yeah I know. but it is my opinion that blind gaming in general for the present time will probably lag behind due to its nature. Its not likely that we can use the latest and greatest, the cash envolved for starters. Ok, Ok. I realise that the express languages are free and the sdks are also free so there should be no excuse but xna is not really that accessible, etc. More over games by bavisoft, gma, and jim kitchen will not work because these at least to my knowledge use vb6 code. Also is chopper challenge and a couple others. In other words a load of old stuff is not futureproofed. not sure about bavisoft using vb6 but. I think you can always install the files etc but still you are right. And for those of us that still use vb6 and dx8 we must understand our days are numbered. To those that are moving to c++ good on us all and the multiplatform approach you have discussed earlier has meret. also does the java language. At 01:13 a.m. 1/08/2008, you wrote: >Hi, >I don't think so. DirectPlay is a very very old technology. I don't know >how many folks on this list keep up to date with what is going on in the >Windows technology world, but DirectPlay was officially dropped by >Microsoft in November 2007. That was almost a year ago when DirectPlay >was officially removed as a core Windows technology. We as developers >need to begin thinking about something else if we want to be ready for >Windows 7 support. >We as blind gamers need to recognise the fact a lot of the technologies >we are using for games such as Visual Basic 6 and DirectPlay are only >going to be supported up to Windows Vista. Windows 7 on will not have >any support for these technologies. It might be possible to force an >installation of VB 6 libraries, DirectPlay, etc but it is going to get >harder and harder to support as time goes by. > > >Tuukka Ojala wrote: >> Yeah, I would also go with DirectPlay. But the problem is that it is >> not probably adapted to the Windows mobile OS. >> >> Tuukka >> >> >> --- >> 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]
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