SP3 is near...How near anyways?
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We all know that the awaited Sketchyphysics 3 is approaching completion (We all owe you, CPhillips) However, I am wondering. While I know it should be released this month (december,) should I be checking the website every day now?
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If you didn't know, Chris had a car accident recently and broke his hand. His ability to type has been somewhat affected ;o)
As far as I know, everything is OK and he'll be back in front of his keyboard working on SP3 shortly. He didn't give me a timeline for his recovery but he said that it wouldn't be too much longer.
I've been working on the Mac Port and I hope you'll be pleased to know that SP3 runs on the Mac (actually, I got SP2 to run on the Mac but there were significant bugs in SU and SP that made waiting for SP3 and SU7 appealing). Plus I had my 3rd relapse with Leukemia and SP2 Mac Version took a back seat for a little while. I know Chris had spread the word that Mac support was being worked. I didn't want the community to think that I wasn't prioritizing it, it's just that some other things trumped SP2 Mac work for awhile... Everything is fine now and when I recovered Chris was heavily into SP3 so we shelved the SP2 work on the Mac and moved on. I apologize for the long delay, please bear with me and we'll have Mac support real soon now!!!
The mac version will be fully functional, in fact I'm currently working on joystick support and fighting through the learning curve on the HID manager. I've got working code that passes joystick and keyboard queries between ruby and the C library and what remains is a GUI for specifying which keyboard/joystick should be mapped to the SP variables (joyx, etc...)
Chris and I are working hard to merge the code bases for PC and Mac and working through some SU7 differences but rest assured that progress is being made and we can't wait for both PC and Mac communities to get into SP3.
I'll leave all the actual notices on timelines and releases to Chris. I mostly wanted everyone to know that he had an accident, he's a little laid up right now, but he's getting better. Mac support is coming, it's not a question of can it be done, it's done! There are still some core SP3 issues to work through and Chris will button all those up when he recovers.
It's likely that we'll do a limited release on the Mac Version of SP3 on SU7. I could use some alpha testers that would run mac sp3 through the wringer. Please send me (not Chris - he's got his "broken" hands full right now) an email address and I'll start putting together a testing plan. Send to kwilley1@gmail.com.
Kevin Willey
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Hi Kevin
the first priority is beat Leukemia to a pulp; all my best wishes go out to you, friends and a family. Everything else, dear SkethUpper-friend, can wait.Cheers,
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Charis,
To be successful, you need to "brake a leg" - not your hand
So, next time pay attention to details...Feel good and be happy!
If someone asks you why?, tell them I said so.My son had an elbow accident last week, so I know how you must feel.
David. -
I could help with mac testing, unless it involves any knowledge of scripts.
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Any news on Chris Phillips' condition?
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Chris gets his cast off today.
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Very good. Chris, if you are reading this, I am sorry about what happened to your hand, and I am glad to hear that your cast is off.
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Very good. Chris, if you are reading this, I am sorry about what happened to your hand, and I am glad to hear that your cast is off.
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So, my guess is that it will be released early January.
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