Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
- cain532
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Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
So, I've been looking on the internet for a little bit, but I can't find a credible tutorial anywhere. Does anybody know how to port over a PC game to Xbox original? I understand it takes a lot of work, and a working source of the original game. (as well as a working knowledge of direct x programming )
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Re: Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
This is possible?
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Re: Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
Well if you have the source code yea...but its not something a tutorial can tell you how to do...
- cain532
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Re: Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
Yeah, I've been poking around the source code for RTCW for a bit, and can't quite make heads or tails of it, is there anybody who has ported games over before and could provide me with a bit of insight?
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Re: Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
If you have no idea what the first thing to do is when it comes to this then it 100% is not for you. Don't mean to get your hopes down but this is way beyond your current level and you are only wasting your time.cain532 wrote:Yeah, I've been poking around the source code for RTCW for a bit, and can't quite make heads or tails of it, is there anybody who has ported games over before and could provide me with a bit of insight?
Don't snort the magic, we need it for the network.
- cain532
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Re: Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
Appreciate the insight, however if I don't start from somewhere, how am I to learn? Maybe I did get a little overly ambitious with this particular project, but maybe there is a better place for me to start at so I can build myself up to this? I'd really like to broaden my horizons and figure out how to do this.If you have no idea what the first thing to do is when it comes to this then it 100% is not for you. Don't mean to get your hopes down but this is way beyond your current level and you are only wasting your time.
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Re: Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
You're trying to do Calculus before you learn how to add and subtract. There are so many things that go into porting a game that I don't know where to begin to explain all that you would need to take into account. I would recommend getting a book on programming if you're interested in programming. I don't really have any that I recommend, but I would suggest learning Java or C# as your first language, although a scripting language like perl or python might be a good option as well.
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Re: Porting PC game to Xbox Original?
@Ownz joO
Thanks for the advice I'll go and start learning C# because I've had a touch of experience with it in the past (editing some PS2 homebrew applicatioins, never made any myself, just poked around )
Thanks for the advice I'll go and start learning C# because I've had a touch of experience with it in the past (editing some PS2 homebrew applicatioins, never made any myself, just poked around )