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Raf256
Member #3,501
May 2003
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But Im talking about ones that dont have damn MSVC at all! Allegro is supposed to be open-source multi-platform tool, or JustSomeWrapper for M$VC + DirectX? (btw, also looking at Depot is dissapointing, most games are only for windoze+directx, and still autor of allegro.cc is doing nothing to promote multiplatform use of allegro library, like links/banners/forums about MultiPlatform games). back to main topic - so there is no place where one can download prebuild allegro 4.1.17 library (as *.dll + *.a) that work with MinGW, and that dont need neither developer or end-users to have something installed on their system (like parts of MSVC)? |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Raf256 said: Allegro is supposed to be open-source multi-platform tool, or JustSomeWrapper for M$VC + DirectX? Of the people who develop their games for Windows, I dare say the majority uses MinGW and not MSVC. Raf256 said: (btw, also looking at Depot is dissapointing, most games are only for windoze+directx, and still autor of allegro.cc is doing nothing to promote multiplatform use of allegro library, like links/banners/forums about MultiPlatform games).
What are you trying to say here? That Matthew shouldn't allow single-platform games on the depot, or what? Here's a free hint BTW: writing "windoze" and "M$VC" instead of "Windows" and "MSVC" does nothing to get your point across. It just makes you look like an "a$$". Raf256 said: back to main topic - so there is no place where one can download prebuild allegro 4.1.17 library (as *.dll + *.a) that work with MinGW, and that dont need neither developer or end-users to have something installed on their system (like parts of MSVC)? Eh? You need MinGW to compile Allegro with MSVC, not the other way around. Allegro compiles just fine with MinGW + minimal DirectX SDK. As for the end users: the most they will need is the Allegro DLL, which you can provide yourself... -- |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Raf256, maybe this is something you don't know. MinGW does not have a runtime library by its own. It uses Microsoft one. So, even if you compile your program with MinGW, you depend on MSVCRT60 or MSVCRT70 or MSVCRT71 or whatever new DLL Microsoft generates. There is a project for MinGW to have its own runtime libraries, but it is very alpha right now. -- |
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Quote: Allegro is supposed to be open-source multi-platform tool, or JustSomeWrapper for M$VC + DirectX? Funny... most people complain about a lack of MSVC support in Allegro. Quote: (btw, also looking at Depot is dissapointing, most games are only for windoze+directx, Guess what most people use? Quote: and still autor of allegro.cc is doing nothing to promote multiplatform use of allegro library, like links/banners/forums about MultiPlatform games). Neither is anyone promoting single platform development. Fact of the matter is that too many people are paranoid about releasing their source code. There's quite a few people with an attitude of screw non-Windows users, I'm going to release only a Windows binary. I think it's a shame, but it's pretty useless to argue about this. I can't really get away with only supporting Linux, though that'd be a lot easier for me too. People are probably also not going to release their project for a platform they haven't tested it on. Quote: back to main topic - so there is no place where one can download prebuild allegro 4.1.17 library (as *.dll + *.a) that work with MinGW Guess so. Fortunately, Allegro is an open source library that doesn't require too much hassle to compile with MinGW. |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Jason: I have attached an allegro installer for MSVC. It's quite simplistic, but give it a shot. To use it, simply place it in your Allegro folder (the one that contains fix.bat and the makefile) and double-click on it. It builds Allegro from source for MSVC. The only requirement is that you have already installed MinGW (linked earlier in the thread) and that "make" is in the path. I believe MinGW automatically places it's directories in the Path, so if you've installed it, you should be good to go. |
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Raf256
Member #3,501
May 2003
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[btw, how one can Quote a text inside this forum?] My (and others) sugestions was to promote a bit more writting multiplatform games. I started doing so recently and I find it quite easy. If You check from the begining if program do compile of both (or more) platforms (and do not use platform dependent stuff like <conio> or mkdir, or write a small wrapper around them that uses #ifdef SOME_PLATFORM...) then in fact no additional work (besides testing) is needed. So why not do so? Yes, it is up to the developers of given game/program. But Allegro.cc realy could promote this idea a bit more. Like put additional lice link Linux Depot, or Linux Games, etc. For example, imho this site is better for now in this metter: Yes, thoes are small changes, but AFAIK it will realy help and/or motivate users/developers. |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Copy the text you want to quote, and surround it with <quote></quote>. If you want a name, put the name after quote, like [quote Someone]</quote> There are some who don't share the code (there had been some threads asking how to create a static building of a game so that they could distribute the binary instead of the sources), some who cannot port it (don't have Linux and don't ask for help), some who just cannot (because they use Win32 specific stuff). The only thing I miss from A.cc is the ability to search for projects only for Linux/Mac/Win32. But I think it is in the members, not the site, to promote ports. -- |
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Jason Lovett
Member #5,424
January 2005
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Searching in C:\Program Files C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7 Your short path name is: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1.NET\Vc7 Do you want to install Allegro now? y C:\allegro\allegro>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\T Done. Press any key to continue . . . does this mean the compiling didn't work? btw have MinGW installed to the default directory Half Life 2 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Edit: Please see the comment below by Marco. Quote: btw have MinGW installed to the default directory Ok, it doesn't appear to be in the path. Before running the file, try this: SET Path=%PATH%;C:\mingw Note, if mingw is in a different folder, adjust the command above accordingly. Then, type: InstallAllegro Also, I've attached a new version here to try. In review:
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Marco Radaelli
Member #3,028
December 2002
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By default Mingw make is named mingw32-make.exe. Rename it to make.exe an repeat the process
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Good call, Marco. I always forget that. Go to your c:\mingw\bin directory and rename the mingw32-make.exe to make.exe. Before you try what I said above, try this:
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Jason Lovett
Member #5,424
January 2005
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I've tried that but i get the same error's i tried putting the file in my allegro directory and my mingw directory Half Life 2 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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So you have it renamed to make.exe and you have downloaded the installer above? Open a DOS prompt and type: set And paste the result for PATH. |
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Jason Lovett
Member #5,424
January 2005
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Quote: And paste the result for PATH. there lot of text what do i copy where I'm sorry if i sound stupid Half Life 2 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! |
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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He meant, post the output on the forum so we can see what it looks like. |
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Jason Lovett
Member #5,424
January 2005
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sorry Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] C:\Documents and Settings\Jason>set C:\Documents and Settings\Jason> Half Life 2 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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All you should have to do is this: cd\allegro set path=%PATH%;C:\MINGW\BIN InstallAllegro You'll need to adjust the paths on the first two lines as appropriate. |
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Jason Lovett
Member #5,424
January 2005
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I think that worked but the last line said this make: *** [installall] Error 2. Is this bad? Half Life 2 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Do you still have the window open to paste the last couple of lines here? |
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Jason Lovett
Member #5,424
January 2005
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no shall i run it again? Half Life 2 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Yeah, just run it again. |
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Jason Lovett
Member #5,424
January 2005
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here all the text that was viewable at the end: [edit: snip] ing old commands for target `Studio' Done. Press any key to continue . . . Half Life 2 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Ok, it's built. I think I left one thing out in the installer. You can manually copy the files in your c:\allegro\allegro\lib and \include folders into your VC7 lib and include folders. Also, copy the new Dlls (in c:\allegro\allegro\lib) into your windows\system32 folder. - Or, I've attached yet another version of the installer that should fix the problem if you want to run it once more. |
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Raf256
Member #3,501
May 2003
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Ok, after a while I got all sorted out (thanks to help on this forum I also made a small tutorial by the way, both on all comments welcomed |
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Quote: I also made a small tutorial by the way, both on compiling allegro on mingw:
Looks nice! But, I have to ask, what does it add to the explanation that is already linked on this site, or in the Allegro manual? |
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