5 replies to this topic

[Le Gluon du Net]

Hello,

 

unit3D pinball is a great pinball game, it should have a Linux port.

 

LGDN.

Edited by Le Gluon du Net, 02 May 2014 - 07:52 PM.

[BilboX]

Hi.

Nop, not schedule. We would maybe reconsider it if VPM is ported, though even in this case that would not be our top priority.

Sorry!

[DJRobX]

I don't think "VPM" as such would ever be ported.   It's mainly a COM wrapper around PinMame, and COM is windows-specific.

 

PinMame itself should already be portable since it's based on MAME sources, so someone would just need to build it as a library or something. 

 

On the plus side, such a port is a lot more plausible for Unit3D pinball than Visual Pinball, which is deeply entrenched in Windows-only technologies.   Perhaps if Unit3D pinball goes open source some day, someone might tackle this. 

[Le Gluon du Net]

 

We would maybe reconsider it if VPM is ported

 

But both projects are not related, arent they?

 

Is it difficult to compile a linux version of unit3d? As far as I know, Unity 3d is now multiplatform:

http://unity3d.com/u...latform/desktop

I'm curious, could you tell me what are the difficulties a dev encounter to port his game from Unity 3D to linux?

[Joe]

the VB scripting part is tied to windows as well.

[BilboX]

the VB scripting part is tied to windows as well.

Not a problem as we script in C# .

 

No, the real problem is time. Time doing it but also time maintaining.

Moreover, yes, UP and VPM are related for non original tables...

 

And Linux users are still a far smaller community than window's one.

 

My guess is that the next port should not be linux, but web player: thus, no compatibility issues... in theory!