SDL, windows and opengl
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well ok after having the issue of glut and opengl cleaned up i have another api question for all you gurus out there - is sdl any good ?
the reason i ask is this - the terrain engine im working will now be ported from dx8 to opengl for the rendering. BUT and its a big but, what am i to do for input and sound now ?
i cant very well rely on windows msg handling and i really really dont want to have to use dx8''s input - although i like dinput, that makes it platform specific.
ive been hearing about sdl - is it any good? is it another glut ?
final question - if sdl wasnt about when q3 was written, what did the quake gods use to handle input ?
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I think SDL has a good reputation but I should have used your DirectInput code if the program only have to run on Windows. As far as I know does all commercial OpenGL games on Windows like Q3 use DirectInput.
SDL does input too, and quite well at that.
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SDL uses Direct Input in Windows 
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quote:Original post by Null and Void
SDL uses Direct Input in Windows
No SDL uses DirectInput in Windows IF AVAILABLE. Otherwise it will use the Win32 API. True, DirectX ships with most versions of Windows, but not all!
(Ok, ok, I know it''s a small detail but I like correctness.
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No problem with corrections . I would have put that, but I didn''t know it would fall back on the Win32 API myself 
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In my opinion SDL is very good. It''s pretty powerful, and it doesn''t get in your way (neither programming-wise nor performance-wise).
Sorry that I can''t give you any more substantial information, but I''d recommend you to just try it out. Write a little test application and see how you like it.
Sorry that I can''t give you any more substantial information, but I''d recommend you to just try it out. Write a little test application and see how you like it.
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