# MacOS, Win32, Linux, FreeBSD and BeOS!

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/macos-win32-linux-freebsd-and-beos/1785>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [February 15, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/macos-win32-linux-freebsd-and-beos/1785 "2000-02-15T02:11:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Eduardo\_B\_Fonseca](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@Eduardo\_B\_Fonseca](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Eduardo_B_Fonseca)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/macos-win32-linux-freebsd-and-beos/1785/1 "2000-02-15T02:11:13Z")

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Hello Guys!

First of all, I want to thank everybody for every tip you guys sent me!  
My first game (nothing useful yet, just a tile engine and a sprite engine)  
is working on MacOS (yup! perfectly!), FreeBSD (except SDL\_PollEvent  
function), Win32 (I hate Visual C++), Linux (perfectly) and BeOS  
(perfectly!)…

Now, I need some tips about SDL in overall…

MacOS:

- Is it me or everybody has that slowwwww mouse pointer with SDL? The FPS  
(with my TE, is about 33 fps, but the mouse pointer is slowwwwwww)…
- Has OpenGL been fixed?

BeOS:

- I’ve tried to use fullscreen on BeOS and _BeOS_ crashed… Am I doing  
anything wrong? 😉

FreeBSD:

- Sam, can I do anything to help?

SDL:

- I’ve heard sometime ago, some guys talking about an “packer” for SDL… is  
there _anyone_ working on it?

Thanks for everything!!!

Eduardo B. Fonseca  
ebf at [cwb.fnn.net](http://cwb.fnn.net)

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**Author:** ![slouken](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@slouken](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/slouken)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/macos-win32-linux-freebsd-and-beos/1785/2 "2000-02-15T20:51:12Z")

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> First of all, I want to thank everybody for every tip you guys sent me!  
> My first game (nothing useful yet, just a tile engine and a sprite engine)  
> is working on MacOS (yup! perfectly!), FreeBSD (except SDL\_PollEvent  
> function), Win32 (I hate Visual C++), Linux (perfectly) and BeOS  
> (perfectly!)…

Yay! That’s what I like to hear. 🙂

> - Is it me or everybody has that slowwwww mouse pointer with SDL? The FPS  
> (with my TE, is about 33 fps, but the mouse pointer is slowwwwwww)…

Somebody needs to implement the routines in src/video/toolbox/SDL\_rommouse.c

> - Has OpenGL been fixed?

Yes.

> BeOS:

> - I’ve tried to use fullscreen on BeOS and _BeOS_ crashed… Am I doing  
> anything wrong? 😉

Probably not. 🙂  
I’m using BDirectWindow, and it’s possible that its buggy on your video card.

> FreeBSD:

> - Sam, can I do anything to help?

Contact the FreeBSD folks, and notify them of the problem.  
I don’t know who to contact offhand.

> SDL:

> - I’ve heard sometime ago, some guys talking about an “packer” for SDL… is  
> there _anyone_ working on it?

??

> Thanks for everything!!!

Thanks for the great news! 🙂

```
-Sam Lantinga (slouken at devolution.com)

```

Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software–  
“Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature”  
– Rich Kulawiec

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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_Vining](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Nicholas\_Vining](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Nicholas_Vining)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/macos-win32-linux-freebsd-and-beos/1785/3 "2000-02-16T00:32:50Z")

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> > SDL:
> > 
> > - I’ve heard sometime ago, some guys talking about an “packer” for SDL…  
> > is  
> > there _anyone_ working on it?
> 
> I can answer this one. At one point, I was writing some packing software and  
> it looked like it was going to end up integrated into SDL. Then I got  
> sidetracked into writing other stuff, for pitiful sums of money. Now I am  
> working on the packer again. While I doubt that it will ever be a formal SDL  
> component, I will let you know when it is done.
> 
> > Eduardo B. Fonseca  
> > ebf at [cwb.fnn.net](http://cwb.fnn.net)
> 
> ## Nicholas
> 
> Nicholas Vining “While you’re out there struggling  
> vining at [pacificcoast.net](http://pacificcoast.net) with your computer, I’m naked,  
> icq: 20872003 clueless, and feeling good!”  
> - Ratbert
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----  
> > From: [ebf@cwb.fnn.net](mailto:ebf@cwb.fnn.net) (Eduardo B. Fonseca)  
> > To: sdl at [lokigames.com](http://lokigames.com)   
> > Date: Monday, February 14, 2000 6:48 PM  
> > Subject: [SDL] MacOS, Win32, Linux, FreeBSD and BeOS!