RE: What about DJGPP ?!?!

["Slightly Hacktic" <hacktic@Hotmail.com>]

But can I use the opengl32.dll with DJGPP?
I just want to try out the basics of 2D game programming and then try out 
some 3D with openGL before I roll into the VC++ compiler doing this 
gamestuff. So I don't want to waste too much time figuring out DJGPP.
Then, should I just shut off the protected mode with 
__djgpp_nearptr_enable()? Of what I figured out is that this is easier 
programming but said to be 'dangerous' somehow ?!?!

-=* Mark *=-



>For a beginning game developer, I would certainly recommend DJGPP.  It, and
>the Allegro game library, will introduce you to DOS game programming and
>allow you to become familiar with basic concepts.  However, if you are
>seriously dedicated to becoming a game programmer, spend the money to get
>Visual C++ or Borland Builder.  Builder is awesome for developing game 
>tools
>(i.e. map editors, level editors, animation tools, etc.), but C++ has a 
>good
>debugger and is relatively easy to use.
>
>--Dataw0lf
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all,
>
>I am just a beginning game developer, though I've been trying out some game
>programming stuff for a year or so and I'm still not sure with what 
>compiler
>to begin.
>
>I read that the DJGPP is an excellent game develop compiler. So I thought I
>have found my compiler.
>I've read lots of tutorials on game development with lots of code for DJGPP
>and non-DJGPP compilers.
>
>My problem is that most tutorials show how to plot pixels straight to this
>A000:0000 memory area, while in DJGPP I would need to use _farpokeb() or
>_farsetsel() to set some 'selector' (_dos_ds) to enable me to access this
>memory area.
>When I finally figured this real and protected mode stuff out I come across
>other functions and constants like __dpmi_segment_to_descriptor(),
>__djgpp_conventional_base, far and near stuff, etc (DJGPP's library shows
>zillions of these 'scary' kinds). It would almost look like DJGPP is a
>language of its own and not ANSI C. I know ... I know ... behind all of
>these functions and constants the ANSI C probably would surface.
>Should I just turn the protected mode off by using 
>__djgpp_nearptr_enable()?
>
>Also I recently read in a posted mail in this list that the openGL library
>for DJGPP is not the Opengl32.dll (that comes with the windows-OS) but
>something else (forgot the name). While the DJGPP is a fully 32 bit
>compiler?!?!
>
>Are there any other things like these that I would encounter with DJGPP 
>that
>is different from 'general' code used in most online tutorials? Or is it
>just the graphical stuff that is so different?
>
>If I learn all this DJGPP stuff, would I still be marketable with other
>compilers (like Borland C) without a rehabilitation?  Would it still be 
>wise
>for me to continue with DJGPP for easy coding?
>
>Thanks;
>-=* Mark *=-

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