Game Programming Language?

**civix** · 09-01-2002

Language: C/C++
API: DOS
Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 6 Pro || Dev-C++ 4

**TechWins** · 09-01-2002

man, why do people insist on using DOS. DOS does NOT work w/ windows 2k and xp. not to mention that it can't be used on any other non-windows os, either.

**confuted** · 09-01-2002

people still use DOS because they are afraid to, insufficiently motivated to, or too stupid to move beyond what they learned in the first five chapters of "C For Dummies" and learn something new and a little bit toughter...[sarcasm]who will ever need better graphics than printf can supply, anyway?[/sarcasm]

**black** · 09-01-2002

oh damn it I still use somewhat script language.....

**minime6696** · 09-01-2002

Text-Based Windows? Isn't that 'MS-DOS'? (Commenting on Win 9.x / 3.x ...)

~SPH

second comment:

API: DOS

Dos is a OS... not API another problem

Microsoft Visual C++

Sorry, but u cannot do 'DOS' in MSVC++...

SPH...

**TechWins** · 09-02-2002

minime6696, DOS can be used for graphics but should no longer be used. DOS was used back in the early 90s, and should NOT be used in the 00s.

**DOlson** · 09-02-2002

Text-based Quake, Quake 2, and Doom have already been done, actually.

So has text-mode Unreal Tournament.

And you can also watch TV in text-mode.

Here are some links with some screenshots:

http://www.jfedor.org/aaquake2/
http://caladan.nanosoft.ca/aavga2.html
http://icculus.org/~chunky/ut/aaut/
http://n00n.free.fr/aatv/

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Back on topic, my IDE is great.

**Bert** · 09-07-2002

Language: C++
Complier: MingW ( or something like that)
Comment: My complier came with the Dev-C++ IDE package. Its great!

**Bieh** · 09-08-2002

C++, MSVC++ 6 and Allegro (though I'm looking at AllegroGL for my next project

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**Ruski** · 09-27-2002

Anybody knows a good, free (legal), C++ compiler that can compile openGL & DirectX code easily?

**~~master5001~~** · 09-30-2002

Ruski, any compiler will do. You just need to download the header files.

**Ruski** · 09-30-2002

You're wrong.. Dev-C++ doesn't compile OpenGL

**GaPe** · 09-30-2002

Of course it does. You must have the right path to the header files.

**Fordy** · 09-30-2002

Originally posted by Ruski
You're wrong.. Dev-C++ doesn't compile OpenGL

You need the proper libs...The Platform SDK ships with OpenGL32.Lib so its almost certain that DevC++ can cope (even if it means converting the libs)....

**Ruski** · 09-30-2002

I got all the libs and everything for Dev-C++.. The problem is, that it starts to compile, and after some time, it stops.. it like FREEZES, stating that it's still compiling..