DeleD Community Edition

paul_nicholls · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:05 am Post subject:

I will do what I can with regards to DeleD programming of course Smile

I have done a small amount already (2d rectangular selection in 3d view), and I should have some more free time at the end of this month.

Hey, perhaps we could spread the word at these pascal forums to see if we can get more Pascal/Delphi programmers onboard?

www.pascalgamedevelopment.com

cheers,
Paul
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Hi ho...hi ho...it's off 3d modeling I go...

Petaa · Member Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

will extra textures from package deals be part of new DeleD CE?
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Plug 'n' pray

chrisu · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:36 am Post subject:

Hm, kinda frustrating for one like me that bought the Pro version just a few weeks ago Evil or Very Mad

Starnick · DeleD PRO user Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 611

harper · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject: Sorry to read this

I am really sad to read this. With DeleD i found not only a software, but a team of programmers AND community, that develops a software with such profession and (heart?)... Planning to use DeleD for some years to get my project running, i hope it will survive your decision to "give it away" in unknown hands. Maybe it will grow, we will see.
The very best of Deled is the user-friendly interface. Who will control not to put every possible add-on in it? Will there be enough people to work on stability and debugging? Oh, oh....

Grandmaster B · DeleD PRO user Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 218

Astonishing decision!

I, for one, believe that DeleD will grow faster than it currently does. And iam confident that it attracts a bunch of programmers that add features and fixes. I will also put some effort into it, you know that!

I will help with coding, documenting and probably managing.

I still wonder if DeleD is not making enough profit to continue it as a commercial application.

Jeroen · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Sorry to read this

Grandmaster B · DeleD PRO user Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 218

Have you considered using google code as the host for the code and only have a listing on sourceforge? Takes just 2 minutes to make a project on google code!

John · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject:

A plug-in contest after it goes open source might keep things lively.

chronozphere · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject:

corb · DeleD PRO user Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 2

It was worth the money when I decided to get it, and that hasn't changed. I'm a big fan of open-source and I think it's great you're doing this.

corb · DeleD PRO user Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 2

You should look at http://www.mono-project.com/Languages for a Pascal environment.

"Delphi Prism™ is the fast way to build .NET, ASP.NET, data-driven, and cross-platform Mono applications. Delphi Prism includes a full IDE and powerful programming language with features not available in other .NET programming languages. You can target Windows®, Linux® and Mac OS®"

ridwan sameer · DeleD PRO user Joined: 27 Jun 2008 Posts: 108

Question

Like imagine 10 people work on DeleD but not TOGETHER, like wont tehy have different releases etc..?

chronozphere · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:42 am Post subject:

These projects are usually managed in some kind of versioning system (like SVN, CVS etc)... This is a system that keeps track of all the files and all the changes. It contains tools that allow developers to merge files together. In the end, we should be able to make all kinds of changes to the sourcecode and combining the results into a single product. Smile

Grandmaster B · DeleD PRO user Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 218

We need a free / open source development environment to build DeleD and because many open source developers may use Unix it should be platform independent too. The only fit i know is Lazarus (http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/) it may take some effort to port it but the compatibility to Delphi is quite good and almost all components are available. I also expect if the possibility is given to port DeleD to Unix and Mac it will attract some good developers right away.

Porting to another language or environment like .NET can be a long-run target but i did rather lern and improve the original code before starting with the really boring (and not so useful) work.

I hate to being a smartass once more but what's happening to DeleD if its going open source depends on us and just fixing bugs and adding features is only a part of it. Its most important that there are people to rely on and that dedicate some time of their life to the project, if Jeroen and Paul-Jan just release the source to a half-existing, unorganized community it doesnt stand a chance (i'm not saying we are!). There are a lot of voluntary positions to fill and the more people there are the more easier and fun gets the job and the more DeleD will grow.

Please tell Jeroen right away if you dont want to contribute to DeleD or that you dont have the time. Maybe then they reverse the decision for good. I'd rather see DeleD in limbo than dying lonely.

I encourage you to think about it and decide if you're willing to help - in one way or another... let us prepared as good as we can when/if DeleD is going open source.