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**Bronx** · 04-08-2006, 03:08 PM

ok i am a noob at programming so i need some help, is it possible to port a java game (u would find at a place like addictinggames.com) to lua? and if possible how hard would it be? thanks for the help!

**SimplyTheBest** · 04-08-2006, 03:09 PM

Impossible w/o recreating the WHOLE FLASH GAME FROM SCRATCH in LUA form...

**Bronx** · 04-08-2006, 03:11 PM

so if i have the source i would have to just use the info there and recompile it into lua. i could just change the headers and wat not...

**youresam** · 04-08-2006, 03:11 PM

Its java..not flash.

And no.

**EminentJonFrost** · 04-08-2006, 03:13 PM

Quote:

ok i am a noob at programming so i need some help, is it possible to port a java game (u would find at a place like addictinggames.com) to lua? and if possible how hard would it be? thanks for the help!

possible?
if youre very good at lua and java and C i believe...right? C is what you use to make eboots? (but you say your a noob so...)

short answer: no
extension to answer: ...not for a long time, no. sorry

**Bronx** · 04-08-2006, 03:13 PM

ok, thanks for ur help guys!

**NeilR** · 04-08-2006, 03:15 PM

To port a game means you have access to the source code of the original and are rewriting it with another language or for another hardware set. So, as said many times in the past, if you can't get the source than you can't port it.

If a person were to try and remake or make a game based on another than anything is possible as long as it falls within the limits of the PSPs hardware.

**Bronx** · 04-08-2006, 03:27 PM

yeah i have the source!!!

**makarman** · 04-08-2006, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bronxbomber92

yeah i have the source!!! i have an option in my browser when playing a java or flash game i can see the source!

That's just the source of the HTML page. Now, it IS possible to decompile a Java game and get the source, assuming it's not encrypted. The same applies to Flash games, however these games are encrypted more often, I believe. It was possible, back in the day, to easily decrypt them. I think I still might have a trial of an old flash decryption program on my old computer. They appear to have vanished from the Internet now, so maybe they've been outlawed.

**foXtrot** · 04-08-2006, 03:37 PM

Decompiling software is illegal, so if you release a PSP version out of the blue, the creator might sue you.

**youresam** · 04-08-2006, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by makarman

They appear to have vanished from the Internet now, so maybe they've been outlawed.

http://www.sothink.com/
They got SWF Decompiler, and SWF Quicker. Both trials for 30 days. Decompiler just lists the objects and images and sounds and scripts ect. Quicker makes it like you have the .fla and can edit everything. IT EVEN ASKS YOU IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE IF ITS ENCRYPTED.

**Bronx** · 04-08-2006, 05:19 PM

i guess once i get more expercianced i can do some porting.

**youresam** · 04-08-2006, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bronxbomber92

i guess once i get more expercianced i can do some porting.

lol, good luck with porting java.

**Bronx** · 04-08-2006, 05:38 PM

i dont plan on doing it any time soon! lol, that would be crazy! but maybe sumday! **dream**

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Bronx sceKernelExitGame(); Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,125 Trader Feedback: 0	so if i have the source i would have to just use the info there and recompile it into lua. i could just change the headers and wat not... __________________ ~Bronx Development~ ~Widget Monkey Games~

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youresam total-Z Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: texas Posts: 2,803 Trader Feedback: 0	Its java..not flash. And no. __________________ 牧来栠摩琠敨映汩獥 PSN: youresam From Earth the Frozen Ipaqs shall rise and be silenced and all will live free. --Mike Hollingsworth

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Bronx sceKernelExitGame(); Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,125 Trader Feedback: 0	ok, thanks for ur help guys! __________________ ~Bronx Development~ ~Widget Monkey Games~

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NeilR Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,010 Trader Feedback: 0	To port a game means you have access to the source code of the original and are rewriting it with another language or for another hardware set. So, as said many times in the past, if you can't get the source than you can't port it. If a person were to try and remake or make a game based on another than anything is possible as long as it falls within the limits of the PSPs hardware. Last edited by NeilR-X; 04-08-2006 at 03:20 PM..

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Bronx sceKernelExitGame(); Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,125 Trader Feedback: 0	yeah i have the source!!! __________________ ~Bronx Development~ ~Widget Monkey Games~

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Bronx sceKernelExitGame(); Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,125 Trader Feedback: 0	i guess once i get more expercianced i can do some porting. __________________ ~Bronx Development~ ~Widget Monkey Games~

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Bronx sceKernelExitGame(); Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,125 Trader Feedback: 0	i dont plan on doing it any time soon! lol, that would be crazy! but maybe sumday! dream __________________ ~Bronx Development~ ~Widget Monkey Games~

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