Three quick questions

[simulacra]

Hi!

Three quick questions:

1. Is video playback possible in the Linux runtime?
2. Is it possible to make web API calls from AGS?
3. Are run-time plugins cross-platform portable?

[Crimson Wizard]

1. Is video playback possible in the Linux runtime?

Theora video (OGV) probably works everywhere, but you better consult people who released games with video on Linux.

2. Is it possible to make web API calls from AGS?

Only with the use of plugins at the moment.

3. Are run-time plugins cross-platform portable?

They are not portable as files (you cannot move DLL to Linux, it won't work), but if author have written them properly they could be built for Linux and other platforms too. When you distribute your game you need to apply corresponding versions of plugins built for each particular platform.

Older plugins are likely to be Windows-only, because AGS games were runnable only on Windows anyway. Today people create plugins with a portable source more often. Also there are few newer portable alternatives to old unportable plugins.

[simulacra]

Thank you!

I will test Theora video.