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I am learning how to program in this language but the only things I have found are some very poor tutorials about Open GL and DirectX. I don't want to use either (for reasons of platform compatability) and want to know the basics of programming with graphics in C++. Who can help?
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29-04-2005, 03:11 PM
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you need a library to do graphics. as c++ doesn;t come with it by default.
I suggest libsdl (www.libsdl.org). it's quite simple to do graphics that way. You just get a virtual screen on which you can write data.
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29-04-2005, 03:29 PM
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I've meddled around with doing it the 'old' way ages ago, by switching screen modes... screen 13 or 16, I believe it was. It's risky and hard as hell. I once forgot to go back from that different screen mode and when exiting my program, the comp crapped up. Didn't even have any graphics in it yet, cause I don't know how to turn bitmaps into code :whistle:
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29-04-2005, 03:31 PM
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Thanks Data. I see that it can be used even with WindowsCE which is just what I want.
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Some things that may help...
Irrlicht engine A very fast 3D engine that also can be used to make GUI's very easy to use, also has support for images, models, quake maps, sound \ music and a number of other things including some physics engines. GTKMM A C++ interface for the GTK+ library used to make GUI's. DevPaks.org A number of good librarys  Open Scene Graph A very very nice looking 3D game \ graphics engine :P Hope this helps  |
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07-05-2005, 04:57 PM
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That does all look great but unfortunatly WAY above my level of expertise. Thanks anyway and maybe someone else will have some use for this.
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If you want to do more, you can use OpenGL instead. It's aviable for a lot of platforms, too.
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13-05-2005, 11:12 PM
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Yes, but what i meant is he said "(for reasons of platform compatability)" and i meant that opengl is aviable for a lot of different platforms.
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So does SDL.
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