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Very cool idea and execution. Slightly off-topic; if there ever was a excellent example of what it means when a C# program is being written by a java developer, this would certainly qualify. Was this ported from a java project?
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Hi, I'm the author of this project. I actually coded most of it in 2014, i just did some refactoring and uploaded it to GitHub in 2019 after I mentioned it in a job interview and the guy asked if the code is uploaded anywhere so he could look at it.
Hi jgosar, and thanks for joining into the discussion :D I figure you noticed the drastic increase in repo activity and stars. What's your own opinion on java-ness of the code? Do you feel it is an accurate assessment? I hope you didn't take it personal, I've most certainly done similar things when I learned C# after doing java for the initial university courses.
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The GUI code looks very simple at first glance - just four buttons and file picker and background worker. Chances are this would be straight-forward to port to a .NET command-line tool that would be cross-platform assuming there's nothing Windows-specific in the domain logic.
Thinking about it, wouldn't mono support this fairly well? I don't have much experience with mono nor C#, but going from a sibling comment and my package manager, I would be tempted to install mono-msbuild-sdkresolver and run `mono build`. Of course, I believe a command-line tool is a better fit, especially if one wants to automate this. The real value of this project probably lies in the buildings the author made :)
This reminds me a lot of SimCopter (1996) where you could also import your SC2k city and fly around and do missions. Mostly about helping people in various forms of distress by picking them up and flying to various destinations. Great flashback from 90's gaming, I remember tossing people out at random when flying which was always hilarious when you're a young kid. You could then pick them up and fly them to the hospi…
SimCopter was awesome! I had forgotten all about it. I didn't realize you could import SimCity cities!
This reminds me a lot of SimCopter (1996) where you could also import your SC2k city and fly around and do missions. Mostly about helping people in various forms of distress by picking them up and flying to various destinations. Great flashback from 90's gaming, I remember tossing people out at random when flying which was always hilarious when you're a young kid. You could then pick them up and fly them to the hospi…
I liked to play the SimCopter demo and thanks to it Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries still remind me of the game. I suspected (or maybe just hoped) that you could somehow import SimCity 2000 cities (I had the original boxed release, the first game I owned), but either it was not possible to do in the demo or I just failed to find the way (I was barely a teenager without the Internet access).
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SimCopter wasn't the only game that allowed you to import from SC2k -- the city import is the only notable feature of the otherwise-unremarkable Streets of SimCity[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_SimCity
Streets of SimCity was great for making an outrageous racket by using the increased gravity cheatcode. Every polygon intersection would trigger the "suspension crashing" sound effect. Fantastic fun.
Pretty cool! If people are still interested in playing city builder games, I am in the middle of developing one right now. I cleared the CPU hurdle of path finding via developing my own algorithm ( old demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q0l87hwmkI ). Here I am pathing around 300,000 units to their own unique destinations. Unfortunately I dont have a video update yet, but my game's graphics are now isometric…
This reminds me a lot of SimCopter (1996) where you could also import your SC2k city and fly around and do missions. Mostly about helping people in various forms of distress by picking them up and flying to various destinations. Great flashback from 90's gaming, I remember tossing people out at random when flying which was always hilarious when you're a young kid. You could then pick them up and fly them to the hospi…
Clint Basinger's Lazy Game Reviews always has excellent reviews of Maxis games. LGR - SimCopter - PC Game Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mh7Pc5MSI LGR - Streets of SimCity - PC Game Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi60A2-PcpM The SimCity 2000 Retail Demo Disk for DOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2b5HRRTH70 LGR - SimCity 2000 Network Edition - PC Game Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9e3WlJ…