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Xenesis Xenon Level: 10  Posts: 29/44 EXP: 4114 For next: 300 Since: 04-17-05 From: Australia Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| Okay, I want to build an editor to make a ROM editor for the game Advance Wars 2. The problem is, I don't know any programming languages. I thought it might be a good idea to ask the more well informed here before I set off onto attempting to learn something. So, from a romhacker's perspective, what would be the simplest language that I could use and make a GUI style editor with and have it runnable on my Apple Mac, but easily portable to a windows environment? I'm more interested in learning it as a means to my end, than to learn the language for the sake of learning it. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 3482/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| If you want it portable to Windows, then Java would be easier since it's meant for cross platform development. However, C would be a simpiler language to use as the compiler you'd use on Mac (gcc I believe), has support on Windows via MinGW. There are quite a few GUI packages for C that you could use: gtk and Tcl/Tk but I have not worked with either of those two. | |||
dan Snap Dragon Level: 43  Posts: 641/782 EXP: 534516 For next: 30530 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 20 hours Last activity: 14 hours |
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| If you want things simple and cross platform, then Java is the way to go. | |||
Dish Spiny Level: 38 Posts: 435/596 EXP: 355646 For next: 14801 Since: 03-15-04 From: Disch Since last post: 18 days Last activity: 18 days |
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| Agreed. If you're not really that interested in programming, and just want a quick way to pump out cross platform proggies, then Java is your friend. | |||
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Xenesis Xenon Level: 10 Posts: 30/44 EXP: 4114 For next: 300 Since: 04-17-05 From: Australia Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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Okay, thanks for the advice. Java it is. Actually, I have friends at uni who program Java, so that could help too...  |
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