Buying BlitzMax
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| Mark, Simon, James, I would like to show my support to BlitzMax and you guys and purchase now. What will be the process to download the Windows version once it is released? |
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| @Matt, I second that. But I still feel Blitz research is selling out short by offering such an amazing product for such a low price. $299 and everyone would still buy it! It's cheaper than B3D !! |
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| I second that. But I still feel Blitz research is selling out short by offering such an amazing product for such a low price. $299 and everyone would still buy it! It's cheaper than B3D !! But you don't know how much the 3D module is going to cost yet. Bet it won't be free. |
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| It has been said by Mark Sibly that the 3d module will not be free. I think the price is just right for a product, although new, that only offers 2d possibilities at the moment. Thats not to say that others will not get a 3d engine up and running in blitzMax as it is now. |
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| True, Gfk. Even so, £43.16 for all three versions seems like a steal. :) I must admit that all the previous hype about BlitzMax didn't really effect me but now I'm actually getting quite excited about the prospect of getting my hands on BlitzMax. :) |
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| I might be speaking for myself only, but I am a 2D guy, and would still pay $299 regardless of 3D support or not. |
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| but Blitzmax has 3D support, just not in an easy to use wrapper. You can still use OpenGL. |
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| I purchased BlitzMax as soon as the site was back up, even though I don't own a Mac. I thought I'd support BRL and I guess I'll already own the Windows version as soon as it's released. I will forever be the first non-BRL poster in the BlizMax forums ;) I downloaded the .sit file, expanded it and I'm now reading the BlitzMax docs on my PC :D BTW: It cost £50 inc VAT. A cracking price IMHO. |
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| I just saw that Daze - I might just go ahead and get it anyway. I will forever be the first non-BLR poster in the BlizMax forums Something to tell the grand kiddies.... |
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| I will forever be the first non-BLR poster in the BlizMax forums Hey... You chopped off my smilie! Something to tell the grand kiddies.... Everyone has their 15 minutes of fame ;) |
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| Sorry about the smilie - in too much of a hurry to buy it. Now a proud owner of a shiny new version of BlitzMax for the Mac - just don't have a Mac.... I'm really quite interested in having a look at the language so I'll check out what Daze has done and download StuffIt. |
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| ya me2, no mac here, but Im buying because I trust Mark and his infinite wisdom on the support of BMAx |
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| I'm really impressed with the (complete) BlitzMax help files. The Blitz+ docs are now just a distant memory... |
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| Hi, What will be the process to download the Windows version once it is released? The current plan is to host 'core' module-less releases for all 3 platforms in the private forums area. Once you've bought Max, you will then be able to download any of these core releases and use 'syncmods' to install the modules. |
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| Mark, Assuming there are no major bugs in the mac version, how soon would we see a PC version? |
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| Thanks Mark - congrats on the release!!! |
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| Has anyone tried compiling BlitzMax stuff on PearPC yet? I just note that you can't compile for other platforms from your platform, so this may be an out for those who want to do Mac releases. Also, Linux what? Are there some kind of library requirements to run on Linux, plus which architectures are supported? Linux runs on practically everything. Edit: Answered elsewhere - x86 to start, more later hopefully. |
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| Has anyone tried compiling BlitzMax stuff on PearPC yet? Yes. http://www.blitzcoder.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/postdisplay.cgi?forum=Forum1&topic=004358 I just note that you can't compile for other platforms from your platform, so this may be an out for those who want to do Mac releases. For fun maybe. I think you'd be ill-advised to sell a game you had only tested on an emulator and had no machine to even attempt to debug or work on support issues with. |
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| You don't need your own Mac if you can get others to test, but it'd be a pain to do I agree. It'd be handy to make demos with though, so you could at least get an idea of your prospects on the Mac before you blow money on one. |
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| What's so special about BlitzMax? |
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| I assume you've been living under a rock for the last year. |
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| Digital Fortress: What's so special about BlitzMax? Well depends on who you talk too. Im not sure its bringing anything new and earth shatering to the programming arena, but it sure seems to be a step beyond the BlitzBasics of the past. The big question now is how does it compare to other cross platform environments for the purpose of writing code. Unfortianatly we will need to watch BlitzCoder for that info since the BMax forums are not accessable to those of us who whould wrather learn about the language first before buying. As it stands now, Im no really sure how BMAX stands up to something like JAVA with Eclipse? Maybe faster, but not even that is a garauntee as JAVA can be faster the C++ in certain situations( I admit not the most comon ones ). I for one am happy to see it released but will not buy it till the PC/Linux versions are out and I see some more input from existing customers. |
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| I noticed that the Manuals page doesn't have an entry for BlitzMAX. Or is that just because I don't own it? |
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| Nope. I purchased it and it's not there for me either. I'm sure they'll get round to adding it soon. |
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