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| The Fiddle Yard 25/03/2012 at 20:15 #30914 | |
MrSuttonmann
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Hi guys, As you may know, I released The Fiddle Yard a couple of years ago in an attempt to allow people to organise their SimSig sims on their computer, and potentially (auto)update the sims if a new version were to be released. The program never really got to where I wanted, and detecting the simulations turned into a bit of a farce using VB6, especially the newer ones. So, from now I am resigned to the fact that the version currently available in the Downloads folder will be the last version I shall release. If there's any real demand for such a program, I may consider creating a newer version from scratch in the far more versatile VB.NET language. If I do decide to create a newer version, then a beta version will be available from http://www.turbinesoftware.info before the stable release is uploaded to SimSig. Thanks for your support with this program, and let me know how you feel about this. Ex-volunteer signaller; Senior .NET & Angular developer - SimSigger since 2009 Last edited: 25/03/2012 at 20:16 by MrSuttonmann Log in to reply |
| Re: The Fiddle Yard 27/03/2012 at 08:03 #30947 | |
outofsection
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Thanks for the update Manadude. I use The Fiddle Yard to launch the various Simsig sims covered by it. I'm sorry to hear that it won't be developed any further ATM as it's a great little front end, but, having crossed swords with VB myself in the past I can understand why you gave up with it. Word on the street is that VB.NET is much more flexible & versatile, but I can't say as I gave up programming some years ago as it became something of an obsession; and the repeated late nights/early mornings spent poring over program listings looking for bugs/improving the program were proving highly detrimental to my wellbeing! Please do keep up the good work with The Fiddle Yard using VB.NET - but only as you feel able. Please don't fall into the trap I fell into - nothing's worth it! Good luck! OOS Log in to reply |
| Re: The Fiddle Yard 27/03/2012 at 16:55 #30952 | |
Sacro
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I can't help but notice that it's under the GPL, however there's no link to source anywhere and no mention of the GPL in the zip file or the CAB file inside. I was pondering investigating porting it to .Net, but would like to see what sort of things it did and how it did them! Log in to reply |
| Re: The Fiddle Yard 27/03/2012 at 19:30 #30956 | |
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MrSuttonmann
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True, the program was under GPL, but it no longer is and this applies to versions already downloaded. Source code is not available as I can't find it. I will be re-creating the program from scratch. I don't know how long this will take but I'll keep you updated. The new version will not be open source. Ex-volunteer signaller; Senior .NET & Angular developer - SimSigger since 2009 Log in to reply |