Hi. I actually ported Chopper Challenge to VB.net with no problems, of course you have to do something like this from scratch, and it is available for the PPC and a beta is available for the Windows Mobile Smartphone. I was trying to contact Bavisoft to find out how to do at least Grizly Gulch without facing legal issues but they won't respond so whatever. . I have also done Showdown, which PB Games wrote in Javascript I believe, and I am currently getting started on Puppy1. It's not a matter of being future proof, it's a matter of what you are willing to do to make sure non-future proofing something doesn't happen. HTH.
----- Original Message ----- From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Games for your mobile device are finally here > 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] > > > > --- > 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] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.7/1581 - Release Date: 7/30/2008 > 6:56 AM > > --- 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]
