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Paul79
Member #5,159
October 2004
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On the DJGPP website it seems to indicate running on XP is ok, but with my recent experience I think I beg to differ. Can someone shed some light on this and maybe point me towards some RTFM's I can read? Hello World.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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The site lies. XP's DOS support sucks, and therefore anything compiled using DJGPP will suck on XP. The compiler itself should work, though, so I guess it's not really lying. -- |
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Paul79
Member #5,159
October 2004
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One of the first lines of text on the DJGPP website is: "DJGPP is a complete 32-bit C/C++ development system for Intel 80386 (and higher) PCs running DOS." Ah well looks like I have to develop on a Win9x machine then. Hello World.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. |
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A J
Member #3,025
December 2002
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you can develop on a winXP machine. if you want to use windows XP, then use the mingw compiler, it will feel like DJGPP but makes windows executables. you could run a DOS emulator (virtual machine) on your winXP box. ___________________________ |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Quote: "DJGPP is a complete 32-bit C/C++ development system for Intel 80386 (and higher) PCs running DOS." XP doesn't technically run DOS IINM ... Quote: if you want to use windows XP, then use the mingw compiler, it will feel like DJGPP but makes windows executables. That might not work if he wants to do DOS-specific stuff MinGW doesn't support ... -- |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Why you cannot just use a Windows compiler like MinGW? Allegro is fully portable, so the code you write for MinGW will work for DJGPP as well. -- |
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Paul79
Member #5,159
October 2004
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That would make life easier. Develop the game in Dev-CPP in XP and be able to compile using DJGPP as well. But I thought I read somewhere that you cant do that?? Hello World.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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No reason you can't. As long as your code stays portable, you're fine. -- |
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Paul79
Member #5,159
October 2004
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So I'm guessing I wouldnt use such things as AllegroGL etc? Hello World.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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You can if you can get Mesa GL's djgpp port to work, and then it'll be a software renderer. -- |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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I compiled MESA under DJGPP like a year and a half ago, after fixing a couple of warning/errors. And it was pretty slow. Hmm... that reminds me everyone at the ADVA (Argentinian Video-Game Developers Association) laughed out loud because I said MESA could be run under DOS without hardware acceleration... until they did realize they were wrong... I stopped posting in that list shortly after that... that gives you an idea of the level of game developers in Argentina Anyway, it is not worth using AllegroGL under DOS, the software renderer was quite slow, you would not be able to use more than 10 polygons on screen before it really slows down. -- |
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Paul79
Member #5,159
October 2004
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I only want to learn 2D at the moment... not interested in 3D yet. And again the only reason for compiling in DOS is for arcade cabinets. There's so many remakes out there but they dont have support for DOS and even arcade monitor resolution. I think it will become more common to see that with all the retro and even vintage remakes being made now. Hello World.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. |
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