I can't seem to get any FB apps or demos working. I'm using WinNT 4.0. I just started fooling around with FB, cause I didn't have a computer since now. It may be because I don't have the proper dll's. I can't seem to find any directX version that will run on winNT. Microsoft doesn't seem to have it. Anyways, any help would be appreciated to help me get started. I want to get in OpenGL or directX. Thanks
Graphics support in NT 4 is pretty limited, i dunno.
Can you run the compiler itself and compile the console mode apps like hello.bas?
I think I've found your problem...
You're using Windows NT 4.0.
Seeing as how the highest version of DirectX for that was something like 5 or 6, It might not work very well. I might be wrong about this with COM and all.
You'd do well to put Windows 2k or XP on your box, or barring access to those, put a real man's OS like Linux on there.
(Yes, I know I'm not being particularly helpful here, so I can be safely ignored, on this one)
ya, that's what I suspected. I'm able to run some programs, but when it comes to running directx stuff, it won't let me. I only have a p200, so running winXP would slow it down a lot. I'm really drawn to Allegro though for its simplicity and power, so I'll give that a try. Thanks
I wouldn't worry about that too much. I've seen some really cool games out of Allegro.
Quote:ya, that's what I suspected. I'm able to run some programs, but when it comes to running directx stuff, it won't let me. I only have a p200, so running winXP would slow it down a lot. I'm really drawn to Allegro though for its simplicity and power, so I'll give that a try. Thanks
Win 98 then. :*)
I noticed that the include file for Allegro supports version 4. How would I modify it to include the newest version 4.1.18? I'm not sure how to do that yet. Thanks
ok, i got allegro working, I just can't figure out a few things. Can someone who knows how to use Allegro show me a small example of how to create a layer and display a pixel on the screen? I noticed I can't use varseg anymore to get the address of the layer. I'm not too familiar with pointers yet. I tried a few things, but it didn't work. thanks
sweet, thanks. Guess I'm pretty limited. But that's ok, I'm toying around with allegro which works fine. I still need help from my previous post though. Thanks