What the...?
In a move I don't quite understand, I've finally finished work on an updated version of GOB Viewer. You can find the new work - GOB VIewer 2.0 - here.. Source is also available here.
So if you've had the urge to un-GOB Dark Forces and/or Jedi Knight 1 GOB and GOO files on the Mac under MacOS X, then your day has finally come!
If you're like most people, however, the usefulness of such a thing probably ended back in 1996, when OSX was but a mere twinkle in Gil Amelio's eye.
It should run under MacOS 8.6 (with CarbonLib) but I didn't test that. I hope it's not broken there, because I'm not really in the mood to fix it. ;-)
In related news, I finally got Dark Forge in a usable state, although plenty of rough edges remain from the transition to Carbon. Dusting off GOB Viewer was kinda fun, but I don't know if I have enough gas left in the tank to finish an update to the level editor. We'll see.
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I don't think we're apathetic about the title or the GOB viewer, I just don't think any of us still have an 8.6 install CD lying around our offices anymore!
And I think I may have thrown away my Dark Forces CD a long, long time ago, sadly...
Posted by: Jean-Luc Dinsdale | October 3, 2003 11:13 AM
GOB Viewer runs natively in OSX as well (it supports 8.6 through 10.2.8). I did actually get around to testing it on 8.6, and was pleased to discovered that it worked just fine.
Dark Forces seems to run fine from Classic, if that's your bag. The MIDI music takes a little getting used to after all these years though.
Posted by: Brad Oliver | October 5, 2003 11:12 PM