John, a question about ANSI.
You pretty much feel that sticking with ANSI no matter what is probably the best thing to do in regards to making game engines easily portable, right? Sticking to ANSI usually makes things easier in the long run, right?
Of course I'm just making my first really basic C++ DOS text programs, you've been making engines for over a decade.
Heck, I guess after I get my programming degrees or whatever I can work for id Software, maybe.;)
Any advice for an aspiring programmer?
Btw, I'm the anon coward who asked about whether Doom 3 (oops, the new Doom game;) will use C or C++.
That may work for a game like Diablo, but not really for Everquest.
Games like Everquest require a huge amount of bandwidth, so you can't support hundreds of people on a cable modem connection at home. You need an OC3 at least to run such a game.
As for giving away clients (not the source, but the client itself), It looks like the guys at Reakktor Media, AG are going to give away the client for their upcoming MMORPG/FPS hybrid, Neocron. They will charge 10 bucks a month, with discounts if you buy 3 or 6 month subscriptions.
Unfortunately, though, it doesn't look like Reakktor at this point is interested in doing a MacOS or Linux port of the game, since they only made Direct X and Glide renderers for the game.
Of course, if they made a lot of money off the Windows (not I didn't use the term "Windoze", I actually like Windows 2000), they might port it to Linux and Mac. Who knows.
And no, I'm not a supporter of Open Source software.
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John, a question about ANSI. You pretty much feel that sticking with ANSI no matter what is probably the best thing to do in regards to making game engines easily portable, right? Sticking to ANSI usually makes things easier in the long run, right? Of course I'm just making my first really basic C++ DOS text programs, you've been making engines for over a decade. Heck, I guess after I get my programming degrees or whatever I can work for id Software, maybe. ;)
Any advice for an aspiring programmer?
Btw, I'm the anon coward who asked about whether Doom 3 (oops, the new Doom game ;) will use C or C++.
That may work for a game like Diablo, but not really for Everquest. Games like Everquest require a huge amount of bandwidth, so you can't support hundreds of people on a cable modem connection at home. You need an OC3 at least to run such a game. As for giving away clients (not the source, but the client itself), It looks like the guys at Reakktor Media, AG are going to give away the client for their upcoming MMORPG/FPS hybrid, Neocron. They will charge 10 bucks a month, with discounts if you buy 3 or 6 month subscriptions. Unfortunately, though, it doesn't look like Reakktor at this point is interested in doing a MacOS or Linux port of the game, since they only made Direct X and Glide renderers for the game. Of course, if they made a lot of money off the Windows (not I didn't use the term "Windoze", I actually like Windows 2000), they might port it to Linux and Mac. Who knows. And no, I'm not a supporter of Open Source software.