[SOLVED] Can't install Monkey 2 on Windows 10

[afecelisParticipant]

Thanks guys. Yup, I read somewhere than Pyro is included for free in Monkey 2, and that’s great! 

I found a fix to my issue (a bit late but I’m glad since I think I’ll stick with compiling my own version):
https://www.howtogeek.com/230063/how-to-circumvent-this-app-has-been-blocked-for-your-protection-to-install-apps-in-windows-10/

If you open a command prompt as administrator, cd into the directory where your executable (installer) is and run it, it will install just fine 

Windows… such a vast and mysterious territory to explore! 

cheers!

[abakoboParticipant]

I just read your other answers. So, in theory, Ignition-X should work in Cerberus? or are they also modernizing the language? Do they still use Mojo1? If not developed by Blitz, who’s behind it?

Yes ignition should work with cereberus-x as mojo1 is included. I think Ignition-x turned open source too. Some directories have their name changed and some features have been added (at least enums I think). Building monkey-x/cereberus-x from source is a lot more difficult.

The guys behind cereberus (I don’t really like the name change!) are former monkey-x users who had published some games. They have their own idea of how things should go. They visibly hoped Blitz-Research would continue to work on blitzmax and monkey-x (like adding 3D and other stuffs) and now take profit of the great move Blitz made by open-sourcing these two products.

[afecelisParticipant]

Thank you abakobo. I got some more news!

It’s now running beautifully in Linux! (what is it rendered with? it’s so smooth!) Thanks to the help of all you guys!     
I haven’t been able to start the application directly from the executable, even when chmodding it to make it so. I even wrote a small ‘#!/bin/bash’ script pointing at it (also making it executable) but it won’t start. So I’m running it from a terminal.
But I’m very happy! It’s been a wonderful learning day. I got lots of catching up to do with the language. I was amazed by the new interface and all of its features (like the code zoom a la sublime), very sleek!  I also totally agree that Monkey2 should be on Steam, I’ve used AGK and all they do is keep implementing stuff for it on the go to sell more stuff, but its roots remain unaltered. Monkey 2 can do much more than that, and in my opinion, has a whole lot better design concept, functionality and language. It would also grab the community’s attention towards it at a larger scale, making it easier to promote and fund. It would be a perfect place to release stuff and get everyone excited.

On to learning, if anyone knows of some interesting links or videos please link them!  I also hope once I’m more familiar with Monkey 2 to contribute with tutorials, since I’m no programmer It’s the least I can offer back to such a wonderful initiative.

regards,

Alvaro

PS. Final Note: I was also able to compile Cerberus, control tower: Ignition-X doesn’t work, I repeat: Ignition-X doesn’t work    

[abakoboParticipant]

If you want to work with ignition-x you should ask on cereberus forums or playniax. It shouldn’t need much work to get it running as mojo1 is there.

As for learning stuffs there’s the pakz ones sticked on the help forums. There’s also https://github.com/peterigz/Monkey2Tutorials/
No vids for now. It’d be nice if we put all educative links in a single post.. Will think about that.

[PhilParticipant]

I am using ignition-x on cerberus and it works fine without any hassle on a Win10 machine. I didn’t check all examples or functionality, but I see no reasons why it shouldn’t work on cerberus because language wise there is no difference, just one extension with enumerations so far.

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