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Narutosanmikey · **Joined:** Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 926

Ok I was wondering if you would be willing to host those who complete their games with a server for those who can't afford to buy one.

Spodi · **Posted:** Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:55 pm

I hope this question isn't directed at me - I got a 42 kb/sec upload rate on wireless cable that isn't exactly sturdy and a sloooowwww very outdated computer. :lol:

I'm sure if you make a game nice enough, you'll get a huge list of people wanting to host your game.

Narutosanmikey · **Joined:** Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 926

ok next question. is it true that vbGORE won't work on Linux servers because Windows ones are down right expensive.

nex666 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:25 pm

vb6 programs ONLY work in windows, there's no way around it unless you want to use WINE, but that's a bit of a pain in the ass.

Narutosanmikey · **Joined:** Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 926

what's WINE?

Spodi · **Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:51 pm

WINE stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator". It is a program for Linux-based OSes to run Windows applications. Although there can be capatibility issues, the results can vary and setting up WINE to run close to as effecient as Windows can be tricky.

nex666 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:00 pm

Wikipedia wrote:

The Wine project aims to allow a PC running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to execute x86 programs for Microsoft Windows. Alternately, those wishing to port a Windows application to a Unix-like system can compile it against the Wine libraries.

The name 'Wine' derives from the recursive acronym "Wine Is Not an Emulator" (rather, it implements a compatibility layer), although some have used the unofficial expansion "Windows Emulator". While the name sometimes appears in the forms "WINE" and "wine", the project developers have agreed to standardize on the form "Wine". The recursive acronym Wine resembles that of LAME (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder).

Wine, as free software, uses the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). The Wine project originally released Wine under the same MIT License as the X Window System, but owing to concern about proprietary versions of Wine not contributing their changes back to the core project, work as of March 2002 has used the LGPL for its licensing.

The Wine developers released the first beta version of Wine (version 0.9) on October 25, 2005 after 12 years of development.

Narutosanmikey · **Joined:** Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 926

so would vbGORE work with WINE?

Spodi · **Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:28 pm

Hard to say - would have to try it out.

I myself dont have Linux so cant test it.

Narutosanmikey · **Joined:** Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 926

shoot! do u know anyone who does?

Spodi · **Posted:** Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:14 pm

Nope, sure dont. :wink:

Narutosanmikey · **Joined:** Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 926

darn I don't want to spend all my allowance on something that won't work.

Spodi · **Posted:** Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:16 am

Well like I said, if you get a good enough game people will host it for you. You can probably find someone pretty easily who will have a nice computer and a 100+kb/sec upload rate. :wink:

Narutosanmikey · **Joined:** Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 926

but the problem is I have a few ppl helping me out and I can't stay online long because of money issues. :oops:

I really need a server for the ppl that want to help me.

Binary · **Posted:** Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:18 pm

Really while the game is still testing and stuff you don't need a permanent server, just one that you can use to test for a little bit.

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