Compiling 1.3 without DirectX?

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Greetings everyone,

Is there a way to compile SDL 1.3 on windows XP and VS2008 without having to install DirectX?

If not, something like #define SDL_DIRECTX_DISABLE would be nice;

So, there is no need for those files:

dinput.h
dsound.h
directx.h

thx

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2009/9/24 golgoth :

Is there a way to compile SDL 1.3 on windows XP and VS2008 without having to
install DirectX?

You’d lose joystick support if you disable directinput, though I think
it could be done using raw input directly instead.

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If you’re using Visual Studio you can just install the latest DirectX
SDK and add the appropriate include and lib files to your VC++
Directories.

If you’re using mingw32 with configure, it should automatically build
without DirectX support.

If you just want to remove it entirely by hand, you can edit
include/SDL_config.h and comment out SDL_VIDEO_RENDER_D3D,
SDL_VIDEO_RENDER_DDRAW, SDL_AUDIO_DRIVER_DSOUND, and
SDL_JOYSTICK_DINPUT.

I recommend building with DirectX though. :)On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:06 PM, golgoth wrote:

Greetings everyone,

Is there a way to compile SDL 1.3 on windows XP and VS2008 without having to
install DirectX?

If not, something like #define SDL_DIRECTX_DISABLE would be nice;

So, there is no need for those files:

dinput.h
dsound.h
directx.h

thx

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THX guys,

DirectX being implemented in a cross platform architecture is a bit confusing
my understanding is that?s how Windows deal with inputs. I did install the SDK and try to add the include directory in Tools-Options-Projects and Solutions-VC++ Directories but it didn?t do a thing, I added it in the SDL project instead.