From: Greg Velichansky 3/7/2001 1:21 am This is the latest release of the SDL display module for Angband. It includes a skeleton source file to simplify the implementation of new graphics engine on top of main-sdl.c
Changes since "prerelease" include:
Still to do:
To get main-sdl.c to work:
Untar it in the directory above your angband-2.9.2/ directory. This will
replace main.c and everything in lib/pref/.
Use Makefile.sdl to build.
"make -f Makefile.sdl install" should just work.
main-sdl.c can also be used with older versions of Angband and with
MAngband. Make sure that OLD_TERM_28X gets defined. (Look near the top of
main-sdl.c.)
I haven't included a client.c for MAngband but there's no real point yet
and the changes you need to make are trivial. Just make sure to pass argc
and argv to init_sdl().
Speaking of those, there are some command line arguments to control
main-sdl. I forgot to write a help listing so here's an overview (though
you could just look at the code!):
"--hexfont <filename>" will use a different .HEX font. Sorry, only one is
included but you can easily export new ones with xmbdfed (just "apt-get
install xmbdfed" on any internet-connected Debian system. :>).
Some fonts are included in the archive for your amusement.
"--bmp" will use a different .bmp for graphical tiles. main-sdl.c will
attempt to figure out the dimensions of the tiles (fonts too) from the
filename. ie, "16x16.bmp" will be interpreted correctly. so would
"new-stuff-9by17.bmp" - it just looks for two integers in the filename. If
it can't figure it out, it will make (probably incorrect) guesses.
"--fwh <w> <h>" will force the width and height
of the tiles on your screen to whatever you want. Normally it chooses a
size just big enough to fit both the font and the graphical tiles. Note
that scaling is not performed yet. (Sorry, I had to get some sleep.)
"--fullscreen" will cause it to use a full-screen mode. :)
"--gfx" or "-g" will turn on graphical tile display.
"--bpp" will force the color-depth of the main display surface. This
shouldn't affect anything except performance. Normally, I let SDL pick the
color depth. It's supposed to choose one identical to the current display.
"--scaletiles <w> <h>" will scale the bitmap graphics
to (w,h).
"--scale" will scale the bitmap graphics to the default screen tile size,
which will be the dimensions of the font or w,h from --fwh.
This is turned on by default if graphics are not enabled on the command
line.
Remember that in Angband 2.9.2, you need a -- on the command line before
any options to display modules.
Press print-screen to dump a .bmp of the current screen.
Press scroll-lock to toggle graphics and text mode. You may need to press
Ctrl-R to refresh the screen before the display actually changes.
Enjoy. :-)
Greg V. (hmaon)
"It's today!" said Piglet.
"My favorite day," said Pooh.
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