[aldo_14]

well.... I've decided to get my arse in gear and get back to coding stuff, and also to try out working in C++... so is there anyone who can give me an idiots guide to getting a compiler installed and running?

(I've not installed any proper development software since the JDK 2 years ago, so I'm rusty to say the least...)

Secondly, can someone confirm if the HUD images, etc, are definately pre-lit, flat face polys?  

I really want to try and work out some form of (pof based?) virtual cockpit for this, and if the HUD managin code already uses 3d it may help me out.... I know absolutely_nothing about 3d or even 2d graphics, but I've already decided this is going to be my year for learning it...so i guess any reference material anyone can offer would be very useful.  I'm hoping to start from a basic (hardcoded) cockpit file -  hopefully 3d based - and then move on from there (i.e. tbl specified cockpits, lighting effects either from guns or changing the cockpit to a red hue when the ships damaged, etc... blue sky stuff for now).

AFAIK no-ones tried this yet, so I'm hoping I can give it a proper shot.

Cheers

[RandomTiger]

The HUD images are definately pre-lit pre-transformed polys.

If you want to work on the PC, the easiest way is to get a hold of a copy of Visual Studio 6. Otherwise your going to have to beg someone to fix the makefiles.

[nimroy]

you could try the open source Dev-C++, i capable of importing VS6 projects.

http://www.bloodshed.net/

[Inquisitor]

oooo, I'll have to try that...

[Righteous1]

Doh!  I was about to suggest trying Dev-C++!  

[aldo_14]

any of;

Disk 8: (1330)
Visual Studio® .NET Professional Version 2002, Disc 1

Disk 9: (1310)
Visual Studio® .NET Professional Version 2002, Disc 2

Disk 10: (1311)
Visual Studio® .NET Professional Version 2002, Disc 3

Disk 11: (1312)
Visual Studio® .NET Professional Version 2002, Disc 4

Disk 12: (1313.1)
Windows® Component Update for Visual Studio® .NET (English)

Disk 13: (1306)
Microsoft .NET Framework SDK



Useful?  I can get this off the uni.. it's a pain, cos the disks are only for loan - so it'll be a prob when it comes to my annual-ish reformat.......

[EdrickV]

Originally posted by nimroy
you could try the open source Dev-C++, i capable of importing VS6 projects.

http://www.bloodshed.net/

It can't compile MFC apps can it? If so that would be very nice since FRED2 is MFC. And has anyone tried compiling FS2 with Dev-C++? If it can read the project files it may be able to do it. (And if it can save a GNU Makefile...)

[EdrickV]

Ok, Dev-C++ 5 Beta apparently cannot handle the fs2_open code project. (The code library used by the FS2 programs.) There are just too many files or something for it to "parse" and it ends up trying to access memory it shouldn't which causes Windows to shut it down. It can, barely, load the original release version, but it's "class" list gets totally screwed up because there are too many entries and attempts at compiling the library have failed.