Suggestion: Platform independent SDL
Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 03:43
hi all
So I came across Syndicate Wars Port which as I understand it uses a platform independent code to allow Syndicate to run on modern computers, and it works grate and that got me to thinking has anyone ever considered building warzone using a platform independent code ?
The reason I ask is because this would allow a single build of warzone to run on pretty much any system and might actually make maintenance a bit easier since you would only have to maintain a single build and in theory it should also allow warzone to run on older operating systems like XP without having to do a whole bunch of extra work
Now I'll grant you I'm not a programmer so I don’t know how much work would be involved in this assuming its even possible at all but I figure I'd make the suggestion in case it's something that no one ever considered before.
if you are interested you can find it here https://www.libsdl.org/index.php and here is a bit more info about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer
oh also in case any of you RTS fans are interested I also came across M.A.X. Port which also seems to be using the same platform independent SDL to allow M.A.X. to run on modern computers work still seems to be at an early stage so there are no binaries available just yet but it will be nice to finally be able to play a game of M.A.X. without the game constantly crashing and generally malfunctioning because even if you swap out the 1.97 dos extender that comes with M.A.X. which was very buggy and responsible for a lot of the problems with M.A.X. there are several bugs that where never fixed even in version 1.04
So I came across Syndicate Wars Port which as I understand it uses a platform independent code to allow Syndicate to run on modern computers, and it works grate and that got me to thinking has anyone ever considered building warzone using a platform independent code ?
The reason I ask is because this would allow a single build of warzone to run on pretty much any system and might actually make maintenance a bit easier since you would only have to maintain a single build and in theory it should also allow warzone to run on older operating systems like XP without having to do a whole bunch of extra work
Now I'll grant you I'm not a programmer so I don’t know how much work would be involved in this assuming its even possible at all but I figure I'd make the suggestion in case it's something that no one ever considered before.
if you are interested you can find it here https://www.libsdl.org/index.php and here is a bit more info about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer
oh also in case any of you RTS fans are interested I also came across M.A.X. Port which also seems to be using the same platform independent SDL to allow M.A.X. to run on modern computers work still seems to be at an early stage so there are no binaries available just yet but it will be nice to finally be able to play a game of M.A.X. without the game constantly crashing and generally malfunctioning because even if you swap out the 1.97 dos extender that comes with M.A.X. which was very buggy and responsible for a lot of the problems with M.A.X. there are several bugs that where never fixed even in version 1.04