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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2012.12.03 22:17:00 -
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Hello capsuleers!
Whilst there hasn't been much conversation about it, I'm hear to say that we're currently testing out some new work we've been doing on the EVE Launcher.
One of the things we've been working on is wrapping the Chromium Embedded Framework for the Mac, so that we can bring the Windows and Mac EVE Launchers into feature parity.
Sometime tomorrow, I'm hoping to be able to provide you all with a link to an EVE Launcher build that will
- hopefully work
- contain the new embedded browser
What I'm asking for your help to do, is to simply run the application and to play with it. It's not a fully functional EVE Launcher because there are a number of other changes that we're working on behind the scenes that we're not ready to start beta testing.
I would dearly love for three things to happen:
- you to download and run the beta version (when it's available)
- to give us your feedback
- to give us any feature improvements you have (ideally for the Mac implementation of the Launcher but I'll take what I can get)
I can't promise anything in return beyond fixing any bugs you discover, but I'll see if I can rustle up some treats much as the mass test participants get, for those that really want an incentive
Thank you for taking the time to help out, I look forward to providing you with a build tomorrow! Product Owner, EVE Launcher, Team Special Circumstances |
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Dersen Lowery
Knavery Inc. StructureDamage
177
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Posted - 2012.12.03 22:33:00 -
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\o/
I look forward to trying it out. Thanks! |
Manssell
OmiHyperMultiNationalDrunksConglomerate
129
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Posted - 2012.12.04 08:43:00 -
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O.k. I got into the scotch tonight, so I'm admittedly really drunk. But is this something you want us to try before we patch our client ( the normal way) or something separate you want us to try out afterwards?
Either way i'm probably in.
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.04 10:42:00 -
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It's something completely separate to the expansion release The build I'm going to release won't even work as a full Launcher, since we're currently focusing on the browser testing.
There will probably be a follow up build with other things as we move forward, but for now it will just be the embedded browser. Product Owner, EVE Launcher, Team Special Circumstances |
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Pyfintlyn Lukqplm
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.12.05 03:09:00 -
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Be glad to test the beta and provide any feedback. Anything I can do to help the DEV team that works on macs, I'm in. |
Manssell
OmiHyperMultiNationalDrunksConglomerate
129
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Posted - 2012.12.06 17:57:00 -
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So did we ever get a link to the new launcher? |
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.07 09:51:00 -
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I'm compiling it right now Product Owner, EVE Launcher, Team Special Circumstances |
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.07 11:12:00 -
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Ok, I've got a build available: http://content.eveonline.com/EveOnlineLauncher/beta/EVE Online-1.503.macosx-10_3-fat.zip I'm going to update the original post with some details and instructions now. Product Owner, EVE Launcher, Team Special Circumstances |
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Raketefrau
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
24
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Posted - 2012.12.07 15:48:00 -
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I can't test much, as it doesn't seem to actually launch anything yet, but I can say this:
It seems to load up just fine, then Adobe wants to update my flashplayer. I know that with Chrome you don't *need* Adobe's flash player, which is why I like it -- I guess this isn't the case with Chromium itself?
I'm on 10.8.2 on a 2.4 C2D with 4GB.
Do we need to move this to the Applications folder so that it picks up our regular installs? I don't want to do that yet, in case it hoses my install.... |
Rees Noturana
Red Rock Mining Company
130
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Posted - 2012.12.07 15:58:00 -
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Launched the app and the layout seemed off. I've posted a screen shot here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9038939/Screen%20Shot%202012-12-07%20at%209.48.52%20AM.png
The normal Mac menu did not contain any menu items including an all important Quit option. I had to force quit the launcher.
The PLAY button was inactive.
I posted a log here but I didn't seen anything important in it:
http://pastebin.com/3Gi58ARE
I'm on a Mac Pro (Early 2009) OS X 10.8.2.
I ran this off the desktop to avoid doing anything to my normal EVE apps too. -á |
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Manssell
OmiHyperMultiNationalDrunksConglomerate
129
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Posted - 2012.12.07 16:17:00 -
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Seemed to work pretty good for me. As Rees pointed out the mac menu had no options, but closing the program from the little dot thinkgy (technical term) on the window worked fine. The browser worked fine, I even watched a youtube video on it, something the ingame one now can't handle. |
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.07 16:51:00 -
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Raketefrau wrote:I can't test much, as it doesn't seem to actually launch anything yet, but I can say this:
It seems to load up just fine, then Adobe wants to update my flashplayer. I know that with Chrome you don't *need* Adobe's flash player, which is why I like it -- I guess this isn't the case with Chromium itself?
I'm on 10.8.2 on a 2.4 C2D with 4GB.
Do we need to move this to the Applications folder so that it picks up our regular installs? I don't want to do that yet, in case it hoses my install.... The current build won't do anything with any games. I've stubbed out the functionality to do that. What I'm interested in is
- does it even start
- and if you navigate around does the website render properly
If it did those two, then that's great Product Owner, EVE Launcher | Team Special Circumstances |
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.07 16:55:00 -
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To answer your points in turn:
- The webpage is off because I simply pointed it at one I knew to have dynamic content (videos and whatnot) and so it's not pointing to a webpage that's designed for the available space. That said, thank you for the screenshot, it's always good to double check that it's rendering correctly
- By 'Mac menu' do you mean this: http://i.imgur.com/mrFmg.png ?
- The play button is meant to be inactive.
- Thanks for the log file!
Product Owner, EVE Launcher | Team Special Circumstances |
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Rees Noturana
Red Rock Mining Company
130
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Posted - 2012.12.07 17:03:00 -
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CCP Atropos wrote:To answer your points in turn:
- The webpage is off because I simply pointed it at one I knew to have dynamic content (videos and whatnot) and so it's not pointing to a webpage that's designed for the available space. That said, thank you for the screenshot, it's always good to double check that it's rendering correctly
- By 'Mac menu' do you mean this: http://i.imgur.com/mrFmg.png ?
- The play button is meant to be inactive.
- Thanks for the log file!
1. OK, cool. 2. Yes, the current launcher has options in there. 3. OK 4. No problem.
Always happy to help make EVE a better place. Any misunderstandings on my part I blame on the human inability to truly multitask.
-á |
Null Poynter
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
0
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Posted - 2012.12.07 19:23:00 -
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Im running OSX 10.8.2
It started fine, had no problems, Videos, Sound and dynamic elements of the page all worked, as did navigation. Unlike an earlier comment, it did not ask me to update anything at all.
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Syr Dread
Z3R0 Return Mining Inc. Illusion of Solitude
9
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Posted - 2012.12.07 20:48:00 -
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Here's a log: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5866878/eve/launcher.2012.12.07.log
Seems nice and responsive. No crashes or anything. But the videos under the videos section are not playable. I have no flash installed on system and i guess chromium doesn't find the h264 files or something because in safari i can play the videos just fine.
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Tevi
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
4
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Posted - 2012.12.07 21:18:00 -
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I found a little wierd thing when navigating to this set of pages: http://www.eveonline.com/sandbox/freedom-fighter/ The spinnable 3d models of the ships are upside down.
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Tien Ti
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.12.08 00:47:00 -
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Same as above, ship models in the ship viewer are all upside down |
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.08 17:59:00 -
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Syr Dread wrote:Here's a log: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5866878/eve/launcher.2012.12.07.log Seems nice and responsive. No crashes or anything. But the videos under the videos section are not playable. I have no flash installed on system and i guess chromium doesn't find the h264 files or something because in safari i can play the videos just fine. Interesting, thanks for pointing that out. I thought they were HTML5 rather than flash, but will have to check it out further.
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.08 18:00:00 -
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Tien Ti wrote:Same as above, ship models in the ship viewer are all upside down
Heh, awesome! Thanks for pointing this out. Product Owner, EVE Launcher | Team Special Circumstances |
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Rafael Argus
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.12.09 00:36:00 -
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I tested it out and noted the issues listed above, the ship being upside down, and the lack of standard Mac OS application menu items, such as Quit.
One feature I'd like to see added to the launcher in general is to enable the Play button as the default button so it could be pressed by using the Return/Enter key on the keyboard. For some reason, it really bugs me that one can not just press Enter to play! :) |
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CCP Atropos
C C P C C P Alliance
130
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Posted - 2012.12.09 16:45:00 -
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Rafael Argus wrote:I tested it out and noted the issues listed above, the ship being upside down, and the lack of standard Mac OS application menu items, such as Quit.
One feature I'd like to see added to the launcher in general is to enable the Play button as the default button so it could be pressed by using the Return/Enter key on the keyboard. For some reason, it really bugs me that one can not just press Enter to play! :) We've actually done a little work on this regard; pressing 'S' or 'G' brings up the EVE Launcher settings menu and EVE game client settings menu respectively (although the later is currently broken). In addition, both enter and return will trigger the Play button, although not in this build, since it's not doing anything with a client. Product Owner, EVE Launcher | Team Special Circumstances |
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Rakshasa Taisab
Sane Industries Inc.
1042
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Posted - 2012.12.11 13:45:00 -
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Nothing blew up. Nyan |
Vincent Athena
V.I.C.E.
1236
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Posted - 2012.12.11 13:56:00 -
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The videos did play for me. One oddity: When I pressed the button to go to full screen I got no video at all. It was still playing, I could hear the sound. But the screen was just what it was before I pressed the full screen button, less a video being played in its initial window. Pressing esc brought it back.
Edit: I do not know if its supposed to be there, but I see no way to make the launcher window a different size.
The ship viewer not only shows ships upside down, but the camera movement is upside down too. (Moving the mouse up and down causes the opposite movement of the ship model). http://vincentoneve.wordpress.com/ |
Grukni
Shimai of New Eden
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Posted - 2012.12.11 14:02:00 -
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Now that Linux is gaining momemtum in PC gaming thanks to, among other things, Valve, are you planing on supporting Linux again?
OpenGL is the way, and not the privative, un-interoperable, DirectX crap. |
Vincent Athena
V.I.C.E.
1236
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Posted - 2012.12.11 14:08:00 -
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This reply was entered while using the browser built into the new launcher.
Seems to work fine. http://vincentoneve.wordpress.com/ |
Yinmatook
Skilled Refugees
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Posted - 2012.12.11 14:30:00 -
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Looks like I'm late to the party!
I have nothing new to add. Looking forward to the next test. |
Tess La'Coil
Lightbringer's Sanctuary RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2012.12.11 14:31:00 -
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Wait, is this the basis for the creation of a full mac client? I still find it strange I've been living on Windows7 via bootcamp for the last 12 months due to EVE running so much better on it. Someone once said I was a muppet. If that's so, I'm quite sure the Swedish Chef is my brother.-á |
Pyfintlyn Lukqplm
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.12.11 14:50:00 -
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Runs fine, faster than usual I think, could log in and navigate. No issues whatsoever. star maps worked fine. Do you need the log file or just if theres an issue? Nice work |
Ravenstain
Future Corps Sleeper Social Club
3
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Posted - 2012.12.11 14:52:00 -
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Tested with quite a few sites, besides EVE-O, including Facebook, google, youtube, twitch.tv, own3d.tv, miniclip.com and others.
Results: GÇó eveonline.com worked fine, with the exception of the ship spinning being upside down as mentioned before GÇó google.com seems to work fine, that includes sections for images, maps and translation GÇó youtube.com - no problems that I could find GÇó twitch.tv, own3d.tv - live video steaming works very nicely. No problems with HD and fullscreen. GÇó miniclip.com - crashed as I tried to play a game (Pastebin Link) GÇó tried another flash game site and I could play though it was a bit clunky :P GÇó other sites I tried all seemed to render without problems :)
Overall seemed quite fast and responsive. Would be a pretty good browser if only I could make the window a bit bigger, but I guess that wasnt the idea here :P
P.S. Im running Late 2009 MacBook 2.13 C2D, 4GB RAM, OSX 10.6.8 |
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