Gah, where do I start?

**KidPaddle** · 23-02-2010, 07:49 AM

FreePascal comes with her own SDL unit files, there is no need to download jedi - sdl ones. I use them for Win32, Linux, GP2X, GP2XWin and since last week for ARM Linux board IGEPv2.

Regards
Thomas

**paul_nicholls** · 23-02-2010, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by KidPaddle

FreePascal comes with her own SDL unit files, there is no need to download jedi - sdl ones. I use them for Win32, Linux, GP2X, GP2XWin and since last week for ARM Linux board IGEPv2.

Regards
Thomas

That's all well and good, but what if he wants to use Delphi instead?

Then he will need jedi-sdl...

cheers,
Paul

**KidPaddle** · 23-02-2010, 11:29 AM

Paul,

Originally Posted by Serenok

Oh, well bloodshed dev-pascal is using freepascal

And those files working with Delphi too, i use Delphi for developing, FreePascal for cross compiling only.

Thomas

**paul_nicholls** · 23-02-2010, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by KidPaddle

Paul,

Originally Posted by Serenok

Oh, well bloodshed dev-pascal is using freepascal

And those files working with Delphi too, i use Delphi for developing, FreePascal for cross compiling only.

Thomas

Well THAT'S nice to know, thanks Thomas

cheers,
Paul

**Serenok** · 23-02-2010, 09:16 PM

Wait, so I didn't need to DL the files

(i'm not going to be using delphi)
How can I access them, tutorial please?

I've tried putting "uses sdl" but it's telling me it can't find unit SDL

Here's the software i'm using
http://www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html

**Stoney** · 24-02-2010, 12:10 AM

You need to install at least FreePascal Compiler version 2.2.2 which is the earliest FPC that ships with SDL.
The FreePascal Compiler included in Dev-Pascal is quite old, version 1.0.6 if I remember correctly.

**KidPaddle** · 24-02-2010, 06:29 AM

That's very old

Lastest stable Version is: 2.4.0, download from here: http://www.freepascal.org/download.var

And you have to download SDL 1.2 Libraries from www.libsdl.org. Normally you need
SDL
SDL_Mixer
SDL_ttf
SDL_gfx
SDL_net
SDL_Image

Thomas

**NecroDOME** · 25-02-2010, 05:56 PM

For graphics, I recommend Direct3D (DirectX) if you only want to stick to windows.

**Ñuño Martínez** · 26-02-2010, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by NecroDOME

For graphics, I recommend Direct3D (DirectX) if you only want to stick to windows.

I totally disagree. SDL + OpenGL is a better option.

Oh, and Allegro.pas is nice too...

**NecroDOME** · 26-02-2010, 01:10 PM

Before we start a fight on what's better: http://www.gamedev.net/community/for...opic_id=558843
I never used OpenGL/SDL so I cannot comment on what's better. But for what I heard is that OpenGL 3 Api is not what it should be. Dunno how it's now...
But I can tell DirectX API is very nice to work with.