I have written an implementation proposition on pascal's wiki
(pagali_DOT/POINT_net_SlASH_wormux).
So, please, have a look at it, and do modifications (or rewrite
everything :p).
I don't know SDL that much, so there might be flaws in how i organised
it..
Question, critics, ideas are welcome!
Seems to be good, here are my comments :
*** SDL don't provide slot capability and I have seen that slot are
used in wormux.
libsigc++ seems to be standard and stable but I don't know if this
librarie is a good choice for a game.
The real question is "Does we need slot capability ? Or would we
rewritten keyboard events using SDL philosophy?"
*** For libraries
SDL_image can be used to load images (png...) it is stable efficient
and portable (can be considered as a part of SDL)
About the others libraries listed on the wiki : SDL_gfx, SDL_sge,
Kira, ParaGUI
The choice is very important, using such libraries can be usefull but
can lead to problems with
- portability
- API stability
- code homogeneity
And depending on too many libraries increase risk
So I think that it could be good to list the requirements for wormux (
animation, rotation, zoom ? I don't know them) then make a review of
the relevant libraries then choose one or none.
I totally agree with you. These libraries are also listed on
http://www.libsdl.org/libraries.php where you can watch on which
platforms the library runs.
ParaGUI is for widget only: button, listbox, etc so it is not comparable
to SDL_gfx, SDL_sge and Kira.
Now let's see what are the requirements :
* For standard images :
- loading png
- transparency (and alpha)
- zoom
- rotation with around a point (inside or outof the picture itself)
* For sprites (animation) :
- set frame speed (same speed for all frames)
- play (loop)/pause/stop animation
- no need of zoom and rotation
In addition, it can be usefull to have collision detection on surfaces
and sprites.
*** (Put remaining clanlib related code in #ifdef CLANLIB
<https://www.pagali.net/wormux/index.php/Ifdef_clanlib>) -> do it all
along the port
Yes, that will be a bit painful but I don't see any other possibility.
If you want I am ready to help you
Have you already written a RessourceManager and Ressource... classes ?
No but I can write a very simple version of ResourceManager quickly
(which just load a xml, make a map with <string xmlnodes, string
filename> and return resource pointer from a xmlnodes). I'm not sure we
need to write resources classes. I prefer to use SDL struct directly.
(No need to get a pointer to sound resource, just to play (see jukebox.h))
I think all these reflexions should be written on the WIKI.
++
Matt
