ID:259919
 Mar 25 2005, 12:51 pm
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Heh, transfering game files amongst a group of developers is quite difficult, and I have gone through this subject with alot of my friends and it's always accepted. We demand change! Tell me your opinions!
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I think its an awesome idea..... I hate having to send code back and forth , If Dream Seeker is multiplayer, why couldnt Dream Maker be? :P
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Loch wrote:
I think its an awesome idea..... I hate having to send code back and forth , If Dream Seeker is multiplayer, why couldnt Dream Maker be? :P Because, Dream Maker is a compiler, not an online network. | |
I actually think I asked about something similar to this before. If I remember correctly, the answer was "no"
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Jamesburrow wrote:
I actually think I asked about something similar to this before. If I remember correctly, the answer was "no" It would be interesting to help support multi-developer projects. But it's not on the agenda right now. | |
Kunark wrote:
Then we need a decent CVS tutorial of the sort. For anyone starting from scratch, I'd recommend using Subversion instead of CVS. It fixes some of the problems with CVS, and in particular is better with file renaming, directories, and binaries. However it doesn't have as much support out there as CVS. | |
You could make a project in DS that allows for your team of developers to log in and upload their files, then leave it hosted.
I made a project that allowed the Redwood falls team (now defunct) to work together on the same source. It's pretty easy. I basically made a beefed up chatroom with upload/download options. I don't see making Dream Maker a network compatable program as productive when you are capable of making network filesharing programs with it. | |
It's more or less the lazy factor. Everything now-a-days is being made so that lazy people can use them.
It depends on how he means, however, implimenting a revamped version with upload/download capabilities for .dm (etc.) files into the Dream Maker GUI would be more than suffice to send off files. Obviously have a few buttons on the working pane, like 'Send To' which asks for a recipiant, and 'Accept' for downloads sent from others on the pager panel. (If more than one panel is selected, you get to choose which ever one you want (or hold ctrl & click to select multiple!)) EDIT - Added ideas - Maybe the pager can support 'upgrades' like in Dream Seeker, So when there's a update for a specific project you're working on, you automatically get sent the new version. Along with that, when I say 'project you're working on', you might think how would it know what projects you're working on? Simple, the original 'starter' of the project adds you to the project 'list' which they have as an option in their 'project' menu, and the person they add has to accept and their 'projects' menu is updated accordingly. | |
Nice idea AZA, but what would you do if someone sent an unfinished copy and then someone else sent their own two cents?
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Obviously there'd be some reinforcement that when it does auto-updating, it doesn't delete anything and if the text is deleted or overwritten in the new file, the person downloading the file must accept before his version is updated.
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I actually created a program a few days ago that will monitor a directory and if any file changes, it will save that file to a new folder in the working directory, and then it SHOULD mail that file to a recipient. However, world.Export/Import/Topic is working for neither Yota or I. Perhaps we are just doing it wrong, I don't know. I might post for code help later and then release this if it works right. If it had automatic backup, that'd be even better.
~Polatrite~ | |
That's what CVS is for!