[squeak-dev] [ANN] Open Croquet for Squeak 6.x (experimental)

Nikolay Suslov nsuslovi at gmail.com
Sun Mar 4 21:32:01 UTC 2018


Robert,

Yes, I am doing this with a great joy, cause Squeak becomes better and
better day by day!

Regards,
Nikolai



On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 11:34 PM, Robert Hirschfeld <
robert.hirschfeld at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi Nikolai --
>
> *** Thank you! :) ****
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
>
> > On 27 Feb 2018, at 00:11, Nikolay Suslov <nsuslovi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Anticipating the new Squeak release! and in the spirit of the "Survey:
> what do you do with Squeak, what do you *want* to do?" want to share the
> work on restoring the original Open Croquet onto Squeak 6.x (experimental).
> >
> > For a long time, the community available Open Croquet images exist only
> in bootstrap images for Squeak 3.8 and for Squeak 4.2. Actually, there is
> no any open solution to use the latest Squeak VM and Smalltalk language
> with Open Croquet architecture. So, that starting from the original version
> to OpenQwaq, anyone could load it from scratch onto the new Squeak.
> > Below you could find install instructions, links and first steps in
> achiving this.
> >
> > Demo-video: https://vimeo.com/257578323
> >
> > Comparing to the original Open Croquet for Squeak 3.8/4.2:
> >
> > * No Embedded Morphic apps (bugs)
> > * No Tweak (yet)
> > * Original TContactPoint (find master on network) broadcaster/listener
> is replaced with WebSocket broadcaster/listener using WebClient (switching
> from UDP)
> > * Island snapshot/serializing/restoring needs deep review
> >
> > =========================
> > Instructions and Links:
> >
> > Preloaded Squeak image:
> >
> > - Squeak VM and image with preloaded Croquet and content:
> https://www.krestianstvo.org/sdk/croquet/CroquetForSqueak6-
> App-MacWin-32bit.zip
> >
> > - Only Squeak image with preloaded Croquet and content:
> https://www.krestianstvo.org/sdk/croquet/CroquetForSqueak6-
> Image-resources.zip
> >
> > - Only content (Textures, Models, etc.): https://www.krestianstvo.org/
> sdk/croquet/Content.zip
> >
> >
> > How To install manually:
> >
> > 1. Get the latest Squeak VM with included B3DAcceleratorPlugin(!)
> > The preloaded app uses VM cog.spur 32 bit for Mac/Windows:
> > https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/download_file?file_path=squeak.cog.
> spur_macos32x86_201802232356.dmg
> > https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/download_file?file_path=squeak.cog.
> spur_win32x86_201802232356.zip
> >
> > 2. Get the latest Squeak 6.x image from http://files.squeak.org/6.
> 0alpha/
> > The preloaded app uses http://files.squeak.org/6.
> 0alpha/Squeak6.0alpha-17606-32bit/
> >
> > 3. Run Squeak.
> >
> > 4. In Workspace DoIt:
> > (Installer fromUrl: 'http://sdk.krestianstvo.org/
> sdk/croquet/croquet-sn.2.mcm') install
> >
> > This will load FFI, OpenGL and Croquet packages from the project's
> repository "Open Croquet for Squeak 6.x".
> >
> > MCHttpRepository
> >     location: 'http://sdk.krestianstvo.org/sdk/croquet'
> >     user: ''
> >     password: ''
> >
> > Or you could manually load FFI at first:
> >
> > (Installer repository: 'http://source.squeak.org/FFI')
> >     install: 'FFI-Pools';
> >     install: 'FFI-Kernel';
> >     install: 'FFI-Tests'.
> >
> > and then only OpenGL and Croquet packages:
> > (Installer fromUrl: 'http://sdk.krestianstvo.org/
> sdk/croquet/croquet-sn.1.mcm') install
> >
> > 5. Open 'Objects' in Squeak and choose 'Croquet' category.
> > Drag Croquet(Master) or Demo(Master) onto the empty space.
> >
> > =========================
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Nikolai
> >
> > <croquet-squeak6_small.jpg>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Robert Hirschfeld
> hirschfeld at acm.org
> www.hirschfeld.org
>
>
>
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