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by lalacomun
Sun May 06, 2012 3:10 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL vs SFML vs Allegro?
Replies: 10
Views: 10902

Re: SDL vs SFML vs Allegro?

well i recomend you SDL since you can start right away with OpenGL for getting hardware acceleration ;) but you can also get SDL 2.0 from mercury repos,in this version offers you hardware acceleration without OpenGL but you can also get software render for example: if you use : SDL_Surface it will ...
by lalacomun
Sun May 06, 2012 11:29 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL vs SFML vs Allegro?
Replies: 10
Views: 10902

Re: SDL vs SFML vs Allegro?

well i recomend you SDL since you can start right away with OpenGL for getting hardware acceleration ;) but you can also get SDL 2.0 from mercury repos,in this version offers you hardware acceleration without OpenGL but you can also get software render for example: if you use : SDL_Surface it will b...
by lalacomun
Fri May 04, 2012 3:16 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Purely virtual TCG
Replies: 24
Views: 9427

Re: Purely virtual TCG

hurstshifter wrote:I've actually spent a good amount of time thinking about creating a computerized TCG. I would love to see you take this challenge on. Even if the first attempt does not succeed, I'm sure it will be a great learning experience!
go ahead!! ;)
by lalacomun
Fri May 04, 2012 11:19 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??
Replies: 10
Views: 1520

Re: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??

I gave up on SDL_Mixer. I reached a point where it flat out would not work in either Linux or Windows. Plus, even when it was working, the program added like 3 full seconds to both startup and shutdown of the program. I moved to OpenAL, which turned out to be much simpler to setup than I originally...
by lalacomun
Thu May 03, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??
Replies: 10
Views: 1520

Re: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??

any suggestions?? Are you checking the return value of the function? Does it return a success value as if nothing went wrong? actually yes, i use the following code if (music1 == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Unable to load audio: %s\n", Mix_GetError()); } if(Mix_PlayMusic(music1, -1) == -1) {...
by lalacomun
Thu May 03, 2012 8:31 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??
Replies: 10
Views: 1520

Re: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??

If you copied the same exact source, recompiled it, and it didn't work, it's almost definitely a linkage error. Are the .dll's in the correct place for runtime? yes i think so :p these are the dlls i have: libfreetype-6.dll libogg-0.dll libvorbisfile-3.dll libvorbis-0.dll SDL.dll SDL_mixer.dll SDL_...
by lalacomun
Thu May 03, 2012 7:33 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??
Replies: 10
Views: 1520

Re: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??

tappatekie wrote:Suck if you realised your speakers weren't plugged in :L
LOL but for my disgrace i have a laptop :evil:
by lalacomun
Thu May 03, 2012 7:32 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??
Replies: 10
Views: 1520

Re: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??

Did you call SDL_Init(), is the library linked properly, can you hear sounds form other sources? Yes, SDL is initialized, and yes its linked properly, and as i said before, i tried making a new project that just loads and play music and it didnt worked, but then i open a old file with a program tha...
by lalacomun
Thu May 03, 2012 5:33 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??
Replies: 10
Views: 1520

SDL_Mixer NOT WORKING??

Hi all its just that i am testing music on my engine but it wont play anything, the files are in the same folder, allready checked the Mix_GetError() and i dont have any, i tryed both .mp3 and .ogg and both of them didnt work. i tried making a basic program that just play music and it didnt worked e...
by lalacomun
Thu May 03, 2012 3:20 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: College.
Replies: 27
Views: 11219

Re: College.

And what do you think about Software engineering its still worth it or i better go to CE ?? do i have the same chances to get a job as a CE ??
by lalacomun
Thu May 03, 2012 3:14 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Purely virtual TCG
Replies: 24
Views: 9427

Re: Purely virtual TCG

loved the engine its very realistic ;) waiting new updates!
by lalacomun
Tue May 01, 2012 2:27 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: Well I'll Be Damned...
Replies: 6
Views: 2124

Re: Well I'll Be Damned...

Image

8-)
by lalacomun
Tue May 01, 2012 10:53 am
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: Problem with ES main page
Replies: 2
Views: 1212

Problem with ES main page

hi, i am having a problem when opening the album section on the main page i got an eeror that sais:
An application error occurred, if this keeps happening please contact an administrator. :shock:
any suggestions ????
by lalacomun
Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Purely virtual TCG
Replies: 24
Views: 9427

Re: Purely virtual TCG

hmm it seems kinda difficult to make, are you skilled enought for doing it?? but i am sure there are many people that would like toy play it ;)
by lalacomun
Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:29 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Smooth Movement?
Replies: 25
Views: 7575

Re: Smooth Movement?

well as regarding to text rendering it may be a pain in the ass :oops: but here some tuts on text
rendering with OpenGL:

http://www.opentk.com/doc/graphics/how- ... ing-opengl
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenGL_Pro ... ndering_01

hope it helped ;)