Open Libraries (openGL, openAL, hawkNL, SDL)
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I was just wondering if using openGL for graphics, openGL for sound, hawkNL for networking, and SDL for input was the best possible combination of open, cross platform libraies. If there are any better combos please let me know.
Matthew
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There''s always more than one way to do something, and that way should work just fine. If you don''t need complex sound effects try using SDL for sound instead of OpenAL. Otherwise, just go ahead with OpenAL.
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Thanks, I was wondering if SDL has all or most the features of DirectInput (ie. can it do force feed back)
Matthew
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Matthew
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www.Matt-Land.com
Not sure about force feedback, since that is a very very proprietary topic. Check the libsdl.org website. It can do joysticks and other stuff though...
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Just a note :
Since you seem to be interested by open libraries, you should have a look to OpenIL (now known as DevIL), an open source library to load/save several image formats (BMP/JPG/PNG/many more...).
Since you seem to be interested by open libraries, you should have a look to OpenIL (now known as DevIL), an open source library to load/save several image formats (BMP/JPG/PNG/many more...).
There''s a link to the SDL Doc. Project on the front page of the SDL site (libsdl.org). It was more than enough for me to start using it.
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