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linux games

Started by bbbilen Jan 14, 2003 at 1:42 PM 2 replies 250+ views

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Jan 14, 2003 at 1:42 PM

hi, I think the games made in opengl for wndows platform uses directaudio and directinput etc.. for sounds and input.. What does Linux games use for audio and input needs? Also do i need to use a window manager like motif to develop a game for linux? Does X11 have enough support for a fullscreen game? I mean can i use X11 and open one or more windows, draw into them and switch between them like we do on windows platforms?

The Bear

Jan 14, 2003 at 2:04 PM

Go to google and perform the following search "linux games programming". You will have more information than you could possibly want.

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What does Linux games use for audio and input needs?

See above.

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Also do i need to use a window manager like motif to develop a game for linux?

You don''t necessarily need a window manager (much like DOS games don''t), but someone has to ultimately talk to the framebuffer.

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Does X11 have enough support for a fullscreen game?

Yes.

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I mean can i use X11 and open one or more windows, draw into them and switch between them like we do on windows platforms?

Yes you can. X11/Xm is a very mature windowing system.

Spencer

Jan 14, 2003 at 2:10 PM

You defenitely have to check out sdl. www.libsdl.org

also check out QT, a API like the windows API (both for win. linux and mac actually) with the possibility to connect it to OpenGL. But i think sdl is the most used library for linux game development today

good luck

--Spencer

bbbilen

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bbbilen

Jan 16, 2003 at 6:43 AM

thanks

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