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Could you package the code into a tar/gzip (tar.gz) file....Winzip doesn't recognise the bz2 format (at least WinZip8.1 doesn't).

I'll download the SDL libs and see if I can get it to compile under MinGW32. If it works I'll send you the makefile for building it under cygwin and mingw.

Sorry if I sounded abruput in my previous replies, but I was a bit annoyed by the initial replies I got when first proposing a native win32 client (they seemed were rude to me at the time , anyway).


> You have a working native client?

No I don't have a working client. I was offering to perhaps ...

I thought you would want a stable and efficient Windows client. I didn't realise that portabliity is more important than functionality. My mistake.

Is there any need to throw either one away?

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It's possible, and preferable, to keep both ...

EmperorBMA wrote:Odd, I never got that error. Do you have the CVS sources or the normal package?

The tarball package from the Sourceforge file section. I'm running it against the binary Ryo uploaded for me.

The fact the windows gtk client has lots of problem does not come from the 'code for portability' behaviour of coding.


Well, from my view the errors I see in the shell say that the problem is being caused because of the GTK lib. Specifically the library isn't handling simple device context ...

I forgot to add ... I don't mind coding a new Windows client using just Windows specifics. If there are docs for the client-server network protocols I don't think it would be a problem. The only major obstacle is whether people really insist on portable clients....I don't have any Unix or Linux ...

Ok, this will sound evil to many of the open source coders who believe that "Portability is everything"....but perhaps trying to make all the clients as portable as possible is not such a good idea. If the clients were written using the basic GNU principles of "do a job and do it right" they might ...

Ryo -- I've been trying to run the CF server but it refuses to get past the "Could not open var/temp.maps for reading" error. This is where it crashes (seg faults), so it's not a normal exit condition.

The error occurs after read_map_log() function, which executes and returns without error. Without ...

Two things:
First:
How did you manage to compile it in the first place? I have tried with VC++ (Error: No long long), Cygwin (Error: No _atoll), MinGW, et al, with absolutely no success...


I have MingW32 as well and couldn't compile it. If you read the top of this thread you'll see that Ryo ...

Avion -- I have all the maps and files extracted to the right place. The server is asking for a file called "map", not the directory.

"You need a archtype called 'map' and it have to contain start map".

That is the exact error report when trying to run the server.

I have all maps in the share ...