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Nof
05-31-2004, 03:04 PM
Please, is there someone who has an experience with working on a game project as an artist? Is there a version history software suitable for graphic team? I mean software capable of blocking files for single user for some time, making backups of graphic data (binary mostly) or saving history comments?
I only heard about CVS. Is it suitable for grafic data? Is there any other software better than this one? The simplier the better. Thanks a lot
mhovland
06-01-2004, 12:46 PM
Alien Brain, Source Safe, and Per Force all come to mind as alternatives to CVS.

Do a Google on the names to find out all the info.
sforsyth
06-01-2004, 05:08 PM
I'd try to steer clear of CVS if possible, I've had nothing but grief with it, and though I've heard a lot of bad press about VSS not being able to handle large file sizes, I haven't had any bad experiences myself with it.
FrankFirsching
06-01-2004, 07:35 PM
CVS is not the right version management system for binary data. It only handles text files in an acceptable way. There exists a project called subversion. (http://subversion.tigris.org/) Its goal is to be a better cvs. I haven't tested it by myself (still using cvs for source code), but perhaps it is a cheap alternative for a commercial asset management system. At least they state on their website: "Subversion is equally efficient on binary as on text files, because it uses a binary diffing algorithm to transmit and store successive revisions."
Nof
06-04-2004, 08:31 AM
Thanks for advices, guys.
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