PXO Server

Inquisitor · Post by **Inquisitor** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:39 pm

As part of the FS2 SCP, I managed to get a release of the PXO game and stats trackers.

I need someone who feels good about MFC, the guy I had working on it had issues come up and can't work on it anymore.

Can you read and write MFC code? Have you always wanted to convert something from MFC to a nice cross platform package?

Would you like the ability to have PXO back? And can you devote some time to rescuing an aging server platform for a couple of VERY cool Interplay games?

If any of this is indeed interesting, email me at edgardner@maxgaming.net

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:05 pm

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:41 pm

Holy crap!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:42 pm

Wow, I hope this works. Would be great. I don't program but I'll just be the guy in the back cheering you on.

Inquisitor · Post by **Inquisitor** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:25 am

DCrazy: Did you get my emails?

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:11 am

Wow!

Makes me wish I'd spent a little more time in C++, and a little less in web design. What's the project time-span?

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:13 am

Inquis: Yes I did, however so far this week I've been working till 10pm, so apparently I've missed you on IRC. Will try again tonight.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:36 am

I hope you don't mind that I took the liberty of getting this in the news.

Getting PXO back would be a huge accomplishment, both for us and for the FreeSpace community. Best of luck to whoever takes it on.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:30 am

I know MFC (use them myself), but I am not going to convert this stuff into cross platform code, I'm afraid ...

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:09 am

So what about the old argument that the PXO environment is too secluded?

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:07 am

I believe that this conversion would include removing the login requirements for PXO, meaning that people could still use whatever server browser they wanted to join games.

Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:09 am

Sergeant Thorne wrote:So what about the old argument that the PXO environment is too secluded?

Suncho was evangelizing that. I dont know if it was all that wide spread.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:18 pm

Actually I don't care. It's nice to have it back for the FS people. For D3, having a out-of-the-box tracker makes it a bit easier for newbs to get started but it really doesn't matter -- Vortex or mIRC/Kquery gets you all you need plus some. I never used in-game chat since it's a crappy interface and the in-game tracker was a pain in the arse because of its bug infestion. Remember the good old times ? Tracker fell down and nothing worked anymore. I'm surly not going back.

Inquisitor · Post by **Inquisitor** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:51 pm

Nobody's asking you to

I just wanted to know if anyone wanted to help, and some folks have volunteered.

Thanks!

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:59 am

Grendel wrote:Remember the good old times ? Tracker fell down and nothing worked anymore. I'm surly not going back.

Well geez, no one's saying we have to trip over the cord on this one.

Ammo · Post by **Ammo** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:29 am

Well...... Please do keep us posted

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:31 pm

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