Re: Hi and GDL verson question

[Stan Shebs <shebs at shebs dot cnchost dot com>]

"Dr.Altaica" wrote:
> 
> How much has GDL changed sence version 7.2.2-3 (the one that comes with
> debian)of xconq, I'm wouldering if I should start working on makeing my game
> now or wait tell I get version 7.3?

An interesting question... I did a little diffing and grepping, found
150(!) GDL symbols that are new to 7.3.  While some are still quite
experimental, others are extremely valuable and also well-tested.  For
instance, we now have "advances", which you can use to build up a whole
tech tree a la Civ, "advanced units" which are like Civ cities in that
they can get materials from surrounding areas and grow in size, a
per-side treasury for materials, alternate combat models, and the
ability for units to collect materials and deliver them to another
unit, as in AoE, and the ability to use standard file formats (OK,
just GIF for now) to store images.

So if you don't need any of those, 7.2 GDL will work.  There are a
few minor changes to existing GDL constructs, mostly to defaults.

However, 7.3 includes so many bug fixes and interface improvements,
two years worth of them, that I would recommend that you start with it.
Also, if you run into problems, you can get quick fixes if you're
working with more recent sources.

BTW, what sort of game are you working on?

Stan