Looking for mac/intel user with building experience

[dfryer]

I'm wondering if there are any Intel Mac users out there with either experience building CS & Planeshift or with general development experience, as I'd like to be able to create intel binaries as well.  For various reasons building universal binaries on my Mac is infeasible.

Thanks,
Daniel

[Shadallark]

Good day to you dfryer;

I was going to send you a private message (once I had posted enough in the forum to be allowed to send PMs) that I am interested in helping out with the project if possible.  I have some development experience but am no expert.  I would be willing to help you out with the Intel binaries as much as I can.

Have a great day.

Shadallark

Running Mac OSX 10.4.8 on a MacBookPro Intel Core Duo 2GHz machine with 2 GB of RAM.

[mc.mem.06]

I have some development experience myself, though I might get a little lost at times coming from the linux world originally. I would be willing to offer any help I can to develop an Intel binary.

Michael


Mac OS X 10.4.6 MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz Intel Core Duo 1GB of RAM

[dfryer]

Thanks for volunteering so promptly.  In the next couple of days I'll try to post some instructions, or you can see if I'm around on the #planeshift-build irc channel on irc.freenode.net

[Shadallark]

Hey there dfryer;

sounds good to me (getting instructions so that I am not heading in the wrong direction).  I used CVS and got the source code yesterday and will start looking at it later this week.

Have a great day!

Shadallark

[dfryer]

The basic procedure is to follow the mac or linux build guides (using Fink to get the dependencies or DarwinPorts if you're stubborn).  However I would like to statically-link in all the CS & CEL plugins to keep the build size down.  To do this, when you build CrystalSpace, "jam libs staticplugins cs-config" instead of "jam libs plugins cs-config".  This might fail if some other stuff fails to build, but it should be possible to get around this by editing mentions of the failed plugin out of ./out/macosx86/optimize/libs/crystalspace_static.jam and retrying.  If there are many failures then something else is probably broken.
Do the same for CEL, and when it comes time to build planeshift, jam client_static.  PM me or speak with me on IRC if you're having trouble or questions.

Thanks!
Daniel

[Shadallark]

Good day to you dfryer;

Sorry for the delay in responding.  I have fink now and will attempt to start the process this weekend.  I had used cvs to get the source last weekend but will do it using fink this weekend and get started on the compilation.

Have a great day!

Shadallark

[Cha0s]

Nono. Fink is used to get the dependencies (sound libraries, graphic libraries, etc that CrystalSpace needs), not the source. Get the source from CVS (the cvs commandline tools is really good for this). You need CrystalSpace, CEL, and then Planeshift. And then you need to compile all of them with the static linking parameter (which is not mentioned in the build guides, I don't believe). I suggest you talk to dfryer on IRC before you actually start the compiling, as it takes a looooong time, and you want to make sure you get it right.

[mauldraine]

I would also be very honored to help in any fashion.  I use both a G5 iMac (2 GHz), as well as an x86 MacBook Pro (2.16 GHz), with Xcode 2.4.1 on both.  I have already had some success with building CS on the laptop and have played with walktest.  I would also be more than willing to set up a Mac with 10.4.8 and Xcode 2.4.1, which could then be accessed via FTP, SSH, and Remote Desktop for any of the developers.

My email address is in my profile and that is the best way to get in touch with me.  Many thanks for such a great game.

Martin

[Arka]

If you guys manage to pull this off, you will make lots of us VERY happy!


Good luck - if I understood any of the above I would help - but I will leave it to the experts!


Arka

[Birk]

We'll get there. I have a working pssetup.app, and updater.app. Unfortunately I still have some issues with getting psclient.app to compile cleanly.

[Rolenun]

I thought I'd point all the seasoned builders to here: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=27931.0. We will soon be adding instructions for creating the static redistributable binary as well so stay tuned! 

[dfryer]

Again, still looking for someone who is frequently around and able to build on an intel mac!

Thanks,
Daniel

[voiceofra]

Again, still looking for someone who is frequently around and able to build on an intel mac!

Thanks,
Daniel

I can make myself available
I'm an old school Linux/BSD guy.  AND I have some experience with building apps from source on OS X  via direct download, fink, svn, etc.
I'd be more than happy to help.
Reply, PM or email me.

[mauldraine]

dfryer ... I am available almost every day, but always available Monday through Friday between 8 am and 5 pm central time.  I have both G5 and Intel computers and will gladly assist in any way I can.  Please feel free to PM me, email (admin@minoguetech.com), ICQ (40761922), or MSN (admin@minoguetech.com).

I love everything about Planeshift (well ... except for the Rogue's that come out of nowhere and kill my character ... lol) and would love to contribute.