Hi,
I have waited as everyone else for the CVS machine to come back and gosh, there it is...
cool.
Except I figured I would not be able to do anything with the code since i do not have .NET (Version 7 of MS studio) as i was told would be needed for the current code - i have MS-DEV version 6 (Enterprise edition no less) and obtained that thru a company i worked for as a part of its perks...but i would try ANYway to use what i have cuz it couldn't hurt...
cool.
Except it did not work (perhaps no surprise but you can't fault a guy for trying so...) when i double clicked on the .dsw file in the src directory - as a matter of fact NOTHING happened except visual studio came up and did, well, nothing...
not so cool but as i said, not completely unexpected...
Except I check the file and found it said:
Microsoft Developer Studio Workspace File, Format Version 6.00
# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE THIS WORKSPACE FILE!
###############################################################################
Project: "Celestia"=.\celestia\Celestia.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
Package=<5>
{{{
}}}
Package=<4>
{{{
Begin Project Dependency
Project_Dep_Name cel3ds
End Project Dependency
Begin Project Dependency
Project_Dep_Name celengine
End Project Dependency
Begin Project Dependency
Project_Dep_Name celmath
End Project Dependency
Begin Project Dependency
Project_Dep_Name celtxf
End Project Dependency
Begin Project Dependency
Project_Dep_Name celutil
End Project Dependency
}}}
###############################################################################
Project: "cel3ds"=.\cel3ds\cel3ds.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
Package=<5>
{{{
}}}
Package=<4>
{{{
}}}
###############################################################################
Project: "celengine"=.\celengine\celengine.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
Package=<5>
{{{
}}}
Package=<4>
{{{
}}}
###############################################################################
Project: "celmath"=.\celmath\celmath.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
Package=<5>
{{{
}}}
Package=<4>
{{{
}}}
###############################################################################
Project: "celtxf"=.\celtxf\celtxf.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
Package=<5>
{{{
}}}
Package=<4>
{{{
}}}
###############################################################################
Project: "celutil"=.\celutil\celutil.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
Package=<5>
{{{
}}}
Package=<4>
{{{
}}}
###############################################################################
Global:
Package=<5>
{{{
}}}
Package=<3>
{{{
}}}
###############################################################################
which seems to indicate to me that VC++6 is still being used (i do not know all of the fields and nuances of the .dsw file so it could mean something else) and so i am mystified...and a little sad cuz i REALLY wanted to play with the code but...
Ah well...
If i am missing something (good bet) please tell what that is and if I must upgrade to .NET (which I am pretty sure i cannot afford right now, if ever) then thanks for the chance and i guess i will play with the 1.3.1 code which DOES work on version 6.
Sincerely and with a touch of melacholy,
Sean
ps - I do not wish to sound petulant but if the case is that .NET IS required now, could anyone tell me which .NET features were so terribly necessary that going to that level was imperative...I believe in backward compatibility until the camel's back starts to creak...
