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Re: SimCity source code now available



 To: WhollyMindless
WhollyMindless wrote:
General_Failure wrote:
This is what i have always hoped. a port to IIgs would be nice. it is
my opinion that a version of it could run on a //e given that there is
a C=64 version.

As I understand it the released version is an "updated" codebase to support the XO. Apparently large portions have been rewritten in C++ so compiler support might be an issue. Bummer.

According to one of the blog entries:

"@Leo: The original code is basically there (some cleaning up) in the src distribution. Grab the micropolis-activity-source.tgz file which contains the C code. The ported C++ code is in the MicropolisCore.tgz file."

I took a quick look, and it does appear that the above statement is correct. The micropolis-activity-source.tgz does appear to have the C source code present. I've never done any TCL coding, but I assume all the .tcl files are for the GUI definition?

At first glance (and it was a quick one), I would guess that the C source code portion would be possible to port, but the the GUI interface would need to be re-written from scratch or *heavily* modified.

Now, if only I had a C compiler and a *lot* of time to kill...   ;-)

Cheers,
Mike
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