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Hi! I remember a long time ago having Open Watcom and a game graphics library but don't remember its name. Any ideas?
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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Hi! I remember a long time ago having Open Watcom and a game graphics library but don't remember its name. Any ideas?
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
Working magic in the computer community
The first game-focused, Watcom supporting DOS library that comes to mind for me is Allegro.
Maybe that's the library. I'l Google it now. 😀
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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I found https://liballeg.org/ but don't see a DOS version. 🙁
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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Maybe you meant some kind of "official" graphics library that shipped with the Watcom compiler, in the same vein as the Borland BGI libraries?
There is the Open Watcom C Graphics library (graph.h), if that's what you mean. No experiences with it myself.
Umm...no. I mean a standalone, external library. A long time ago, I remember fiddling with OWC's graphics library, but it wasn't all that good. 🙁 I found another, external library for OWC DOS that included a lot of game functions and supported VGA and SVGA 256-color modes. I don't remember its name. 🙁
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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Might be helplful: https://github.com/balintkissdev/awesome-dos# … e-dos-libraries
Found it! Thank you! 😀
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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Just a warning if you are thinking of using Allegro with OpenWatcom... Don't!
The support for OpenWatcom is broken and you will get partially working support in any Allegro code you build. Stick with GCC if building Dos applications using Allegro.
My collection database and technical wiki:
https://www.target-earth.net
I just realized the name of the library for which I'm looking is Game32. I'll Google it now. BTW, Thanks for the warning. 😀
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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Uhh...I didn't find it. 🙁
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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Game32.zip on this page, perhaps?: http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/pr … bs/00index.html
Thank you. 😀
Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
Working magic in the computer community