From:	tnovelli AT cyber3 DOT servtech DOT com (thomas novelli)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: 3D graphics with djgpp
Date:	28 Nov 1996 06:07:21 GMT
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Andrei Hlopushin (krolik AT clinet DOT fi) wrote:
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: > (flight sim). Since I'm new to djgpp I was wondering if anyone out there
: > could recommend a grahics library. For example, Allegro, jlib etc. Does
: > a 3D library already exist? If not which base graphics library would you
: > consider to be the best one to use if I were to develop my own 3D
: > routines? Thanks in advance.
: > 
: > Alan Marrs
: 
: Allegro would be best. It's fast and allows to work with many video
: adapters. Also it has some sound support and timer routines.

I just found something for you. Michael Abrash wrote it (doesn't he work
for ID software?) ... a guy at Cornell ported it over to DJGPP and
designed it specifically for Allegro. Here's the address:

<a href="http://www.ee.cornell.edu/~brian/abrash/abrash.html">3D for DJGPP
v2 and Allegro 2.x</a>

I'm revamping the music routines in Allegro.. I noticed that a MOD player
feature was lacking.. and OPL music doesn't cut it. I tried Mikallegro,
but it's buggy. Anyway, I've always wanted to create a new "MOD-style"
format that stores the samples seperate from the patterns, mainly to save
space. I've got a little "keyboard" program working, and I'm half done
with the data file & player routines. I'll have a tracker program too. The
format will probably be both ASCII and binary, with both formats being
stored the same way in memory. Well, I'll post patches when I'm done.

As for the author, Shawn L. Hargreaves.. anyone know how to reach him?

Tom Novelli

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