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First post, by 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
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Reply 4 of 12, by digger

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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.

Reply 5 of 12, by Harry Potter

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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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Reply 8 of 12, by megatron-uk

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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

Reply 9 of 12, by Harry Potter

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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
Working magic in the computer community