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    Innecto: A new game for System 7 (68000) and soon (I hope) earlier systems too

    Oh - and I really need to add this to the documentation for Innecto - if you press the option key then the rotation direction reverses.
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    Innecto: A new game for System 7 (68000) and soon (I hope) earlier systems too

    That version still has a bunch of debug in it, and some sloppy wet code for formatting text. There’s still some functionality missing / broken - but I think that I can fix that and bring the size down further. I had a vague idea that I’d like to get it running on every Apple device capable of...
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    Innecto: A new game for System 7 (68000) and soon (I hope) earlier systems too

    Is this a first? Have any other games been ported from modern macOS (iOS, iPad OS etc) to vintage systems? Even if it isn't a first, it can't have been done all that often! In any event, here it is - my game Innecto (which you can read more about here) ported to my system of choice (a Mac SE...
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    If you could bring back classic Mac OS software, what would it be?

    CC_333 - Carbon is no longer supported, and even the nibs (UI definition XMLs) won't work anymore. It would be easier to rewrite from scratch. The route I'd take would be to reimplement MacWrite, write a reasonable simple spreadsheet, a simple flat file (early) version of FileMaker, a...
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    If you could bring back classic Mac OS software, what would it be?

    Are you sure about that? FontLab looks like a Mac app to me… https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/fontlab/ That said, one of the reasons I keep an old Mac(s) (other than because I like them) is that, back in the nineties, I bought a Microtek scanner and it came with a bundle of software. One...
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    Yep - that's how I got it to build, and that's how I was able to take a screenshot! I'm hoping to have a first alpha for play testing by the end of the week. I mean, it's actually pretty playable now - but, as you can see, buggy and not very pretty. Also, it's inefficient in the way it draws...
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    If you could bring back classic Mac OS software, what would it be?

    MacPaint, yes - or, better yet, BrushStrokes Hypercard, of course But… most of all… I would really like to see the result of the 'Works' type package. A separate office suite is so bloated and clunky - great for office work, but not brilliant for the home. AppleWorks for preference, but even...
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    Okay - so I still have plenty of bugs to fix, and the graphics are really rather ropey, but it's playable (well, one level is anyway, I need to sort out level loading (as discussed above)), colour isn't working, sound isn't implemented, the level select screen is broken, the about screen isn't...
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    Bingo! Thanks everyone. Such a little thing - but it makes all the difference!
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    Think C 6.0.1, from 1993. No hidden files in the project folder. I just checked.
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    As you can see from the uploaded source, there isn't a file like that there. Well, not unless it's invisible. I didn't check for that.
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    Okay. So I recreated the project and the problem moved. Strewth. It's fighting me, this one. The background. I'm updating a game that I sell on the various App Stores - it's called Innecto, and it currently runs on macOS, iOS and iPadOS. The new version is a lot fancier, and adds TV and...
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    Thanks for the offer. I may take you up on that. I'm going to try to recreate the Project folder first. I've never seen anything quite like it before.
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    The exact error is duplicate resource 'MENU',128 If I change the ID to 300 then I get duplicate resource 'MENU',300
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    Problem with MENU resource in Think C 6

    There is no built application. The build fails. And if I omit my rsrc file then the build succeeds - but with no MENUs resources in the application bundle. I can’t remember the exact error reported either (and it’s too later for me to turn on my old Mac now!) - but I’ll let you know tomorrow.
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