Impressive work ideed!

Is there any possibility that everything the user need can be put into
one installation file?
Suppose we do not concearn ourselves with legal maters, I was just
interested if it is technically possible? I sure could include
MSVBVM60.DLL in the RoboWar 5.exe package. The reason I didn't is that
it is shipped with every single version of Windows except Windows 95.

I haven't tried it myself yet (my processor lacks SSE2 and is hence
not able to run MacOS X), but I'll try to borrow a Mac and try it.

Can you perhaps send some screenshots (in case it's not to much
trouble)? Like, of the arena with some robots fighting, the drafting
board and icon factory.

Great job!
Kevin


--- In robowar@yahoogroups.com, "themaskedphantom" <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> Long-time reader, very infrequent poster.
>
>
> One of the things that prevented me from playing with RoboWar again
was the fact that it
> was never updated on the Mac side. The saying goes once you go Mac,
you never go back.
>
> I recently thought of RW again, and I got RoboWar 5 to run on my
Mac. If you have an Intel
> Mac, it can be done in about 5 steps:
>
>
> 1. Install X11 (Some people will have it already; Leopard users have
it installed by default;
> else if not installed, it's on your OS X Install 2 disc)
>
> 2. Download and install Darwine. I downloaded the source and
compiled it myself, but it
> looks like there are some binaries available.
> http://thisismyinter.net/?p=29
>
> 3. Download and install mono for Mac OS X.
> http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
>
> 4. Download RoboWar (of course). When installing, the Z: drive is
your main hard drive
> (Z:/Applications/ is the likely place you'd put this).
> http://kevinhertzberg7777777.googlepages.com/RoboWar5.exe
>
> 5. Download MSVBVM60.DLL and place it directly in the RoboWar 5 folder.
> http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvbvm60
>
>
> Running can be a little choppy, but it's playable, and everything
seems to work okay,
> even the sound. The interface may not give it a traditional Mac
feel, especially the drafting
> board, but it works. (One could create the robot in RW and then edit
the code in his/her
> favorite text editor.)
>
>
> Since it's been suggested... I for one would love to jump back in
and participate in a
> tournament. It'd be my first time and I'm sure It'd be immensely fun
and challenging,
> which would be totally awesome. What's the fun with making robots to
battle myself when
> I could be competing against others!
>
> I think even just a little more visibility, and an OS X binary, and
I think it would attract or
> even bring back some people to the community. And maybe a nice
little resource/portal
> somewhere on the web.
>
>
> Proud
>