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clearbit · Jul 4th, 2005, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ooble

You're kidding me, right? A very small percentage of people without a PC or two play mainstream computer games. Doom III was made with every OS in mind, not just Macs. My guess is that Carmack's a Unix freak.

Well if you want to get down to it, the Mac OS X is just BSD which was an implementaion of Unix, so either way thats right

Ooble · Jul 5th, 2005, 10:15 AM

I know that, but he was implying it was designed first and foremost for the Mac.

Infinite Recursion · Jul 5th, 2005, 11:05 AM

opengl

forlog · Jul 19th, 2005, 8:02 AM

Use opengl - it's portable and easier to learn than directX.

You can also use SDL library - using it you can write fully portable program, because SDL can create windows and handle events.
http://www.libsdl.org/

On http://opengl.org/ page you will find everything you need, including tutorials.

Jul 5th, 2005, 10:15 AM	#12
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Jul 19th, 2005, 8:02 AM	#14
forlog Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Use opengl - it's portable and easier to learn than directX. You can also use SDL library - using it you can write fully portable program, because SDL can create windows and handle events. http://www.libsdl.org/ On http://opengl.org/ page you will find everything you need, including tutorials.

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