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Which 2D game engine for Delphi?

Started by denisnovak Jul 1, 2006 at 4:29 PM 1 replies 2.6k views

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Jul 1, 2006 at 4:29 PM

I wonder which 2D engine is the best for delphi and must be "bug free" or at least be stable enought for commercial production. I already try DelphiX and Omega, but both seems to have to many bugs. According to yours experiances, what is your suggestion? I am looking for free engines, not commercial or at least very cheap 2d engines. Thx, Denis

samuraicrow

Jul 1, 2006 at 4:59 PM

It's been a long time since I programmed in Pascal and certainly not Object Pascal but you might want to look into Free Pascal since it is backward-compatible with Delphi and, as an added bonus, will generate code for other operating systems than Windows if you like.

As I am looking through the packages available for it, the only one that springs out is OpenGL. You should be able to do 2d graphics for it in orthogonal projection mode if you turn off the z-axis and z-buffering system. It is definitely professional quality once you get the hang of it but you'll have to consult with some OpenGL experts on how to write a 2d graphics plotting class with the 3d features turned off.

Also, since you are using Windows, you might look into the MMedia package for use with the Window Multimedia libraries.

All of these packages are under the "packages" listing on the Free Pascal website linked above.

BigBeginner

Jul 10, 2006 at 3:00 AM

Once I have already tried DelphiX and seems to be ok, but I'd use the SDK and programmin without components.

Use Direct3D8 and ID3DXsprite interface. The only disadvantage is you will find less informations about it.

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