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Question for the regulars
dragonlordged:
So here's the scoop. The class is called Open Source Software, and all they require is for me (and my partner) to get involved with an open source project. Unfortunately, I don't know C#, but I do know C++ and have heard it's an easy port. I haven't checked with the professor yet, but if DB3 is under the MIT license, I don't expect any problems.
Also, someone should update the wiki or website or something to say that DB2 is no longer under construction, because I was under the impression it was still being worked on and that the repository was still updated regularly.
dragonlordged
Numsgil:
Welcome aboard then
I'll see if I can find a nice place on the wiki to describe the current state of affairs. Mostly I don't want to turn anyone off to DB2 development, because there are some rather serious bugs involving things like floating point overflow/underflow and a Visual Basic wizard (yes, it was written in visual basic) might be able to cleanly fix them all. But yeah, it's not a pretty sight
For the curious, you can browse the SVN repository with your browser. DB3 SVN server. There's also a Darwinbots chat for developers. If you need real time assistance I try to keep the window open during work and at home, so I'm probably going to be reachable with any questions ~12 hours a day. Check out Developer chat. The page takes a while to load and seems to only work under Firefox for some reason, but other than that it's pretty straightforward.
I have a page which describes what you need to do (with no assumptions about what you know) to get the code compiling and running. Right now there isn't really a Darwinbots application; it's just a collection of sub modules (graphics, physics, linear algebra) that are still being worked on. Once they're mostly complete I'll use them to build the Darwinbots3 application proper. Each sub module has its own solution (with unit tests and the like).
Be sure to note (or just change yourself) and instructions there that are confusing/unnecessary/plain wrong.
OSSP:
Hey guys, just making myself known. I do have some C# experience, so maybe that'll come in handy.
Numsgil:
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Sure, same thing. If you follow the DB3 wiki page you can get the code compiling. And I try to be helpful if you have any problems with it. Most of what needs doing is pretty math and/or graphics heavy, though. So fair warning.
dragonlordged:
Not sure we've got the background to do the heavy graphics stuff. Found a page off the wiki that describes a Darwinbots 3 'Wish List' at http://www.darwinbots.com/WikiManual/index...ots_3_wish_list. Is this up to date? I at least have some (academic) knowledge of networking, and feel that I might be able to implement one of the two features under that category. Is this something that still needs to be done?
dlg
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