Re: Ghack - GNUstep roguelike

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 23.02.2013 um 18:43 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:

> Hi,
> nice project!
> 
> Am 18.02.2013 um 20:16 schrieb elvish.healer@gmail.com:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am working on Ghack, a roguelike game. It will be based on nethack. The 
>> project is hosted here : https://code.google.com/p/ghack
>> 
>> I do not know if I will finish it.
> 
> Please do!
> 
>> There's a small map and first room generation code, a window and some 
>> moving. Most things use xpm imagebuffer parts.
>> 
>> The graphics are tiles of 16x16.
>> 
>> Enjoy, for those who find this useful.
> 
> I have tried the latest git clone to adapt it for OS X and QuantumSTEP.
> I get a first window popping up but then it fails with an undefined selector 
> (see 3).
> 
> Some observations so far:
> 
> 1. the code uses [[NSMutableString new] initWithString:@"..."]
> 
> This fails on OSX, because +new already calls -init and returns some 
> NSCFString
> subclass that does not understand -initWithString. Please use 
> [NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:...
> 
> 2. OS X and QantumSTEP don't have the PS() operator functions
> 
> I have added some macros to my code to build an NSBezierPath and fill/stroke 
> it.
> 
> 3. there is no [con getSymbolData] method in drawRogueCharacter
> 
> Shouldn't that be getCharacterXpmData?
> 
> 4. the code uses strndup() which is a GNU/Linux extension not available 
> everywhere
> 
> I have added the code from 
> http://opensource.apple.com/source/gcc/gcc-5575.11/libiberty/strndup.c
> 
> 5. the GhackInfo.plist is missing some or using different keys for OS X (icon 
> file, executable)
> 
> BR and please continue the good work!

Hi,
do you have some hints especially for issues 3 and 5?

Thanks,
Nikolaus