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So like... I'd need to use this in a VM? I'm not going out of my way to install XP on my 8700k system. Just to see what it do, seems like a big ask.

deadcast 9y ago
Haha yeah I don't expect many people to actually setup a VM to use this but it's a big learning project for me! :) My end goal is to create a new game for the N64 but I need tools. So this project is really for me and anyone else who wants construct new content for the system as well!
katastic 9y ago
What's hard about a VM? You can download an entire VM complete with OS and all relevant dev tools and have zero leakage of viruses or workspaces into your normal client. It's a great way to encapsulate your development for a specific task. I use a Win10 VM in my Win7 machine for almost all of my dev work. It stays on an SSD and completely keeps all that outlook, Microsoft SQL, Visual Studio, IIS, NAV, CRM crap from destroying what is normally a fast machine for gaming. I also host it on a separate IP so I can RDP into it from my crappy work laptop (which becomes nothing more than a thin client) and have remote access (from say my phone wireless hotspot if wifi is unavailable) and I've got all my work stuff exactly as I left the house. Recently, I put together a XP VM with Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008 for supporting and upgrading an old .NET 1.1 project for a client. There's no way I was going to try and get that crap running on my 64-bit computer. Last thing I want is FL Studio (and all my related audio tools), Photoshop (and all related graphics tools), and Visual Studio (across over a decade of versions) all on the same machine destroying each other. You can't even get multiple versions of Java to run on the same machine these days.. Ugh.
khedoros1 9y ago
I keep around old hardware, running old OSes, that occasionally sees use with things like this. Wine (on a Linux system) might be an option too. Someone earlier in the thread posted some short videos of the interface in operation that the developer had posted to their Twitter, if you're just interested in seeing examples of what it does: https://twitter.com/_deadcast/status/907485256827023360 https://twitter.com/_deadcast/status/907485256827023360
wil421 9y ago
The N64 came out in 1996. Be lucky it isn’t Windows 95 you have to install.

deadcast 9y ago

Haha yeah I don't expect many people to actually setup a VM to use this but it's a big learning project for me! :) My end goal is to create a new game for the N64 but I need tools. So this project is really for me and anyone else who wants construct new content for the system as well!

katastic 9y ago

What's hard about a VM? You can download an entire VM complete with OS and all relevant dev tools and have zero leakage of viruses or workspaces into your normal client. It's a great way to encapsulate your development for a specific task. I use a Win10 VM in my Win7 machine for almost all of my dev work. It stays on an SSD and completely keeps all that outlook, Microsoft SQL, Visual Studio, IIS, NAV, CRM crap from destroying what is normally a fast machine for gaming. I also host it on a separate IP so I can RDP into it from my crappy work laptop (which becomes nothing more than a thin client) and have remote access (from say my phone wireless hotspot if wifi is unavailable) and I've got all my work stuff exactly as I left the house. Recently, I put together a XP VM with Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008 for supporting and upgrading an old .NET 1.1 project for a client. There's no way I was going to try and get that crap running on my 64-bit computer. Last thing I want is FL Studio (and all my related audio tools), Photoshop (and all related graphics tools), and Visual Studio (across over a decade of versions) all on the same machine destroying each other. You can't even get multiple versions of Java to run on the same machine these days.. Ugh.

khedoros1 9y ago

I keep around old hardware, running old OSes, that occasionally sees use with things like this. Wine (on a Linux system) might be an option too. Someone earlier in the thread posted some short videos of the interface in operation that the developer had posted to their Twitter, if you're just interested in seeing examples of what it does: https://twitter.com/_deadcast/status/907485256827023360 https://twitter.com/_deadcast/status/907485256827023360

wil421 9y ago

The N64 came out in 1996. Be lucky it isn’t Windows 95 you have to install.