Gamtool for Linux
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| Gamtool for Linux | |
|---|---|
| Sources are rewritten for g++ and portable GUIs | |
| Information | |
| Producer: | The Open Descent Foundation |
| Developers: | King Lo, originally by Aldel |
| Current version: | 0.10 |
| Latest release: | N/A |
| Operating systems: | Linux, Windows |
| Category: | Tools |
| License: | special license, see sources |
| Languages: | C++ |
| Website: | none |
| Project page: | click here |
Gamtool for linux is an cross platform tool based on the famous gamtool by Aldel, which is able to edit Descent 3's table files (stored in .GAM files.) The gamtool port will compile with g++. The MFC interface will be replaced with a similar one using GTKmm or QT.
[edit] Concept
Gamtool consists of two parts - the GAM file parser, which is where most of the work is done, and the GUI, where the actual editing is done. The GUI is written using Microsoft's MFC classes, making it incompatible with non-Windows operating systems.
To make it portable, the GAM file parser needs to be isolated. Once that is done, a new GUI needs to be written, which works with the GAM file parser.
[edit] Status of the Project
The GAM file parser is seperated and works, but Lo never understood it properly. He was talking to Aldel about it, but all development has stalled
