Announcing Moonlite - the next generation mapping tool for Warcraft III/Starcraft II

[tooltiperror]

So... is it going to be compatible with Linux?

 

[Vestras]

So... is it going to be compatible with Linux?

Yes, although Linux won't be compatible with it.

 

[Lyerae]

Oooooohhh, I'll find a way to get this to work on Linux...

 

[Vestras]

Oooooohhh, I'll find a way to get this to work on Linux...

I have a way: a virtual machine.

 

[tooltiperror]

I think life would be better if all products were cross platform.

 

[Vestras]

I think life would be better if all products were cross platform.

Well it would, but the different OS's don't really make it easy for a developer like me. And I really don't feel like rewriting 200000 lines of code.

 

[Lyerae]

I have a way: a virtual machine.

Don't have an XP disc.

 

[Vestras]

Don't have an XP disc.

Just download an XP copy?

 

[Lyerae]

You mean a torrent? An illegal torrent? :/

 

[tooltiperror]

You mean a torrent? An illegal torrent? :/

Yeah, so?

 

[Lyerae]

Key word: Illegal.

 

[tooltiperror]

Key word: Don't send your computer to cops.

 

[Lyerae]

Haha, funny. -.-

Even if I wanted to download it, my 50KB/s connection stops me from doing that.

 

[Moogle]

I think life would be better if all products were cross platform.

Development times would increase astronomically and few things would get done, especially things that will only work on one OS, like AHK for Windows.

What you meant to say is life would be better if everyone was on one OS.

On the subject of Moonlite, how are things going to work with making extra files? Is it going to automatically insert them into the map, or will they be text files hanging around in the directory?

 

[tooltiperror]

And then the owner of that OS had a giant monopoly?

 

[Slapshot136]

And then the owner of that OS had a giant monopoly?

or we can hope that that OS is linux and the owner is the people (crap that's worse - that's communism!)

and we COULD just use something like java that is cross-platform compatible, and just say goodbye to the bonuses that come with windows (things like direct access to memory) since most compilers/IDE's don't really have that much of a need for high performance

 

[Vestras]

On the subject of Moonlite, how are things going to work with making extra files? Is it going to automatically insert them into the map, or will they be text files hanging around in the directory?

Do you mean the project manager? The way you have a project is a project file telling Moonlite what files are included and what to do with them, and yes, the files hang around in a project directory. They get compiled into the map though.

and we COULD just use something like java that is cross-platform compatible, and just say goodbye to the bonuses that come with windows (things like direct access to memory) since most compilers/IDE's don't really have that much of a need for high performance

I don't like Java. I like C#. I like .NET. I like Windows.
Second, yes, IDE's need high performance. Extremely high performance. The text editors need to be fast.

 

[GetTriggerUnit-]

c# came from java

 

[Vestras]

c# came from java

And? That doesn't mean it's not better.

 

[Slapshot136]

text editor's don't need "high performance" - games do, but not text editors - eclipse is written in java and isn't slow at all, because manipulating text just isn't resource intensive in the first place