SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib and SDL_HWSURFACE

SDL Development
1

What should be the effect of using windib as the video driver while
specifying an SDL_HWSURFACE ? Should I be able to get a hardware
surface for rendering, or will it become a software surface?

Here is the code:

_putenv(“SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib”);
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
SDL_Surface screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, video_bpp, SDL_HWSURFACE);

2

What should be the effect of using windib as the video driver while
specifying an SDL_HWSURFACE ? Should I be able to get a hardware
surface for rendering, or will it become a software surface?

Here is the code:

_putenv(“SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib”);
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
SDL_Surface screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, video_bpp, SDL_HWSURFACE);

It will become a software surface.

See ya,
-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment