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I hardly think that Allegro is confusing. I called Ninkazu a 'fool' because he seemed to give up quickly... I was just joking with him anyway though I admit it wasn't too obvious.
And... who cares what API you use. Geez. :P
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Sirocco
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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why is he a 'fool' for using a better library?
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Better is highly subjective. OpenGL is a graphics API, whereas Allegro is a game construction API. This is, as they say, apples to oranges.
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Ninkazu
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Of course when I use OpenGL I'd have to use SDL for input and sound.
Why am I not using SDL right now? Um.... uh.... go screw yourself.
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janus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 8:33 am Post subject: |
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| Sirocco wrote: | | Quote: |
why is he a 'fool' for using a better library?
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Better is highly subjective. OpenGL is a graphics API, whereas Allegro is a game construction API. This is, as they say, apples to oranges.
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If he can do what he wants to do easier and more effecitvely with OpenGL than he can with Allegro, then OpenGL is 'better' for his circumstances. Obviously it's not better for everything, but neither is Allegro, so it should be obvious that when I said better I didn't mean better for everything.
There is also the fact that Allegro is a combination library - if Allegro's graphics core or sound core or input core aren't up to your needs, or have a major issue... you pretty much either have to dump the entirety of allegro or hack it so that you can use another library. It works, but it's hardly optimal, because with an API like that things always end up being tied together. (For example, the input API handling coordinates based on the display resolution of the graphics API.)
I guess if Fling and SJ were joking when they were bashing on Ninkazu, then it's all in good fun, but Ninkazu didn't seem to get the joke, so maybe it was in poor taste? ;)
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Sirocco
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:29 am Post subject: |
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I suppose the real question is whether or not he knows about AllegroGL :)
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Fling-master
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| Janus wrote: | | I guess if Fling and SJ were joking when they were bashing on Ninkazu, then it's all in good fun, but Ninkazu didn't seem to get the joke, so maybe it was in poor taste? ;) |
I don't think he was too insulted (if at all) by my 'Fool' comment. ;) ... or maybe he was? o_O
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