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How does SDL work?

How does SDL work?, Anyone know how SDL works?

SpooksDF	28 Sep, 2009 - 02:30 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 6 Apr, 2009 Posts: 10 My Contributions	*How does SDL work?* This post has been edited by SpooksDF: 28 Sep, 2009 - 02:32 PM
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BetaWar	RE: How Does SDL Work? 28 Sep, 2009 - 09:23 PM Post #2
#include <soul.h> Joined: 7 Sep, 2006 Posts: 4,777 Thanked: 277 times Dream Kudos: 1400 My Contributions	I am going to say you are talking about Standard Direct media Layer (SDL) for C++ game programming, in which point this thread belongs elsewhere - Moved. Basically, SDL captures keyboard, mouse and other input device input and allows for you to modify and manipulate the screen by drawing to video memory (placing RGB color values in memory locations that the computer copies to the screen every so often). You can also output sound with it. How it works - Well, it is basically a game engine, built on top of libraries that are cross-platform so you should be able to use it on any computer the program was compiled for. I am not a master at SDL, so I will let others do more explaining, but that is the basics.
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JackOfAllTrades	RE: How Does SDL Work? 29 Sep, 2009 - 05:33 AM Post #3
I exist to Google your problems. Joined: 23 Aug, 2008 Posts: 5,316 Thanked: 454 times Dream Kudos: 50 Expert In: Being annoyed with lazy people. My Contributions	I think BetaWar meant to move this to Game Programming.
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SigurdSuhm	RE: How Does SDL Work? 29 Sep, 2009 - 07:19 AM Post #4
D.I.C Head Joined: 5 Aug, 2008 Posts: 101 Thanked: 13 times My Contributions	SDL also has the ability to set up an OpenGL environment using the tools available for the various platform. It uses Wiggle (wgl) for Windows, glX for Linux and some Cocoa for OS X I believe. The SDL library makes it very easy to make a cross platform OpenGL application.
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Trogdor	RE: How Does SDL Work? 6 Oct, 2009 - 06:12 AM Post #5
D.I.C Addict Joined: 6 Oct, 2006 Posts: 619 Thanked: 15 times Dream Kudos: 200 My Contributions	As long as you dont mind pages of setupcode to open even a blank window. Still it is much better then the alternative (coding opengl or directx directly). After dicking around with both SDL and Allegro 2 years ago just to see how it works i decided: a: allegro was not able to behave as i want, SDL could achieve it. b: coding SDL en especially OpenGL is difficult. So much so that it is not something you can learn in a couple evenings. c: if you want to code a simple game this is overkill, but if you master it, well, i think you can have a very interesting job in a game company.
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BlackPhoenix	RE: How Does SDL Work? 10 Oct, 2009 - 08:11 AM Post #6
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 152 Thanked: 4 times My Contributions	This will teach you all about how SDL works, and how to use it. http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/
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Snoogins	RE: How Does SDL Work? 12 Oct, 2009 - 05:09 AM Post #7
New D.I.C Head Joined: 12 Oct, 2009 Posts: 1	Ahh SDL, I spent my internship working for a games company as an engineer, quite a few of the lads liked it. While working there I poked around with it and found it to be very easy to use via Vis Studio. Sol's tutorial is really a generic game programming tutorial, but it's done through SDL. I found it the perfect introduction to game programming, well worth a look. http://sol.gfxile.net/gp/ Best of luck!
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