I've been using Premake to do just that on some of my personal projects. Very cool tool. Written mostly in Lua, too.
http://industriousone.com/premake --Bob On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Harry Jeffery <harry101jeff...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
