I understand that the issue is about users being able to play the game. For many years, since Microsoft first stopped supporting VB6, people have been saying that "any day" no one will be able to use software written with it. Obviously with each passing year this gets closer to the truth, but we have different opinions on the seriousness of this problem right now. As I've said, when things change, I'll re-evaluate my position on the languages I use.
You're probably right that the next generation of windows won't support VB6 at all, but then again, you might be wrong. Before Vista released, many people told me that it would be impossible to run VB6 applications on it, and it didn't turn out that way. It's entirely possible that some small change will allow VB6 apps to run on Windows X, just as it has allowed Windows Vista and Windows 7 users to run them. If not, then that's life and we will deal with the new situation. We are both playing a guessing game, clearly some of you guess that all VB6 titles will be lost forever, and I am guessing that probably won't be the case, or at least I'm not so convinced that I'm willing to change how I'm currently doing things. Dennis, when you say people can't play the games, I assume you mean the theoretical date when some new windows absolutely can't run VB6 games. As things stand at the moment, I'm unaware of any version of windows (2000 and later) that can't run VB6 games. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
