Posted: 12/18/2012 8:11 PM
Post subject: Playing .Jar games?
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Hakkai96
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Is this possible? I've used a converter to change it to an executable, but no luck.
Posted: 12/19/2012 1:34 PM
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hegyak
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Wouldn't a .Jar file run through the JRE (Java Runtime Executable)?
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Posted: 12/19/2012 3:12 PM
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Hakkai96
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hegyak wrote:
Wouldn't a .Jar file run through the JRE (Java Runtime Executable)?
I don't understand, would this be a good or a bad thing?
Posted: 12/19/2012 3:14 PM
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natt
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i have to think that the JVM uses enough nasty system calls and threading related stuff to not function correctly inside of hourglass
Posted: 12/19/2012 6:17 PM
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Hakkai96
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natt wrote:
i have to think that the JVM uses enough nasty system calls and threading related stuff to not function correctly inside of hourglass
Would it ever be possible?
Posted: 12/19/2012 6:17 PM
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natt
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There's no active development on hourglass at all