I added a short description of environment files to the howtos. [ol]
I did some major changes to the website. Several parts of the site are now generated dynamically. I never was interested much into webprogramming, but it was time to improve things and get rid of ancient static HTML. I decided to take a couple of days off from work on NL2 and learn PHP. Since the website is now more flexible, website updates might happen more frequently now. [ol]
I was busy moving to a new place for the last weeks and had not much
time for NoLimits 2. The last things I was working on were tunnels
through terrain and water which worked already quite well. I guess that
the move delayed my progress on NL2 by at least 2 months and there is
still awefully a lot to be done. I have become really annoyed by
working on this for so long and I have absolutely no idea when and if
everythig will be finished. I am hoping to be more productive at my new
place but the fun working on NL2 has basically reached zero. Quitting
is not really an option because the project is too far already but
since I am the only programmer at the moment, I am simply overcharged
with work. I will keep you informed when there is more positive
news. [ol]
The NoLimits-Team wishes Happy Easter. Please take a look at the
first NL2 screenshots showing generated track...
NoLimits2 generated
track
[ol]
A NoLimits Screen-Saver update is available for MacOS X. It fixes a
compatibility problem with 10.6 (Snow Leopard). For older MacOS X
versions such as Leopard, Tiger or Panther, this update is not required
and I do not recommend that you install it unless you are using Snow
Leopard. You can download the update at nolimitcoaster.com. The installer will copy a newer
version of the screen-saver launcher into the NoLimits installation
folder. It will then try to open it which will install it into the
system.
Warning: Developer's frustration following...
The OS X screen-saver programming interface is designed badly by Apple.
Under OS X, screen-savers are dynamic libraries instead of
applications. This means that they are running inside another process
started by the system such as the System Preferences app. This is just
terrible, because the screen-saver must be machine and environment
compatible with the process that loads it. The System Preferences
turned into a 64bit application from Snow Leopard on and this broke all
third party screensavers compiled as 32bit. They also turned on
Objective-C garbage collection which took me almost a day to figure
out, because of lack of any useful documentation. Apple, thanks for
wasting my time and money.
[ol]
