Dev C++ question

[footybet]

I am wanting to write a game that will be pretty intensive in 3D

I need to know of any tutorials and libraries out there to get me going

with Dev C++
in a game programming sense...

Thanks in Advance...

 

[Rolf Magnus]

I am wanting to write a game that will be pretty intensive in 3D

I need to know of any tutorials and libraries out there to get me going

with Dev C++
in a game programming sense...

Well, you have to choose a 3D API then. A good choice is OpenGL, which is
very powerful and portable. You can start with that by looking on
http://www.opengl.org , and for some good tutorials
http://nehe.gamedev.net .

 

[footybet]

how do I download a copy of OpenGL? I can't find a download page on the
website
and does it cost anything?

 

[mlimber]

how do I download a copy of OpenGL? I can't find a download page on the
website
and does it cost anything?

Please quote the message you are responding to.

Third-party libraries are off-topic here. Please consult the
description of what this newsgroup is for and the list of better places
to ask your question, both of which can be found here:

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/how-to-post.html#faq-5.9

Cheers! --M

 

[Rolf Magnus]

how do I download a copy of OpenGL? I can't find a download page on the
website and does it cost anything?

OpenGL is just a standard. You need an implementation of it. Depending on
your computer, the graphics driver might include one. The most popular
mainstream 3D accelerators are created by NVidia and ATI, which both
include OpenGL in their drivers.
Otherwise, you could try the free and mostly OpenGL compatible Mesa library.
You could also look into the comp.graphics.api.opengl newsgroup.
Oh, there is another popular 3D API as part of DirectX from Microsoft. I
never used that though, because it's not portable and doesn't support my
main target architecture.

 

[BobR]

footybet wrote in message

how do I download a copy of OpenGL? I can't find a download page on the
website and does it cost anything?

How did you get Dev-C++ and not get the OpenGL libraries? Did you look in the
'DevCpp/lib' directory for 'libopengl32.a'? Do you have an
'Dev-Cpp/include/Gl' directory?

 

[footybet]

footybet wrote in message


How did you get Dev-C++ and not get the OpenGL libraries? Did you look in the
'DevCpp/lib' directory for 'libopengl32.a'? Do you have an
'Dev-Cpp/include/Gl' directory?

I found OpenGL last night in the Dev C++ package
here is my first program www.worldchamp.org/cyberspace.exe

 

[osmium]

I found OpenGL last night in the Dev C++ package
here is my first program www.worldchamp.org/cyberspace.exe

If you want people to look at something, don't give it a file name ending in
..exe, that looks scary. Upload the source code instead. People on here are
about as likely to download that as they are to swallow something when some
guy on the street approaches them and says, "Here. Take this pill".

 

[Rolf Magnus]

If you want people to look at something, don't give it a file name ending
in
.exe, that looks scary. Upload the source code instead. People on here
are about as likely to download that as they are to swallow something when
some guy on the street approaches them and says, "Here. Take this pill".

Even if that guy offers you a red pill and a blue pill to choose from? ;-)

 

[BobR]

Rolf Magnus wrote in message ...

osmium wrote:

Even if that guy offers you a red pill and a blue pill to choose from? ;-)

Ahhh, I see deja-vu through the Myst!! <G>

Ever play the Myst-spoof 'Milk'? (very funny short game).