve use Xcode IDE or make >> files... >> > Hope they use Xcode since it's very simple. >> > > >> > > On another note, if anyone is interested in making a hammer clone for >> Mac >> > / Linux I would be interested in helping out. >> > > >> > > ~Ryan >> > > >> > > On Jul 12, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Harry Jeffery < >> > harry101jeff...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > >> I don't actually own a mac tbh. One of our voice actors wants to >> > >> compile for Mac as he owns one and wants to support the mac community >> > >> when we release. I only use Windows 7 and Linux. The moment they port >> > >> steam + the source engine to linux I'm nuking win7. >> > >> >> > >> A nice optimized install of arch linux will do me just fine. All I >> > >> want is steam and TF2. CSS can come too. >> > >> >> > >> On 12 July 2010 20:37, Ryan Sheffer <darksk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >>> You can't link enough to have MFC on the Mac though right? And it >> > relies on windows stuff I would think. Who doesn't have at least windows >> xp >> > these days. :p >> > >>> >> > >>> ~Ryan >> > >>> >> > >>> On Jul 10, 2010, at 7:44 PM, "Rodrigo 'r2d2rigo' Diaz" < >> > r2d2r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>>> Actually, it's still useful when your target is a machine that >> doesn't >> > have >> > >>>> .NET Framework installed. And you can statically link the MFC >> > libraries to >> > >>>> your executable. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> 2010/7/11 Ryan Sheffer <darksk...@gmail.com> >> > >>>> >> > >>>>> Hammer is very old and back in those days MFC was actually... >> decent? >> > I >> > >>>>> cant >> > >>>>> imagine using it these days. :p >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Michelle Darcy < >> > silverpowe...@gmail.com >> > >>>>>> wrote: >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>>> On 7/9/2010 7:08 PM, Harry Jeffery wrote: >> > >>>>>>> Has valve released the code update so a mod can be compiled on >> mac? >> > >>>>>>> The mod I work for is nearing release and we're looking into >> > releasing >> > >>>>>>> for windows and mac, prehaps at the same time. >> > >>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>> Do I have to port the mod to source 2009 though or can I just >> keep >> > the >> > >>>>>>> source 2007 code base? >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> No. From what I understand, it's on Valve time at the moment, so >> > it's >> > >>>>>> effectively in limbo. >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> And yes, you will have to port your mod to SE2009. The only Source >> > >>>>>> engine they ported and plan to port to Mac (and eventually Linux?) >> > is >> > >>>>>> SE2009. Not SE2007, SE2006, or SE2004. Maybe we'll see the L4D >> > engine >> > >>>>>> branch ported too, but that's the only mainline engine we're >> likely >> > >>>>>> going to get. I seriously doubt they want to port the older >> engines >> > over >> > >>>>>> to Mac/Linux, when they've outright refused to rewrite their SDK >> > tools >> > >>>>>> for portability (apparently they're nasty MFC-based >> monstrosities). >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> It's a shame, because it'd mean I wouldn't be tied to Windows >> nearly >> > as >> > >>>>>> much as I am now. I really miss Unix-based OSes and tools. >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> --michi >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >> > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> > archives, >> > >>>>>> please visit: >> > >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> -- >> > >>>>> ~Ryan ( skidz ) >> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> > archives, >> > >>>>> please visit: >> > >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>> _______________________________________________ >> > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, >> > please visit: >> > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> > >>> _______________________________________________ >> > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, >> > please visit: >> > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >> >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
