HI Dark, Well, it would be nice if someone could maintain the dependencies, but that of course will never happen. Microsoft hasn't released the source code for the Visual Basic Runtime libraries and nor are they ever likely to. Writing a new VB 6 runtime would be a huge undertaking which wouldn't really address all the problems with the software anyway.
For example, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 all use a security feature called User Account Control, (UAC,) which these games do not support. Unless the developers are willing to rewrite their code and make it UAC compatible it won't matter weather you use the original VB 6 Runtime libraries or write them holy from scratch as the problem is in the programs themselves. As for rewriting the games I am probably not going to do it. I was merely seeing where the communities feelings were, and see how many people were seriously interested in seeing these games continued being supported past May 15. Cheers! On 4/22/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi tom. > > the problem I can see with a rewrite, is that of time. It is still possible > > to run the old games on newer versions of windows by installing the > dependencies, and as has been pointed out, you do have other projects in the > > works, and a complete rewrite of these games, (especially with cross > platform compatibility), would take considderable time. > myself, i'd prefer to just see all the libraries and dependencies looked > after, rather than the major task of updating everything. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
