mac & lwjgl

nala-naj · October 29, 2003, 5:48pm

Hi all,

Well I was trying to get lwjgl 0.8 running on my mac test box and realized that I am running jdk 1.3.1 - it is just a test box and I can barely find my way around a mac - they are so freaking unintuative

Anyway, the software updater WILL NOT recognize that I want java 1.4.1 and I can not find any other way to get it. am i just missing something stupid here? I’d sure like to do some mac testing of lwjgl.

some specs…

PowerPC G3 450 MHz (sucky i know)
512 MB Ram
Mac OS X version 10.2.8

Anyone have any ideas?

THANKS!

vrm · October 30, 2003, 7:46am

you need jdk 1.4.1 at least for java.nio

nala-naj · October 30, 2003, 8:01am

yeah, i know… thats the problem :(. i cant figure out how to get 1.4 installed on the mac because the software installer doesnt think i need anything… i was hoping someone knew how to force an install, from the command line or something.

princec · October 30, 2003, 10:11am

I’ve no idea myself. Go and splash out loads of money on Panther

Cas

nala-naj · October 30, 2003, 10:49am

[quote]I’ve no idea myself. Go and splash out loads of money on Panther

Cas
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well, that was actually my next option if no one around here knew what to do… its juat a work machine and we get a discount anyway

princec · October 30, 2003, 10:54am

That would be great!
And, er, Elias could do with some help coding the LWJGL, as he’s all by himself at the moment, and would rather be spending some time on his game than buggering around with supporting technologies… I don’t suppose you could assist with the Mac builds and LWJGL port? It’s ever so nearly finished…

Cas

swpalmer · October 30, 2003, 12:48pm

There was a problem with the latest 1.4.1 build and QT for java that was causing problems with Panther upgrades. I think the software update is offline until that is sorted.

But Panther is way cool and will likely be required for some aspects of working with JAWT, i.e. windowed mode for LWJGL will likely never happen on 10.2, but may not be that hard to implement on Panther.

nala-naj · October 30, 2003, 5:36pm

[quote]That would be great!
And, er, Elias could do with some help coding the LWJGL, as he’s all by himself at the moment, and would rather be spending some time on his game than buggering around with supporting technologies… I don’t suppose you could assist with the Mac builds and LWJGL port? It’s ever so nearly finished…

Cas
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i’ll help where i can… i can definitely test when apple get java 1.4 back online, that is if you want to see how it runs on a 450 MHz mac we also have a G4 laptop laying around here somewhere that i can probably get panther on to test as well.