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a little help with game programming
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hello
how do i switch to mode 13h and plot pixels?
i wanna start doing small games...then move to virtual screens
oh i feel the old DOS days
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I''d recommend writing the game for X Windows.
It''s not as complicated as Win32 (if you use a library such as SDL), and once you have the basic framework done, it''s very similar to DOS coding.
http://www.thisisnurgle.org.uk
It''s not as complicated as Win32 (if you use a library such as SDL), and once you have the basic framework done, it''s very similar to DOS coding.
http://www.thisisnurgle.org.uk
But if you really want to know how to do it... I believe you can find the answer in the Linux Kernel Hacker''s Guide, which is linked to from most of the Linux programming sites I''ve seen. I was going to check it out once, but never did. I do know that you need to be in root mode to do it.
How you actually do it:
I can't remember the correct registers at the moment, but if you want me to give you them then I can dig up that old DOS book of mine
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Anyway, Function 0x00, Interrupt 0x10, Video Mode 0x13.
Then, your Video memory starts at 0xA000 (or, 0xA0000000L on my machine).
If you wanted me to dig up VBE (Vesa Bios Extension) I could give you some more fun SVGA stuff.
Is that what you wanted?
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Edited by - dwarfsoft on August 1, 2000 8:21:10 AM
I can't remember the correct registers at the moment, but if you want me to give you them then I can dig up that old DOS book of mine
.Anyway, Function 0x00, Interrupt 0x10, Video Mode 0x13.
asm mov {function register} 0x00asm mov {video mode register} 0x13asm int 0x10 Then, your Video memory starts at 0xA000 (or, 0xA0000000L on my machine
).If you wanted me to dig up VBE (Vesa Bios Extension) I could give you some more fun SVGA stuff
.Is that what you wanted?
-Chris Bennett ("Insanity" of Dwarfsoft)
Check our site:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~dwarfsoft/
Check out our NPC AI Mailing List :
http://www.egroups.com/group/NPCAI/
made due to popular demand here at GDNet
Edited by - dwarfsoft on August 1, 2000 8:21:10 AM
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hey dwarf
i know VGA pretty damn well in dos...
but i wanna start programming in Linux
seems no one knows game programming in Linux...
and i don''t want X windows for now...
the basis is very inmportant for me in linux and dos or whatever
cuz the basis has all low level stuff..
i know VGA pretty damn well in dos...
but i wanna start programming in Linux
seems no one knows game programming in Linux...
and i don''t want X windows for now...
the basis is very inmportant for me in linux and dos or whatever
cuz the basis has all low level stuff..
isn''t there a port of the DJGPP compiler for Linux? that would be a start, a free compiler.
JoeMont001@aol.com
www.polarisoft.n3.net
JoeMont001@aol.com
www.polarisoft.n3.net
Julio-
DGJPP is the DOS port of the gcc compiler which comes with Linux/Unix, not the other way around.
Arkon -
If you want to get into VGA mode in Linux to make games, search around for the following libs -
SDL
Allegro
ClanLib
SVGALib (I think...)
There''s a couple more I can''t think of.
If you want to do it just to know how, check out the source for the above libs. Actually, I believe ClanLib and Allegro handle it via SVGALib. Either that or do some intensive searching on the net. Apparently no one here has done it before
DGJPP is the DOS port of the gcc compiler which comes with Linux/Unix, not the other way around.
Arkon -
If you want to get into VGA mode in Linux to make games, search around for the following libs -
SDL
Allegro
ClanLib
SVGALib (I think...)
There''s a couple more I can''t think of.
If you want to do it just to know how, check out the source for the above libs. Actually, I believe ClanLib and Allegro handle it via SVGALib. Either that or do some intensive searching on the net. Apparently no one here has done it before
Using DJGPP and Alegro is a BIG one right now, because they''ve ported Alegro to linux and DOS and more importantly a newly Windows. (Just recently) So you can write a game and compile it with very little changes for three platform/OS''s.
I''d suggest you look into those two, for now, I''ve heard of ClanLib but neither of the other ones, so I wouldn''t know how or on what they work...
See ya,
Ben
I''d suggest you look into those two, for now, I''ve heard of ClanLib but neither of the other ones, so I wouldn''t know how or on what they work...
See ya,
Ben
Hi..
What about using a DirectDraw?!
Denis "Mr.Snow" Kozhukhov
CEO & Lead programmer
Choco Snow Creation
What about using a DirectDraw?!
Denis "Mr.Snow" Kozhukhov
CEO & Lead programmer
Choco Snow Creation
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