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Sindwiller · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject: DeleD for Linux

Hi all,

i will switch after a couple of Time complete to Linux ( Ubuntu Linux )(ive got yet Linux and Windows on my PC), probably, i will use Cedega for Windows Apps.

But, it would be cool if you can make a Linux Version of DeleD.

mfg, Sindwiller

Mr.Fletcher · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject:

Well i don' t think this is a quick thing; although i don't know DeleD's code, you can assume that there are many many windows functions (The user interface at least), making it very hard, if not impossible to easily port to linux. But you could try an windows emulator like Wine instead. (yeah yeah, wine is not an emulator, i know i know Wink

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Sindwiller · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject:

Daaark · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject:

3. Linux crowd doesn't want a non-GLP closed source app.
4. Linux guys won't buy anything.

I know that doesn't cover everyone, but it covers a huge chunk of the potential users. They'd all just use that craptacual blender.

Mr.Fletcher · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject:

1.) There is a Open Source Pascal IDE, thats similiar to Delphi and haves an own VLC like Component Librarie. Lazarus Pascal IDE
This could be a point, if the deled team would have had started using those from the beginning on, but i believe, they didn't.
2.) And looking at winehq.com, it does. It may have some problems with DirectX, though. But right, i don't know much about linux and therefore less about wine.
3.) mfg is a german abbrivation, non-german users probably won't understand it Razz

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Daaark · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject:

Wine is a clunky windows emulator. So you can ditch your copy of windows, and then install linux and pretend to be running a crappier copy of windows.

Sindwiller · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:

Chris · Member Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 161 Location: UK

One of the guys on the Irrlicht forums managed to get DeleD running on Linux, I don't remember who, but it means it can be done.

Paul-Jan · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject:

Rewriting DeleD to run under freepascal would be a lot of work. Rewriting DeleD to run under freepascal on linux-boxes would be even more work. While doing so wouldn't kill us, it would definitely stop us from adding any interesting features to DeleD for a long long time. It's just a matter of choice, and we decided not to. However, If someone feels like paying us to do the job that might change things Very Happy

Just because I am curious: why would you switch completely to linux? What is the big problem with using multiboot or multiple pc's with multiple OS's?

Sindwiller · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

Daaark · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject:

Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject:

Sindwiller, I think you are gravely overestimating the state of Lazarus / the LCL Smile

Sindwiller · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject:

Paul-Jan · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject:

I try it once every six months or so, but there is always quite an active freepascal discussion going on in the various Delphi forums (www.nldelphi.com is my personal favorite, very active, but in Dutch) so I keep pretty much up to date Smile

afecelis · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:44 am Post subject:

I got it to run in linux and then loaded my lightmapped level into Irrlicht (with Ilbuzzo's loader-now internally supported by the engine).

all the info is here:
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=42897&highlight=linux#42897

Delgine ran, a bit crazy, but I was able to lightmap a level.

Wink