SDL port of Descent

Hi there…

Ok, I’ve hacked up a copy of Parallax’s Descent running under the SDL.
You can throw the DOOM away now… :slight_smile: It runs and you can shoot things.
No sound, network yet, but it’s a start…

Source should be on a website somewhere in a week or so while I walk the
(DOS-based) maintainer of the Descent source base (D1X) through the
necessary changes. I’ll post more info later…

Thanks for the cool API…

:slight_smile:
Peter

Ok, I’ve hacked up a copy of Parallax’s Descent running under the SDL.
You can throw the DOOM away now… :slight_smile: It runs and you can shoot things.
No sound, network yet, but it’s a start…

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!! Woo hoo! I’ve been waiting for this!
If this hadn’t happened by the time I finish my first two projects with
SDL, I was gonna do it. But I’m sure you’ve done a better job than I
would have. :slight_smile:

This should help the whole Descent/Linux project, though. As I recall,
the latest version of Ldescent has extensive problems with sound and
some graphics. This could really get them past that hump.

Source should be on a website somewhere in a week or so while I walk the
(DOS-based) maintainer of the Descent source base (D1X) through the
necessary changes. I’ll post more info later…

ANYTHING that can help that spaghetti-pile is good for us. :slight_smile: Now if I
can just get IPX and my joystick working so I can play my room mate at
D1 again… :)On 23 Aug, Peter Hawkins wrote:


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Peter Hawkins wrote:

Ok, I’ve hacked up a copy of Parallax’s Descent running under the SDL.

Ahhhh… You made my day. Cool!

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Peter Hawkins wrote:

Ok, I’ve hacked up a copy of Parallax’s Descent running under the SDL.

Ahhhh… You made my day. Cool!

So, can we see it yet? :slight_smile:

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga (slouken at devolution.com)–
Author of Simple DirectMedia Layer -
http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/

Hi there…

Sam Lantinga wrote:

Peter Hawkins wrote:

Ok, I’ve hacked up a copy of Parallax’s Descent running under the SDL.

Ahhhh… You made my day. Cool!

So, can we see it yet? :slight_smile:

Nearly… :slight_smile: The D1X maintainer is getting there, but we have a few
incompatibilities with the DOS version to work over before I actually get it
released. Alternatively I could post an interim version somewhere if anyone
has any space for free…

:slight_smile:
Peter>

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga (slouken at devolution.com)


Author of Simple DirectMedia Layer -
http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/

Nearly… :slight_smile: The D1X maintainer is getting there, but we have a few
incompatibilities with the DOS version to work over before I actually get it
released. Alternatively I could post an interim version somewhere if anyone
has any space for free…

I’m willing to wait for the official version. :slight_smile:

BTW, I’m tuning the SDL audio quite a bit, so when the official Descent
version is released, it should be quite easy to add sound. :slight_smile:

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga (slouken at devolution.com)–
Author of Simple DirectMedia Layer -
http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/