Programming a CO Server on MAC

xBlackPlagu3x · 08/25/2011, 07:28

Is it possible to program a C# Conquer Online Server with a Mac? The reason why I ask is because I feel like getting a modified version of Mac so I can use it on my laptop.

~~BaussHacker~~ · 08/25/2011, 10:32

C# on Mac?

Nope.

C# on Linux?

Yes, without Native calls using Mono or so.

Korvacs · 08/25/2011, 11:25

Yeah you can use C# on a Mac, Mono works on Mac aswell as Linux.

~~BaussHacker~~ · 08/25/2011, 11:32

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Originally Posted by Korvacs

Yeah you can use C# on a Mac, Mono works on Mac aswell as Linux.

Thought Mono was Linux only.

-impulse- · 08/25/2011, 13:25

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Originally Posted by BaussHacker

Thought Mono was Linux only.

Mono is portable almost anywhere. Well, not the beta release of it but the stable one yes, its portable on about 6 OS'.

KraHen · 08/27/2011, 15:01

Why not use c++ or the OSX dev tools from Apple?

CptSky · 08/27/2011, 17:25

Mono on OS X isn't really good

You should use Carbon (C++) or Cocoa (Objective-C). I just don't like Objective-C syntax, so I would go for Carbon. If you plan to make a 64 bits app or to use a GUI, you'll need to use Cocoa.

phize · 08/27/2011, 17:44

Qt is cross-platform and is pretty sweet.

unknownone · 08/27/2011, 17:51

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Originally Posted by CptSky

Mono on OS X isn't really good You should use Carbon (C++) or Cocoa (Objective-C). I just don't like Objective-C syntax, so I would go for Carbon. If you plan to make a 64 bits app or to use a GUI, you'll need to use Cocoa.

There's the

project made by the mono guys - which has C# friendly cocoa bindings.

There's another

project, not made by the mono team, which binds Cocoa and other NS libraries.

So, it's not terribly unfriendly recently, largely due to the fact that the mono team use Mac as their main development platform these days.

CptSky · 08/27/2011, 18:42

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Originally Posted by unknownone

There's the project made by the mono guys - which has C# friendly cocoa bindings.

There's another project, not made by the mono team, which binds Cocoa and other NS libraries.

So, it's not terribly unfriendly recently, largely due to the fact that the mono team use Mac as their main development platform these days.

I tried Mono a long time ago, so it may be better. I just don't program a lot for OS X at the moment. I will take a look at MonoMac. It looks really interesting.